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GHOST 6.0, released in 2000, includes a management console for managing large numbers of machines. The console communicates with client software on managed computers and allows a system administrator to refresh the disk of a machine remotely. As a DOS-based program, GHOST requires machines running Windows to reboot to DOS to run it.
Support programs for OS/360 and successorsThis article discusses support programs included in or available for OS/360 and successors. IBM categorizes some of these programs as utilities [1][a] and others as service aids; [2] the boundaries are not always consistent or obvious. Many, but not all, of these programs match the types in utility software. The following lists describe programs ...
Although both technologies are similar, 32-bit disk access was introduced with Windows 3.1 and file access with Windows for Workgroups 3.11. 32-bit file access provided a 32-bit code path for Windows to directly access the disk bus by intercepting the MS-DOS Int 21H services while remaining in 386 protected mode and at CPU speeds, rather than ...
Windows NT is a proprietary graphical operating system produced by Microsoft as part of its Windows product line, the first version of which, Windows NT 3.1, was released on July 27, 1993. Originally made for the workstation, office, and server markets, the Windows NT line was made available to consumers with the release of Windows XP in 2001.
In USB 3.0 Type‑A (and usually also Type-B) connectors the visible inside insulators are often blue, to distinguish them from USB 2.0 connectors, as recommended by the specification, [3]: §5.3.1.4 and by the initials SS. [4] USB 3.1, released in July 2013, is the successor specification that fully replaces the USB 3.0 specification.
Windows SDKs are available for free; they were once available on Microsoft Download Center but were moved to MSDN in 2012. A developer might want to use an older SDK for a particular reason. For example, the Windows Server 2003 Platform SDK released in February 2003 was the last SDK to provide full support of Visual Studio 6.0.
Utility software is a program specifically designed to help manage and tune system (optimization) or application software. It is used to support the computer infrastructure - in contrast to application software, which is aimed at directly performing tasks that benefit ordinary users.
Windows NT 3.1 was the first version of Windows to use 32-bit flat virtual memory addressing on 32-bit processors. Its companion product, Windows 3.1, used segmented addressing and switches from 16-bit to 32-bit addressing in pages.