To check if your operating system is up to date, you will Open Windows Update by clicking the Start button in the lower left corner. In the search box, type Update, and then, in the list of results, click either Windows Update or Check for updates.
Click the Check for updates button and then wait while Windows looks for the latest updates for your computer or if your system is up to date.
I believe it is just a task. Since there exists(on windows) the Task Manager application, where you can stop any running <em>task, </em>I think that they are called tasks
Based on the information provided within the question it can be said that the best way to accomplish this would be to digitally sign each timestamp and log entry and store the signature. This is because each timestamp and log entry would be ran through a verification algorithm which would then be stamped with your digital signature that requires your private keys, thus preventing forgery.
Java and some other object oriented programs makes use of the command line arguments. This enables one to pass additional information to a program when it is run. whatever information that is passed to the program at the command line argument will accompany the program when is it run and java stores this information as an array of strings.