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  2. Workgroup (computer networking) - Wikipedia

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    In computer networking a work group is a collection of computers connected on a LAN that share the common resources and responsibilities. Workgroup is Microsoft's term for a peer-to-peer local area network. Computers running Microsoft operating systems in the same work group may share files, printers, or Internet connection. [1]

  3. User profiles in Microsoft Windows - Wikipedia

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    Should a folder of that name already exist, the profile-creation process will create a new one, typically named username.computername, on workgroup computers, or username.domainname on Active Directory member computers. Once a profile folder has been created, Windows will never automatically rename that folder.

  4. Windows domain - Wikipedia

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    Workgroup computers are considered to be 'standalone' - i.e. there is no formal membership or authentication process formed by the workgroup. A workgroup does not have servers and clients, and hence represents the peer-to-peer (or client-to-client) networking paradigm, rather than the centralized architecture constituted by Server-Client ...

  5. Workgroup Manager - Wikipedia

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    Workgroup Manager is a computer program bundled as part of OS X Server for directory-based management of users, groups and computers across a network. This is where an admin could add, delete, and modify computer, and user accounts and groups. Computer accounts allow preferences to be set for individual machines.

  6. Control Panel (Windows) - Wikipedia

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    Edit the computer name in a network workgroup. Manage and Configure hardware devices, and view information such as the manufacturer, user access and driver version of any hardware device installed on the system via Device Manager. Enable/Disable system features such as automatic updates and System restore monitoring.

  7. Roaming user profile - Wikipedia

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    A roaming user profile is a file synchronization concept in the Windows NT family of operating systems that allows users with a computer joined to a Windows domain to log on to any computer on the same domain and access their documents and have a consistent desktop experience, such as applications remembering toolbar positions and preferences, or the desktop appearance staying the same, while ...

  8. Security Identifier - Wikipedia

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    Security Identifier (SID) is a unique, immutable identifier of a user account, user group, or other security principal in the Windows NT family of operating systems. A security principal has a single SID for life (in a given Windows domain), and all properties of the principal, including its name, are associated with the SID.

  9. Domain controller (Windows) - Wikipedia

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    On Microsoft Servers, a domain controller (DC) is a server computer [1] [2] that responds to security authentication requests (logging in, etc.) within a Windows domain. [3] [4] A domain is a concept introduced in Windows NT whereby a user may be granted access to a number of computer resources with the use of a single username and password combination.