Comparison of Different Windows

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MS DOSPurchased by microsoft to support intel 8086 -Intel 8086 is a

micro processor The main operating system for personal computers during the 1980s

up to mid 1990s

Single-task operating system

In DOS, drives are referred to by identifying letters


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WINDOWS 1.0was released on November 1985 supported graphical user interface Other supplied programs were Calculator, Calendar,Clipboard viewer,

Clock,Control Panel, Notepad, Paint, Write,etc

did not allow overlapping windows, Only dialog boxes could appear over

other windows.


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WINDOWS 2.0 was released in October 1987

featured several improvements to the user interface and

memory management.allowed application windows to overlap each other

windows 2.1 was also released.


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WINDOWS 3.0 AND 3.1 Improved the design, mostly because of virtual memory and loadable

virtual device drivers. Microsoft also rewrote critical operations from C into assembly, making

this release faster and less memory-hungry than its predecessors.


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Windows 95, 98, and MeWindows 95 was released in August 1995

featuringo a new user interface,

o support for long file names of up to 255 characters

o the ability to automatically detect and configure installed

hardware (plug and play).

It could natively run 32-bit applications.

Released on June 25, 1998

Windows 98 was the first operating system to use the Windows Driver

Model.

Windows 98 had more complete USB support

WDM Audio: Support for WDM audio enables digital mixing, routing and

processing of simultaneous audio streams.

DVD support

UDF 1.02 read support


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Still imaging architecture (STI) for scanners and cameras,

Image Color Management 2.0 which supports more color spaces.

Shipped with DirectX 5.2

Networking enhancements:TCP/IP,DHCP,ETC

Improvements to the system and tools like disk Defragmenter, disk Cleanup ETC


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In September 2000, Microsoft released Windows Me which updated

the core from Windows 98 but adopted some aspects of Windows 2000. It also added a new feature called System Restore, allowing the user to

set the computer's settings back to an earlier date.

Windows NT familyThe NT family of Windows systems was fashioned and marketed for higherreliability business use.


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WINDOWS XPIn October 2001.Faster start-up and hibernation sequences

The ability to discard a newer device driver

A new, arguably more user-friendly interface

Fast user switchingThe Clear Type font rendering mechanism, which is designed to improve

text readability

Remote Desktop functionality, which allows users to connect to a computer .


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WINDOWS VISTAOn January 30, 2007

Windows Aero gui


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Windows Flip and Flip 3D


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Security and safety

Graphics

Windows Mail replaces Outlook Express

Windows Calendar, Windows Fax and Scan , word pad , paint , sound

recorder,window movie maker , window dvd maker , etc

Some significant changes have been made to Windows Vista for mobilecomputing.

Power management

New fonts and much more..


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Comparison of Different Windows