Essays on Microsoft Windows

At one point during the life of a small business, the owners find themselves with the decision of whether or not to change from a manual system to a computerized system. There is an incentive for small business owners to automate the processes. Among other reasons, automation eliminates the mundane tasks that take up the time of the employees (Moore and Justin 536). For instance, the generation of reports by an accountant can be laborious when done manually. However, a computerized system will allow the accountant to generate reports quickly and allow more time for other tasks. Additionally, automation ...

Definition of the business technical problem

This document is aimed at providing the Chief Information Officer with high-level information for establishing a network management architecture which will provide UMUC with a high-reliable network and support infrastructure. Ullman, Manly & Ulysses Corporation has been relying on its network as well as outsourcing network infrastructure for its business operations. UMUC is faced with unreliable network infrastructure that keeps failing thus interrupting the firm’s operations.

Problem within the context

However, over the years, its exponential growth has overwhelmed the telecommunication capabilities of its network infrastructure, and the third party that was recruited to provide network infrastructure has not been able to keep ...

Analysis Essay 2

Overview of the Server-Side and Client-side Hardware and Software Requirements of the Defense Travel system The Department of Defense has many systems that enable it to streamline the delivery of its mandate. One of the systems is the Defense Travel System. This is a system that was developed to help the Department of Defense streamline and provide automation to its travel processes, offer support in meeting the travel requirements, and also as a cost cutting measure. The automation provided by the Defense Travel System allows the officers in the Department of Defense to perform most of the administrative tasks ...

Virtualization Software

Introduction Nowadays, many companies turn to virtualization software (hypervisors) to emulate physical PCs and use virtual machines installed on a single physical platform. Such virtualization software can become a great advantage for any company, and this software can help to cut costs and improve various business processes. Thus, the Hertz Corporation, a world-known car rental company, should consider using virtualization software in its core business activities. There are many types of virtualization software designed and developed by different companies, and all software brands have their pros and cons that should be taken into close consideration when choosing an appropriate ...

Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft is an American multinational company that is based in Washington DC. The company is a world leader in the technology industry and is well known for its software which includes the Microsoft Windows OS line that is run on most computers sold worldwide. The company also makes other software such as the Microsoft Office Suite that has the most applications in offices and computers all over the globe. The company also delves in making personal hand-held devices and X-box gaming consoles. Microsoft is the largest software developer regarding revenue and market share in the tech world. Microsoft has ...

[The Course]

An operating system is a kind of software, which deals with computer’s hardware and software resources management as well providing computer programs with low-level services, which are essential to ensure their proper functionality. This means that operating system plays a role of mediator between programs installed on the computer and the computer hardware (Dohtre 1). Operating systems can be installed on a wide range of devices containing computer functions such as desktop computers, laptops, smartphones, tablets, different types of servers etc. At the present moment the most popular desktop operating systems are Windows,OS X and ...

Answer 1: Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) is not a very robust and secure protocol. There are many free tools available which even naïve hackers can use to crack the security where WEP is used. Thus, with very simple programs and tools WEP keys can be cracked. Once done, the hackers can connect to the Wi-Fi network and even decode the traffic on this network (Stobing, 2014). Answer 2: Instead of WEP, we should use Wi-Fi protected access (WPA) or Wi-Fi protected access 2 (WPA2). The encryption which this protocol uses is AES/ CCMP which is very robust and ...

An operating system in a computer language is system software that takes control of the computer hardware and manages the computer software resources. It more of provides a platform of operation for the computer programs. The operating software is often a key requirement and component of system software in a general computer system. Actually, the programs in a computer cannot function without an operating system. It is the key feature of a computer system which enables the computer hardware to perform various tasks fed into the system. The operating system allows a computer user to communicate with the machine ...

Introduction

In general, every firm possesses a specific market structure, which is mainly determined by the number of buyers, number of sellers, ease of entry or exit, and the degree of product differentiation (Arnold, 2010). The underlying determinants give rise to four types of market structures. These include perfect competition, monopoly, monopolistic competition, and oligopoly.

The short-run and long-run equilibrium for firms in a perfect competition industry is considerably different. Both short-run and long-run revenue data for a wheat farmer have been shown in table 1 and table 2 respectively.

In the long-run, it is assumed that the entry of new ...

INTERNET SERVICE MANAGEMENT

Managing users in a domain based network begins right from the pre-installation procedures through implementation and to post –installation of a network. It is one of the most critical tasks that a system administrator takes into consideration as it holds the key to a secure system. In pre-installation techniques, the organizational policies are taken into consideration so as to clearly define the roles of users of the network. Organizational policies determine the authority of each person as well as the access levels they are to be allocated in the network. Greeeitng.com is using a system where the customers who are remotely connected to ...

One of the most important network design considerations for an organization network is the selection of the network operating system. The Network operating system shapes the entire network and determines the operation of the network. The choices available for the proposed network at Ocper Inc. are few and provide sophisticated features, relatively easy setup and administration and high reliability.

For Ocper Inc., the Microsoft Windows NT operating system is the most ideal network operating system. The operating system offers some services that are rarely offered by the other network ...

Question 1: Microsoft updates and Performance monitor:

Microsoft updates its software products either using hot fixes or the Microsoft update service. Hot fixes are updates sent as executable file that is downloaded onto the computer and installed by the user. They are used for Microsoft software that use Hotfix.exe as the updater e.g. Windows NT 4.0. The Microsoft updates service updates Microsoft products by downloading live updates from the internet after scanning the computer. These kinds of updates are usually bug fixes and additional features to improve system performance and security. Hot fixes are released to fix specific problems and they come as executable files, while ...

The Stuxnet is believed to be a computer worm that surfaced in the mid 2010 year. It revolutionized the world of cyber-attacks which represented a major development in the cyber war battleground. This infamous computer worm was/is known to initially spread via an operating system mostly the on the Microsoft Windows with an objective target on industrial software systems and equipment.

The Stuxnet worm is believed to have been developed and created by the United States and the Israel to facilitate attacks on the Iranian nuclear systems, and facilities via the use of systematic step by step programmable and reprogrammable code ...

Economics

The document presents a comparison of the Microsoft Personal Computers (PCs) and Apple Macintosh computers. The document provides reasoning and justifications to persuade the readers to agree that the Microsoft PCs are better than Apple in terms of the market analysis, market economy, cost, and price discrimination. However, the technical comparison (in terms of usability, security, price, operating system, etc.) of the Microsoft Personal Computers with Apple Macintosh Computers is always crucial to present market economics. It is pertinent to specify here that the scope of this document is limited to the comparison of both products in terms of production, ...

Foundation Course – Fundamentals of Networking

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Introduction..3

Pricing4

Discussion of Design Considerations5 VLANs 6 Protocols Involved in Constructing a VLAN Based Switched Network7 Cisco VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP).8 Classless Sub-Netting.9 Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)9 Router on a Stick.9 Network Diagram for the Gaming Competition10 Three Layer Hierarchical Model11 Bandwidth Requirements for a Gaming Network..11 Conclusion12

References13

Introduction This paper includes the monetary quotation that will require to setup a network for playing Online and LAN games. All the state of the art technology used in the gaming industry is present in ...

IT in business.

3.1The business organization needs to know the type of Computer software that can operate computer programs in the business system. The software is the non-tangible computer component that will enable the computer system of the business to operate its services efficiently. The business need to know the contrast of the computer software contrasts in the organization and its computer hardware that is the physical parts of computers. The software to be acquired should be compatible with the computer hardware .Computer software that business organization will need to buy includes computer programs depending on the architecture that the organization need ...

Topology and Media

The Hierarchical (tree) topology is best for this system. Winkelman (2013) asserts that this topology expands a star topology by allowing several star topologies to interlink through a linear bus. This topology would allow an Ethernet to include a main server, smaller servers, and PCs. Since the network fits within only two floors of the same building, the best media would be twisted pair cable (CAT5 or CAT6 UTP).

Architecture and Protocols

The network would be housed within one building forming a server-client local area network (LAN). However, the network would need some WAN capabilities in the form of an internet connection to enable the two ...

Today we all depend on smart phone devices, from our Car’s music system to our washing machines, all our devices have processing chips to help us live our lives better but have you ever thought where from the journey begin? How powerful was the first generation of computer and how big it was? Computers have transformed from room size to wall size, from wall size to desk size and from desk size to desktop size in the period of about 90 years! First Freely Programmable Computer: Build in 1936, first freely programmable computer was designed by Konrad ...

Introduction

The smartphone industry as is obviously known, deals with the designing, manufacturing, assembling and selling of mobile phones that have more advanced computing connectivity and capacity, unlike basic feature phones. Smartphones typically come with phone features that have popular consumer devices such as GPS navigation unit, a digital camera, a media player and a personal digital assistant. Because of this, it is a fact that the smartphone industry will also incorporate dealership in smartphone parts, components, technology and software. Because the industry involves heavy investment, it is important that tenable marketing strategies are employed to ward off wastage and losses that would stem ...

- Introduction This research paper focuses on emerging technologies that promote sustainable computing systems. According to Bhattacharya, Govindan & Sankar (2013), sustainable computing encompasses the design, manufacture, use and disposal of computers and its subsystems (monitors, networking devices, printers, communication devices and storage devices) efficiently without interfering with the environment. Contemporary computing systems such as HPC (High Performance Computing Clusters) and Data centers face the challenge of high cooling and power costs. Gupta, Mukherjee & Banerjee (2011) state that the high consumption of power is a concern because it impacts on the cost, environment, reliability and scalability of the computing systems. ...

Abstract

Operating systems are pieces of software applications that run computer systems. Without operating systems, computer systems would not work effectively, and humans would find no use in them. Simply, operating systems is a collection of software applications that facilitate the management of computer resources and give an interface for computer applications to interact with hardware. In spite the importance of these systems in bridging the relationship between the user and the hardware, most of the commercial OS have buggy code that is susceptible to security threats. Thus, building a trusted OS that can withstand all the security threats in the computing ...

The release of the various new versions of operating systems has brought about the increased competition within industries and companies due to the use of new and improvised operating systems in the companies to facilitate the working progress. The various famous operating systems are inclusive of the Microsoft Windows operating system, the Linux OS and the Mac OS. The problem statement in this case scenario is the need for upgrading the operating systems on the 5000 computers in the Soap-n-Suds international soap manufacturing company. Prior to the installment of a specified operating system, there is the need for comparison ...

Introduction

In order to manage and supervise the operations of the entire company effectively, XYZ Company must consolidate the network infrastructure of the two long-distance sites, and build up one effective and secure network. Each site has its own server-controlled network operating on the Microsoft Windows Server technology. The Dallas site runs MS Windows 2012 Server, while the second site runs MS Windows 2008 Server. The fact that both sites are based on Microsoft Windows Server already gives XYZ Company a major advantage because the consolidation will mainly involve configurations based on the same network operating system. There may be ...

Microsoft Windows 2008 R2 OS is bundled with three utilities that makes the Server system almost disaster proof. It has all the necessary tools that makes the backup and recovery possible effectively and with the least effort and time (Joyner, 2011). As stated before, Microsoft Windows 2008 R2 Operating System has many features that allows you to recover the Operating System, Active Directory Directory Service (ADDS), Applications and data in the situation of any type of disaster such as disk failures, administrative errors, natural disasters, damage or loss of data or hardware failure and hacking etc.

Windows backup and recovery technologies are as follows,

Shadow Copies ...

Operating systems critique: Performance & Programmability.

Introduction: Most operating systems are designed to efficiently utilize computer hardware and software resources. However, issues such as usability, areas of application and the target market greatly influence performance, and at time tradeoffs have to be made to ensure user satisfaction as well as optimize performance i.e. effectiveness and efficiency in utilizing I/O, memory and processer. Programmability refers to the ability to change the state of hardware and software so that it accepts a new set of instructions. Operating system programmability involves the ability to develop applications for a particular operating system platform, ease of customization, compatibility with other systems, ...

Abstract

Virtualization has been the hype today. Business tend to shift on virtualization to be able to keep with the demands and trends in business. A technology coming with virtualization is the increasing number of virtual platforms vendors available, but of the several hundreds, three brands stand out, These are BootCamp, VMWare, and Parallels. This paper tries to identify the strengths and weaknesses of these virtual platforms and finds out what is best to be implemented for Windows 7 platform.

Introduction/Background

Virtualization has been the hype today. It has proven to be beneficial among businesses as they are able to run ...

Windows SharePoint services are a dominant web application developed by Microsoft. It comprises of common web tools and is closely integrated with office tools to help organizations plan, create, implement and manage intranets, document management services, portals and team collaborations platforms. There are so many ways in which this company can benefit from Microsoft Windows SharePoint. The services that the software package provides offers great benefits to an organization that has so many branches and user computers spread out both geographically, and in terms of access and use. The following are the benefits the package offers.

Benefits of using windows SharePoint services

1 familiar and easy-to-use ...

A location finder application is a computer program that supports the search of specific zones as input by the program user. The program uses a set of instructions which detect the location settings of any end device user that has a mobile phone. Preferably, the location finder application is expected to operate at an optimal level in high end devices like smartphones and tablets.

Objective

The objective of the project is to carry out the creation of mobile application software which assists in the location finding based on one’s geographical location. This will be aided by a framework of mobile networking through provision ...

Question 1:

What can parents do to protect their child from online predators? Answer: When a family member especially children use the internet, parents must protect their children from untoward incidents like online predators. When parents protect their children means, they merely understand the risks, open conversation is implemented, and parents provide clear guidance for a healthy online behavior. In addition, as their children use the technology, parents can help reduce risks on online exposures.

There are basic steps parents can help to protect their children against online predators.

Talk with your children about what they do online. Being busy is not an excuse. It is highly necessary to have a strict but kind, that ...

Describe the hardware, software and network architectural design of the infrastructure used to build cloud computing infrastructures.

Cloud computing is a computing model that depends on sharing computing resources as opposed to having local servers handling applications. Cloud computing involves delivering services that have been hosted over the internet. Such services can be classified into three main categories: - Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) - Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) - Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) The following is the architectural design of a cloud computing infrastructure. It involves software and hardware designed by a particular cloud architect. Cloud computing involves a large number of cloud components communicating with each other over various application programming interfaces (APIs), usually as web services. The cloud computing architectural ...

The IT infrastructure needs to be deployed appropriately and economically in order for the 400 employees, 200 at the headquarters and 200 remote, to access the network resources of the network. This article looks at discussing the seven infrastructure components that would constitute the new online book store. The first component is the computer hardware platform which will be constituted by workstations or desktop computers, servers, tablets, and laptops. The components will either ne for service purposes required by the whole network as in the case of servers or individually used as in the case of desktop computers, ...

Information security threats and cyber attacks are problems that companies must deal with on a daily basis. Financial losses, customer dissatisfaction, and brand threats are only some of the consequences that can result if a company’s information system becomes compromised and is exploited by hackers or users with malicious intentions. As such, it is important for every company to assess the security threats that exist in the company so that these risks can be promptly managed.

In this regard, this paper discusses the security risks that exist in Logistix, Inc. In particular, this paper identifies and describes three of these ...

System Features

The Graphisoft Virtual Construction solution is the first 5D construction management software that is available in the market (Anon., Graphisoft’s Virtual Construction Solution, n.d.). It enables construction engineers and architects to plan for projects in 5D through the combination of three-dimensional modeling with cost and time (Anon., Graphisoft’s Virtual Construction Solution, n.d.). Its main components are the GS Constructor, the GS Estimator, the GS Control, the GS 5D Presenter, the GS Cost Manager, and the GS Change Manager (Anon., Virtual Construction Solution, n.d.).

The GS Constructor is used for building virtual projects and for performing cost control, ...

In every economic undertaking, one has to consider the security perils associated with his undertaking before realizing the expected utility. Since information is a vital component that determines success of any economic activity, systems keeping, managing and disseminating such information have to be safeguarded in order to protect the information. During this process, several factors are considered:

The severity of the risk; the magnitude of the risks involved in managing and conserving the information determines the trade-off between taking cautious measures and ignoring. The cost incurred after cybercrime hacking, or phishing has taken place in a banking system is high compared ...

Executive Summary

Microsoft is the leading producer of software applications for personal computers and is largely responsible for making the personal computer present in every home or office.

Microsoft revolutionized the computer industry mainly through its operating systems, which started with MS-DOS in 1980. However, with the difficulty of its use, Microsoft came out with an operating system that had an interface, which was more user-friendly. This was Microsoft Windows, which underwent many versions throughout the last two decades.

Microsoft became the PC software company with the highest sales by 1988.

Windows became the most widely used operating system in the ...

Installing Windows XP

Windows XP by Microsoft Corporation was released in 2001 as the upgraded version of Windows 2000/NT. Ogletree, Glenn and Regas (2002) and Grasdal and Barber (2002) listed down the minimum and recommended requirements before one can install any of the service packs of Windows XP. The computer must have at least 64 - 128 MB worth of RAM memory, a CPU speed up to 233MHz or faster, a 2GB disk drive or larger, at least 650MB or more of free disk space and a monitor display with VGA or SVGA capacity. The computer must also have a standard keyboard and mouse. It is ...

History of the Microsoft Operating System

Before purchasing a computer, one would often take into account a variety of factors that would ensure that he gets the satisfaction of his purchase. He would consider the price, the memory capacity, the features and most especially, the operating system. There are many operating systems available in the market, but only one has retained its popularity since the development period of the computer in the early 1970s. This OS is known as the Microsoft Windows Operating System, developed by Microsoft Corporation. This paper will discuss the history of this popular and dynamic operating system and discover how it has changed ...

Windows Operating System Vulnerabilities

Windows 7, the latest version of the operating system released by the Microsoft Company, is built on the enhanced security platform of Windows Vista, thus including approach called defense-in-depth. According to one of the Windows team members, Paul Cooke, it is aimed at customers’ protection from malware and is based on such features as Kernel Patch Protection, User Account Control (UAC), Windows Service Hardening and others (2009). Development and improvement of these technologies made the system the most secure among the Windows operating systems. Still, this system, as any other ones, has its own vulnerabilities discovered as a result ...

In today’s modern age, the computer has become the base of operations for nearly everyone, both innocent and guilty. A criminal often has incriminating files on their computer – whether they be text, audio or visual evidence of wrongdoing, or a confession, or what have you. They do not want this information to be seen by the police or other investigators in the event of questioning, as it would incriminate them and destroy any potential defense. As a result, they delete it the way they normally would on a Microsoft Windows computer – they drag and drop the file to a Recycle Bin, right ...

A monopoly is defined as an entity that comprises of a single seller and many buyers. Since the seller consists of only one firm, the firm can effectively and efficiently influence the price level for its product(s) in the monopoly market. In this case, the buyers are regarded as price takers because they buy the product provided by the monopoly in the market at the price offered by the monopoly. The monopoly can therefore dictate the price level, thereby charging high prices and consequently making supernormal profits. The functionality of a monopoly is based on the one firm or the ...