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  2. Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology - Wikipedia

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    On the Windows platform, many programs designed to monitor and report S.M.A.R.T. information will function only under an administrator account. BIOS and Windows (Windows Vista and later) may detect S.M.A.R.T. status of hard disk drives and solid state drives, and give a prompt if the S.M.A.R.T. status is bad. [21]

  3. Microsoft Defender Antivirus - Wikipedia

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    Proprietary. Microsoft Defender Antivirus (formerly Windows Defender) is an antivirus software component of Microsoft Windows. It was first released as a downloadable free anti-spyware program for Windows XP and was shipped with Windows Vista and Windows 7. It has evolved into a full antivirus program, replacing Microsoft Security Essentials in ...

  4. System File Checker - Wikipedia

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    In addition, the System File Checker utility ( sfc.exe) was reimplemented as a more robust command-line utility that integrated with WFP. Unlike the Windows 98 SFC utility, the new utility forces a scan of protected system files using Windows File Protection and allows the immediate silent restoration of system files from the DLLCache folder or ...

  5. Security and safety features new to Windows Vista - Wikipedia

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    Windows Vista includes Windows Defender, Microsoft's anti-spyware utility. According to Microsoft, it was renamed from 'Microsoft AntiSpyware' because it not only features scanning of the system for spyware, similar to other free products on the market, but also includes Real Time Security agents that monitor several common areas of Windows for ...

  6. TestDisk - Wikipedia

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    GPL. Website. www .cgsecurity .org /wiki /TestDisk. TestDisk is a free and open-source data recovery utility that helps users recover lost partitions or repair corrupted filesystems. [ 1] TestDisk can collect detailed information about a corrupted drive, which can then be sent to a technician for further analysis.

  7. Performance Monitor - Wikipedia

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    System resources utility. Performance Monitor (known as System Monitor in Windows 9x, Windows 2000, and Windows XP) is a system monitoring program introduced in Windows NT 3.1. It monitors various activities on a computer such as CPU or memory usage. This type of application may be used to determine the cause of problems on a local or remote ...

  8. Windows Update - Wikipedia

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    Windows Update is a Microsoft service for the Windows 9x and Windows NT families of the Microsoft Windows operating system, which automates downloading and installing Microsoft Windows software updates over the Internet. The service delivers software updates for Windows, as well as the various Microsoft antivirus products, including Windows ...

  9. Hard Disk Sentinel - Wikipedia

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    In 2008, Hard Disk Sentinel DOS version released in different formats on bootable pendrive, CD, floppy. Usable when no operating system installed (or if the system is not bootable otherwise) to detect and display temperature, health status of IDE, SATA hard disk drives and with limited AHCI controller support.