I have not run IOT (I really really hate that silly acronym where I swear it was invented just a few months ago) but assume it is basically Windows 10 kernel and some mobile features with alot less stuff. Yes powershell would be the UI.
I want to buy a Pi but have not found a reason yet. i assume the xorg would not be great on it and I would be using ssh to log into it anyway to run code. I find this cool if I can find a niche use for it:-)
NT on Alpha was popular for cad apps like lightwave. I had Windows 2000 rc3 for the alpha. My school used them as they were fast.
NT PowerPC ran on some IBM stations too.
The movie Titanic was made on alphas with NT and Linux. Visual studio and office were ported over and so were server products. Exchange 2003, sqlserver2005, and server 2003 were all demoed on Itanium systems back in 2003 for benchmarks.
I can't fault them. I fault the phb and developers who wanted everyone to take the risk 1st before porting to other platforms. Silly because it is easy to recompile if no assembly or manual ram tricks were used.
Windows is where those who follow the heard and hate change and never upgrade go. Shoot they whinned when XP sent EOL. Can you imagine enraged Unix admins pissed about modern hardware support in kernel 2.2?
Hence, why MS is pushing Windows 10 and Metro over win32 app development hard.
NT from day 1 was purposefully written on non Intel cpus so it could be possible to not be tied. 1st with mips, then PowerPC with NT 4, then Alpha with Windows 2000, and server xxxx were made on Itaniums and always backported to X86.
It is the applications which is why Windows is around.
If everyone ported all their applications to metro APIs then an ARM wouldn't be a problem
Stopped reading the conspiracy rant after this delicious gem:
Instead of a proper BIOS that can trace its origins to the first x86 computers, computers today have UEFI and Secure Boot, a measure designed to only allow signed software to run on the device.
Yeah, so because they finally abandoned BIOS, modern computers are suddenly insecure.
It is not the abandonment of BIOS which makes computers insecure, it is the choice of UEFI.
The current release of the UEFI specification has over 2,000 pages. This is a horribly complex mess which is almost impossible to implement completely and correctly. And you can bet that firmware vendors will opt for completeness over correctness any day.
As opposed to 30 years of hacks from 1981 and layers and upon layers which only a select few knew the secrets with the bios?
EFI was supported here before Windows 8. Now slashdot has become a fear of change site for IT folks which is hypocracy. Not saying UEFI is perfect but I am glad the bios is about dead. Like DOS with expanded vs extended ram tricks needed for games I welcomed Windows NT/95 greatly to say goodbye. Same is true with BIOS and all the limitations like 2 TB disks which that hack was implemented because the bios is hardset at 40 meg disks and a virtual 2 TB wrap around was put in.
IntelME is really for it's SOC components so they can integrate with cpu states for mobile devices and desktops. It shouldn't be open or maybe open for opensource developers who write drivers for the integrated components.
It is a driver suite but with more cpu integration no different than geforce or ATI catalyst driver suites.
It's a completely separate processor embedded in the PCH itself. It's leveraged for a wide range of functions, including things like out-of-band control of the machine itself, even when it's off, and even when it's non-bootable for some reason. It's also used for content protection and encryption of protected video and audio, and as such the ME software is integrated with the graphics and (I think) audio drivers. That's about all I know about it, if there are other functions the ME is leveraged for, I don't know about them. I do know it's not necessary for the ME to be running for the rest of the computer to be bootable, but if it's not then some functions may be disabled (like the playing of protected content).
Not necessarily.
Intel ME only communicates and integrates other intel components inside the cpu. The audio and video you mentioned only applies to intel graphics. Since ME is a lower level integration tool the part you see is just the audio and video by the integrated. If you own a realtek audio and an Nvidia card it won't be applicable for example.
You would still need Intel RST to pretend to be a browser and open the website though.
Even going to the website with evil javascript trusted would still require admin access and need another OS level exploit to execute and then another one through ME to execute the code
If you are fine with viruses and having your bank account compromised go right ahead.
It is dangerous NOT TO run as malware gets on pcs through ads these days. Forbes is a reason to use it. It is sad but I need to protect myself and as soon as advertisers start flipping out the sooner they can police themselves.
After all why should they change. They get free money and do not care about infecting users.
Last time your kids installed VLC, they downloaded it from some sketchy site like CNet or Sourceforge that packaged it with a malware installer. VLC is available from videolan.org. Accept no substitutes.
The same applies to anything you download. If you can't verify the source of the download, don't trust it. Just don't install it. This is entirely on you, and that's not just for Windows. Windows makes it abundantly clear that it's your responsibility to keep your system clean when downloading new apps.
Linux users are easily lulled into a false sense of security by the combination of Linux being a low-payout target that isn't generally worth hitting and the relatively trustworthy apt/yum/whatever package repositories. But downloading from some crapware site is the same as downloading from some random repository. A Linux user that goes back to Windows will probably be much more likely to trust a download source than they should be, just because they've stopped thinking like a target. Prey, once tamed, can't be released back into the wild, or it will be caught and eaten very quickly. Linux users, once indoctrinated, can't be released back to Windows-land, or they will be flooded with malware very quickly.
TL;DR: You've changed, not Windows. Windows isn't any more vulnerable than anything else, it's just a bigger, juicier target.
What kind of messed up world where sourceforge is shady?? Most projects still are only hosted by them. How do I know if it is a compromised version or not?
You have to unregister it with the appstore. Otherwise it will be on the tiles for your kids to reclick to get it installed. FYI when an app is uninstalled it should be fully off your system. I mean apps BTW and not applications.
Did your kids get VLC from cnet or an internet search? Many will use SEO and get a legitimate version and put a trojan wrapper on it.
Go to pc settings -> user accounts -> and set your kids accounts to standard user. Then they can't install apps or applications. Weatherbug should not be in the app store if it is harmful.
Linksys has updated it's WRT54 and does do alot for $200. I have emulators for training myself for a home lab which by 2016 are very decent with pfsense and GNS3 in a VM.
For a home network or lab to learn like alot of us geeks I only use virtual routers. I do own an expensive LinkSys 54RT (hte new one) which does do VLANs. But really for a home network that is not needed.
For lab or training a virtual one makes hte most sense as you can change things so rapidly... unless you are studying for a Cisco exam:-). There is GNS3 which is a whole older version of IOS with an emulated switch you can run in a VM too for the 1st CCNA exam and even most of the CCIE without creating a mess. 32 gigs of ram is inexpensive and so is another SSD for some vms to do on a host computer
I downloaded the ISO but not have not installed it yet. I see lots of youtube and reddits on setitng up a homelab and everyone says buy used switches etc.
With Hyper-V and GNS3 with a virtual switch I can accomplish much of the same thing.
Right now I have a Server2003 VM where I have a simple NAT and add connections for internet access mixed with the Hyper-V switch. If it doesn't meet my needs anymore as I add more networks I will fire up the pfSense VM and replace the server2003 box.
I live in Houston have get 6 megs a second. It is the only one that does not force an expensive TV package bundled agaisn't my will and a 20 gig cap for an ultra low price at $179 a month. Pfft
Shoot I pay $80 for a 6 meg connection pipe. I hate DSL but Cable forced into a TV package I will not use and a 20 gig cap because they lobbied my local governments to prevent competition.
The droughts in Australia, California, and Texas were very severe the past few years.
As a result the price of beef went up as supply went down. Mixed with obesity problems for western countries has caused a demand in healthier meats. Both of these factors created a strong surge for fish demand. Fish is still cheaper at a McDonalds than a big mac so price is part of the equation as well.
The problem economic way to solve this (but will appear like a socialist) is to tax fish. As the price goes up demand will go down but as we know at least in America that is communism and pledges to never raise taxes hurt as well.
But with beef and chicken more expensive the plus side is fish is healthier and can help people live healthier
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I have not run IOT (I really really hate that silly acronym where I swear it was invented just a few months ago) but assume it is basically Windows 10 kernel and some mobile features with alot less stuff. Yes powershell would be the UI.
I want to buy a Pi but have not found a reason yet. i assume the xorg would not be great on it and I would be using ssh to log into it anyway to run code. I find this cool if I can find a niche use for it :-)
Windows 10 runs well on my Mom's Nokia lumina phone with 1 gig of ram. Yes it runs the same kernel as server 2016 prerelease and the desktop 10.
In fact it is very competitive to Linux. It is the other desktop services that eat the ram
Keep believing that and you won't ever have a career path or retirement.
With an adblocker the 2 gigs is plenty. Or IE 8 is lower than a modern browser too
NT on Alpha was popular for cad apps like lightwave. I had Windows 2000 rc3 for the alpha. My school used them as they were fast.
NT PowerPC ran on some IBM stations too.
The movie Titanic was made on alphas with NT and Linux. Visual studio and office were ported over and so were server products. Exchange 2003, sqlserver2005, and server 2003 were all demoed on Itanium systems back in 2003 for benchmarks.
I can't fault them. I fault the phb and developers who wanted everyone to take the risk 1st before porting to other platforms. Silly because it is easy to recompile if no assembly or manual ram tricks were used.
Windows is where those who follow the heard and hate change and never upgrade go. Shoot they whinned when XP sent EOL. Can you imagine enraged Unix admins pissed about modern hardware support in kernel 2.2?
And people still run XP on Pentium IVs fine. Since when was the cpu at all the bottleneck for the vast majority of users this century?
The 1980s and 90s are over where this was always the case and of course ram. No one needs 8 gigs of ram to check their email and launch word
Hence, why MS is pushing Windows 10 and Metro over win32 app development hard.
NT from day 1 was purposefully written on non Intel cpus so it could be possible to not be tied. 1st with mips, then PowerPC with NT 4, then Alpha with Windows 2000, and server xxxx were made on Itaniums and always backported to X86.
It is the applications which is why Windows is around.
If everyone ported all their applications to metro APIs then an ARM wouldn't be a problem
But MS supports it and change is scary and bad so shhh. The bios is the best ever right there with running XP on a modern i7
Stopped reading the conspiracy rant after this delicious gem:
Yeah, so because they finally abandoned BIOS, modern computers are suddenly insecure.
It is not the abandonment of BIOS which makes computers insecure, it is the choice of UEFI.
The current release of the UEFI specification has over 2,000 pages. This is a horribly complex mess which is almost impossible to implement completely and correctly. And you can bet that firmware vendors will opt for completeness over correctness any day.
As opposed to 30 years of hacks from 1981 and layers and upon layers which only a select few knew the secrets with the bios?
EFI was supported here before Windows 8. Now slashdot has become a fear of change site for IT folks which is hypocracy. Not saying UEFI is perfect but I am glad the bios is about dead. Like DOS with expanded vs extended ram tricks needed for games I welcomed Windows NT/95 greatly to say goodbye. Same is true with BIOS and all the limitations like 2 TB disks which that hack was implemented because the bios is hardset at 40 meg disks and a virtual 2 TB wrap around was put in.
IntelME is really for it's SOC components so they can integrate with cpu states for mobile devices and desktops. It shouldn't be open or maybe open for opensource developers who write drivers for the integrated components.
It is a driver suite but with more cpu integration no different than geforce or ATI catalyst driver suites.
It's a completely separate processor embedded in the PCH itself. It's leveraged for a wide range of functions, including things like out-of-band control of the machine itself, even when it's off, and even when it's non-bootable for some reason. It's also used for content protection and encryption of protected video and audio, and as such the ME software is integrated with the graphics and (I think) audio drivers. That's about all I know about it, if there are other functions the ME is leveraged for, I don't know about them. I do know it's not necessary for the ME to be running for the rest of the computer to be bootable, but if it's not then some functions may be disabled (like the playing of protected content).
Not necessarily.
Intel ME only communicates and integrates other intel components inside the cpu. The audio and video you mentioned only applies to intel graphics. Since ME is a lower level integration tool the part you see is just the audio and video by the integrated. If you own a realtek audio and an Nvidia card it won't be applicable for example.
Unless I could be wrong that is what I read up
You would still need Intel RST to pretend to be a browser and open the website though.
Even going to the website with evil javascript trusted would still require admin access and need another OS level exploit to execute and then another one through ME to execute the code
So IE 6 is innovation then? Why does Google get a free pass?
Star wars episode 1 phantom menace broke records too!
The box office has spoken. People love Jar Jar Brinks!
At the end of the day the users always win anyway. IT just has to suffer and endure
FileZilla was bought by a bitcoin mining company or malware company. I certainly would not install it now.
If you are fine with viruses and having your bank account compromised go right ahead.
It is dangerous NOT TO run as malware gets on pcs through ads these days. Forbes is a reason to use it. It is sad but I need to protect myself and as soon as advertisers start flipping out the sooner they can police themselves.
After all why should they change. They get free money and do not care about infecting users.
Last time your kids installed VLC, they downloaded it from some sketchy site like CNet or Sourceforge that packaged it with a malware installer. VLC is available from videolan.org. Accept no substitutes.
The same applies to anything you download. If you can't verify the source of the download, don't trust it. Just don't install it. This is entirely on you, and that's not just for Windows. Windows makes it abundantly clear that it's your responsibility to keep your system clean when downloading new apps.
Linux users are easily lulled into a false sense of security by the combination of Linux being a low-payout target that isn't generally worth hitting and the relatively trustworthy apt/yum/whatever package repositories. But downloading from some crapware site is the same as downloading from some random repository. A Linux user that goes back to Windows will probably be much more likely to trust a download source than they should be, just because they've stopped thinking like a target. Prey, once tamed, can't be released back into the wild, or it will be caught and eaten very quickly. Linux users, once indoctrinated, can't be released back to Windows-land, or they will be flooded with malware very quickly.
TL;DR: You've changed, not Windows. Windows isn't any more vulnerable than anything else, it's just a bigger, juicier target.
What kind of messed up world where sourceforge is shady?? Most projects still are only hosted by them. How do I know if it is a compromised version or not?
You have to unregister it with the appstore. Otherwise it will be on the tiles for your kids to reclick to get it installed. FYI when an app is uninstalled it should be fully off your system. I mean apps BTW and not applications.
Did your kids get VLC from cnet or an internet search? Many will use SEO and get a legitimate version and put a trojan wrapper on it.
Go to pc settings -> user accounts -> and set your kids accounts to standard user. Then they can't install apps or applications. Weatherbug should not be in the app store if it is harmful.
For home use??
Linksys has updated it's WRT54 and does do alot for $200. I have emulators for training myself for a home lab which by 2016 are very decent with pfsense and GNS3 in a VM.
For a home network or lab to learn like alot of us geeks I only use virtual routers. I do own an expensive LinkSys 54RT (hte new one) which does do VLANs. But really for a home network that is not needed.
For lab or training a virtual one makes hte most sense as you can change things so rapidly ... unless you are studying for a Cisco exam :-). There is GNS3 which is a whole older version of IOS with an emulated switch you can run in a VM too for the 1st CCNA exam and even most of the CCIE without creating a mess. 32 gigs of ram is inexpensive and so is another SSD for some vms to do on a host computer
I downloaded the ISO but not have not installed it yet. I see lots of youtube and reddits on setitng up a homelab and everyone says buy used switches etc.
With Hyper-V and GNS3 with a virtual switch I can accomplish much of the same thing.
Right now I have a Server2003 VM where I have a simple NAT and add connections for internet access mixed with the Hyper-V switch. If it doesn't meet my needs anymore as I add more networks I will fire up the pfSense VM and replace the server2003 box.
I live in Houston have get 6 megs a second. It is the only one that does not force an expensive TV package bundled agaisn't my will and a 20 gig cap for an ultra low price at $179 a month. Pfft
Shoot I pay $80 for a 6 meg connection pipe. I hate DSL but Cable forced into a TV package I will not use and a 20 gig cap because they lobbied my local governments to prevent competition.
Not only this
The droughts in Australia, California, and Texas were very severe the past few years.
As a result the price of beef went up as supply went down. Mixed with obesity problems for western countries has caused a demand in healthier meats. Both of these factors created a strong surge for fish demand. Fish is still cheaper at a McDonalds than a big mac so price is part of the equation as well.
The problem economic way to solve this (but will appear like a socialist) is to tax fish. As the price goes up demand will go down but as we know at least in America that is communism and pledges to never raise taxes hurt as well.
But with beef and chicken more expensive the plus side is fish is healthier and can help people live healthier