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The hard drive does not need to be in the target computer and may be swapped out to it at any time, with the hardware configured later. Sysprep allows the duplication of a disk image on an existing Windows Server installation to multiple servers. This means that all applications and system configuration settings will be copied across to the new installations, and thus, the reference and target computers must have the same HALs , ACPI support, and mass storage devices — though Windows automatically detects " plug and play " devices.
The primary reason for using Sysprep is to quickly deploy Windows to a site that has multiple computers with standard hardware. Systems Management Server can be used to upgrade multiple computers to Windows These must be running Windows NT 3. Using SMS allows installations over a wide area and provides centralised control over upgrades to systems. Remote Installation Services RIS are a means to automatically install Windows Professional and not Windows Server to a local computer over a network from a central server.
Images do not have to support specific hardware configurations and the security settings can be configured after the computer reboots as the service generates a new unique security ID SID for the machine. This is required so that local accounts are given the right identifier and do not clash with other Windows Professional computers on a network.
RIS requires that client computers are able to boot over the network via either a network interface card that has a Pre-Boot Execution Environment PXE boot ROM installed or that the client computer has a network card installed that is supported by the remote boot disk generator. The remote computer must also meet the Net PC specification. Microsoft released various editions of Windows for different markets and business needs: Professional, Server, Advanced Server and Datacenter Server.
Each was packaged separately. Windows Professional was designed as the desktop operating system for businesses and power users. It is the client version of Windows It offers greater security and stability than many of the previous Windows desktop operating systems. Windows Server shares the same user interface with Windows Professional, but contains additional components for the computer to perform server roles and run infrastructure and application software.
This also provided a purely transitive-trust relationship between Windows domains in a forest a collection of one or more Windows domains that share a common schema , configuration, and global catalog , being linked with two-way transitive trusts.
Windows Server supports up to 4 processors, requires MB of RAM and 1 GB hard disk space, however requirements may be higher depending on installed components. Windows Advanced Server is a variant of Windows Server operating system designed for medium-to-large businesses. It offers clustering infrastructure for high availability and scalability of applications and services, including main memory support of up to 8 gigabytes GB on Physical Address Extension PAE systems and the ability to do 8-way SMP.
System requirements are similar to those of Windows Server , however they may need to be higher to scale to larger infrastructure. Windows Datacenter Server is a variant of Windows Server designed for large businesses that move large quantities of confidential or sensitive data frequently via a central server.
Like Advanced Server, it supports clustering , failover and load balancing. Its minimum system requirements are normal, but it was designed to be capable of handing advanced, fault-tolerant and scalable hardware—for instance computers with up to 32 CPUs and 64 GBs RAM, with rigorous system testing and qualification, hardware partitioning, coordinated maintenance and change control. System requirements are similar to those of Windows Advanced Server , however they may need to be higher to scale to larger infrastructure.
Windows has received four full service packs and one rollup update package following SP4, which is the last service pack. Internet Explorer 5. Microsoft had originally intended to release a fifth service pack for Windows , but Microsoft cancelled this project early in its development, and instead released Update Rollup 1 for SP4, a collection of all the security-related hotfixes and some other significant issues.
The Update Rollup does not include all non-security related hotfixes and is not subjected to the same extensive regression testing as a full service pack. Microsoft states that this update will meet customers' needs better than a whole new service pack, and will still help Windows customers secure their PCs, reduce support costs, and support existing computer hardware.
During the Windows period, the nature of attacks on Windows servers changed: more attacks came from remote sources via the Internet. This has led to an overwhelming number of malicious programs exploiting the IIS services — specifically a notorious buffer overflow tendency.
A tendency that is not operating system version specific, but rather configuration specific: being dependent on the services that are enabled. Following this, a common complaint is that "by default, Windows installations contain numerous potential security problems. Many unneeded services are installed and enabled, and there is no active local security policy. Other criticized flaws include the use of vulnerable encryption techniques. In August , two major worms called Sobig and Blaster began to attack millions of Microsoft Windows computers, resulting in the largest downtime and clean-up cost to that date.
The Zotob worm was blamed for security compromises on Windows machines at the U. On September 8, , Microsoft skipped patching two of the five security flaws that were addressed in the monthly security update, saying that patching one of the critical security flaws was "infeasible. To do so would require re-architecting a very significant amount of the Microsoft Windows Service Pack 4 operating system, [
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