An Analysis of the Costs and Benefits of Delaying the Release of Windows XP

Various parties are urging Microsoft to delay the release of their new PC operating system, Windows XP. Those calling for a delay cite features in Windows XP that they claim threaten competition in software in ways reminiscent of Microsoft's actions to protect Windows from Netscape Navigator's Internet Browser in the mid-to-late 1990s. However, Hahn argues that circumstances in the case of Windows XP are quite different. While it is not possible to quantify the impacts of delay, the evidence strongly suggests that the costs would be substantial and the benefits to competition would be minimal at best. Indeed, there is good reason to believe that the release of Windows XP will increase consumer choice and provide additional competition in key software - most significantly, in instant messaging. In the end, the evidence leans heavily towards supporting the timely release of Windows XP. The only parties that clearly stand to gain from a delay are Microsoft's rivals.

Action & cut: Using Windows Movie Maker XP® in ESL classrooms

This study looks at the use of Windows Movie Maker XP® to facilitate students' presentation skills in their English for Professional Communication classes. In the study, students are given the task to produce a short movie based on their meeting presentations which contribute 10% to their course assessment. They are instructed to form groups which consist of five to six members. The movie has to be approximately 10 minutes long with the script written originally by the students. They also need to submit the completed version of the movie in a CD format. The study indicates that Windows Movie Maker XP® enables students to share their meeting presentation movies with their classmates and lecturers. This study also shows that using Windows Movie Maker XP® can help students' learning environment in many ways: they find that English as a Second Language (ESL) classrooms can be enjoyable because of the availability of technology which they can utilize; they improve their English in the context of meeting environments which are assigned by their lecturers, and they build their confidence through the role play

Автоматизація конфігурації параметрів безпеки ОС Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2

Наведено результати досліджень способів конфігурування параметрів безпеки ОС Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2 та опис утиліти автоматизації конфігурування.In the article are considered methods of configuration services security Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2 and described utility for automation configuration

Дослідження ефективності інтеграції програмних засобів захисту з ОС Windows XP/2000/NT на різних рівнях мережної архітектури

Проаналізовано мережну архітектуру ОС Windows XP/2000/NT. Визначено можливості інтеграції (встроювання) програмних засобів захисту на різних рівнях мережної архітектури. Порівняно ефективність варіантів їх реалізації за допомогою механізмів, які надає ОС Windows XP/2000/NT. Наведено вимоги до програмного засобу захисту та рекомендовані рівні його реалізації. Запропоновано структуру та варіант реалізації програмного засобу захисту.Windows XP/2000/NT network architecture is analyzed. The opportunities of security software integration (embedding) at different network architecture levels are determined. The comparison of the effectiveness of their realization variants with the help of different mechanisms which gives Windows XP/2000/NT is done. The requirements to security software and recommended levels of their realization are given. The structure and a variant of security software realization is offered

Aftermarketfailure: Windows XP\u27s End of Support

After 12 years, support for Windows XP will end on April 8, 2014. So proclaims a Microsoft website with a helpful clock counting down the days. What does this mean? the website asks. It means you should take action. You should migrate to a current supported operating system - such as Windows 8.1 - so you can receive regular security updates to protect [your] computer from malicious attacks. The costs of mass migration will be immense. About 30% of all desktop PCs are running Windows XP right now. An estimated 10% of the U.S. government\u27s computers run Windows XP, including thousands of computers on classified military and diplomatic networks. And the costs of staying put? They will be enormous, too. It turns out that 95% of the world\u27s ATMs are powered by Windows XP, and there is no readily available substitute in the offing. In one example of these exorbitant costs, the price of either extending support or upgrading to another version of Windows for each of Britain\u27s major banks will be in the hundreds of millions. Costs will be similar, or perhaps even higher, worldwide. The failure to continue to patch unpatched computers will also have serious ramifications for society. Hackers will keep scouring Windows XP for flaws, holes, and vulnerabilities for many years after Microsoft ends support for its vaunted operating system. Zero-day vulnerabilities-flaws hackers have long known about but have waited to exploit for fear that the vulnerability will be immediately patched (and could therefore only be used once or for a short time)-will now be exploitable in perpetuity. Experts have repeatedly warned that April 8 could spark a hacker feeding frenzy. Yet, ironically, those who run Windows XP pose a greater threat to others than to themselves. In the special case of governments, enterprise businesses, and financial institutions, failure to patch or migrate will expose the personal data of millions of individuals to theft, fraud, and abuse. When the wave of security breaches from unpatched machines arrives, the lawsuits against companies for failure to secure user data properly will become even more costly. There may also be immense blows to consumer confidence, leading to welfare-reducing market-wide substitutions away from e-commerce

Aftermarketfailure: Windows XP\u27s End of Support

After 12 years, support for Windows XP will end on April 8, 2014. So proclaims a Microsoft website with a helpful clock counting down the days. What does this mean? the website asks. It means you should take action. You should migrate to a current supported operating system - such as Windows 8.1 - so you can receive regular security updates to protect [your] computer from malicious attacks. The costs of mass migration will be immense. About 30% of all desktop PCs are running Windows XP right now. An estimated 10% of the U.S. government\u27s computers run Windows XP, including thousands of computers on classified military and diplomatic networks. And the costs of staying put? They will be enormous, too. It turns out that 95% of the world\u27s ATMs are powered by Windows XP, and there is no readily available substitute in the offing. In one example of these exorbitant costs, the price of either extending support or upgrading to another version of Windows for each of Britain\u27s major banks will be in the hundreds of millions. Costs will be similar, or perhaps even higher, worldwide. The failure to continue to patch unpatched computers will also have serious ramifications for society. Hackers will keep scouring Windows XP for flaws, holes, and vulnerabilities for many years after Microsoft ends support for its vaunted operating system. Zero-day vulnerabilities-flaws hackers have long known about but have waited to exploit for fear that the vulnerability will be immediately patched (and could therefore only be used once or for a short time)-will now be exploitable in perpetuity. Experts have repeatedly warned that April 8 could spark a hacker feeding frenzy. Yet, ironically, those who run Windows XP pose a greater threat to others than to themselves. In the special case of governments, enterprise businesses, and financial institutions, failure to patch or migrate will expose the personal data of millions of individuals to theft, fraud, and abuse. When the wave of security breaches from unpatched machines arrives, the lawsuits against companies for failure to secure user data properly will become even more costly. There may also be immense blows to consumer confidence, leading to welfare-reducing market-wide substitutions away from e-commerce

Extracting Windows event logs using memory forensics

Abstract Microsoft’s Windows Operating System provides a logging service that collects, filters and stores event messages from the kernel and applications into log files (.evt and .evtx). Volatility, the leading open source advanced memory forensic suite, currently allows users to extract these events from memory dumps of Windows XP and Windows 2003 machines. Currently there is no support for users to extract the event logs (.evtx) from Windows Vista, Win7 or Win8 memory dumps, and Volatility users have to rely on outside software in order to do this. This thesis discusses a newly developed evtxlogs.py plugin for Volatility, which allows users the same functionality with Windows Vista, Win7 and Win8 that they had with Windows XP and Win 2003’s evtlogs.py plugin. The plugin is based on existing mechanisms for parsing Windows Vista-format event logs, but adds fully integrated support for these logs to Volatility

СПОСОБЫ ВЫЯВЛЕНИЯ СКРЫТЫХ КАНАЛОВ ПО ПАМЯТИ

Рассмотрена классификация скрытых каналов утечки информации. Выполнен анализ реализации требований критерия КО-1 в операционных системах семейства Windows при выделении оперативной памяти для процессов в системе. Обоснован выбор инструментов для анализа. Сделано обследование ОС Windows 7 и Windows XP на выполнение критерия КО-1

Client/Server Application of the Game Whisp

Bakalářská práce popisuje návrh a implementaci karetní hry Mariáš. Hra je určená pro tři až čtyři hráče, kteří ji hrají přes počítačovou síť prostřednictvím protokolu TCP/IP. Hra je vytvořená pro systémy Microsoft Windows XP, Vista a 7 v programovacím jazyce Java.The bachelors thesis describe predesign and implementation of the card game the Whisp. Game is dedicated for three or four players, who play it using computer network and protocol TCP/IP. Game is developed for Microsoft Windows XP, Vista, 7 operating systems. Programming language is Java.