[Solved] Application-Based Operating System…? [closed]

I don’t think you really want to build your own operating system. There’s already an operating system called ReactOS that’s pretty much what you’re looking to build. Just to reemphasize that creating an operating system isn’t easy (especially one that runs Windows applications), ReactOS development started in 1998 and they’re still in alpha stage. If … Read more

[Solved] What needs to be added

Jacob, run help on a cmd prompt and you will get a huge list of available commands for you to implement C:\>help For more information on a specific command, type HELP command-name ASSOC Displays or modifies file extension associations. ATTRIB Displays or changes file attributes. BREAK Sets or clears extended CTRL+C checking. BCDEDIT Sets properties … Read more

[Solved] How does a software-based context-switch with TSS work? [closed]

First of all, the TSS is a historical wart. Once in a time (a.k.a: early 1980’s), people at Intel tought that hardware context-switching, instead of software context-switching, was a great idea. They were greatly wrong. Hardware context-switching has several noticeable disadvantages, and, as it was never implemented appropiately, had miserable performance. No sane OS even … Read more

[Solved] How to make a picturebox dragable?

Yes, it is. Assume a Picturebox named “pbxBigCat” (load it with a pPicture …) Add this lines to your form: public const int WM_NCLBUTTONDOWN = 0xA1; public const int HT_CAPTION = 0x2; [DllImportAttribute(“user32.dll”)] public static extern int SendMessage(IntPtr hWnd, int Msg, int wParam, int lParam); [DllImportAttribute(“user32.dll”)] public static extern bool ReleaseCapture(); And then write an … Read more

[Solved] What has the best cross-browser support, JQuery dialogs or HTML5 modal dialogs? [closed]

Sounds like maybe jQuery UI’s Dialogs are what you’re looking for? All you do is set aside some HTML in a container (such as a Div) and then render the dialog box. Link: https://jqueryui.com/dialog/ To “create” the dialog, you’ll just need to create a dialog from the container whenever you need it to be visible. … Read more

[Solved] How are signals handled in Unix?

The operating system stops running the thread receiving the signal and runs the signal handler. When it returns the original thread restarts where it was. If the signal handler is already running when another signal comes in, the action is configurable in the sigaction call. solved How are signals handled in Unix?

[Solved] Is An Operating System an Process ?

What underlays an Operating System is a kernel, which is a bunch of low level, routines that manage the memory and other parts of the computer. The kernel has processes and threads that help the kernel accomplish this task. Thus, the answer to your question is that no, the Operating System is not just one … Read more

[Solved] How can I find the Windows Edition name [duplicate]

You can get the operating system name from the registry but you need to query WMI for the architecture and the service pack information: using System.Diagnostics; … private string GetOperatingSystemInfo() { RegistryKey operatingSystemKey = Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey(@”SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion”); string operatingSystemName = operatingSystemKey.GetValue(“ProductName”).ToString(); ConnectionOptions options = new ConnectionOptions(); // query any machine on the network ManagementScope scope = … Read more