SYSTEM.INI

Abstract: In a client-server system, a server-node application runs a user session and a remote presentation protocol communicates between the client node and the server node. The server node stores a remote virtual desktop including remote windows of the user session. The client node displays multiple local windows of applications running locally on the client node and further displays one or more windows of the remote virtual desktop. The one or more windows are clipped to produce a clipped region so that the remote windows are displayed therein to appear as the local windows. The local windows are enumerated according to z-order from back to front and an area of each local window which overlaps the clipped region is subtracted from the clipped region so that the local windows show through the area.

Abstract: Concepts & tools Systen architecture System mechanisms Management mechanisms Startup & shutdown Processes Memory management Security I/O system Storage management Cache manager File systems Networking Crash dump analysis

Abstract: An update to a bestselling, practical Windows programming guide, this title is a comprehensive inside look at the Windows 2000 and 64-bit Windows environments. It provides detailed system information that's unavailable elsewhere, including architectural and implementation details and sample code.

Abstract: Although Microsoft Windows is being deployed in mission-critical applications, little quantitative data has been published about its robustness. We present the results of executing over two million Ballista-generated exception handling tests across 237 functions and system calls involving six Windows variants, as well as similar tests conducted on the Linux operating system. Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows CE were found to be vulnerable to complete system crashes caused by very simple C programs for several different functions. No system crashes were observed on Windows NT, Windows 2000 or Linux. Linux was significantly more graceful at handling exceptions from system calls in a program-recoverable manner than Windows NT and Windows 2000, but those Windows variants were more robust than Linux (with glibc) at handling C library exceptions. While the choice of operating systems cannot be made solely on the basis of one set of tests, it is hoped that such results will form a starting point for comparing dependability across heterogeneous platforms.