STEPS TO FORMAT WINDOW XP

1.	Insert the Windows XP CD into your computer and restart your computer.
2.	If prompted to start from the CD, press SPACEBAR. If you miss the prompt (it only appears for a few seconds), restart your computer to try again.
3.	Windows XP Setup begins. During this portion of setup, your mouse will not work, so you must use the keyboard. On the Welcome to Setup page, press ENTER.
4.	On the Windows XP Licensing Agreement page, read the licensing agreement. Press the PAGE DOWN key to scroll to the bottom of the agreement. Then press F8.
5.	This page enables you to select the hard disk drive on which Windows XP will be installed. Once you complete this step, all data on your hard disk drive will be removed and cannot be recovered. It is extremely important that you have a recent backup copy of your files before continuing. When you have a backup copy, press D, and then press L when prompted. This deletes your existing data.
6.	Press ENTER to select Unpartitioned space, which appears by default.
7.	Press ENTER again to select Format the partition using the NTFS file system, which appears by default.
8.	Windows XP erases your hard disk drive using a process called formatting and then copies the setup files. You can leave your computer and return in 20 to 30 minutes. Part 2: Continue the installation
9.	Windows XP restarts and then continues with the installation process. From this point forward, you can use your mouse. Eventually, the Regional and Language Options page appears. Click Next to accept the default settings. If you are multilingual or prefer a language other than English, you can change language settings after setup is complete.
10.	On the Personalize Your Software page, type your name and your organization name. Some programs use this information to automatically fill in your name when required. Then, click Next.
11.	On the Your Product Key page, type your product key as it appears on your Windows XP CD case. The product key is unique for every Windows XP installation. Then, click Next.
12.	On the Computer Name and Administrator Password page, in the Computer name box, type a name that uniquely identifies your computer in your house, such as FAMILYROOM or TOMS. You cannot use spaces or punctuation. If you connect your computer to a network, you will use this computer name to find shared files and printers. Type a strong password that you can remember in the Administrator password box, and then retype it in the Confirm password box. Write the password down and store it in a secure place. Click Next.
13.	On the Date and Time Settings page, set your computer’s clock. Then, click the Time Zone down arrow, and select your time zone. Click Next.
14.	Windows XP will spend about a minute configuring your computer. On the Networking Settings page, click Next.
15.	On the Workgroup or Computer Domain page, click Next. Part 3: Complete the installation
16.	Windows XP will spend 20 or 30 minutes configuring your computer and will automatically restart when finished. When the Display Settings dialog appears, click OK.
17.	When the Monitor Settings dialog box appears, click OK.
18.	The final stage of setup begins. On the Welcome to Microsoft Windows page, click Next.
19.	On the Help protect your PC page, click Help protect my PC by turning on Automatic Updates now. Then, click Next.
20.	Windows XP will then check if you are connected to the Internet: • If you are connected to the Internet, select the choice that describes your network connection on the Will this computer connect to the Internet directly, or through a network? page. If you’re not sure, accept the default selection, and click Next. • If you use dial-up Internet access, or if Windows XP cannot connect to the Internet, you can connect to the Internet after setup is complete. On the How will this computer connect to the Internet? page, click Skip.
21.	Windows XP Setup displays the Ready to activate Windows? page. If you are connected to the Internet, click Yes, and then click Next. If you are not yet connected to the Internet, click No, click Next, and then skip to step 24. After setup is complete, Windows XP will automatically remind you to activate and register your copy of Windows XP.
22.	On the Ready to register with Microsoft? page, click Yes, and then click Next.
23.	On the Collecting Registration Information page, complete the form. Then, click Next.
24.	On the Who will use this computer? page, type the name of each person who will use the computer. You can use first names only, nicknames, or full names. Then click Next. To add users after setup is complete or to specify a password to keep your account private, read Create and customize user accounts.
25.	On the Thank you! page, click Finish.

OPERATING SYSTEM & SECURITY

Recognize security policy and mechanism.

·                      In computer science, protection mechanisms are built into a computer architecture to support the enforcement of security policies. A simple definition of a security policy is "to set who may use what information in a computer system.

·                     mechanism for controlling the access of programs, processes, or users the resources defined by the computer system. the protentation mechanism ensures the enforcement of a certain policy.

 Elaborate authentic basic.

Password

·                     A password is a secret word or string of characters that is used for authentication, to prove identity or gain access to a resource (example: an access code is a type of password). The password should be kept secret from those not allowed access.

Artifact

·                     In natural science and signal processing, an artifact is any error in the perception or representation of any visual or aural information introduced by the involved equipment or technique(s).

·                     In computer science, digital artifacts are anomalies introduced into digital signals as a result of digital processing.

·                     In microscopy, artifacts are sometimes introduced during the processing of samples into slide form. See Artifact (microscopy)

Biometric

·                     Biometrics consists of methods for uniquely recognizing humans based upon one or more intrinsic physical or behavioral traits. In computer science, in particular, biometrics is used as a form of identity access management and access control. It is also used to identify individuals in groups that are under surveillance.

Elaborate protection concept and access control.

·         For your PC security suite is now available a variety of programs that promise more often than full protection from malware, with acontrol virus and malware, but also with some research andcomplex in real time. 

·        Major challenge for all manufacturers areoffering solutions that are effective yet easy to use, and if you do not require excessive resources to the system.

·         At the time all the leading manufacturers of security software suite that provides a guide as well as the traditional functions of malwaredetection and protect your PC also features accessories forprotection of data and optimization of the operating system. 

·         The concept of security was also extended to the area where this malware is not in the strict sense. But, in a sense, a proper backup data fall within the concept of security.

MANAGMENT DATA INPUT/OUTPUT

Input Output Management

·        Managing input & output in Windows XP involves many operating system components.

·        User-mode processes interact with an environment subsystem and not directly with kernel-mode components.

·        The environment subsystem pass input & output request to the input & output manager, which interacts with devices drivers to handle such request.

·         Several device drivers, organized into a driver stack, cooperate to fulfill an input & output request.

·        The plug and play manager dynamically recognizes when new devices are added to the system and allocates and deallocates  resources, such as input & output ports or DMA channels, to them.

·        The power manger administers the operating system’s power management policy.

BUFFERING

·        Buffer overflow weakness is one of the many disadvantages of this type of security computer.

·        Buffer overflow attacks occur when the excessive Attacker provide input on the plan on the run.

·        Buffer overflow results from the weakness of the programming language c, c + +, fortran, and assembly, which does not automatically check the limit input when the program is executed.

·        The program is so complex, until programmers themselves do not know the weaknesses of the program.

·        Relies on external data to control the program.

·        Buffer is provided at the memory allocation, such as arrays or pointers in C. in the language C and C + +, there is no automatic restrictions on buffer, where users can write through the input buffer. For example:

int main () {

int buffer [10];

buffer [20] = 10;

}

·        Program in C above is a valid program, and each compiler to compile without error.

·        A process is a program in execution.

Spoiling Techniques

·        In computer science, spooling refers to a process of transferring data by placing it in a temporary working area where another program may access it for processing at a later point in time.

·        The normal English verb "spool" can refer to the action of a storage device that incorporates a physical spool or reel, such as a tape drive.

·        Spooling refers to copying files in parallel with other work.

·        The most common use is in reading files used by a job into or writing them from a buffer on a magnetic tape or a disk.

·        Spooling is useful because devices access data at different rates. The buffer provides a waiting station where data can rest while the slower device catches up.

·        This temporary working area would normally be a file or storage device.

·        The most common spooling application is print spooling: documents formatted for printing are stored onto a buffer (usually an area on a disk) by a fast processor and retrieved and printed by a relatively slower printer at its own rate.

Spooler or print management software may allow priorities to be assigned to jobs, notify users when they have printed, distribute jobs among several printers, allow stationery to be

MEMORY MANAGMENT

Objectives Memory Management :

Ø To provide a detailed description of various ways of

organizing memory hardware.

Ø To discuss various memory-management techniques,

including paging and segmentation.

Ø To provide a detailed description of the Intel Pentium, which supports both pure segmentation and segmentation with paging.

Concept Memory Management

Ø Program must be brought (from disk) into memory and placed within a process for it to be run.

Ø Main memory and registers are only storage CPU can access directly.

Ø Register access in one CPU clock (or less).

Ø Main memory can take many cycles.

Ø Cache sits between main memory and CPU registers.

Ø Protection of memory required to ensure correct operation.

virtual memory implementation:

virtual memory is a memory management technique developed for multitasking kernels. This technique virtualizes a computer architecture's various hardware memory device (such as RAM modules and disk storage drives), allowing a program to be designed as though:

·                     there is only one hardware memory device and this "virtual" device acts like a RAM module.

·                     the program has, by default, sole access to this virtual RAM module as the basis for a contiguous working memory.

-       When the kernel detects a page fault it will generally adjust the virtual memory range of the program which triggered it, granting it access to the memory requested. This gives the kernel discretionary power over where a particular application's memory is stored, or even whether or not it has actually been allocated yet.

Segmentation

Ø Memory-management scheme that supports user view of memory

Ø A program is a collection of segments. A segment is a logical unit

such as:

-         main program,

-         procedure,

-         function,

-         method,

-         object,

-         local variables, global variables,

-         common block,

-         stack,

-         symbol table, arrays

PAGING

Ø Logical address space of a process can be noncontiguous; process is allocated physical memory whenever the latter is available

Ø Divide physical memory into fixed-sized blocks called frames (size is power of 2, between 512 bytes and 8,192 bytes)

Ø Divide logical memory into blocks of same size called pages

Ø Keep track of all free frames

Ø To run a program of size n pages, need to find n free frames and load program

Ø Set up a page table to translate logical to physical addresses

Ø Internal fragmentation