Features of windows operating system

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1. FEATURES OF WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEM MOHAMMAD AMEES MLIS 1st year PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY

2. History of Windows Microsoft Windows operating system was developed by Microsoft to overcome the limitation of its own MS-DOS operating system. First successful version were Windows 3.0, released in 1990. Subsequently released version were Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows XP Professional and Windows Vista. Microsoft initially announced the Windows product seven years earlier and released the first version in 1983.

3. Common Operating Systems MS-DOS Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows ME (Windows Millennium) Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows VISTA Windows 7 Windows 8 Windows 8.1

4. DOS Disk operating system Single-user Os from Microsoft for the Pc First OS for the PC Still the underlying control program for windows 3.1 Windows 95/98 and Windows NT build in their own version of DOS to support existing DOS application.

5. Features of DOS Single user system Machine independence Program control Peripheral management Managing files Processing commands Managing input and output Managing memory Operating with Assembler

6. Windows 95 Released in august 1995 32-bit,self contained operating system Includes a built-in and enhanced versuion of DOS Intro 'Start' button,   taskbar formed by a large number of  virtual device drivers  ( VxDs ) responsible for handling physical devices (such as video and network cards), emulating virtual devices used by the virtual machines, or providing various system services.  Plug and Play capabilities Memory limitaions were expanded shipped with Microsoft's own dial-up online service called The Microsoft Network .

7. Features of WINDOWS 98 Graphical user interface Type of icons: i ) Applications icons ii) Document icons iii ) Program icons Start Button Taskbar Windows Explorer Right Mouse Button Long File Names Multitasking Shortcuts Easy Internet Access Help

8. Windows Me Windows Me Millennium Edition graphical  operating system  released on September 14, 2000 by  Microsoft was the last operating system released in the Windows 9x  series. for home PC users. It included  Internet Explorer 5.5 ,  Windows Media Player  7, and the new  Windows Movie Maker  software Faster boot times Improved power management and suspend/resume operations. Includes  drivers for  USB mass storage devices  and USB printers Windows Me had a short shelf-life of just over a year; it was often criticized for being buggy and unstable.

9. Windows NT Windows NEW TECHNOLOGY Intro in 1993 Advanced 32-bit "flat" virtual  OS. Works with Intel x86 and Alpha CPUs Support for power PC has been dropped Does not use DOS Self contained OS that runs 16-bit and 32-bit windows application as well as DOS.

10. dows 2000 Windows 2000 Windows 2000  is a line of  operating systems  produced by  Microsoft  for use on personal computers , business desktops,  laptops , and  servers . Released on 17 February 2000, [3]  it was the successor to  Windows NT 4.0 , and is the final release of Microsoft Windows to display the "Windows NT" designation. It was succeeded by Windows XP  for desktop systems in October 2001 and  Windows Server 2003  for servers in April 2003.  Windows Me  was released only a few months after Windows 2000 and one year before Windows XP, but Windows Me was not intended to be, nor did it serve as the successor to Windows 2000. Windows Me is designed for home use, while Windows 2000 is designed for business.

11. 2001: Windows XP With the release of Windows XP in October 2001, Microsoft merged its two Windows operating system lines for consumers and businesses, uniting them around the Windows 2000 code base. The "XP" in Windows XP stands for "experience," symbolizing the innovative experiences that Windows can offer to personal computer users. With Windows XP, home users can work with and enjoy music, movies, messaging, and photos with their computer

12. Microsoft Windows Vista Windows Vista Released January 30, 2007 Vista Premium-Ready PCs Computer: 100% IBM Compatible Processor: 1GHz Intel-compatible Memory: 1GB RAM Drives: 40GB disk space DVD Drive Sound: Standard Sound card for sound capability. DirectX 9.0 compatible video card. 64,128,256 MB of Video RAM

13. WINDOWS 7 Windows 7 is a version of Microsoft Windows, a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops, net books, tablet PCs, and media center PCs. Windows 7 was released to manufacturing on July 22, 2009, and reached general retail availability on October 22, 2009, less than three years after the release of its predecessor, Windows Vista. Windows 7's server counterpart, Windows Server 2008 R2, was released at the same time. Windows 7 will be succeeded by Windows 8, which has no release date as of yet.

14. Microsoft Windows 8 Windows 8 is a personal computer operating system developed by Microsoft as part of Windows NT family of operating systems. The operating system was released to manufacturing on August 1, 2012, and was released for general availability on October 26, 2012 Windows 8 introduced major changes to the operating system's platform and user interface to improve its user experience on tablets , where Windows was now competing with mobile operating systems

15. Microsoft Windows 8.1 Windows 8.1 is a version of Windows NT family of operating systems and an upgrade for Windows 8 Windows 8.1 is available free of charge for retail copies of Windows 8 and Windows RT users via Windows Store .

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