CHAPTER 7
Windows
In this chapter, you will learn:
• The history of Windows and its product family
• Windows auditing
• Automation and configuration
• Windows network security
• Workgroups and Active Directory
Windows has been around for more than 35 years as of this writing, though development of it began nearly 40 years ago. The first several versions were not technically operating systems. During Windows’ first decade or more of existence it was actually just a shell that ran on top of another operating system: DOS. Windows offered a graphical user interface (GUI) that was much more appealing than the plain command line that DOS provided. It also let users run multiple things at more or less the same time, which DOS didn’t offer. ...
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