July 31, 2023

Microsoft Windows - History | Characteristics

Basics About MS Windows:

Developer ---------------------->  Microsoft Company      
Established in
------------------>  20th November 1985  
Language
----------------------->  Support 138 languages
Default User Interface
-------->  Windows Power Shell  
Official Website
---------------->  www.microsoft.com     

 


Windows - Operating System

Operating System is a group of several GUIs (Graphical User Interface) or a system software which is responsible to manage all resources available in computer system. It is also known as Master Control Program

The latest version of Microsoft Operating System - Windows 11.


History and Development of Windows

It was 1983 when work on “Interface Manager” was started by Microsoft but it was in November 1995, when the first Windows 1.0 was introduced.

Windows 1.0-2.0         1985-1992 
Windows 3.0-3.1         1990-1994

Windows 95                 1995          
Windows 98                1998         

Windows 2000             2000          
Windows XP                 2001          

Windows Vista             2006          
Windows 7                   2009         

Windows 8                   2012
         
Windows 10                 2015        
Windows 11                 2021*      

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Characteristics of Windows Operating System

1. Windows 1.0

  1. It was released on November 20, 1985 
  2. Pure Operating Environment
  3. Used Graphical User Interface
  4. Simple Graphics
  5. Offered limited multi-tasking was expected to have a better future potential

2. Windows 2.0

  1. It was released on December 9, 1987
  2. 16-bit Graphic User Interface (GUI) based operating environment
  3. Introduced Control Panel, and the first version of MS Word and Excel
  4. Unlike Windows 1.0, it had the capacity to allow applications to overlap each other
  5. It was also the last Windows OS which did not require a hard disk
  6. Hardware played an important role

3. Windows 3.0

  1. It was released in 1990
  2. It was better at multitasking
  3. Used 8086 microprocessors
  4. It has both, conventional and extendable memory
  5. First version of Windows to gather critical appreciation
  6. Better memory/ storage

4. Window 95

  1. It was the first complete Operating System 
  2. It was released on August 15, 1995
  3. It merged MS-DOS and Windows products
  4. It simplified plug and play features
  5. Taskbar and Start menu was introduced with this Windows OS
  6. Advanced from 16 bit GUI to 32 bit GUI
  7. Long file names could be saved
  8. Initially, computers with Windows 95 did not have Internet Explorer installed but by the release date of Windows 95, the first version of Internet Explorer was installed in the software
  9. On December 31, 2001, Windows declared this version of OS outdated and ended its support for the same

5. Windows 98

  1. It was released to manufacturing on May 15, 1998
  2. It was a 16 bit and 32 bit product based on MS DOS
  3. It was not an entirely new version but just a tuned-up version to Windows 95
  4. Internet Explorer 4.01 was released along with this Windows version
  5. It did not support USB printers or mass storage devices 
  6. An update to this version “Windows SE” was released in 1999

6. Windows 2000

  1. It was officially released on February 17, 2000. However, its manufacturing had begun in late 1999
  2. A core set of features was followed for manufacturing Windows 2000 but 4 different editions, targeting different sectors of the market were released. These included: Server, Professional, Advanced Server and Datacenter Server
  3. It was considered as one of the most secure OS ever
  4. A local disk manager was introduced with these Windows
  5. Multilingual User Interface – it supported many different languages

7. Windows XP

  1. While the manufacturing started on August 24, 2001, the official product was released on October 25, 2001
  2. Advanced portable PC support
  3. Automatic wireless connection support
  4. Fast start-up
  5. Better Graphical User Interface (GUI)
  6. Help and support center

8. Windows Vista

  1. It was released on January 30, 2007
  2. It had an upgraded version of Graphical User Interface
  3. It was the first operating system to use DVD-ROM for installation

9. Windows 7

  1. It was released on October 22, 2009
  2. A large number of new features were introduced
  3. Redesigned Windows shell with an updated taskbar
  4. Incremental upgrade to the Windows line
  5. Libraries were added in the file management system
  6. A few features from the past Windows were removed
  7. Extended hardware support

10. Windows 8

  1. It was released for retail on October 26, 2012
  2. Optimizations for touch-based
  3. Installed in new devices like Laptops, Mobile phones, tablets, etc.
  4. Increased integration with cloud services
  5. Windows Store service for software distribution
  6. Task manager redesigned
  7. New security features introduced
  8. Online Applications could be directly downloaded

11. Windows 10

  1. It was released on July 29, 2015
  2. Addresses shortcomings in the user interface first introduced with Windows 8
  3. A virtual desktop system
  4. It had the ability to run windows store apps within windows on the desktop rather than in the full-screen mode
  5. Included new icons
  6. To reduce storage shortcomings, Windows 10 automatically compresses the file size
  7. New browser Edge released 
  8. Multiple desktop window feature availableInbuilt with new hardware like laptop added to overcome the piracy.
 

12. Windows 11* (Latest Version)

  1. It was released on October 4, 2021
  2. Well upgraded version of Window 10
  3. Mostly features available inbuilt without installing outsource applications.
  4. Well featured tablet mode option upgraded
  5. have a Trusted Platform Module 2.0 (TPM) security chip

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