Operating System Design

Project 2

Complete the below projects by following the instructions and answer the questions below.

Part 1 Points 20

Run the Process Explorer utility (Available at

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/process-explorer

Click on the System Information button (Ctrl+I) to see details of memory usage activity in your

system. Provide information about the usage of physical memory, kernel memory

and paging in your system. Now start a new program, e.g. Microsoft Excel.

Describe how this usage pattern changes when you start this program, a minute

after you have started this program, and when you terminate this program.

Provide an explanation for this usage pattern.

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Part 2 Points 20

Windows Operating System] Download and run the Rootkit Revealer utility from

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/rootkit-revealer

What information does this tool produce? It has been stated that this tool has been

updated to execute its scan from a randomly named copy of itself. Provide a

detailed reason for this update.

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Part 3 Points 40

Windows Operating System] Download and run the NTFSInfo utility from

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/utilitiesindex.mspx. Explain the

details of your hard drive organization (typically Drive C:) using this utility. To

run this utility, open a command window, go to the directory where you have

stored ntfsinfo.exe, and enter ntfsinfo.exe C:\.

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