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How to Install VMware Workstation on Windows Host Machine?

VMware workstation allows multiple operating systems to run securely with high performance in a virtualized way. Related and required applications can be installed on the virtual machines. Each virtual machine has a physical machine having its own unique network interface ID and other networking components. VMware is the market leader when it comes to virtualized desktop environments. The newly released 7.0 VMware supports a desktop virtualization product for Windows 7. VMware workstation offers the following services; 1.       Create New Virtual Machines: On VMware workstation we can create new virtual machines with variety of...

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Virtual Machines Using VMware Workstation

Virtual machines are virtualized client/server environments within a physical host server. The host server can serve one virtual or more machines. Each has an operating system and some dedicated roles installed, such as web applications of its own. For a user, the virtual server will appear as a dedicated server. All virtual machines that are hosted on the host server are allocated with a part of the memory and hard disk space and they have the same CPU usage as the physical machine. ‘Create a new virtual machine’ Wizard will help in creating a new virtual...

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What is Ajax and assembly language?

AJAX is a specific terminology which is used to explain an approach that is utilized to design and implement numerous web based application. It is basically a contraction for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML. A member of the web-designing firm, Adaptive Path, first used this term that originated in the region of San Francisco, named Jesse James Garrett. He considered this term when he envisioned that there is a need for a sellable and easy technique to pitch a particular design to build up your clients.

The most prominent and prime purposes of AJAX is...

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What is DCOM and what are the other com's available with history and different versions?

DCOM is an abbreviation of Microsoft’s Distributed Component Object Model and it is useful in enabling the software programs to communicate easily over the entire network. It is an additional extension of the COM that enables the different COM components to easily communicate along the networking boundaries.

All the traditional COM elements can just perform the inter-process communication process among the networking boundaries on the similar machine. The DCOM, on the other hand, makes use of the...

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What is NetBIOS/NetBEUI?

NetBIOS is an acronym and that stands for Network Basic Input Output system. It provides service which allows applications on different computers to talk to each other on a LAN(Local Area Network). As NetBIOS just provides Application Programming Interface, it is not a protocol of networking. NetBIOS is just a session layer service.  This session layer service is used to broadcast the computer names.

NetBEUI  is also an acronym. It stands for NetBIOS Extended Use Interface. It is a new version of NetBIOS. It is based on computer names and not on IP...

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What is a USB Flash Drive?

A USB flash drive is a portable device that is used to store data and information via the USB port on a computer or other media.  USB stands for “Universal Serial Bus.” It is a portal by which most devices are connected to a data source.  USB flash drives differ from other storage media since it is more compact and removable making it the better choice when you need to take your information with you.

 In fact, it’s small enough to fit in the palm of your hand.  Despite its...

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How to Set up a Virtual Machine Using Microsoft Virtual PC

Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 SP1 provides you with a platform to create and run more than one virtual machine (desktop or server).  Each virtual machine runs with its own operating system.  Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 SP1 now supports Windows Server 2008, Windows XP SP3 and Vista SP1 operating systems, as well as all other operating system. Installation of virtual machines using Microsoft Virtual PC consists of the following steps:
  • Creating a new virtual server/desktop disk
  • Creating a new virtual server/desktop machine
  • Configuring virtual server/desktop environment
  • Mount of the image...

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What is Silverlight and why do we need it?

It is becoming increasingly common to find a message suddenly appears on our screens, urging us to install Microsoft® Silverlight® when browsing through websites, and in particular, when we are visiting sites owned by Microsoft. But, many of us are still unsure what Silverlight is, why we need to install it just to look at websites, and how it can be used to enhance our own website content and take it to the next level in technological advancement. Silverlight is a cross-platform, cross-browser, and cross-device free plug-in tool that provide .NET...

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Windows Vista User Account Control

User Account Control(UAC) is a Windows security module introduced first by Microsoft's Windows Vista. Lately come with Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, and Windows Server 2008 R2 operating systems. Its goal is to improve the security of Microsoft Windows by restraining applications access to standard user. So applications only trusted by the user may receive administrative rights, operating system can easily be protected from malware. User Interface Privilege Isolation is used in combination with User Account Control to isolate lower-privilege applications communicating from higher-privilege processes.

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Websense: ISA Differences and Uses

Websense is based on San Diego Company that specialize Web security gateway software. Websense clients - businesses and governments are allowed to obstruct contact to websites selected categories. A number of censure was received by the Company from civil liberty clusters for a ground that websense is providing exploitive system in a way that it restricts freedom of speech.

HISTORY Phil Trubey was the one who founded Websense in 1994. It was in year 2000 when it was exposed to the community. Apart from Web filtering, it is also recognized as Internet content-control...

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