Windows is the operating system is already familiar to computer users around the world. Almost every computer user already knows windows being developed by Microsoft Corp.
Windows first time introduced into Topographic-based operating system made by Microsoft, computer users in year 80 would still be familiar with the DOS operating system. Before developing Windows, Microsoft already has MS-DOS. MS-Dos operating system is a single-tasking, running the processor in real mode, and can only support one user at a time.
Around the year 1980, the Mac comes with a Graphical User Interface. Microsoft was determined to develop Windows, so users can be more comfortable in using the operating system. The first version of Windows 1.x was released on November 10, 1983, and started out into the public market before November 1985. After going through the lengthy process of Windows became popular when entering the third generation, Windows 3.x in 1992. Windows 3.x was developed to produce Windows 95, the first version of Windows that started to win the hearts of PC users in general, which was released on August 14, 1995. It also introduced along with Microsoft Offi ce 1995. Windows 95 brought a series of innovations that really spoil the user, with ease of operation. To facilitate the use of Microsoft introduced the Windows Explorer. In addition Microsoft is also introducing its browsers, Internet Explorer.
After Microsoft developed Windows 95 and Windows 98. Windows 1998 offers several improvements to the AGP, USB, Plug and Play and the fi le system, FAT32 and Internet Explorer version 4. After running under Windows 98, Microsoft also issued a second series of Windows 98 Second Edition. In Windows 98 SE, Microsoft provides updates using Internet Explorer 5 browser, versatile disk (DVD), Windows Driver Model (WDM), which replaces the model of a Virtual Device Driver (VxD) and the Windows NetMeeting 3.
Windows 2000 or better known as Windows NT was released in the year
After a series of Windows 1998, Microsoft Windows 2000 or later design which is also called Windows NT was released in 1997, his new RTM version was issued in February 2000. Some serial windows 2000: Windows 2000 Data Center Edition, Windows 2000 SP (Service Pack) 1 up to Windows 2000 SP 4.
Fitue from windows 2000 including new Active Directory, Image Preview, Windows Media Player 6.4, integrated, Plug and Play capabilities for more sophisticated, so installing a specific hardware can be run directly without having to go through the process of restarting, ACPI.
Successfully launched the Windows 2000 Microsoft also released Windows Millennium Edition (Windows ME), Windows ME is intended to replace the Windows 98 market. Windows ME was released on September 14, 2000 with the operating system transitions between the 16-bit to 32-bit, that all the programs 16-bit and 32-bit can be properly supported.
Windows XP was released in 2001, Windows XP is Microsoft’s most successful products on the market. Xp has a high stability with the support of the wider hardwere. Windows XP is built on the Windows NT kernel and architecture.
some versions of Windows XP:
• Windows XP Starter Edition
• Windows XP Professional
• Windows XP Home Edition
• Windows XP Media Center Edition
• Windows XP Tablet PC Edition
• Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
• Windows XP Professional 64-bit Edition for Itanium
In 2006 Microsoft released Windows Vista several versions of windows vista, among others
• Windows Vista Starter
• Windows Vista Home Basic
• Windows Vista Home Premium
• Windows Vista Business
• Windows Vista Enterprise
• Windows Vista Ultimate
Furthermore, in 2006, Microsoft released Windows Vista or previously also known by the code name ‘Longhorn’. Longhorn was originally planned as a stepping stone from Windows XP to Windows ‘Black-Bomb’ or later, we know with Windows 7.
Windows Vista is intended to be launched as a technology-based products, as a solid system that includes new technologies of high level. Many of them are technology related to how the system works, who worked behind the scenes and invisible to the end user.
• Reconstruction of the entire architecture of the audio, print, display screen (display), and network stack
• IPv6 protocol also works in conjunction with IPv4
• a new security structure, including BitLocker Drive Encryption
• Increased memory capacity and process scheduler manager
• System services included as a separate session and isolated, while the user as different sessions.
• Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) to prevent the attack Return-to-libc buffer overfl ow.
• Kernel Transaction Manager enables atomic transaction operations across a variety of different objects, particularly fi le system (Transactional NTFS) and registry operations.
• Deadlock Detection Technology is a technology that would inspect the conditions of deadlock (deadlock of the system) for Windows error reporting.
The series of Windows Vista that was released by Microsoft is distinguished by a tour fi and user needs, as follows:
• Windows Vista Starter
• Windows Vista Home Basic
• Windows Vista Home Premium
• Windows Vista Business
• Windows Vista Enterprise
• Windows Vista Ultimate
After Windows Vista, Microsoft released Windows 7 has just been released in last October.
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