Operating System – CS 407 Spring 2014 (BE (CS)) Course contents Overview of Operating System Objectives and functions of operating system A brief overview of computer architecture Concept of process States of process; Process control block; Address space Threads and processes Concept of threads; context of a thread Symmetric Multiprocessing (SMP) Microkernel architecture of Operating system Concurrency, Mutual exclusion and Synchronization Principles of concurrency Hardware
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Abstract The purpose of this study is to analysis changes management in the RIM Company. The study investigated how well the external and internal changes in RIM and analysis the environment remote effects on the company transformation. The research design included literature review, data collection, data analysis and recommendation. It is no longer the era of BlackBerry, as one of famous company in Canada. Before the iPhone launched on, BlackBerry seems like a legendary brand in cell phone industry
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on the operating system. • CONS of using DVD disk as a backup method They're not always reliable They're slow. Optical media can't be set up to back up automatically. The best forms of data backup are automatic. ii. Full Format erases everything and resets all Magnetic platters. • PROS of formatting the hard drive and reinstall operating system Formatting removes bad programs and sophisticated viruses After Formatting your partition will become clean and your system is ready
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There are basically two types of operating systems when it comes to how the code is handled. These are open source operating systems and closed source operating systems. One isn’t necessarily better than the other, but they both have situations and areas that they work best in. Open source isn’t for everyone, and neither is closed source. It’s always better to have both sides available so there is some variety. Open source and closed source operating systems have are completely different, almost
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You have a second partition, D:, that has 100 GB of free space. How can you move the paging file from partition C: onto partition D:? Answer: c. Configure it from the System window opened through Control Panel. 8. A _____ variable is defined by the operating system and is applied to every user when logged on. Answer: system
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is one of the basic elements on a computer system. The memory allows the user to store data and programs. Memory management is the controlling, coordination and management of the computer memory (). The different memory types a computer has are a cache, main memory, and a disk used for virtual memory. Managing this memory will allow the user to access information faster. The memory management system is on the most important parts in the operating system. In this essay will be discussing the differences
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Windows Installation/Backup Work Order Company: Double Your Investment (DYI) Start Date: 21 June 2013 End Date: 23 June 2013 Task: Double Your Investment has hired our technician team to upgrade the Windows operating system on every computer in the building (200 computers). Prior to beginning the Windows upgrade, a backup of current data must be performed. * Current OS: Windows XP Professional * New OS: Windows Vista Business Upgrade path: FROM THIS OS | Vista Home Basic
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traffic is analyzed to determine which operating system is used. 3. Zenmap GUI is used during the scanning process. 4. Vulnerabilities and exploits are identified in the enumeration step of the hacking process. 5. The software vulnerability that was found was ms-08-067 and this vulnerability makes the remote host vulnerable to a buffer overrun in the Server service that may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the remote host with the System privileges 6. The tools used to
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will share my first time experience with a virtual operating system. I am currently running Windows 8 on my Asus machine the windows operating system was installed when I purchased my machine. For my Virtual operating system I chose an Ubuntu (64bit) operating system since I had no former experience with it I will be running the operating system on the Oracle VM Box Manager. My first experience with the Virtual Operating system is that I had to go to https://www.virtualbox.org/ to
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IS3340 —Windows Security E-mail: E-mail: VShafer@itt-tech.edu Cell Phone#: 865-236-1869 Title: Analyzing Windows Application Software for Security Vulnerabilities Learning Objective ▪ Design techniques to protect given Windows application software from security vulnerabilities. Key Concepts ▪ Vulnerabilities to Microsoft server and client applications ▪ Strategies for securing Microsoft server and client applications ▪ Procedures for securing Microsoft applications
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