8th Class Computers Science Managing Windows Introduction to Microsoft Windows

  Introduction to Microsoft Windows

Today in the world Windows Operating System is one of the largest selling GUI (Graphical User Interface) based operating system. In order to suit the requirement of various kinds of users, the Windows operating system is available in various versions. The first version of Windows was released in 1985. The different types of versions are Windows95, Windows98, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 as well. The Microsoft launched Windows XP operating system with lot of changes. Windows XP operating system was released in three versions namely XP Home, XP Professional and Media Center. Windows XP Professional has more corporate and networking features and Media Center contains various advance multimedia features. It allows you to set up your television and other entertainment systems including home theater through your computer. The release of Windows XP started the age of 64-bit OS, however, the initial versions were not 64-bit OS.