Introduction to ms windows

Microsoft Windows, or simply Windows, is a metafamily of graphical operating systems developed, marketed, and sold by Microsoft. It consists of several families of operating systems, each of which cater to a certain sector of the computing industry with the OS typically associated with IBM PC compatible architecture. Active Windows families include Windows NT and Windows Embedded; these may encompass subfamilies, e.g. Windows Embedded Compact (Windows CE) or Windows Server. Defunct Windows families include Windows 9x, Windows Mobile and Windows Phone.

1. Introduction to:
Microsoft Windows
Submitted By: Suryakantverma
Assistant Professor,
Department ofPharmaceutics,

2. Microsoft Windows
INTRODUCTION: -
MicrosoftWindows,orsimplyWindows,isametafamily
ofgraphicaloperatingsystemsdeveloped,marketed,andsold
byMicrosoft.Itconsistsofseveralfamiliesofoperatingsystems,
eachofwhichcatertoacertainsectorofthecomputingindustry
withtheOStypicallyassociatedwithIBMPC
compatiblearchitecture.ActiveWindows families
includeWindowsNTandWindowsEmbedded;thesemay
encompasssubfamilies,e.g.Windows Embedded
Compact(WindowsCE)orWindowsServer.DefunctWindows
familiesincludeWindows9x,WindowsMobileandWindows
Phone.
WindowsOS,computeroperatingsystem(OS)developed
byMicrosoftCorporationtorunpersonalcomputers(PCs).
Featuringthefirstgraphicaluserinterface(GUI)forIBM-
compatiblePCs,theWindowsOSsoondominatedthePC
market.Approximately90percentofPCsrunsomeversionof
Windows.

3. Microsoft Windows
Screenshot ofWindows 10(Creators Update, version 1703),
showing theAction CenterandStart Menu

4. Developer Microsoft
Workingstate Publiclyreleased
Sourcemodel Closed/sharedsource
Initialrelease November20,1985;31yearsago,asWindows1.0
Latestrelease 1703(10.0.15063.296)(May9,2017;12daysago)[±]
Latestpreview RS3(10.0.16193.1001)(May11,2017;10daysago)[±]
Marketingtarget Personalcomputing
Availablein 137languages
Updatemethod WindowsUpdate
WindowsAnytimeUpgrade
WindowsStore
WSUS
Packagemanager WindowsInstaller(.msi),WindowsStore(.appx)
Platforms ARM, IA-32, Itanium,x86-64, DEC
Alpha,MIPS,PowerPC
Kerneltype WindowsNTfamily:Hybrid
WindowsCE:Hybrid
Windows9xandearlier:Monolithic(MS-DOS)
DefaultuserinterfaceWindowsshell
License Proprietarycommercialsoftware
Officialwebsite windows.microsoft.com

5. Evolution of Windows
Windows 3.1
◦First widely used successful version of
Windows
◦Replaced MS-DOS
Windows 95
◦Introduced Start button, taskbar for
multitasking, and My Computer for easier file
management
Windows NT
◦Intended for business computing
◦Increased reliability and security

6. Evolution of Windows (Continued)
Windows 98
◦Active desktop displays Web content
◦Enables Web conventions on the desktop
Windows 2000
◦Security of NT with Windows 98 Interface
◦Windows 2000 Professional and Windows 2000
Server
Windows Me (Millennium Edition)
◦Successor to Windows 98 for home computing

7. The Windows Desktop
Start Button
Taskbar (multitasking)
My Computer

8. Anatomy of a Window
Title bar with Min, Max or Restore, and Close buttons
Menu bar, Toolbar, and Address bar
Status bar and Scroll bars

9. The Devices on a System
Drive A is always a floppy disk
Drive B is a second floppy disk (obsolete)
Drive C is always a fixed disk
Drives D, E, are variable
◦CD ROM
◦Zip drive or removable media
◦Network drives

10. Pull-down Menus
Pull-down menu
Dimmed command
Ellipsis
Check
Bullet
Arrowhead
Submenu

11. Dialog Boxes
Tabbed dialog box
Option buttons
Check box
Text box
Spin button
Command buttons

12. Dialog Boxes continued
•Command buttons
•Open List Box
•Scroll bar
•List box
•Tabbed dialog box
•Help button ?
•Cancel button
•OK button

13. Moving and Sizing a Window
To Move a Window
◦Click and drag the title bar
To Size a Window
◦Click and drag a corner to change the length
and width in proportion with one another
◦Click and drag a border to change just the
length or the width

14. Formatting a Floppy
Disk capacity
◦720Kb
◦1.44Mb
Types of formatting
◦Quick (erase)
◦Full
Label

15. File Management
My Computer
◦Simpler and less sophisticated
◦Can result in multiple open windows at one
time
Windows Explorer
◦Hierarchical view on left
◦Contents of the selected folder on the right
Multiple views available for both
◦Small icons, Large icons, List, and Details view

16. Windows Explorer
Folder
◦Expanded
◦Collapsed
Files
◦Program file
◦Data file
File names
◦Name
◦Extension
(type)

17. Moving and Copying Files
Moving Files
◦Click and drag to a
different folder on the
same drive
◦Cut and Paste
◦Shortcut Menu
Copying Files
◦Click and drag from one
drive to another
◦Copy and Paste
◦Shortcut Menu

18. The Help Command
Accessed from the
Start button
Tabs
◦Contents tab
◦Index tab
◦Search tab
◦Favorites tab
Web help