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This is a reference to the Access List, a feature of Windows XP that let you create a folder in your start menu that automatically and invisibly connects to computers on your network. Once you’ve connected to this folder, Windows XP will show your computer’s name, and if you go to a folder on the same network as this one, the names of all the computers on that network will appear in the list. This is great for sharing folders and files and sharing them between two or more computers.
In Windows XP, accessing a network folder is a simple matter of going to the name on the Access List. In Windows 7, however, the Access List can be disabled for a user and even a domain user. This means that a domain user may be able to view the names of all the computers on the network, but they may not be able to connect to them.
The list is a great addition to networks that are managed by Active Directory, making it easy to share files and share folders with other computers running the same OS.
I think it’s a great addition to Active Directory, but it’s a bit of a bummer that the Access List is a bit of a pain to disable for a user and I know I’m no stranger to this pain. As it turns out, you can also disable the list in Windows 7.
The list is interesting because you can change the name of a folder that you want to add without having to keep the list updated. So it’s not too much of a bummer that the list is only one file at a time.
As it turns out, the Access List is another way that Active Directory can be compromised. Microsoft’s security team had a bad experience with Access Lists and decided that, while it’s a useful feature, they would like to do away with it for now.
You can also just delete the list. Or you can create a fake list to get around that limitation, but that’s probably not something you want to do unless you know you need to.
The list can be used to create a bunch of bogus users. The way I understand it, this allows you to create a list of any number of users you want and then use it to create a fake Active Directory user account. This is useful for testing and debugging a user account creation process. Of course, if you have a lot of users you’ll probably have to change the code to look for the fake account.
I think the most interesting part of this is that you can create a number of different Active Directory users. This is of course not something you want to do if you don’t have a business with a large number of users.
