Windows Operating System : Past & Present

1. Windows Operating System
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2. Index
History
Early Versions of windows
Windows 1.0,
Windows 2.0
Windows 3.0

3.  Later Versions of windows
Windows 95
Windows 98
Windows 2000
Windows ME
Windows XP
Windows Vista

4. Latest Versions of Windows
Windows 7
Windows 8
Windows 8.1

5. History
• Microsoft
introduced
an
operating
environment named Windows in November ,
1985 as a graphical operating system shell.

6. Early Versions of windows
• Windows 1.0

7. Windows 1.0
• Microsoft Windows 1.0 is a 16-bit graphical
operating environment.
• It is developed by Microsoft Corporation and
released on 20 November 1985.
• It has only 256 KB of ram.
• It’s has only some features like MsDos, Calculator, Calendar, Clipboard viewer,
Clock, Notepad , Paint and Etc.

8. Windows 2.0

9. 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.
• It also include sophisticated keyboardshortcuts.
• It is a first window that include Control Panel.
• New features in Windows 2.0 included VGA
graphics (16 colors) .

10. Windows 3.0

12. Windows 3.0
• Windows 3.0 succeeded with better user
interfaces as well as technical improvements
to make better use of the memory
management
capabilities
of
Intel's 80286 and 80386 processors.
• It includes new features like Paint-brush , Lead
graphics , Acrobat Reader , Game like Solitaire.
• The Windows icons and graphics support a full
16 colors in both EGA and VGA mode.

13. Windows 95
• Architecture
moving
from a mainly 16-bit to
multitasked
32-bit
architecture.
• Windows 95 running on
maximum 480MB RAM
• Windows 95 does not
support hard disks
greater than 32 GB.

14. Windows 98
• Windows 98 includes some new features like
Internet Explorer 4.01 , Outlook Express,
Windows Address Book, FrontPage Express,
Microsoft Chat, Personal Web Server and a
Web Publishing Wizard, NetMeeting and
Windows Media Player .
• It has maximum 512MB RAM and 37 GB of
hard drive.

15. Publishing Wizard & Microsoft chat
[Windows 98]

16. Windows 98

17. Windows 2000
Windows 2000 is also known as Windows NT.
 Windows - "Wide Interactive Network
Development for Office work Solution".
NT- " New Technology ".
Windows 2000 includes many new features
like Internet Explorer 5 and 6 , Internet
Connection Sharing, Encrypting File System
etc.
It has 512MB of RAM default and it can
controlled maximum 137+ GB of hard drive.

18. Windows 2000

19. Encrypting File System

20. Windows ME

21. Windows ME
• Windows ME [Millennium Edition] is a graphical
operating system from Microsoft.
• It was initially released on September 14 , 2000 .
• Updated features in Windows ME is in Interface
and Media . but..,
• it was not so much popular among us and heavily
criticized by some users, mainly for stability issues.
• A PC World article dubbed Windows ME the
"Mistake Edition“.

22. Windows XP

23. Windows XP
 Windows XP came into the picture in 2001.
 It had some advanced features like … ,
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Updated Desktop Look
Advanced portable PC support
Automatic wireless connection support
Automatic software installation and maintenance
Fast start-up than windows 2000.
Help and support centre
Internet connection firewall
Network set-up wizard and many more.

24. Windows XP can handled max 4GB ( in 32 bit)
of RAM and 2TB of Hard disk (in 32 bit).

25. Windows VISTA

26. Windows VISTA
Windows VISTA came in January 30, 2007.
New features of Windows Vista include an
updated graphical user interface and visual
style dubbed Aero, a new search component
called Windows Search.

27. Visual Styles of Windows Vista

28. Windows 7

29. Windows 7
• It was released worldwide on October 22,
2009 after two years of Windows VISTA.
• New Features
– Advanced Themes
– Revised Interface
– two-column layout Start Menu
– Changes in Taskbar that it can shows Preview of a
Window.

30. Windows 8

31. Windows 8
Windows 8 came on October 26, 2012.
Main attraction of Windows 8 is Windows
Store and it’s Fast Boot.
New platform for developing Apps. with an
emphasis on Touchscreen input.

32. Features of Windows 8
 Language and standards support.
 Windows Store
 Personal login Account
 Shell and user interface
 Multi Monitor Taskbar
 Improved look of Task Manager
 File Explorer with Ribbon.
 Windows Defender with “secure Boot”
functionality.

33. File Explorer interface with "Ribbon" & Multi Monitor

34. Windows 8.1

35. Windows 8.1 [Over View]
Modern interface Experience
Work Folders allows a user to sync data to
their device from their user folder located in
the corporation’s data center.
NFC Tap-to-pair Printing to enable printing
with only one tap.
Connect to Wi-Fi Direct printers without
adding additional drivers or software on your
Windows 8.1 device.

36. Calculator app. & Sound Recorder