The addition of images that accompany the constantly changing news makes the whole Start screen experience seem alive and interesting, even to the point of it actually being distracting. Several tiles are live, meaning that they update frequently to reveal the latest sports news, search trends on Bing, weather in your location, or news headlines, and the desktop app tile displays the current wallpaper that you use on the traditional Windows desktop. Large boxes form a multi-coloured grid that sits on top of a customisable background. We can see why the Start screen (effectively a replacement for the old Start Menu) is an interesting environment. To evaluate Windows 8, we used a Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 13 – a 13in ultraportable laptop whose screen folds back 360 degrees so it can also be used as a tablet – and for OS X, we sourced a 13in Macbook Air. In order to make this more manageable, we’re comparing the two operating systems as they arrive out of the box, with no third-party browsers, email clients, photo managers, or anything else installed. In this feature we’re going to compare both sides of Windows 8 against Mountain Lion. Since it isn’t possible to run older applications in the Modern UI, Microsoft has had no choice but to retain the traditional desktop environment, making Windows 8 an operating system of two halves. Finally, it’s possible to experience Windows 8 as Microsoft intended. We’re now seeing PCs manufactured specifically with the Modern UI in mind, featuring touch-screens, gesture-supporting touchpads, and even some unusual designs that enable laptops to transform into tablets. It’s certainly possible to use the Modern UI with a keyboard and mouse, but it can take more clicks to accomplish a task in Windows 8 than in previous versions. VMware Saved State (.vmss) and Snapshot (.One of the problems Windows 8 has faced is being a touch-based OS often running on machines with only a keyboard and mouse for input. writeable, no-exec, supervisor, copy-on-write)Īdd support for tagging Mac memory ranges as heaps, stacks, etc.Īdd plugins for checking Mac file operation pointers, C++ classes in the kernel, IOKit interest handlers, timers set by kernel drivers, and enumeration of processes that filter file system eventsģ2- and 64-bit Windows 8, 8.1, and 8.1 Update 1ģ2- and 64-bit Windows 7 (all service packs)ģ2- and 64-bit Windows Server 2008 (all service packs)Ħ4-bit Windows Server 2008 R2 (all service packs)ģ2- and 64-bit Windows Vista (all service packs)ģ2- and 64-bit Windows Server 2003 (all service packs)ģ2- and 64-bit Linux kernels from 2.6.11 to 4.2.3ģ2-bit 10.5.x Leopard (the only 64-bit 10.5 is Server, which isn't supported)Ħ4-bit 10.8.x Mountain Lion (there is no 32-bit version)Ħ4-bit 10.9.x Mavericks (there is no 32-bit version)Ħ4-bit 10.10.x Yosemite (there is no 32-bit version)Ħ4-bit 10.11.x El Capitan (there is no 32-bit version)Ħ4-bit 10.12.x Sierra (there is no 32-bit version)ģ2- and 64-bit Windows Hibernation (from Windows 7 or earlier) Updated the svcscan plugin to show FailureCommand (the command that runs when a service fails to start multiple times)Īdd APIs to paged address spaces (x86 and 圆4) to allow easy lookups of PTE flags (i.e. Optimized page table enumeration and scanning algorithms, especially on 64-bit Windows 10Īdded support for carving Internet Explorer 10 history recordsĪdded support for memory dumps from the most recent VirtualBox version Either way, its an entire arsenal of plugins that you can easily extend into your existing Volatility installation.ĭownload the Volatility 2.6 Windows Standalone Executable (圆4)ĭownload the Volatility 2.6 Mac OS X Standalone Executables (圆4)ĭownload the Volatility 2.6 Linux Standalone Executables (圆4)ĭownload the Volatility 2.6 Source Code (.zip)Įnhanced support for Windows 10 (including 14393.447)Īdded new profiles for recently patched Windows 7, Windows 8, and Server 2012 Many of these are the result of the last 4 years of Volatility plugin contests, but some were just written for fun. This release also coincides with the Community repo - a collection of Volatility plugins written and maintained by authors in the forensics community. See below for a more detailed list of the changes in this version. A lot of bug fixes went into this release as well as performance enhancements (especially related to page table parsing and virtual address space scanning). This release improves support for Windows 10 and adds support for Windows Server 2016, Mac OS Sierra 10.12, and Linux with KASLR kernels.
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