Operating systems security

This section is dedicated to operating system security issues. From setting up a secure home network to creating strong passwords, it’s important to understand the details of using an operating system in a safe and secure manner

Nokia And Intel Unite To Make New Mobile Operating System Called Meego

February 20, 2010
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Nokia and Intel Unite to Make Mobile OS known as Meego Unlikely partners Intel and Nokia have joined forces in an attempt to fend off increasing mobile competition from Google, Apple, and Microsoft. The two companies have merged their mobile OSes into one entity: Meego. You can expect the first mobile devices running on...
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Help With Windows Registry Errors – What Can You Do Yourself!

February 18, 2010
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Help with windows registry errors – what can you do yourself! How many times since you purchased your computer have you seen an annoying message like – “blah-blah” .DLL file is missing or corrupt, unable to open file/program. I’ll bet that if you’ve had a nasty virus, hardware crash, software crash or something similar –...
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Using Linux As Your Main OS.

September 19, 2009
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Using Linux as your main OS. I have been a Windows user for many years and have never ventured much into many other Operating Systems until the past couple of years. I work in an IT department for a school system and we are a Dell shop running Only Windows. We use Linux for our...
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They Are Called Temporary Files – If Only That Were A Reality

August 23, 2009
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A computer that runs slow is not a problem that you have to allow and resign yourself to. The truth is that the answer to the problem of a slow running computer is easy to find and easy to apply. A majority of the measures can be established for free by yourself if you...
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Recovery Console or Directory Restore Safe Mode Administrator password

October 14, 2008
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If Windows 2000 Service Pack 2 or later is installed on your computer, you can use the Setpwd.exe utility to change the SAM-based Administrator password. To do this: At a command prompt, change to the %SystemRoot%\System32 folder. To change...
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KDE security advisories source

January 9, 2008
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The KDE Security Advisories are crosslinked in the KDE Information Pages of the KDE versions to which they apply to. The listing below is in chronological order. 2007-11-07 kpdf/kword/xpdf multiple xpdf based vulnerabilities 2007-09-19 KDM passwordless login vulnerability 2007-09-14 Konqueror address bar spoofing 2007-07-30 kpdf/kword/xpdf stack based buffer overflow 2007-03-26 KIO FTP ioslave PASV vulnerability 2007-02-06 KHTML/Konqueror <title> XSS vulnerability 2007-01-15...
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KDE or the K Desktop Environment

January 9, 2008
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KDE or the K Desktop Environment, is a network transparent contemporary desktop environment for UNIX workstations. KDE seeks to fulfill the need for an easy to use desktop for UNIX workstations, similar to desktop environments found on Macintosh and Microsoft Windows operating systems. The UNIX operating system is according to us the best available...
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Virtualisation security risks being ignored

December 31, 2007
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Gartner blows a gasket on hyped technology. Companies rushing to deploy virtualisation technologies for could wind up overlooking many security issues and exposing themselves to risk, Gartner has warned. Virtualisation software offers the ability to run multiple operating systems, or multiple sessions of a single operating system, on a single physical machine, whether server or desktop....
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Mac OS X provides many built in security features

October 3, 2007
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Mac OS X provides many built in security features that, when fully utilised, can greatly reduce the risk of a security incident. OS X is one of the most secure default installations when compared to other operating system. The install follows the accepted best practice of disabling all network services unless explicitly enabled. The...
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Cannot find a file which run the window

July 30, 2007
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Your PC powers up correctly, it passes the POST, all drives are detected correctly, but Windows does not load automatically. Instead you see the following error message: Cannot find a device file that may be needed to run Windows or a Windows application.The Windows registry or SYSTEM.INI file refers to this device file, but the...
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Cannot win.com

July 30, 2007
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Your PC powers up correctly, it passes the POST, all drives are detected correctly, but Windows does not load automatically. Instead you see an error message “Cannot find WIN.COM, unable to continue loading Windows”. Check to see if WIN.COM is still present on the hard drive. It should be located in the C:\Windows folder....
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Windows not load automatically

July 30, 2007
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Your PC powers up correctly, it passes the POST, all drives are detected correctly, but Windows does not load. Instead you only see a DOS prompt. The reason for this could be that the Windows directory cannot be found or accessed. Boot to a DOS prompt with a Windows startup disk. When you’re at...
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