Introduction to Operating System:

Windows
What is a Operating System?
What is a Operating System?

An operating system is software that manages all

of the hardware resources associated with your
desktop or laptop. To put it simply, the operating
system manages the communication between
your software and your hardware. Without the
operating system (OS), the software wouldn’t
function.
 What is Windows
Operating System?

Brief summary of the

evolution of Windows

CONTENTS Features of Windows

Difference between
Windows and other
Operating System
 What is Windows
operating system?
What is Windows operating system?

Windows is a graphical operating system

developed by Microsoft. It allows users to view
and store files, run the software, play games,
watch videos, and provides a way to connect to
the internet. It was released for both home
computing and professional works.

It was released for both home computing and

professional functions of Windows on 10
November 1983. Later, it was released on many
versions of Windows as well as the current
version, Windows 10
What is Windows operating system?

Windows Home

This is the basic edition of Windows. It offers all

the fundamental functions of Windows, such as
browsing the web, connecting to the Internet,
playing video games, using office software,
watching videos. Furthermore, it is less expensive
and comes pre-installed with many new
computers.
What is Windows operating system?

Windows Professional

Windows Professional is also known as Window

Pro or win Pro. It is an enhanced edition of
Windows, which is beneficial for power users and
small to medium-size businesses. It also provides
support for the systems that have more than 128
GB of RAM. It contains all features of Windows
Home as well as the following:
- Remote Desktop - Windows Sandbox
- Trusted Boot - Bitlocket
- Hyper-V
The Evolution of Windows
The Evolution of Windows
Version 3.0
Version 1.0 It was the first Windows that needed a
Microsoft introduced Windows hard drive. It was launched by
with its first version 1.0. It was Microsoft on 22 May 1990. Its full
released on 20 November 1985, version was sold for $149.95, and the
and at the beginning, it was sold for updated version was $79.95.
$100.00. Additionally, it was the Additionally, the multimedia supported
first effort by Microsoft to produce Windows 3 was introduced in October
a graphical user interface in 16-bit. 1991.

Windows 95
Version 2.0 Windows 95 was launched on 24
The second version, Windows 2.0, August 1995. It introduces important
was produced by Microsoft on 9 features such as a 32-bit
December 1987 as well as it also environment, multitasking, and
introduced the Window 386 on the taskbar. Furthermore, MS-DOS still
same day. Initially, the price was played a vital role in Windows 95,
the same $100.00 for both of the with the help of some programs and
Windows in the market. elements.
The Evolution of Windows
Windows ME
Windows NT 4.0 Windows Millennium Edition
On 29 July 1996, Windows NT 4.0 WinME.png , or Windows Me
was launched.Windows NT 4.0 is a (pronounced as an abbreviation, "M-
business-oriented graphical E"), is a graphical operating system
operating system designed to work released on September 14, 2000 by
with either uniprocessor or Microsoft, and was the last operating
symmetric multi-processor system released in the Windows 9x
computers. series.

Windows XP
Windows 98 Windows XP was considered the best
Windows 98 (codenamed edition of Windows; it was introduced
Memphis) is a graphical operating on 25 October 2001. It followed
system by Microsoft. It is the Windows ME and provided consumer-
second major release in the friendly elements. It was the first
Windows 9x line of operating Windows NT kernel-based OS designed
systems. It was released, including for both the business and general
many other internet companion consumer markets
apps.
The Evolution of Windows
Windows 8.1
Windows 7 Windows 8.1 is a version of Windows
It was introduced on 22 October NT family of operating systems and an
2009 to overcome all problems that upgrade for Windows 8. Windows 8.1
were faced by Windows Vista. It is available free of charge for retail
was more stable, faster, and easy to copies of Windows 8 and Windows RT
use as compared to release other users via Windows Store
previous versions.

Windows 10
Windows 8 On 29 July 2015, Microsoft introduced
It was introduced by Microsoft on Windows 10. It was designed for all
26 October 2012. It is part of the Windows platforms across several
Windows NT family of operating devices, as well as Windows tablets and
systems, succeeds Windows 7 and Phones, including common applications.
precedes Windows 8.1 and
Windows 10.
Features of Windows
 Features of Windows

Control Panel
Windows provides a Control Panel feature that includes
many tools to configure and manage the resources on
their computer. For example, users can change settings
for audio, video, printers, mouse, keyboard, network
connections, date and time, power saving options, user
accounts, installed applications, etc.
 Features of Windows

Cortana

Windows 10 introduced a feature named

Cortana, which is able to accept voice
commands. It acts like other voice-activated
services such as Google Assistant, Alexa, or Siri,
including one more benefit of searching the
information on your computer. To open the
Cortana in Windows 10, press Window key + S.
 Features of Windows

Disk
Cleanup It is used to free up disk space with the help of
deleting temporary or unnecessary files. It also
helps to enhance the performance of the
computer, and boost storage space to download
the programs and documents. To open Disk
Cleanup, follow the below steps:

• Open the File Explorer by pressing Window +

E.

• Then, right-click on any disk drive and select

Properties option from the drop-down list.

• Now, click on the Disk Cleanup.

 Features of Windows

File Explorer

It is also known as Windows Explorer, which

displays your files and folders on the computer.
It allows users to browse the data on the hard
drive, SSD and other inserted removable disks
like pen drives and CDs, and you can manage
the content according to the requirements such
as delete, rename, search, and transfer the
data.
 Features of Windows
Internet Browser
As the internet browser is very important to
search for anything, view pages, online
shopping, play games, watch videos, etc.
Windows come with a pre-installed internet
browser.

in Windows 10, the Edge internet browser is

the default browser. Furthermore, Internet
Explorer was the default browser in
Microsoft Windows from the Windows
edition 95 to 8.1 version.
Difference between Windows
and other Operating System
 Difference between Windows and
other Operating System
File System
The way Windows organizes files is different from the
way Mac and GNU/Linux do.

Windows uses “drives”. They’re usually a C and D drive

that store all the computer files, and separate drives for
external devices such as CDs, USBs, and so on.
Mac and GNU/Linux have a similar file system that
comes from UNIX. In these Oss there are no drives –
everything in the computer is considered a file (even
external devices) and all files are organized in directories
that descend from a single root directory.
 Difference between Windows and
other Operating System

Package Installer
Mac and GNU/Linux come with package managers
installed by default. A package manager is a piece of
software that allows you to install, update, and uninstall
programs from the terminal, just by entering a few
commands.

Windows doesn’t come with a default package manager.

If you want one, you need to install it first. One of the
package managers available for Windows is Chocolatey.
 Difference between Windows and
other Operating System

Software Comparability
Windows is the most widely used OS, and thanks to that
most software is adapted to it. Even though less popular,
MacOS is similar to Windows in this regard.

Back in the day, Linux wasn’t compatible with many

programs out there, but this has started to change
recently, especially with the most popular distros like
Ubuntu.
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