Microsoft window is an operation system. An operation system is a program that tells the computer how to work. Operation system makes the hardware of the computer functions. Operation system manages the input, output, memory, storage and retrieval of data.
GUI based operation system
Windows operation system is user friendly i.e. Windows operation is easy for anyone to use windows operation system. We do not have to remember the commands. We communicate with the computer using symbols and graphic.
GUI stands for Graphic User Interface. A GUI based operation system is a program. GUI uses icons, menus, dialog boxes and windows to display information on screen. Windows in such GUI based operation system. It allows the user to select and click items with the help of the mouse.
In Windows, different programs are represented graphically be icons, so we can easily recognize programs. It is very easy to use windows because of this. That is why, windows is called Graphical User Interface (GUI). This feature of windows made it very popular and user friendly.
MS-Windows 98, MS-Windows 2000, Windows XP etc. are some GUI based operation system.
Starting Windows …………
1) Connect the main power chord from the back of the CPU to the main plug (on the wall).
2) Switch on the main power socket and then the computer. Wait for sometime until Windows fully gets loaded and shows the windows desktop on the screen (as shows below). Now, you are ready to use windows.
The Desktop
What do we usually have on our desk? Papers, pens, pencils, books, etc. Similarly, desktop in Windows is what we see on the screen, when windows get loaded on the computer. Desktop is the screen with icons and a taskbar at the bottom with a start button on the left.
Icons
Icons are small pictures on the desktop that represent various programs or programs files.
Taskbar
The bar which is located at the bottom of the windows desktop is called as the taskbar. It shows the names of the programs items that we have minimized. The programs which we are not working currently can be minimized by clicking the minimized button ( _ ) through we can continue working with the current application.
The taskbar also contains the start button. We can click on the start button and get other menus from which we can run different programs.
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