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  2. Event Viewer - Wikipedia

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    Event Viewer is a component of Microsoft 's Windows NT operating system that lets administrators and users view the event logs, typically file extensions .evt and .evtx, on a local or remote machine. Applications and operating-system components can use this centralized log service to report events that have taken place, such as a failure to ...

  3. Windows Vista - Wikipedia

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    Windows Vista. Windows Vista is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft. It was the direct successor to Windows XP, released five years earlier, which was then the longest time span between successive releases of Microsoft Windows.

  4. Windows System Assessment Tool - Wikipedia

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    The Windows System Assessment Tool (WinSAT) is a module of Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, and Windows 11 that is available in the Control Panel under Performance Information and Tools (except in Windows 8.1, Windows 10, and Windows 11). It measures various performance characteristics and capabilities of ...

  5. Windows Registry - Wikipedia

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    The Windows Registry is a hierarchical database that stores low-level settings for the Microsoft Windows operating system and for applications that opt to use the registry. The kernel, device drivers, services, Security Accounts Manager, and user interfaces can all use the registry. The registry also allows access to counters for profiling ...

  6. Management features new to Windows Vista - Wikipedia

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    Windows Vista contains a range of new technologies and features that are intended to help network administrators and power users better manage their systems. Notable changes include a complete replacement of both the Windows Setup and the Windows startup processes, completely rewritten deployment mechanisms, new diagnostic and health monitoring tools such as random access memory diagnostic ...

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

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    A new management console snap-in named Windows Firewall with Advanced Security which provides access to many advanced options, including IPsec configuration, and enables remote administration. Ability to have separate firewall profiles for when computers are domain-joined or connected to a private or public network.

  8. Development of Windows Vista - Wikipedia

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    e. The development of Windows Vista (codenamed Longhorn) began in May 2001, [ 1 ] prior to the release of Microsoft 's Windows XP operating system, and continued until November 2006, where it was eventually released to manufacturing. Windows Vista was then released generally to retail on January 30, 2007.

  9. Windows Security Log - Wikipedia

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    Windows Security Log. The Security Log, in Microsoft Windows, is a log that contains records of login/logout activity or other security-related events specified by the system's audit policy. Auditing allows administrators to configure Windows to record operating system activity in the Security Log. The Security Log is one of three logs viewable ...