what is user account

A user account is a profile that defines user rights, customizations and settings. By utilizing user accounts on computers with more then one user, each user is able to specify and retain their personal environments.

user accounts also divided into 2 ways

• Local user accounts
• Domain user accounts

whai is user profile

a user profile is a record of user-specific data that define the user's working environment. The record can include display settings, application settings, and network connections. What the user sees on his or her computer screen, as well as what files, applications and directories they have access to, is determined by how the network administrator has set up the user's profile.

preboot sequence

During startup, a Windows Server 2003-based computer initializes the boot portion of the hard disk and the
preboot sequence begins. This sequence consists of four steps

• the computer runs power-on self test (POST) process to determine the amount of physical memory

• The hardware components are present

• If the computer has a Plug and Play (BIOS), enumeration and configuration of hardware devices occurs

• The computer BIOS locates the boot device and loads and runs the master boot record (MBR)

administrator privileges

you must have administrator privileges to do the following things.

• install network components
• client for Microsoft networks
• file and printer sharing in Microsoft networks
• (TCP/IP) internet protocol
  

benefit of NTFS partitions

NTFS is the recommended file system for Windows XP and provides a number of benefits in terms of functionality, security, stability, availability, reliability, and performance.

NTFS supports for

• file permissions & folder permissions
• supports maximum file capacity
• supports encryption
• supports compressions
• supports disk quota