Microsoft Windows 2000 Abhay Abhy

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BY

ABHAY SINGH


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Released on 17February 2000

Current version :5.0(service pack 4)

Four editions werereleased- Professional, Server , AdvancedServer andDatacenter Server

Increased support fordifferent languagesand for people withdisabilities


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All versions of the OSsupport the Windows NTfile system , NTFS 3.0the encrypting filesystem as well as basic

and dynamic storage It continued to receivepatches for securityvulnerabilities untilreaching the end of lifecycle on 13 July, 2000

Minimum Recommended

CPU Pentium133 MHz

Pentium 2300MHz

Memory 32 MB 256MB

Harddrive

1GB 5GB

Graphicshardware

800600VGA orbetter

monitor

1024768 VGAor highermonitor

InputDevice(s)

Keyboardor mouse

Keyboard ormouse


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Originally called Windows NT 5.0 Service pack 1 was codenamed Asteroid The first beta was released on September

1997 and several betas followed The beta 3 was finally released on 29 April

1999

Windows 2000 was first planned to replace

both Windows 98 and Windows NT 4.0.However, that changed later.


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Notable featuresincluded in Windows2000 are

Windows DesktopUpdate

Internet Explorer 5 Outlook Express Internet Connection

Sharing Windows media player USB device class

drivers for USBprinters and Massstorage class devices


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Safe removal appletfor storage devices

First OS to supporthibernation at theoperating system level

MicrosoftNetMeeting

Windows Fileprotection

System file checker Plug and Play and

hardware supportimprovements


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Introduces layered windowsthat allows for transparency, translucency and varioustransition effects

The Start Menu introducespersonalized menus ,

expandable special foldersand the ability to launchmultiple programs withoutclosing the menu by holdingdown the Shift key

Support for balloonnotifications

Windows explorer includedcustomizable toolbars , auto-complete in address bar andRun box


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All versions of Windows 2000support three types of dynamicdisk

Simple volumeSpanned volumeStriped volumes

Fault tolerant volumesMirrored volumes RAID-5 volumes


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Any folder in an NTFSvolume can be encryptedby the user using hisprivate key

For a user losing accessto their key, a RecoveryAgent decrypts thefolder using its special

private key


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It is usually used to recover the system fromproblems that cause booting to fail, which wouldrender other tools useless, like Safe Mode or LastKnown Good Configuration

used to check and repair the hard drive(s) repair boot information

replace corrupted system files


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Windows 2000 Professional wasdesigned as the desktop operatingsystem for businesses and power users

Windows 2000 Server shares the

same user interface with Windows 2000Professional, but contains additionalcomponents for the computer toperform server roles and run

infrastructure and application software


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Windows 2000 Advanced Server is avariant of Windows 2000 Server operatingsystem designed for medium-to-largebusinesses

Windows 2000 Datacenter Server is avariant of Windows 2000 Server designedfor large businesses


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There is no active local security policy Susceptible to buffer overflow vulnerabilities

Vulnerable encryption techniques


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