Most Common Computer Problems and Their Solution (Part-1)

Note: All the information here is collected form various sites and forums.

1. I can’t see Hidden files/folders in my computer. Even I enable the option “Show hidden files/folders” in “Tools -> Folder Options”, its automatically disabled again.

Solution1: Go to your Start menu, click on Run and open up your Registry Editor by typing “regedit” without the quotes and pressing OK.

Once there go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folde r\Hidden\SHOWALL

Delete the value CheckedValue. (Its type should be REG_SZ and data should be 0 or 1.)

Create a new DWORD value called CheckedValue (same as above, except that the type is REG_DWORD) by right clicking on the right pane->New->DWORD Value. Modify the value data to 1 (0×00000001).
Solution 2: Open regedit and goto:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
In right-side pane, change value of “Hidden” to as following:

1 – To show hidden file
2 – To not show hidden files

If it doesn’t work, then scan your computer with an anti-virus software.

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Most Common Computer Problems and Their Solution (Part-II)

1. Task Manager Disabled:
If you are working on Windows XP pro, following steps will help u to enable Task Manager
SOLUTION 1:
Click Start –> Run
Enter gpedit.msc in the Open box and click OK
In the Group Policy settings window, select User Configuration
Select Administrative Templates
Select System
Select Ctrl+Alt+Delete options
Select Remove Task Manager
Double-click the Remove Task Manager option
Disable that option

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Show Hidden Files and Folders not working?

Show Hidden Files and Folders not working?….. If we selecte the radio button “Show hidden files and folders” and then press Ok.. the changes would just disappear upon opening the dialog again. It was probably some virus attack after which the Windows registry was not being updated properly. So here is what methods to restore it back. There are so many methods to restore back the registry. If one method is not working, please try another one.

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100 tips for Optimize Your System part 9

91. Movie preferences
iMovie renders most of its transitions and titles in real time, but iDVD doesn’t, so you can go into iDVD’s Preferences and activate background rendering, which will save time when it comes to finalizing and burning the DVD.
92. iDVD slideshow
To add a slideshow to your project in iDVD, press Command/L.
93. Quick copy
To duplicate files in iTunes or iPhoto, you can simply drag one or more pictures or music tracks out of the application and on to any hard drive, or the Desktop. In iPhoto, dragging an event out of the program will duplicate all pictures or movies stored within that event.
94. Back up solution
By default, iTunes stores everything in Username > Music > iTunes, and iPhoto in Username > Pictures > iPhoto Library. Dragging these items to an external or secondary hard drive will perform a quick and simple backup of the entire library.

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100 tips for Optimize Your System part 8

Speed Up iLife
81. Multiple libraries
Large libraries can mean iTunes and iPhoto are slow to start up, so you can speed up by your workflow by creating several smaller libraries. To create one, hold down the “Option” key when you start up the app, select “Create” and choose a location.
82. Multiple edit in iTunes
In iTunes, you can select multiple tracks in a playlist or in the library and press Command/I or choose File > Get Info. This opens the Multiple Item Information window where you can perform batch operations on files. For example, enter text in any of the fields, like Album Title, Comments, or Year, and when you hit “OK,” iTunes will insert information into the tags of all selected files.
83. Batch Change
In iPhoto, if you multiple-select a number of pictures and right-click on them, you can choose “Batch Change.” This calls up a window where you can set new titles, dates or descriptions for all selected pictures at once. It’s handy for quickly tagging lots of photos with a view to searching or creating a smart album.
84. Multiple send
With multiple pictures selected in iPhoto, choose File > Export and you can quickly send multiple images to a slideshow, web page or folder with format conversion and compression.
85. Quick iTunes import
If you go to iTunes’ Preferences > Advanced > Importing tab, you can set it so that when you insert a CD, iTunes will import its tracks based on the encoder settings and eject the disc when it’s finished.

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100 tips for Optimize Your System part 7

71. Quickly track all online auctions
Instead of logging in and out of eBay, use a dedicated tracking client such as GarageBuy or GarageSale to manage everything in one window — much faster than trying to juggle multiple heavy web pages.
72. Quick download
In Safari, you can quickly download the target of any link to the Desktop by holding down the “O” key and clicking on it. This bypasses the dialog asking you to choose a destination, and involves no menus. If you perform this action on a link that leads to a page, the page will be downloaded. If you hold down the “Command” key while clicking on a link, it will open in a tab behind the current one (but only if this is enabled in Safari’s Preferences).
73. Prevent clutter
In Safari’s Preferences > General tab, you can choose a location to save downloaded files. In Tiger, the default is the Desktop; in Leopard, it’s the Downloads folder. It makes sense to divert downloads to a specific folder, like in Leopard, as it keeps the Desktop free of clutter and you can manage all downloaded items in a single location. Also, if you’re running antivirus software such as the free ClamXav (www.clamxav.com), you can tell it to “watch” the download folder, which means it will automatically scan that specific folder for any nasties you may inadvertently get from malicious websites.

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100 tips for Optimize Your System part 6

Go Faster Online

61. Trust in tabs

In Safari’s Preferences you can turn on tabbed browsing, which is much easier and quicker than juggling multiple open browser windows. Particularly useful is the option to Command/click on a link; it will open in a new tab behind the current one. A practical application for this is to open several links from a page in tabs, but not view the pages until you have finished with the first page. This saves you going back and forth, reloading the first page.

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100 tips for Optimize Your System part 5

51. Multiple select
If you need to collect several items together for emailing, transfer via iChat or just backup purposes, multiple-select them by dragging around them, or by holding Shift/Command as you click on them, then right-click and choose “Create Archive.”
52. Icon viewing
To show items in Icons view, press Command/1.
53. List view
To show items in List view, press Command/2.
54. Columns view
To show items in Columns view, press Command/3.
55. Get multiple info
If you press Command/I you can bring up the “Get Info” panel on multiple items, or hold Command/Option/I to get a single info window on the collective properties of all the items.

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100 tips for Optimize Your System part 4

Find Stuff Faster
41. Use Spotlight for metadata
Spotlight uses metadata stored by the system to search within files, not just their filenames. So, for example, it can identify text stored on a layer within a Photoshop document. This makes things quicker to find, even if you can’t remember where they’re stored.
42. Trim Spotlight searches
If you have a folder into which you drop lots of temporary items, consider excluding it from Spotlight’s search in System Preferences > Spotlight. Otherwise the system may slow down as OS X tries to index all the contents, only for you to delete the files shortly afterwards.
43. Create aliases
Aliases are as old as the hills in computing terms, but still a great way to link to files and folders. Just select an item, press Command/L or right-click and choose “Make Alias,” then drag the alias wherever you want it to go. Double-clicking on an alias will open the file or folder without you having to navigate to it; this is particularly useful when something is buried deep in a subfolder or on another drive.
44. Right-click items
Many functions to do with items in the Finder can be found by right-clicking (or Control/clicking) on them to bring up the contextual menu. Common operations like “Move To Trash,” “Duplicate” and “Compress” can be found here for quick access. Some applications also install contextual menu items, most notably antivirus software (for quick scanning) and compression software like StuffIt (for quick archiving).

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100 tips for Optimize Your System part 4

31. Send multiples to Trash quickly
To send multiple items to Trash in one fell swoop, select the items and press Command/Delete.
32. Duplicate items
For a quick way to duplicate multiple items, select items then click “Option” and drag the items.
33. Speedy save
To save your current document, press Command/S.
34. Quick quit
To quit the current application, press Command/Q.
35. Minimize your app
To minimize a currently open window to the Dock, press Command/M.
36. Open Preferences quickly
To open Preferences, press Command/comma (,).
37. Hide all open apps
To hide all applications at once, press Command/Option and click on the desktop.
38. Switch between apps
To switch between open applications, press Command/Tab.

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100 tips for Optimize Your System part 3

21. Select multiple files
Select multiple files and folders by holding down the Command or Shift key as you click with the mouse. This also lets you select non-continuous items, so you can skip those that you don’t need. You can then drag them all to another location as one, or duplicate or copy them all in one go.
22. Open multiple files
Open multiple files and folders as one by hitting Command/O. Folders will show their contents, and any files selected will open in their respective applications.
23. Transfer multiple files
If you need to email or transfer a group of files, say via iChat or FTP, multiple-select the items or group them into a folder. Then right-click on the folder or items and choose “Create Archive” or “Compress” (depending on your version of OS X). Finder will then create a zip file containing all the items. The overall file size will now be smaller, so sending the email will also be quicker.

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100 tips for Optimize Your System part 2

11. Recycle old Macs
Rather than throwing away an older Mac, use it to take the strain off your main Mac by using it as a server, Internet and email machine, or even for hosting wireless, shared iTunes libraries.
12. Make fewer connections
Reducing the number of devices connected to your Mac over USB or FireWire will help it run a little faster. So if you’re not going to print anything, for example, disconnect the printer.
13. Stick with an older OS X?
If your Mac is elderly, it’s worth sticking with an older version of OS X as the upgrade may bring crippling load for the sake of some features you could live without.
14. Trim the fat
Fancy extras like using an animated screensaver as a desktop background are a huge drain, especially on the CPUs of older Macs. Similarly, having extra users logged in the background and even using Dock magnification can slow down struggling older machines. If you forego these luxuries, your old Mac screen may look a little dull but it will perform to its best abilities.

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100 tips for Optimize Your System part 1

1. Boost memory
The simplest way to a faster Mac is by installing extra RAM. Before you buy, check the maximum RAM capacity of your Mac. You can download a free program called MacTracker (http://mactracker.dreamhosters.com) that will tell you the precise technical specifications of every Mac ever produced.
2. Install RAM in pairs
Many Macs will give you a speed boost if you install matching RAM modules in pairs. G5 and Mac Pro towers actually require the installation of pairs of modules, though most other Macs will allow the use of an odd number, with the proviso that you won’t get the fastest possible performance from them. Crucial’s website (www.crucial.com/mac/index.aspx) will tell you the specifics for your model.
3. Faster drive
Installing a faster hard drive as the boot drive on a tower Mac will yield performance gains, especially if you go up to a 10,000-speed drive. On a laptop, installing a 7,200rpm drive (to replace a 5,400 rpm model) will also make things faster, though older Mac portables don’t have user replaceable hard drives
4. Is faster memory worth it?
When buying RAM you’ll often have the option to buy faster memory, which of course comes at a higher price. Although it may technically be faster on paper, in reality you may not notice a huge speed bump in real world, everyday use. Spending the extra money on faster hard drives would be a better idea for most users.
5. Graphics cards
On towers like G4s and G5s you may see a benefit to installing a faster graphics card, though only really if you use graphics-heavy software like compositing or video, or if you play a lot of games.
6. Firewire not USB
Although theoretically faster, USB 2.0 isn’t favored as much by professionals as FireWire due to the speed at which it requests data. So although a USB 2.0 drive will be cheaper, a FireWire drive offers superior performance.

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UnixWare 7

UnixWare 7

UnixWare has a monolithic kernel and stands out for reliability, stability and scalability. Depending on application purpose gives installations and licences for the Data Center, Enterprise, Departmental, Business, Messaging and Base Edition. Servers with UnixWare were offered by Compaq Computer Corp. in 1997. In the same year UnixWare 7.0.1 on the CeBIT got a prize as the best operating system.

With SCO Merge of PLATINUM Solutions, Inc. brings UnixWare a virtual environment for DOS and Windows 3.11/95. Periphery devices are only restrictedly available for Host system in SCO Merge. Windows is supported in version 95 and higher in the current version. Extensive tools, the enclosed Fasttrack web server and Webtop make UnixWare interesting also for a Cluster system. Visionfs is part of Tarantella by Caldera since the take-over of SCO.

SCO started the SCO Free UNIX action with a free licence for not commercial users in August 1996. OpenServer 5.0.4 and UnixWare 2.1.2 operating system were offered at delivery costs, the action was stopped after UnixWare 7.1.1 at the end of 1999.

Update: The OpenServer and UnixWare technology has been part of Caldera since February 2001 which renamed this business division in SCO Group.

Update May 2004: UnixWare version 7.1.4 is published, primarily smaller and middle enterprises are target group. Server applications are File and Print services, mail server, DHCP, web server, firewall, proxy server as well as relational databases. The Small Business Edition supports 1 user (B), 1 CPU (C) and up to 1 gbyte main memory (A).
- Base Edition 1 (B), 1 (C), 2 GByte (A)
- Business Edition 10 (B), 4 (C), 4 GByte (A)
- Departmental Edition 25 (B), 4 (C), 8 GByte (A)
- Enterprise Edition 50 (B), 6 (C), 16 GByte (A)
- Datacenter Edition 150 (B), 8 (C), 32 GByte (A)

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Minix operating system

Minix was programmed by the computer scientist Andrew Tanenbaum as a teaching operating system for x86 computer. It is related to the AT&T UNIX, however it does not contain any licence requiring source code of UNIX so that it is free of charge to be used and sold. In January 1987 Minix was made public for the first time and the users discussed about it in newsgroups in the Usenet. Minix 3.1 was downloaded 75.000 times as an ISO image of interested users in the first 2 months after the release.

MINIX 3. x can be used for embedded devices also and for further applications where the GPL is too strict. The operating system offers very high reliability. The porting to the ARM7 and PPC architecture are in development. On the porting of the X Window Server is also worked.

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Development of Linux

1986 Linus (Benedict) Torvalds programmed its own driver for its floppy controller. He learned intensively hardware programming and became better knowledge about his Sinclair computer with Q-DOS. Additionally he provided his own programmer Tools. When 1991 the 386-Intel PC became modern, he got one PC to learn about the programming of 386 CPUs. As operating system the Unix derivate MINIX was used, he has know Unix already since 1990 from its university. Minix was developed by Andrew Tanenbaum as learning system and was particularly used at universities. The written book from A. Tanenbaum "Operating Systems: Design and Implementation" is about operating system concepts and Minix, which became the favourite book from Torvalds. The source code of Minix is open source, any modifications are bound to the license conditions.

Because he did not find the provided terminal emulator program in Minix acceptable, he began his project to code his own and better terminal emulator with more functions on hardware level. In addition he programmed his own drivers for the data medium access and the file system and others in assembler. With these functions the software becames the ability to upload and download from the Internet. In the line of the development terminal program got more and more functions so he made the decision to enhance it to a operating system. Its operating system was derivated from concepts of Minix but completely written from scratch beginning at the Kernel. After long programming evenings it was so far. On 17th September 1991 the operating system Freax version 0.01 was finished, as development environment was used still the MINIX for 386 CPUs. It contained already the GNU Shell bash and the GNU C-compiler GCC from Richard Stallman, which counts to the standard programs for the meantime named operating system Linux. Because Linux profits particularly from the GNU software pool, it is generally called GNU/Linux.

After approximately 6 months Freax was renamed in Linux. Already on 3th July 1991 he had asked for the POSIX standards in the minix-newsgroup, he presented on 25th August 1991 his project in public and asked for suggestions for further functions and extensions. The source code was made freely accessible by ftp. To communicate with other programmers and interested people he used the Maylinglist "Linux-activists@niksula.hut.fi" and the newsgroup "comp.os.minix" for contact and progress messages. Later its own Maylinglist and forums were created. In the line of the development he received wished postcards from all over the world with thankfully words. The project has got a strong self-dynamic in the InterNet and was maintained by the community. The rights at the brand name Linux was transferred after a legal incident to Linus Torvalds and later distributed on several persons to ensure the further development and to avoid a "takeover by enemys". The symbol figure "Tux the penguin" was selected because Torvalds was bitten by a penguin in a Finnish zoo. The self-willed animal had impressed him in such a way, which it gave to its operating system this guidance figure. At the beginning Linux doesn`t contain any installation script or graphical installation menu. To make the installation from Linux easier and automated Owen LeBlanc from the Manchester Computing Centre published the MCC Interim release, this was the key for the automated installation of today's distributions.

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OS/2 Warp

Main characteristics of OS/2 (Operating System 2) are primarily the simple and powerful user interface WPS (Workplace Shell), stability and technology lead in the earlier years of OS/2. The user interface is built up completely object-oriented.

OS/2 of IBM does not have to be compared with DOS or Windows extensions any more since the version 2.0. This new version corresponded to a new operating system generation, which has the potential to use the full performance of a 32-bit CPU, developed only by IBM. Up to version 1.3 IBM had cooperated in development with Microsoft. The beta version was tested by 30,000 voluntary. It was made under the slogan to create a "Better DOS than DOS" with success. Much programs for DOS and Windows (3.x, Win32s) are executed faster under OS/2 than in the original operating environment.

The project Odin has the destination to execute Win32 programs (Windows 9.x and Windows NT) in OS/2 Warp natively. This happens by conversion of the .EXE and .DLL files into the OS/2 format or about adjustment of the programcode copy in the memory as in the case of OS/2 programs. Said more exactly, the PE (Portable Executable) Win32 binary format get converted into the OS/2 LX binarily (linear eXecutable) format.

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NetWare

Novell developed with NetWare a network operating system that no complex and overweighted GUI needs for use on servers. Novell provides simple but powerful text-based menus on the command line for the configuration since the first NetWare release. The administration of resources like printers, files and users is possible with a client and a graphical window system and granted administrator rights. Since NetWare 6 no more client is necessary for this, the configuration can be done completely on the server.

NetWare needs only low hardware requirements and has memory protection. It protects single processes from each other and is very stable through this in operation. Virtual memory is used reliably. By IFS file systems can be exchanged. This operating system is used for all sorts of fields of application. Use as a directory service, Internet server, Intranet server, file server or also application server is part of it.

The first release of NetWare was 1983 for the operating system DOS. In 2005 the current version of the network operating system Open Enterprise Server was published in different variants. Either with NetWare 6.5 kernel or Linux kernel of the Suse Enterprise 9 server, no matter which variant is used the same services are available.

NetWare 3.0

With the version NetWare 3.0 the 32-bit performance of the Intel 386 CPUs could already be used fully. The following versions 3.1 and 3.11 eliminated many bugs from the main release. NetWare 3.11 had great popularity in companies and worked very reliable and stable. NetWare can respectively manage at most 32 TByte harddisk storages for at most 64 Volumes per servers. Novell cancelled the support for the version 3.2 in the year 2002.

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Mac System Software

Mac System Software

Mac OS was named by the company Apple as "Mac System Software" in the beginning, a specially designed operating system only for 68K first Motorola processors. With own Macintosh hardware, Mac OS takes up a special role in the world of desktop systems. The first version was "System 1" and appeared bundled with the Mac in 1984. The classic desktop is designed as a single user operating system and almost completely hides the full path to files and directories. The graphic representation is reduced to the essence. Overall the interface is very easy to use and does not need the right mouse button for user interaction. Mac OS does not include a command line interface.

Starting with System 3.0, the used filesystem HFS was used officially, which does not different between uppercase and lowercase letters. System 5.0 was the first release to run several programs with the integrated MultiFinder at the same time. The operating system was programmed up to system 6.0 mostly in assembler and partially in Pascal and used a 24-bit addressing mode. Cooperative Multi-tasking could optionally be enabled in System 6. System 7.0 first supported 32-bit addressing. Thus allow the operating system can use more memory and more powerful programs. Since 1994 System 7.5 supported for the first time the PowerPC architecture and is optimized with the following Mac OS versions further on this architecture. With System software 7.6 the name was changed to Mac OS in January 1997.

The optimization of the operating system to the hardware has the disadvantage that the system software can not be installed on every Mac. Application compatibility to the Mac systems may also vary with each version.

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DARWIN OS INFO

Darwin is the from Apple named operating system core for Mac OS X. Darwin is Mac OS X without the user interface. The BSD Unix and Mach 3.0 based Kernel connects since the first release in 1999 characteristics of the booth worlds Apple and UNIX. Mac OS X has beside the Mac OS predecessor his origin in the know how of NeXT technology, taken over by Apple in 1997. NeXT has developed the OPENSTEP operating system which was the further development of NEXTSTEP which in turn is based on 4.3 BSD. Apple supports actively the BSD community, because Darwin is compatibly with the FreeBSD distribution as a reference and takes advance of much open source projects. Mac OS X merge therefore the efficiency and stability of UNIX (protected memory area) with the simple usability of Mac OS.

Affected by the open source concept developers of Apple and the open source community work together for the PowerPC and x86 operating system version. Modifications and further developments flow back to the public, after a free registration the source code can be downloaded from the Apple web site. It can not be excluded that Darwin with his operating system core xnu splits up into independent distribution. All developed applications for the Darwin system core work also under Mac OS X, except for special Mac OS X applications which do not run directly under Darwin. Standard format for executable applications in Darwin is Mach-O. Support for the primarily by Linux program used .ELF format is not possible at present, but Linux applications can be ported.

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AIX 4.3 OS INFO

AIX 4.3

AIX is the first 64-bit UNIX that becames from the NSA in the USA the TCSEC C2 certificate, with modifications it corresponds also the TCSEC B1. AIX 4.3 can run on 64-Bit CPUs binarily 32-Bit programs and 64-Bit programs. The TCP/IP stack and the I/O system were continued to optimize on high efficiency. Up to 128 non removable disks can be combined into a logical group. OpenGL GLX 1.3 and graPHICS extensions make an increased application performance and better handling of large graphic models possible. NIS+, Java support and numerous system management Tools supplement this AIX release.

Compatibility
Except for special exceptions applications for AIX version 4.1 or 4.2 run also under AIX 4.3- without new compilation. A condition for it are: RS/6000 POWER-, POWER2 and PowerPC-based models. Applications that use some X11R5 server extension (like the Windowmanager), are only executable under AIX version 4.3. Applications that where compiled with specific POWER2 or other PowerPC compiling options, are executable also only with such CPUs. The downward compatibility is reduced in so far that compiled applications on AIX 4.x are not compatible to the older releases of AIX. 64-Bit applications, which were provided on 32-Bit systems under AIX 4.3, can be used on 64-Bit AIX 4.3 systems without problems.

Areas of application
Applicable on workstation to supercomputers and cluster systems; eBusiness, Intranet, Extranet, enterprise-critical applications

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ABOUT WINDOWS VISTA OS INFORMATION

Windows Vista

Microsoft published the new product name Vista for this new Windows Version on an event in the USA/Atlanta on 21-07-2005. This Windows Version was known under the development name Longhorn before. The installation of Vista is based on WIM (Windows Imaging format), a file-based Image Format. It compresses the contained files and can be used for the installation on several platforms from the same Image. The image on the DVD contains a pre-installation of the system directories of Windows in the Windows Imaging (.WIM) file and adapts to the hardware configuration. With the User State Migration Toolkit

Windows Vista (Windows version 6.0) contains the new user interface Aero. The start menu has a round start button without text now. New characteristics are three-dimensional effects, the transparent representation and freely scalable symbols. To see all visual features a graphiccard with DirectX 9.0 support is required. The known interface of Windows XP can be activated alternatively. The PC should at least contain a processor with 2 ghz, 512 mbyte RAM and at least 10 GByte of free harddisk storage.

Developer take advance from the new graphic interface WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) for the component-based development of 2D and 3D applications, WPF was designed under the code name Avalon. This framework supports the use of vector graphic for better scaling of applications on the display screen.

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About JavaOS

JavaSoft is a subsidiary enterprise of Sun Microsystems and developed JavaOS (code name Kona) which was introduced to the public at the end of May 1996 at the JavaOne developer conference. JavaOS has clearly a different one system structure than typical desktop or server operating systems. JavaOS is very compact and was designed especially for embedded devices to be able to execute Java applications on this directly. It needs neither a file system nor virtual memory, concept conditionally it supports only a programming language at the execution and does not have his own system calls. It boots independently, supports a password protected login, own device drivers, has its own window system and API and can execute several Java applets at the same time. JavaSoft has granted licences to more than 25 manufacturers, to this companies belongs Oracle Corp., Acer Inc., Xerox, Toshiba Corp. and Nokia which will use the JavaOS in her products. IBM and Sun announce the cooperation for JavaOS for Business at the end of March 1998.

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List of Operating Systems

List of Operating Systems

For interested persons is this list, in order to specify as much as possible operating systems already existing. Who would like to know whether the operating system with the name xyz really exists or has existed, this is a excellent source to start. Commercial, free, open source and operating systems developed at universities as well as their derivatives are included. It does not take place a distinction after the level of development, application purpose, distribution or hardware platform. Operating systems with only different version numbers are considered only if they are technically clearly different to each other.

This list offers hundreds of operating system product and project names, many of them are based on the same operating system more or less with more or less differences in the source code. The most operating systems can be traced to few development lines and derive from a small amount of system software. This applies especially to Linux distributions with a low number of main distributions. Further projects which largely use the same code base have forged to new distributions. Depending of this there forged smaller projects with differences in the composition of the applications or source code. Other operating system families are Windows and Unix.

Operating System not found?

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Operating systems (582)


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86-DOS
A/UX
Acados
ACP (Airline Control Program)
AdaOS
ADMIRAL
Adrenaline
aerolitheOS
Aimos
AIOS
AIX
AIX/370
AIX/ESA
Allegro
AllianceOS
Alto OS
Amiga OS
Amoeba
Amstrad
AMX RTOS
AngelOS
Antarctica
AOS/VS
Aperios
Apollo Domain/OS
ApolloOS
Apostle
Archimedes OS
AROS
ARTOS
Asbestos
Athena
AtheOS
AtomsNet
Atomthreads
AuroraOS
B-Free
Bada
BAL
Banyan VINES
Basic Executive System
BeIA
BeOS
Beowulf
BKY
BlueEyedOS
BOS
BOS1810
BoxOS
BPMK
bpmk
BRiX
BS600
BS2000
BSDi
BugOS
Calmira
CCP (Computer Control Program)
CDOS
Cefarix
C Executive
Chaos
Chimera
Chippewa OS
Choices
Chorus
Cinder OS
Cisco IOS
Clicker32
CMW+ (SCO)
COBRA
Coherent
CONSENSYS
ConvexOS
Cos
Cosy
Counterpoise
CP/K
CP/M
CP/NET
CP/Z
CPF (Control Program Facility)
Cromix
Cronus
CSOC
CTOS
CTSS
CX/SX
Cyber (CDC)
Cygnus
DAC
Darwin
Data General
DC/OSx
DCP
Degenerate OS
Delitalk
Deming OS
DEMOS
DesktopBSD
DESKWORK
DG/UX
DIGITAL UNIX
dingOS
DK/DOS
DLD
DNIX
Domain OS
DOS
DOS2
DOS 50
Dosket
dr'ex
DR-DOS
Drops
Drywell OS
DS-OS
DTOS
DVIX
DYNIX Unix (Sequent)
ECL-3211
eComStation
eCos
EduOS
EGOS
ekkoBSD
Elate
ELKS
Elysium
EOS
EP/IX
EPOC
ERaMS
ERIKA
EROS
ESER
ESIX
ESKO
Eumel
EuNIX
Exopc
ExOS
Express
Famos
FDOS
Fiasco
Flamethrower
FlashOS
FlexOS
FLP-80 DOS
Flux
Flux-Fluke-Flask
FMS
Forth
FreeBSD
FreeDOS
FreeDOWS
FreeVMS
Frenzy
FullPliant
FunatixOS
FxOS
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ABOUT Splashtop

At Splashtop, we have a long history of shipping a range of customized versions of our lightweight Splashtop OS embedded in myriad devices from the leading PC OEMs. But back at the end of November, we released something groundbreaking for the company – a downloadable version of Splashtop OS. While this initial release was greeted with positive fanfare from the tech press, it was still just a “beta” that supported a fairly narrow set of HP hardware platforms. Our intent has always been to broaden support, build on user feedback, and release a stable version 1.0.
Well, today’s the day – introducing Splashtop OS 1.0, available for download now.
What is it?  Splashtop OS is a lightweight, web-centric operating system optimized for notebooks and netbooks, that can be installed on virtually any Windows-based PC. Rather than trying to replace Windows as a stand-alone operating system, we like to think of Splashtop OS as an ideal Windows ‘companion’ – it’s there super-fast whenever you just need to get to the web, while Windows remains intact for those other times when you want a full desktop computing environment.
Splashtop OS 1.0 takes advantage of all the insights and technical advancements we’ve made over the years in developing instant-on solutions. For example, we often times bundled multiple applications along with the OS, such as a photo viewer or music player, but have learned over time that the core application that drives the vast majority of usage is – no surprise –the browser. So with Splashtop OS, we focused on making the browsing experience really great. In fact, the browser is the UI, so right away
it looks and feels completely familiar and intuitive. Within seconds of powering up, the web search box that all of us use almost daily pops up front-and-center. (We default to Bing search, our worldwide search partner announced last November.)

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How do I install Splashtop OS?

Download the Splashtop OS installer and then double-click on the downloaded .EXE file.

The installer will immediately begin downloading the entire package (approximately 250 to 300 MB).

Follow the simple installation instructions on the screen:

• If your computer is a supported device type, you will need to select Boot to Splashtop in order to use Splashtop OS. Selecting this option means that the next time you re-boot or power on, you will enter Splashtop OS.
• If your computer is not a supported device, then the next time you re-boot or power on, a Boot Menu will display, and you must select Splashtop OS from the menu in order to launch Splashtop OS
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Java founder Gosling joins Google

Java founder James Gosling has taken a job with Google, he revealed in a blog post on Monday.
"Through some odd twists in the road over the past year, and a tardis encountered along the way, I find myself starting employment at Google today," Gosling wrote. "One of the toughest things about life is making choices. I had a hard time saying 'no' to a bunch of other excellent possibilities."
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"I don't know what I'll be working on," he added. "I expect it'll be a bit of everything, seasoned with a large dose of grumpy curmudgeon."
Gosling left Oracle last year after it purchased Sun Microsystems, the company where he created Java, the now-ubiquitous programming language. While initially somewhat vague about the reasons for his departure, Gosling later told eWeek that the reasons included inadequate compensation and an atmosphere of micromanagement.
His arrival at Google comes as the company is being sued by Oracle over alleged Java patent and copyright infringements in its Android OS. That matter and others have raised tensions in the Java community of late.

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Yahoo to release code for selected technologies to open source community

Yahoo plans to release some technologies, including storage technologies, to the open source community, a senior executive of the company said.

These are systems that Yahoo built to help it handle large numbers of users on its websites, but that don't necessarily give it a competitive advantage, said David Chaiken, chief architect at Yahoo, in an interview in Bangalore on Friday.

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In 2009, Yahoo donated its Traffic Server scalable caching proxy to the Apache Software Foundation.

A working group on open source at Yahoo is currently evaluating technologies that could qualify to be released to open source.

The company has to first make sure that each of the technologies will really be useful and provide significant value outside Yahoo, before releasing it to open source, Chaiken said. It takes time and effort to go through the open source process, and to build a community around open source, so the company has to first make sure there will be interest from developers, he added.

Releasing technology to the open source community helps Yahoo build recognition and a technical brand in the technical community, as well as develop relationships with universities and companies, Chaiken said. There could also be some financial benefits in getting community developers to work on a project, he added.

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