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Disable AutoRun (but see the AutoRun disable bug) Use the "Default behavior for AutoRun" Group Policy under Vista (see above) to disable autorun.inf commands; Use initialization file mapping to nullify autorun.inf sections; Under Windows 7, only CD and DVD drives may specify applications like the AutoRun task in the autorun.inf file.
Drawbacks are that some older devices may not support USB booting and that the USB storage devices lifespan might be shortened. Ubuntu has included a utility for installing an operating system image file to a USB flash drive since version 9.10. [1] Windows support also has added a step by step on how to set up a USB device as a bootable drive. [2]
Rather, Windows creates a copy of registry files in the \Winnt\Repair\RegBack directory when the ERD is created. [2] The ERD is not bootable. The original Windows NT or Windows 2000 setup disks need to be used to boot the computer. From there, choosing the option to repair the system will prompt the user for the ERD. [3]
Microsoft Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset (DaRT), formerly Emergency Repair Disk Commander (ERD Commander), is a set of tools that helps diagnose an offline copy of Microsoft Windows. It comes on a bootable disc and is run during computer startup.
In the context of an operating system, a device driver is a computer program that operates or controls a particular type of device that is attached to a computer or automaton. [1] A driver provides a software interface to hardware devices, enabling operating systems and other computer programs to access hardware functions without needing to ...
WinUSB is a generic USB driver provided by Microsoft, for their operating systems starting with Windows Vista but which is also available for Windows XP. It is aimed at simple devices that are accessed by only one application at a time (for example instruments like weather stations, devices that only need a diagnostic connection or for firmware upgrades).
Driver Verifier is a tool included in Microsoft Windows that replaces the default operating system subroutines with ones that are specifically developed to catch device driver bugs. [1] Once enabled, it monitors and stresses drivers to detect illegal function calls or actions that may be causing system corruption.
A system installer is the software that is used to set up and install an operating system onto a device. Windows Setup is the system installer of Microsoft Windows. Examples of Linux system installers: Anaconda: used by CentOS, Fedora; Calamares: used by multiple Linux distributions (incl. some Ubuntu flavors, Debian, and derivates)