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  2. File locking - Wikipedia

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    The client will observe slower access because read and write operations must be sent to the server where the file is stored. Improper error-handling in an application program can lead to a scenario where a file is locked (either using "share" access or with byte-range file locking) and cannot be accessed by other applications.

  3. Downloadable content - Wikipedia

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    Downloadable content (DLC) [a] is additional content created for an already released video game, distributed through the Internet by the game's publisher. It can either be added for no extra cost or it can be a form of video game monetization, [1] enabling the publisher to gain additional revenue from a title after it has been purchased, often using some type of microtransaction system.

  4. Windows File Protection - Wikipedia

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    Windows File Protection (WFP), a sub-system included in Microsoft Windows operating systems of the Windows 2000 and Windows XP era, aims to prevent programs from replacing critical Windows system files. Protecting core system files mitigates problems such as DLL hell with programs and the operating system.

  5. Steam (service) - Wikipedia

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    Steam is a digital distribution service and storefront developed by Valve Corporation.It was launched as a software client in September 2003 to provide game updates automatically for Valve's games and expanded to distributing third-party titles in late 2005.

  6. NTLDR - Wikipedia

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    A more secure fashion to edit the file is to use the bootcfg command from a console. bootcfg will also relock the file (setting the file back to system, hidden, and read-only). Additionally, the file can be edited within Windows using a text editor if the folder view option "Show hidden files and folders" is selected, the folder view option ...

  7. Regional lockout - Wikipedia

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    A regional lockout (or region coding) is a class of digital rights management preventing the use of a certain product or service, such as multimedia or a hardware device, outside a certain region or territory.

  8. List of features removed in Windows Vista - Wikipedia

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    The File Types tab has been removed from Folder Options. This feature was available from Windows 95 up to Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. The File Types tab allowed users to change the file associations for various types of files. It allowed configuring which application would open when a user clicked on a certain type of file, or allowed ...

  9. Windows Metafile vulnerability - Wikipedia

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    No longer providing the patch on-site due to bandwidth issues, the homepage provided a list of mirrors where a user could download the patch and the associated vulnerability-checker, and the MD5 checksum for the file, so that it could be checked that a downloaded file was probably genuine. After Microsoft released its patch, Guilfanov withdrew his.