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General Forums => Hardware and Software => Topic started by: Wolfala on July 31, 2006, 03:45:40 PM

Title: MILSPEC Windows XP?
Post by: Wolfala on July 31, 2006, 03:45:40 PM

Is there such a thing? I.e. for toughbooks and stuff in the field?

Wolf

Title: MILSPEC Windows XP?
Post by: Krusty on July 31, 2006, 03:49:28 PM

I doubt it. Probably some proprietary software, like touch-screen OSes.

Title: MILSPEC Windows XP?
Post by: CptA on July 31, 2006, 05:45:16 PM

Nope, there is no special "MIL-SPEC" version of Windows.

Everything that the U.S.Army currently buys for workstation use is WinXP Pro.

Absolutely NO WinXP Home or Media Center Edition.

Of coarse, there are alot of commercial vendor add-ons for aditional security and remote access options, and it is kept locked down to the point that the average user can't install any kind of hardware or software, but it's just WinXP Pro.

Currently, ALL individual user Logon access to individual workstations is handled thru the CAC card.

The "Common Access Card" or CAC is a "smart" ID card with an imbedded computer chip that stores encrypted user info/passwords, and security certificates.

CptA

Title: MILSPEC Windows XP?
Post by: Casper1 on August 01, 2006, 02:59:17 PM

I believe they get 'Mil Spec' Windows Xp after they tune the OS to have very specific, and uneditable settings.  I think I have seen snippets of documents with page numbers in the upper 500s where details for all kinds of setup prodecures were being laid out for a Windows XP installation for DoD use.

Title: MILSPEC Windows XP?
Post by: Tails on August 02, 2006, 11:53:30 PM

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Originally posted by Casper1
I believe they get 'Mil Spec' Windows Xp after they tune the OS to have very specific, and uneditable settings.  I think I have seen snippets of documents with page numbers in the upper 500s where details for all kinds of setup prodecures were being laid out for a Windows XP installation for DoD use.

Well, I've never seen that before. But, having just re-installed a box at work, I can say that Air Force installations have 500 or so PATCHES that need to be installed...manually...one after another...sigh.