What are Windows Features?

Windows is a family of operating systems developed by Microsoft corporation for personal computers . Windows provides a graphical user interface (GUI) based package. Windows comes in various versions like –Windows 95 , 98 , 2000 , XP , Vista ,7 and 8.

  •  It is an easy to use consistent , GUI for virtually all programs.
  •  it is capable of multitasking ie running several programs simultaneously.
  •  with windows you can communicate and exchange data between programs without  transferring or copying files.
  •  Windows can run application that offer high quality output.
  •  Many utility programs are included with windows , such as word processor (word pad ) and a drawing program (paint brush).

Features of windows o/s:

1. Windows o/s is a GUI system. All the applications can be accessed efficiently with very high speed by simply clicking at their respective graphical symbols.

2. It is a capable of multitasking ie it can execute more than one task simultaneously.

3. Various operations like creating , deleting , copying files and folders can be done easily by just clicking on the graphical icons.

-->It runs each program or application in its own separate window .so if at any point the numbers of screens are open and the user can easily switch between windows.

The feature of ‘control panel’ in windows helps the user to manipulate the various hardware and software components of the computer system. You can easily add any kind of new software and hardware devices to your system.

--> Windows o/s also supports multimedia application programs , which help us to play songs , movies and animations etc..

--> The screen saver features protects your computer screen from burning when it is not being used over for a long period.

--> It has a special disk compression programs that help the user to store the data in hard disk in a compressed format which result in saving a lot of disk space.

--> Windows supports powerful plug – n –play – feature . This means user can directly attach the peripheral device to the computer and windows automatically detects and installs required device drivers for the device.

--> windows automatically checks and repairs hard disk of computer through its scandisk utility. When it is started after an improper shutdown.

--> a vast number of utility Software's like notepad , word pad , Ms – paint and Calculators are available for use under windows platform.

--> Windows offer very easy and user friendly techniques to arrange file and folders on huge capacity disks.


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