windows operating system

Windows Operating System

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Early Versions of windowsWindows 1.0,Windows 2.0Windows 3.0

Later Versions of windows

Windows 95Windows 98Windows 2000Windows MEWindows XPWindows Vista

Latest Versions of WindowsWindows 7Windows 8Windows 8.1

History

• Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows in November , 1985 as a graphical operating system shell.

Early Versions of windows

• Windows 1.0

Windows 1.0

• Microsoft Windows 1.0 is a 16-bit graphical operating environment.

• It is developed by Microsoft Corporation and released on 20 November 1985.

• It has only 256 KB of ram.• It’s has only some features like Ms-Dos,

Calculator, Calendar, Clipboard viewer, Clock, Notepad , Paint and Etc.

Windows 2.0

Windows 2.0

• Windows 2.0 is a 16-bit Microsoft Windows GUI-based operating environment.

• Windows 2.0 allowed application windows to overlap each other.

• It also include sophisticated keyboard-shortcuts.

• It is a first window that include Control Panel.• New features in Windows 2.0 included VGA

graphics (16 colors) .

Windows 3.0

Windows 3.0

• Windows 3.0 succeeded with better user interfaces as well as technical improvements to make better use of the memory management capabilities of Intel's 80286 and 80386 processors.

• It includes new features like Paint-brush , Lead graphics , Acrobat Reader , Game like Solitaire.

• The Windows icons and graphics support a full 16 colors in both EGA and VGA mode.

Windows 95

• Architecture moving from a mainly 16-bit to multitasked 32-bit architecture.

• Windows 95 running on maximum 480MB RAM

• Windows 95 does not support hard disks greater than 32 GB.

Windows 98

• Windows 98 includes some new features like Internet Explorer 4.01 , Outlook Express, Windows Address Book, FrontPage Express, Microsoft Chat, Personal Web Server and a Web Publishing Wizard, NetMeeting and Windows Media Player .

• It has maximum 512MB RAM and 37 GB of hard drive.

Publishing Wizard & Microsoft chat [Windows 98]

Windows 98

Windows 2000Windows 2000 is also known as Windows NT. Windows - "Wide Interactive Network

Development for Office work Solution". NT- " New Technology ".

Windows 2000 includes many new features like Internet Explorer 5 and 6 , Internet Connection Sharing, Encrypting File System etc.

It has 512MB of RAM default and it can controlled maximum 137+ GB of hard drive.

Windows 2000

Encrypting File System

Windows ME

Windows ME

• Windows ME [Millennium Edition] is a graphical operating system from Microsoft.

• It was initially released on September 14 , 2000 .• Updated features in Windows ME is in Interface

and Media . but..,• it was not so much popular among us and heavily

criticized by some users, mainly for stability issues. • A PC World article dubbed Windows ME the

"Mistake Edition“.

Windows XP

Windows XP

Windows XP came into the picture in 2001. It had some advanced features like … ,

Updated Desktop Look Advanced portable PC support Automatic wireless connection support Automatic software installation and maintenance Fast start-up than windows 2000. Help and support centre Internet connection firewall Network set-up wizard and many more.

Windows XP can handled max 4GB ( in 32 bit) of RAM and 2TB of Hard disk (in 32 bit).

Windows VISTA

Windows VISTA

Windows VISTA came in January 30, 2007.

New features of Windows Vista include an updated graphical user interface and visual style dubbed Aero, a new search component called Windows Search.

Visual Styles of Windows Vista

Windows 7

Windows 7

• It was released worldwide on October 22, 2009 after two years of Windows VISTA.

• New Features– Advanced Themes– Revised Interface– two-column layout Start Menu– Changes in Taskbar that it can shows Preview of a

Window.

Windows 8

Windows 8

Windows 8 came on October 26, 2012.

Main attraction of Windows 8 is Windows Store and it’s Fast Boot.

New platform for developing Apps. with an emphasis on Touchscreen input.

Features of Windows 8

Language and standards support.Windows StorePersonal login AccountShell and user interfaceMulti Monitor Taskbar Improved look of Task ManagerFile Explorer with Ribbon.Windows Defender with “secure Boot”

functionality.

File Explorer interface with "Ribbon" & Multi Monitor

Windows 8.1

Windows 8.1 [Over View]

Modern interface Experience Work Folders allows a user to sync data to their

device from their user folder located in the corporation’s data center.

NFC Tap-to-pair Printing to enable printing with only one tap.

Connect to Wi-Fi Direct printers without adding additional drivers or software on your Windows 8.1 device.

Calculator app. & Sound Recorder