WINDOWS 10

Introduction

Windows 10 is a personal computer

operating system released by Microsoft as
part of the Windows NT family of operating
systems. It was officially unveiled in
September 2014 following a brief demo at
2014. The first version of the operating
system entered a public beta testing process
in October 2014, leading up to its consumer
release on July 29, 2015

Microsoft announcedWindows 10as

the successor to Windows 8.1. and
addresses shortcomings in the user
interface first introduced the changes
include the return of the Start Menu

NOW before going deeo to windows 10

with all the featues , I will like to give a

Brief history of windows

Windows 1,0 , 2.0 n 3.0

Windows 9x (windows 95 and windows 98 )

Windows NT

Windpws 7

Windows 8

Windows 10

Brief history of windows

Windows 1,0 ,

The history of Windows 1.0 is back to

September 1981, when Chase Bishop, a
computer scientist, designed the first model of
an electronic device and project Interface
Manager was started
Windows 1.0 is not a complete operating
system; rather, it extends MS-DOS. The shell of
Windows 1.0 is a program known as the MSDOS Executive .

Brief history of windows

Windows 2.0 and 3.0 ,

The difference between windows 1.0

with 2.0 and 3.0 is that they can multi task
several DOS programs where 1.0 cant .

And specially Windows 3.x

released to
improved the design, mostly
because of virtual memory and loadable virtual
device drivers (VxDs) that allow Windows to
share arbitrary devices between multi-tasked
DOS applications.Windows 3.0 applications
can run in protected mode .

Brief history of windows

Windows 9x

The next major consumer-oriented release

of Windows, Windows 95, was released on
August 24, 1995. While still remaining MSDOS-based,
Windows
95
introduced
support for native 32-bit applications, plug
and
play hardware, preemptive
multitasking, long file names of up to 255
characters

Windows
95
also
introduced
a
redesigned, object oriented user interface,
replacing
the
previous Program
Manager with the Start menu, taskbar,

Brief history of windows

Windows Vista

After
a
lengthy development
process, Windows Vista was released on
November 30, 2006, for volume licensing
and January 30, 2007, for consumers

It contained a number of new features

with a particular focus on security features

With a complete
system like

Windows vista dark edition and windows

vista red edition

graphical

operating

Brief history of windows

Windows Vista

After
a
lengthy development
process, Windows Vista was released on
November 30, 2006, for volume licensing
and January 30, 2007, for consumers

It contained a number of new features

with a particular focus on security features

With a complete
system like

Windows vista dark edition and windows

vista red edition

graphical

operating

Brief history of windows

Windows 7

On July 22, 2009, Windows 7 and Windows

Server 2008 R2 were released as RTM
(release to manufacturing) while the
former was released to the public 3 months
later on October 22, 2009

Unlike its predecessor, Windows Vista,

which introduced a large number of new
features, Windows 7
privides more
fearures than it

Like
multi-touch support,
redesigned Windows
shell with
updated taskbar

a
an

Brief history of windows

Windows

8 and 8.1

Windows 8, the successor to Windows 7,

was released generally on October 26,
2012. A number of significant changes were
made on Windows 8, including the
introduction of a user interface based
for touch-based devices such as tablets and
all-in-one PCs

These changes include the Start screen,

which uses large tiles that are more
convenient for touch

It can run apps like facebokk twitter etc

WINDOWS 10

On September 30, 2014, Microsoft

announced Windows 10 as the successor to
Windows 8.1. It was released on July 29,
2015, and addresses shortcomings in the
user interface first introduced with
Windows 8. Changes include the return of
the Start Menu, a virtual desktop system,
and the ability to run Windows Store apps
within windows on the desktop rather than
in full-screen mode.Windows 10 is said to
be available to update from
qualified Windows 7 with SP1
and Windows 8.1

WINDOWS 10 Features :

Multilingual support

Multilingual support is built into Windows.

The language for both the keyboard and the
interface can be changed through the Region
and Language Control Panel

User interface and desktop

User interface and desktop

A new Start menu is used on the Windows

10 desktop, with a list of places and other
options on the left side, and tiles
representing applications on the right

The menu can be resized, and expanded

into a full-screen display

A feature known as Task View displays all

open windows and allows users to switch
between them

New Browser

Windows 10 introduces a new default web

browser, Microsoft Edge

System and security

The system and security of windows 10 is

even made better or upto a good standard

allow users to login with face- or irisrecognition, similarly with Devices which
support fingerprint-recognition login

The Passport platform allows networks,

software and websites to authenticate
users using either a PIN or biometric login

To reduce storage

To reduce the storage footprint , Windows

10 automatically compresses system files

Multimedia and gaming

Windows 10 provides heavier integration

with the Xbox ecosystem: an updated Xbox
app allows users to browse their game
library (including both PC and Xbox
console games), and Game DVR is also
available
using
a keyboard
shortcut,
allowing users to save the last 30 seconds
of gameplay as a video that can be shared
to Xbox Live

Windows 10 also allows users to control

and play games from an Xbox One console
over a local network

 Free

upgrade offer

During the first year of availability,

upgrade licenses for Windows 10 will be
available at no charge to users who own
a genuine license for an Windows 7 or
Windows 8,

System

requirements

The basic hardware requirements to install

Windows 10 are the same as for Windows
8.1 and Windows 8, and only slightly higher
than Windows 7. 64-bit computers must
have a CPU that supports certain CPU
instructions to function

 Market

share and sales

According to Microsoft VP, 24 hours after

release, there were more than 14 million
devices running Windows 10. According to
Microsoft VP, on August 26, 28 days after
released, more than 75 million devices
running Windows 10, in 192 countries, and
on more than 90,000 unique PC or tablet
models. Windows 10 has been installed on
more than 110 million devices according
Microsoft's Terry Myerson on October 6,
2015

References :

Windows 10 ebooks

Websites :- www.microsoft.com , www.cnet.com,

and google.com

Book (inside out windows book )

Author :- cark siechart and Craig Stinson

THANK YOU !