Microsoft Windows Vista ULTIMATE x86 SP1 En Integrated July 2008 (OEM DVD-BIE)

Year: 2008
Developer: Microsoft
Platform: x86
System requirements:
The minimum and recommended:

Processor: 800 MHz (1 GHz)
RAM: 512 MB (1 GB)
Videocard: DirectX 8 or higher (DirectX 9 compatible with support for technologies Hardware Pixel Shader v2.0 and WDDM)
Video memory: not fatal (128 MB)
Hard drive: 20 GB (40 GB)
Available hard drive: 15 GB
Drive: DVD-ROM

New or improved opportunities

* Download time of less than Windows XP, and on most computers is less than a minute. [5] decreased time entry and exit from sleeping regime up to 6 seconds. [6]
* Thanks to technology "Windows ReadyBoost" has become possible to use the external tank USB flash drives as a memory that, in some cases increase productivity by 40%. [7]
* According to Microsoft, for 180 days in the availability of Windows Vista was found less vulnerable than in Windows XP or Mac OS X 10.4. [8] The likelihood of falling into the system for viruses, worms and rootkits to 60% less than in Windows XP SP2 and 90% - than in Windows XP without servispaka. [9]
* Completely redesigned logical model of interaction with graphic devices. [Source?]

Safety Improvements

* User Account Control (UAC) - control system of user accounts, which requires the explicit permission of the user in performing any act requiring administrative authority, all depending on the current account of the user. When working with human user outside the group Administrators will asks where you can select an administrative account and carry out an operation with its rights by entering a password - this allows the configuration and installation of applications from a limited user account does not explicitly using the mechanism or without runas the need to switch to another account (which is required in XP for example in case of changes in TCP / IP network connection). If the user enters the group of administrators, then he would need (at the default settings) to confirm the use of reply to a query system. UAC requests data in the mode of Secure Desktop - provides for the protection of data interception and monitoring of the box by third-party programs (approximately the same regime was used at the entrance to the domain windows NT demanding halving pressing ctrl + alt + del). UAC will be deactivated for certain categories of accounts and to reconfigure using a local (or group using the domain) security policy: for example, you can set a password for the introduction of compulsory use of administrative powers by all users (including administrators), to prohibit these actions are limited to users of accounts and so e. [10] [11] [12]
* Technologies to prevent the use of exploits [13] [14] - Windows Vista operating system has several advantages that prevent the use of discovered vulnerabilities in the software, fully realized only in the 64 - bit versions and with programs written in the light of these possibilities:
o Data Execution Prevention
o Vista uses Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR), for downloading code system in randominizirovannye plots memory. By default, all system files zagruzhayustya in one of the 256 randomly selected sites of memory. Other executable files can use a special drinking PE-header format, the system runs to their code using ASLR. For such applications will also field randominiszirovanno stack and heap. [15]
o The change in the format of executable files.
* Encryption drive Bitlocker - Ability encryption system drive, using a command line and other sections. It draws USB-key or Trusted Platform Module for the storage of encryption keys. For encryption sections, by default, using AES algorithm with a 128-bit key length in the mode of encryption CBC. This possibility is present in versions of Vista Enterprise or Ultimate. [16] [17] [18]
* The system file encryption EFS. The system first appeared in 2000 works in the windows versions Vista Business, Enterprise or Ultimate and enables "transparent" encryption of files on the file system level algorithms AES (with 256-bit key) or 3-DES. For each file randomly generated encryption key file, which in turn is encrypted public key users (by default 2048 bit). In Vista with the help of a politician an opportunity to ask different length public key user (1024, 2048, 4096 ,...), retain key on smart cards (the default key is stored locally, password-protected user) and encrypt the swap file, as well as to require mandatory encryption of user folder with documents.

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