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What Is the POP3 Protocol?
Most Internet users with email accounts would have used some form of “client” software (e.g. Outlook) to access and manage their email at one point or another. To retrieve emails, these email clients may require the configuration of Post Office Protocol (or POP3) before messages can be downloaded from the server. Sending emails uses a different protocol (SMTP). This article will help readers understand what POP3 is and how it works.
What Is the POP3 Protocol?
A Complete Guide to Windows NTFS Permissions
In Windows, permissions are available on every file, folder, registry key, printer and Active Directory object. However, in this article we’ll be concentrating on NTFS file and folder permissions. These permissions are available on NTFS file systems but not on FAT based file systems. Permissions define what a user can and cannot do with a file or folder. For example, they may be used to allow some users to read a file and disallow others from reading it. They could also be used to stop some users deleting or modifying files etc.
A Complete Guide to Windows NTFS Permissions
What is Hashing? Benefits, Types & How It Protects Your Files
If you are transferring a file from one computer to another, how do you ensure that the copied file is the same as the source? One method you could use is called hashing, which is essentially a process that translates information about the file into a code. Two hash values (of the original file and its copy) can be compared to ensure the files are equal.
What is Hashing? Benefits, Types & How It Protects Your Files
NTFS Hard Links, Junctions & Symbolic Links Explained
Windows provides several advanced tools for linking files and folders together without duplicating data. These features, known as Hard Links, Junctions, and Symbolic Links, allow you to create shortcuts at the file system level. While they might seem similar, each has specific uses and limitations that are important to understand.
NTFS Hard Links, Junctions & Symbolic Links Explained
What Is Volume Shadow Copy (VSS)? How It Works, Benefits, and Troubleshooting
Data loss can cripple individuals and organizations. Backups are necessary to protect precious files from hardware failure, cyberattacks, or accidental deletion. Data backups are an important part of data management, for a private individual at home to a large computer network at a corporation. Basically, it involves making a copy of any data (i.e. files) deemed important against hardware failures, human mistakes, viruses, calamities and anything else that may corrupt or destroy said data. Having a backup makes data recovery quick and easy thus reducing downtime and headaches. Consistent, reliable data backups are very important as there is no point having a backup consisting of unusable data. Such backups are almost the same as having no backups at all. On Windows platforms, the Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) provides backups that are reliable, consistent, and without downtime. Let's explore what Volume Shadow Copy is, how it works, its benefits, and how to troubleshoot common VSS issues.
What Is Volume Shadow Copy (VSS)? How It Works, Benefits, and Troubleshooting
What Is SMB Protocol and How Does It Work?
The Server Message Block (SMB) protocol is a network file-sharing protocol that allows applications and users to read, write, and request services from various devices on a network. If asked to categorize the SMB protocol, one can categorize it as an application-layer network protocol that is primarily utilized for providing shared access to files, printers, and serial ports. Originally developed by IBM in 1983 to run on PC DOS, SMB has gone through numerous development stages. Microsoft took over and developed the protocol further and came out with SMB 1.0 in 1996. Subsequent versions have progressively improved performance, security, and feature support on a range of Windows platforms.
What Is SMB Protocol and How Does It Work?
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