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Introduction to Windows

CS110 – 2012
Compiled By C.S.Mulenga
Evolution of Windows 1995-
2012
• Windows 3.1
– First widely used successful version
of Windows
– Replaced MS-DOS
• Windows 95
– Introduced Start button, taskbar for multitasking,
and My Computer for easier file management
• Windows NT
– Intended for business computing
– Increased reliability and security
Evolution of Windows (Continued)
• Windows 98
– Active desktop displays Web content
– Enables Web conventions on the desktop
• Windows 2000
– Security of NT with Windows 98 Interface
– Windows 2000 Professional and Windows 2000
Server
• Windows Me (Millennium Edition)
– Successor to Windows 98 for home computing
Evolution of Windows
(Continued)
• Windows XP

• Windows Vista

• Windows 7

• Windows 8
The Windows Desktop

Desktop

Start Button

Taskbar (multitasking)
Anatomy of a Window

• Title bar with Min, Max or Restore, and Close buttons


• Menu bar, Toolbar, and Address bar
• Status bar and Scroll bars
The Devices on a System
• Drive A is always a floppy disk
• Drive B is a second floppy disk (obsolete)
• Drive C is always a fixed disk
• Drives D, E, are variable
– CD ROM
– Zip drive or removable media
– Network drives
– DVD RW
Pull-down Menus
• Pull-down menu
• Dimmed command
• Ellipsis
• Check
• Bullet
• Arrowhead
• Submenu
Dialog Boxes

• Tabbed dialog box


• Option buttons
• Check box
• Text box
• Spin button
• Command buttons
Dialog Boxes continued

• Command buttons
• Open List Box
• Scroll bar
• List box
• Tabbed dialog box
• Help button ?
• Cancel button
• OK button
Moving and Sizing a Window
• To Move a Window
– Click and drag the title bar
• To Size a Window
– Click and drag a corner to change the length
and width in proportion with one another
– Click and drag a border to change just the
length or the width
Formatting a Floppy
• Disk capacity
– 720Kb
– 1.44Mb
• Types of formatting
– Quick (erase)
– Full
• Label
File Management
• My Computer
– Simpler and less sophisticated
– Can result in multiple open windows at one time
• Windows Explorer
– Hierarchical view on left
– Contents of the selected folder on the right
• Multiple views available for both
– Small icons, Large icons, List, and Details view
Windows Explorer
• Folder
– Expanded
– Collapsed
• Files
– Program file
– Data file
• File names
– Name
– Extension
(type)
Moving and Copying Files
• Moving Files • Copying Files
– Click and drag to a – Click and drag from one
different folder on the drive to another
same drive – Copy and Paste
– Cut and Paste – Shortcut Menu
– Shortcut Menu
The Help Command

• Accessed from
the Start button
• Tabs
– Contents tab
– Index tab
– Search tab
– Favorites tab
• Web help

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