A presentation on microsoft windows architecture. Discusses Internal architecture Kernel Executive User processes Histor

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5. GUI
Features
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Include both file system and hardware device drivers that translate user
I/O function calls into specific hardware device I/O requests.
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Didn't get the funda??
- Think how the eject button in your music player opens your cd tray
• Implements the graphical user interface (GUI)
• functions, such as dealing with windows, user interface controls, and
drawing

16. •
Windows virtual memory manager controls how
memory is allocated.
• Page sizes ranging from 4 Kbytes to 64 Kbytes
• Each Windows user process sees a separate 32-bit
address space, allowing 4 GB of memory per
process
• portion of this memory is reserved for the operating
system – 2 GB

18. ●
Operating Systems: Internals and Design Principles, Fifth Edition –
William Stallings
• Windows Internals, Fifth Edition - Mark E. Russinovich and David A.
Solomon with Alex Ionescu.
• Netcrafter – www.netcrafter.com
The Presentation takes Windows too seriously