Windows software information and features

1. Windows
The era of an Operating System
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2. Microsoft
Windows
Family
• Windows NT 3.1
• Windows NT 3.5
• Windows NT 3.51
• Windows NT 4.0
• Windows NT
Dos Based
Windows
9x
Windows NT
Windows
Embedded
Windows
Mobile
Windows
Phone
Client
Version
Windows
Server
Specialized
Windows
1.0
Windows
95
Windows
XP
Server
2003
Windows
Preinstallation
Environment
Embedded
Compact CE
5.0
Pocket PC
2000
Phone 7
Windows
2.0
Windows
98
Windows
Vista
Server
2008
Embedded CE
6.0
Pocket PC
2002
Phone 8
Windows
2.1x
Windows
ME
Windows
7
Server
2008 R2
Embedded
Comact 7
Pocket PC
2003
Phone 8.1
Windows
3.0
Windows
8
Server
2012
Embedded
Automotive
Mobile 5.0
Windows
10 Mobile
Windows
3.1x
Windows
8.1
Server
2012 R2
Embedded
Industry
Mobile 6.0
Windows
10
Server
2016 Mobile 6.1
Mobile 6.5

3. Windows
• Windows 1.01
• Windows 1.02
• Windows 1.03
• Windows 1.04
• Windows 2.03
• Windows 2.10
• Windows 2.11
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4. Windows
• Windows 3.1
• Windows NT 3.1
• Windows for workgroups
3.11
• Windows 3.2
• Windows NT 3.5
• Windows NT 3.51
• Windows 95
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5. Windows
• Windows NT 4.0
• Windows 98
• Windows 2000
• Windows ME
• Windows XP
• Windows XP Professional x64
• Windows Vista
• Windows 7
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6. Windows
• Windows 8
• Windows 8.1
• Windows 10
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7. Start With Windows Lets Quick Start With
Windows

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9. Windows 1.0
GRAPHICAL PERSONAL
COMPUTER OPERATING
ENVIRONMENT
THE FIRST MASS-
PRODUCED PERSONAL
COMPUTER WITH A
GRAPHICAL USER
INTERFACE (GUI) THAT
ENABLED USERS TO SEE
USER FRIENDLY ICONS
ON SCREEN
IT RUNS AS A
GRAPHICAL, 16-BIT
MULTI-TASKING SHELL
ON TOP OF AN EXISTING
MS-DOS INSTALLATION.
IT PROVIDES AN
ENVIRONMENT WHICH
CAN RUN GRAPHICAL
PROGRAMS DESIGNED
FOR WINDOWS, AS WELL
AS EXISTING MS-DOS
SOFTWARE.
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10. Features of
Windows 1.0
Windows 1.0 offers limited multitasking of
existing MS-DOS programs
Windows 1.0 programs can call MS-DOS
functions, and GUI programs are run from
.exe files just like MS-DOS programs.
Applications were supposed to handle
memory only through Windows own
memory management system.

11. Limitations of
Windows 1.0
• Because graphics support in MS-DOS is extremely
limited, MS-DOS applications have to go to the bare
hardware (or sometimes just to the BIOS) to get
work done.
• Windows 1.0 is a "DOS front-end" and cannot
operate without a DOS environment

12. Microsoft Windows 1.0
• Released date: November 20, 1985; 32 years ago
• Latest release: 1.04/ April 1987; 31 years ago
• Succeeded by: Windows 2.0 (1987)
• Support Status: Unsupported as of December 31, 2001

13. Versions of Windows 1.0
1:01
Windows 1.01
• Microsoft Notepad in Windows 1.01 released in
1985, showing its about box and an open text file
Version 1.01, released on November 20, 1985, was
the first public release of Windows 1.0.
1:02
Windows 1.02
• Version 1.02, released in May 1986, was an
international release.
1:03
Windows 1.03
• Version 1.03, released in August 1986, included
enhancements that made it consistent with the
international release like drivers for European
keyboards and additional screen and printer drivers.
1:04
Windows 1.04
• Version 1.04, released in April 1987, added support
for the new IBM PS/2 computers, although no
support for PS/2 mice or new VGA graphics modes
was provided.

14. 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
WINDOWS 2.0 ALSO
INTRODUCED MORE
SOPHISTICATED
KEYBOARD-SHORTCUTS
AND THE TERMINOLOGY
OF "MINIMIZE" AND
"MAXIMIZE“
NEW FEATURES IN
WINDOWS 2.0 INCLUDED
VGA GRAPHICS
(ALTHOUGH IN 16
COLOURS ONLY)
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15. Features of
Windows 2.0
WINDOWS 2.0 WAS ALSO THE FIRST
WINDOWS VERSION TO INTEGRATE
THE CONTROL PANEL
IT WAS ALSO THE LAST VERSION OF
WINDOWS THAT DID NOT REQUIRE
A HARD DISK
WITH THE IMPROVED SPEED,
RELIABILITY AND USABILITY,
COMPUTERS NOW STARTED
BECOMING A PART OF DAILY LIFE
FOR SOME WORKERS
DESKTOP ICONS AND USE OF
KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS HELPED TO
SPEED UP THE WORK

16. Applications Support for Windows 2.0
• The first Windows versions of Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel ran on Windows 2.0
• Third-party developer support for Windows increased substantially with this version (some
shipped the Windows Runtime software with their applications, for customers who had not
purchased the full version of Windows)
• There were some applications that shipped with Windows 2.0. They are:
• CALC.EXE – a calculator
• CALENDAR.EXE – calendaring software
• CARDFILE.EXE – a personal information manager
• CLIPBRD.EXE – software for viewing the contents of the clipboard
• CLOCK.EXE – a clock
• CONTROL.EXE – the system utility responsible for configuring Windows 2.0

17. Applications Support for Windows 2.0
• CVTPAINT.EXE - Converted paint files to the 2.x format
• MSDOS.EXE – a simple file manager
• NOTEPAD.EXE – a text editor
• PAINT.EXE – a raster graphics editor that allows users to paint and edit pictures interactively on
the computer screen
• PIFEDIT.EXE – a program information file editor that defines how a DOS program should behave
inside Windows
• REVERSI.EXE – a computer game of Reversi
• SPOOLER.EXE – the print spooler of Windows, a program that manages and maintains a queue of
documents to be printed, sending them to the printer as soon as the printer is ready
• TERMINAL.EXE – a terminal emulator
• WRITE.EXE – a simple word processor