Features of windows

in these slides all features of windows are discuss windows history and evolution of windows

1. Features of windows

2. What is meant by Windows Operating System? A group of several graphical operating system families, all of which are developed, marketed, and sold by Microsoft. As a graphical operating system shell for MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces (GUIs).

3. Windows Timeline 1990-1994 1995 1998 2000 2001 1985-1992 Windows 3.0-3.1 Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows 1.0-2.0

4. Windows Timeline(Contd.) 2009 2012 2015 2006 Windows 7 Windows 8 Windows 10 Windows Vista

5. Windows 1.x Pure operating environment Used GUI(Graphical user interface) Simple graphics

6. Windows 2.x 16-bit Microsoft  Windows  GUI-based operating environment Faster than 1.x Introduced the control panel Introduced first version on excel and word

7. Windows 3.x Operated with 8086 microprocessor Virtual memory Operated with 6-7 MB of free space of hard drive Better multitasking

8. Windows 95 A complete operating system Improved windows control and appearance Right button menu Task bar and start menu

9. Windows XP Advanced portable PC support Automatic wireless connection support Fast start-up Help and support center Better graphical user interface

10. Windows 7 Introduced a large number of new features Incremental upgrade to the Windows line Windows 7 has multi-touch support redesigned Windows shell with an updated taskbar a home networking system called Home Group, and performance improvements.

11. Windows 8 Optimizations for touch-based Devices such as tablets and all-in-one pcs Increased integration with cloud services Other online platforms (such as social networks and microsoft's own onedrive (formerly skydrive ) and xbox live services) The Windows Store service for software distribution

12. Windows 10 Addresses shortcomings in the user interface first introduced with windows 8 The return of the start menu A virtual desktop system The ability to run windows store apps within windows on the desktop rather than in full-screen mode Includes new icons and right-click context menus, default printer management, four times as many tiles allowed in the start menu, find My Device, and Edge updates.

13. Versions of Windows

14. Application in Windows We can find almost all types of application in windows store. Which we need in our daily life . Many applications like Adobe Photoshop Enterprise, Adobe Reader, Facebook, Messenger, Media Players etc can be found in Windows Store.

15. Most Common Features Program Execution Providing user interface Handling input/output operations Error handling Memory management Process management

16. Functions of an operating system Process management Code execution Context switching Multitasking Memory management Allocation Sharing Protection Virtual memory Device management Input / Output Disk access Interrupt handling 16

17. Any one can install any types of software & games into windows. It is compatible of all types of software & games. Compatibility

18. Security 18 It is less secured than other Operating System due to its popularity. There are about 60,000 viruses known for Windows. There are numerous anti virus program in windows.

19. Popularity (Cont.) Now a days Windows Operating System provides the highest amount of vendors among all the Operating System Windows OS provides more than 50% of the total Vendors while Mac OS X provides about 20% and Linux provides about 25%.

20. Price? Windows is less expensive. It can be found around 40% cheaper than a Mac. Current prices are available on Amazan.com

21. Properties of computer / drive Select computer >right click > properties

22. How to change the name of drive / folder Select drive > right click on it > rename

23. Computer management Select computer > right click on it > manage

24. How to make partitions of a drive Right click on computer> manage > Disk management