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  2. Winlogon - Wikipedia

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    Classic "Begin logon" dialog box on Windows XP Windows 11 lock screen, requiring user to press Ctrl+Alt+Delete.. Winlogon (Windows Logon) is the component of Microsoft Windows operating systems that is responsible for handling the secure attention sequence, loading the user profile on logon, creates the desktops for the window station, and optionally locking the computer when a screensaver is ...

  3. Screensaver - Wikipedia

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    A screensaver (or screen saver) is a computer program that blanks the display screen or fills it with moving images or patterns when the computer has been idle for a designated time. The original purpose of screensavers was to prevent phosphor burn-in on CRT or plasma computer monitors (hence the name). [ 1 ]

  4. List of Compact Disc and DVD copy protection schemes

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    The game calls this place directly so that burned copy with no data beyond file limit cannot be played. PSP (Universal Media Disc) Since no blank media or writer exists, the media itself cannot be copied, but one could make ISO image (a file version of the UMD) on a memory card. The unique format also made the media expensive and difficult to ...

  5. XScreenSaver - Wikipedia

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    [citation needed] On those systems, there are several packages: one for the screen-saving and locking framework, and two or more for the display modes, divided somewhat arbitrarily. [5] On Macintosh systems, XScreenSaver works with the built-in macOS screen saver. On iOS systems, XScreenSaver is a stand-alone app that can run any of the hacks ...

  6. After Dark (software) - Wikipedia

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    After Dark is a series of computer screensaver software introduced by Berkeley Systems in 1989 for the Apple Macintosh, and in 1991 for Microsoft Windows. [3] [4]Following the original, additional editions included More After Dark, Before Dark, and editions themed around licensed properties such as Star Trek, The Simpsons, Looney Tunes, Marvel, and Disney characters.

  7. SafeDisc - Wikipedia

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    The EXE executable is only a loader which decrypts and loads the protected game executable in the encrypted ICD file. The initial version of SafeDisc was easy for home users and professional duplicators alike to copy, due to the fact that the ICD file can be decrypted and converted into an EXE file.

  8. DVD recordable - Wikipedia

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    DVD recordable and DVD rewritable are a collection of optical disc formats that can be written to by a DVD recorder and by computers using a DVD writer.The "recordable" discs are write-once read-many (WORM) media, where as "rewritable" discs are able to be erased and rewritten.

  9. File locking - Wikipedia

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    For example, a lock file might govern access to a set of related resources, such as several different files, directories, a group of disk partitions, or selected access to higher level protocols like servers or database connections. When using lock files, care must be taken to ensure that operations are atomic. To obtain a lock, the process ...