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edit approved May 13, 2013 at 18:27
Gabriel Ryan Nahmias
edit approved May 13, 2013 at 18:27
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The number is callcalled a GUID (Globally unique identifier) and it is used a lot under the hood in Windows and many other IT systems.

This particular value is a constant for the 'Microsoft CopyTo Service'"Microsoft CopyTo Service." At some point, sometime someone and Microsoft (and someone else) made this up and since then that string of characters is used to identify that particular feature of Windows.

There are many different types of objects in Windows that are identified with GUID. Normally, the user is shielded from seeing these, but when you edit the registry, you usually come across them.

This one may be therehave been present since Windows 95Windows 95.

The number is call a GUID (Globally unique identifier) and it is used a lot under the hood in Windows and many other IT systems.

This particular value is a constant for the 'Microsoft CopyTo Service', sometime someone and Microsoft made this up and since then that string of characters is used to identify that particular feature of Windows.

There are many different types of objects in Windows that are identified with GUID. Normally the user is shielded from seeing these, but when you edit the registry you usually come across them.

This one may be there since Windows 95

The number is called a GUID (Globally unique identifier) and it is used a lot under the hood in Windows and many other IT systems.

This particular value is a constant for the "Microsoft CopyTo Service." At some point, Microsoft (and someone else) made this up and since then that string of characters is used to identify that particular feature of Windows.

There are many different types of objects in Windows that are identified with GUID. Normally, the user is shielded from seeing these, but when you edit the registry, you usually come across them.

This one may have been present since Windows 95.

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The number is call a GUID (Globally unique identifier) and it is used a lot under the hood in Windows and many other IT systems.

This particular value is a constant for the 'Microsoft CopyTo Service', sometime someone and Microsoft made this up and since then that string of characters is used to identify that particular feature of Windows.

There are many different types of objects in Windows that are identified with GUID. Normally the user is shielded from seeing these, but when you edit the registry you usually come across them.

This one may be there since Windows 95