Windows

Mr.Paras B. WadherMCA II year II sem.

Blackcomb / Vienna /

What is Microsoft Windows ?

Evolution of Microsoft ?

Microsoft Started in1975 Revenues: $16,005

Employees: 3 (Paul Allen,Bill Gates, and Ric Weiland)

1st work: MICROSOFT BASIC for the MITS Altair

8800 on the cover of the 1st January 1975 issue of Popular Electronics .

Microsoft Timeline

November 1985 Windows 1.01 1.01

November 1987 Windows 2.03 2.03

March 1989 Windows 2.11 2.11

May 1990 Windows 3.0 3.0

March 1992 Windows 3.1x 3.1

October 1992 Windows For Workgroups 3.1 3.1

July 1993 Windows NT 3.1 NT 3.1

Different Windows (versions)

December 1993 Windows For Workgroups 3.11 3.11

January 1994 Windows 3.2 (released in Simplified Chinese only) 3.2

September 1994 Windows NT 3.5 NT 3.5

May 1995 Windows NT 3.51 NT 3.51

August 1995 Windows 95 4.0.950

July 1996 Windows NT 4.0 NT 4.0.1381

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June 1998 Windows 98 4.10.1998

May 1999 Windows 98 SE 4.10.2222

February 2000 Windows 2000 NT 5.0.2195

September 2000 Windows Me 4.90.3000

October 2001 Windows XP NT 5.1.2600

March 2003 Windows XP 64-bit Edition 2003 NT 5.2.3790

April 2003 Windows Server 2003 NT 5.2.3790

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April 2005 Windows XP Professional x64 Edition

NT 5.2.3790

July 2006 Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs

NT 5.1.2600

November 2006 (volume licensing)January 2007 (retail)

Windows Vista NT 6.0.6001

July 2007 Windows Home Server NT 5.2.4500

February 2008 Windows Server 2008 NT 6.0.6001

January 2009 Windows 7 NT 6.1.7000

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Windows 7 Specifications

Processor Speed 1 GHz (Either 32-bit or 64-bit)

Memory (RAM) 1 GB

Graphics card DirectX 9.0 capable

Graphics memory 128 MB (For Windows Aero)

HDD free space 16 GB

Other drives DVD-ROM

Audio Audio output

Windows 7 Windows 7 (formerly codenamed Blackcomb and

Vienna) is the next release of Microsoft Windows, for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops, Tablet PCs, netbooks and media center PCs.

Windows 7 is an incremental upgrade to Vista, with the goal of being fully compatible with device drivers, applications, and hardware and have focused on multi-touch support, a redesigned Windows Shell with a new taskbar,HomeGroup and performance improvements .

New features (Advantages)

advances in touch, speech, and handwriting recognition, support for virtual hard disks, improved performance on multi-core processors, improved boot performance, and kernel improvements.

support for systems using multiple heterogeneous graphics cards from different vendors.

a new version of Windows Media Center, Gadgets being integrated into Windows Explorer.

improved media features, Windows PowerShell Integrated Scripting Environment (ISE), and a redesigned Calculator with multiline capabilities including Programmer and Statistics modes along with unit conversion.

Many new items have been added to the Control Panel including: ClearType Text Tuner, Display Color Calibration Wizard, Gadgets, Recovery, Troubleshooting, Workspaces Center, Location and Other Sensors, Credential Manager, Biometric Devices, System Icons, Windows Action Center, which encompasses both security and maintenance of the computer.

Taskbar changed with “Superbar “ with has more facilities. “Peek” is a quick way of making all visible windows transparent

for a quick look at the desktop. Better support for Solid State Drives and Windows 7 will be able

to identify a Solid State Drive uniquely. Adds online versions of Spades, Backgammon and Checkers.

(games)

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Removed features (Disadvantages)

everal Start menu and taskbar features including: Floating Deskbands ( Windows Media Player Toolbar (replaced with the new Jump list feature) Pinning default Internet Browser and E-mail client software programs on Start

menu by default (programs can be manually pinned) Windows Photo Gallery, Windows Movie Maker, Windows Mail, and Windows

Calendar (in favor of downloading or using online the free respective Windows Live counterparts, which lack some features)

Software Explorer feature of Windows Defender. Removable Storage Manager (applications dependent on it, such as

NTBackup or the NTBackup Restore Tool, cannot run) InkBall, a game The numeric keypad from On-Screen Keyboard Microsoft Agent 2.0 Technology Windows Sidebar (Gadgets remain, sitting freely on the Desktop)

Potential Disadvantages

Conclusion

Microsoft windows revolutionized the world.

It shares nearly 90% of total available O.S. (report Dec 2008 source Awio )

Provide programmers and developers a base for high end programming.

Latest release up ahead is : Windows vista sp2 (march 2009)

Any Queries (about Topic)

Knowledge cannot be stolen, only can be gained / earned . -Paras wadher