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WINDOWS
 There are so many operating systems
exits (i.e. Window, Linux, Unix etc.)
but Windows is the most widely used
operating system. Windows is the
invention of Microsoft.

 Windows is a graphical environment,

which incorporates all the features of
GUI.

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WINDOWS
 It lays a graphical user interface
(GUI) shall around the DOS and
extends DOS capabilities.

 It is easy to use and capable of

multitasking i.e. running several
application program simultaneously.

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WINDOWS
 Graphic program (Windows) and
character-based programs (DOS)
can be run concurrently.

 It facilitates to switch between

easily multiple program.

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FEATURES OF WINDOWS

 For a new user it is easier to learn

and use a computer system.
 It was designed not to be not just
an operating system but also a
complete operating environment.
 User may run more than one
program at a time.
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GRAPHICAL-USER
INTERFACE

 A computer environment like

windows that uses little pictures
and symbols is called graphical
user interface.

 A user-interface acts as a link

between computer and the user.
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CHARACTER-USER
INTERFACE

 A character user-interface uses

text to help a user to give
commands to the application
program.

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VERSION OF WINDOWS
 Window 3.0
 Windows 95
 Windows 98
 Windows 2000
 Windows XP
 Windows Vista
 Windows 7
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WORKING WITH WINDOWS
 Start and Quitting a program
 Create a file, work on it and edit in it.
 Opening a Document
 Getting help
 Searching something on your
computer.
 Changing System Setting.

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CONTROL PANEL
 You can use Control Panel for
changing your screen colors,
installing and changing setting for
hardware and software, setting up
or changing for a network.

 you can manage your desktop.

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CONTROL PANEL

 Changing background
 Setting up screen saver
 Installing and remove software
 Printer
 Taskbars

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WINDOWS EXPLORER
 The Windows Explorer graphically
displays your entire computer
system in hierarchical tree
structure.

 The left side of the Explorer screen

contains a hierarchical overview of
your computer system.
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WINDOWS EXPLORER
 The right window contains pictorial
overview of the contents of
whichever device or folder that you
select in the left window.

 As you select different items in the

left windows, the right window
changes to reflect your changes.
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WINDOWS EXPLORER

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ORGANIZING FILES &
FOLDERS

 Organizing your files and folders include

operation like move, copy or delete a file
or folder and create a new folder.

 You can directly move to a particular file

or folder by selection Go to option and
entering the respective path

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RECYCLE BIN
 The files you deleted are put into the
Recycle Bin, a holding place for files you
no longer need .
 They are not actually removed on your
hard disk until you ‘empty’ the recycle
bin.
 Right click on the deleted file in the
Recycle bin and click on Restore option.

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NETWORKING THROUGH
WINDOWS
 A network is a group of computers
connected to each other or to a central
server so they can share resources such
as documents and printer.

 You can use programs and documents

from, another computer without pen
drive or floppy.

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NETWORKING THROUGH
WINDOWS
 You can print document on a printer attached to
another computer or use another use
computer’s fax modem.

 You can gain access to internet.

 You can receive and send message by using e-

mail or connect to your work computer from
home.

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INTERNET EXPLORER
 It provides a platform to connect the
computer to the Internet connection.
Which helps in-
1. Share information by using e-mail.
2. Searching about anything from
across the globe.
3. Surfing the websites.

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NOTEPAD
 Notepad loads more quickly than
WordPad and takes less memory
but it has less functionality than
Word pad notepad handles only
text files up to the file of 64 KB.
 It holds about 60 pages of single
spaced text.

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 IMPORTANT ACTION
ON NOTEPAD
FILE MENU EDIT MENU
 New  Undo
 Open  Cut
 Save  Copy
 Save as  Paste
 Page Setup  Delete
 Print Preview  Select all
 Exit
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WORDPAD
 The WordPad program is more
than a text editor, but slightly less
than a word processor.

 It offers a large assortment of

editing and formatting tools that
go beyond the power of Notepad.

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WORKING WITH
WORDPAD

 To create a new document

 To save changes to a document

 To open a document
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Setting up the WordPad
windows

 Displaying the toolbar

 Displaying the format bar
 Displaying the ruler bar
 Displaying the status bar

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PAINT BRUSH
 It is drawing program.
 You can create some fairly
sophisticated art using paint.
 It provides several kinds of drawing
tools with which you can draw lines and
geometric shapes.
 It supports color filling and outlining
also.

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NEW WAYS OF VIEWING
FILES & PICTURES

 Thumbnails
 Taskbar button grouping
 Keep your desktop clean

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SOME NEW FEATURES OF
WINDOWS XP PROFESSIONAL
 Web Publishing Wizard
 Offline Files and Folder
 Net Meeting
 Dualview
 System Restore Facility

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INTERNET
 It is a computer network made of
thousands of network worldwide.
 No one know how many computer
are connected to the internet.
 It is certain ,however that these
number in the millions and are
increasing at a rapid rate.

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INTERNET

 No one is in the charge of the

internet. there are organizations
which develop technical aspects of
this network, but no governing body
is in control.

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HISTORY OF THE
INTERNET
 The U.S. Department of Defence
laid the foundation of the internet
roughly 30 years ago with a
network called ARPANET, but the
general public didn’t use the
internet much until after the
development of the World Wide
Web in the early 1990s.
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HISTORY OF THE
INTERNET

 As recently as June 1993, there

were only 130 websites. Now there
are millions

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THE BEGINNINGS:
ARPANET
 In 1957, the U.S. government formed the
Advanced Research Project (ARPA), a
segment of the Department of Defence
changed with ensuring U.S. leadership in
science and technology with military
applications.
 In 1969, ARPA established ARPANET, the
forerunner of the internet.

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WORLD WIDE WEB
 It is a system of internet servers
that support hypertext to access
several internet protocol on a single
interface.
 It is often abbreviated as the
Web,WWW or W3.
 It was developed by Tim Berners
Lee in 1989 in Switzerland.
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WORLD WIDE WEB

 The initial purpose of the web was

to use networked hypertext to
facilitate communication among its
numbers, who were located in
several countries.

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MAJOR PROTOCOLS ARE
ACCESSIBLE ON THE
INTERNET
 E-mail-(Simple Mail Transport
Protocol)-
Distributes electronic message and
files to one or more electronic
mailboxes.
 Telnet(Telnet Protocol)-
Facilitates login to a computer host
to execute commands.
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MAJOR PROTOCOLS ARE
ACCESSIBLE ON THE
INTERNET
 FTP(File Transfer Protocol) –
Transfer text or binary files between an
FTP server and client.
 Usenet(Network News Transfer
Protocol or NTTP)
Distributes Usenet news article derived
from topical discussion on newsgroups.

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HTTP (Hyper Text
Transfer Protocol) –
 It transmits hypertext over network.
 It is a protocol of WWW.
 Many other protocols are available on the
internet.
 The World Wide Web provides a single
interface for accessing all these protocols.
It creates a convenient and user-friendly
environment.

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E-mail
 It is one of the most popular
features of the internet.
 You can chat your friends and
family, conducts business, send
documents, and stay in touch with
people near and far.
 You can even check your e-mail
while on the road.

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WEB BROWSER

 It contains the basic software you

need in order to find , retrieve view
and send information over the
internet.

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FEATURES OF WEB
BROWSER

 Send and receive e-mail

 Read messages from newsgroups
about thousands of topics in which
users share information and opinions.
 Browse the World Wide Web where
you can find a rich variety of text,
graphics and interactive information.

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HTML (HYPERTEXT
MARKUP LANGUAGE)
 Hypertext markup Language is a
programming language used to build
Websites.
 It contains standard codes that
determine how a Web page looks
when your browser displays it.
 HTML tags also make possible the
hyperlinks that connect information on
the World Wide Web.
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COOKIES

 It is a small amount of information

stored on your computer by a
website.

 Information that your Web browser

sends back to the site whenever you
visit it again.
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COOKIES

 Usually the cookie is designed to

remind the site of information
about you- such as your password
for the site or the customized
background color you choose so
that your browsing is simplified.

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VIRUSES
 Viruses usually hidden in programs
and activated when the program
run.

 It can be attached to certain other

types of executable files such as
special-action Web files and Video
files.
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HEED THE WARNING

 When you are about to download a type of

file that could contains a virus, your browser
will display a warning and ask whether you
want to open the file or save it to disk.
 If you are confident that the files comes from
a trustworthy source, you may want to open
it. if you are not sure, you may want to
cancel your download.

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CHECK THE
CERTIFICATE

 One way to verify the identity of a

site is to check whether it has a
web site certificate naming the
site’s originator.

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USE AN ANTIVIRUS
PROGRAM
 There are many antivirus programs
such as Kaspersky, Avast, Norton
etc.
 You can use antivirus for safety of
computer.
 You can repair damage caused by a
virus.

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