CS 589 HW #7

Answer the following questions. Each answer should be about one paragraph long. Make sure your answers are in plain text and in a single ASCII file. Also, please include your name in the name of your homework file (e.g., "George Edwards - hw7.txt"). Mail your file to gedwards@usc.edu before the start of class (November 7, 2:00 PM).

1) Select two of the critical processes in the Software Dock (such as remove, reconfigure, install) and compare them to the way that Microsoft Windows releases their Service Pack updates for windows. When windows releases a service pack, which of the processes that you selected are involved? How are they used in the windows service pack update process? What (if anything) does windows update do that Software Dock doesn't?

2) In FarGo, what are the two references provided by Complet?