Introduction to Windows
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Introduction to Microsoft Windows
The oldest of all Microsoft’s operating systems is MS-DOS (Microsoft Disk Operating System). MS-DOS is a text-based operating system. Users have to type commands rather than use the more friendly graphical user interfaces (GUI’s) available today. Despite its very basic appearance, MS-DOS is a very powerful operating system. There are many advanced applications and games available for MS-DOS. A version of MS-DOS underpins Windows. Many advanced administration tasks in Windows can only be performed using MS-DOS.
The
history of Microsoft Windows dates back to 1985, when Microsoft
released Microsoft Windows Version 1.01. Microsoft’s aim was to provide a
friendly user-interface known as a GUI (graphical user interface) which
allowed for easier navigation of the system features. Windows 1.01