Windows 95
Windows 95 may very well be the most talked about software release in history.
With more people than ever using personal computers, and given Microsoft's
dominance in this still growing market, Mr. Gates' newest offering has caused
quite a stir. As with any new product in this ultra-competitive industry,
Windows 95 has come under intense scrutiny. Advocates of the new operating
system applaud its new features and usability, while its opponents talk about
the similarities to Apple's operating system. As I have never used an Apple
computer, I can't address this point, but I will attempt to outline some of the
more interesting "new" features of Windows 95. Arguably the most welcome
innovation Win 95 offers is the "task bar". Use of the task bar eliminates the
need to navigate through several open application windows to get to the one you
need. When you first start an application, a corresponding button appears on the
task bar. If after opening other windows you need to return to the original
window, all you need do is click on the application's button on the task bar and
the appropriate window will come to the fore. According to Aley, "the most
gratifying, and overdue, improvement is Windows 95's tolerance for file names in
plain English" (29-30). Traditionally, users had to think of file names that
summed up their work in eight letters or less. This was a constant problem
because frequently a user would look at a list of files to retrieve and think
"now what did I save that as?". Those days are over. Windows 95 will let the
user save his or her work with names like "New Speech" or "Inventory Spreadsheet
No. 1", making the contents of those files obvious. Much to the annoyance of
software developers, Windows 95 incorporates many features that previously
required add-on software. One such feature is the Briefcase- a program for
synchronizing the information stored on a user's desktop and notebook computers.
Keeping track of which files were the most recently updated was a big problem.
As Aley puts it, "Which copy of your speech for the sales conference did you
work on last, the one in the laptop or the one in the desktop?" (29-30). One
solution was to use programs like Laplink which would analyze which copy of a
file was updated last. Now that Windows 95 provides this utility, there is no
need to buy the add-on software. While mice have always come with two or even
three buttons, most programs have only provided for the use of the left. With
Windows 95 there is finally a use for the right.
not have a sponsor, instead it has a now and next screen, and has a
trade secret. One day a user will delete a couple of files or a complete
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...ve to the different functionality and appearance of these applications, even though they can open Microsoft Office documents.
need to be worked out. This page is not the end all, and contains no breakthroughs or answers. However,
...e user while using the software applications. This could be word processor documents, spreadsheets, presentations, web pages or game save files. It is important to keep this data secure, as it could include important information such as customer details, employee payroll data or financial information. There are huge amounts of user data stored by businesses that are absolutely vital to the running of the business.it is therefore extremely important to keep a copy of this data that is currently stored on the system.
New licensing model, product update checker, preliminary support for Visual Studio 2012, and system tray tool with activity monitor.
icons and there is nothing amazing to look at. Once more, as stated at the
Ubiquitous Computing” as “the method of enhancing computer use by making many computers available throughout the physical environment, but making them effectively invisible to the user”[1]. His vision consisted in hundreds of computers in a room, which could seem intimidating at first but will come to be invisible as people will use them unconsciously. If we take for example the objects in a room, such as wall notes, books, labels, folders, clocks, pieces of paper, even posters and we replace them with tabs, pads, board-size writing and display surfaces, then the room could contain about 100 tabs, 10 or 20 pads and one or two boards, so hundreds of computers in a room. In another paper called “The world is not a desktop” published in 1994 [2], Weiser says that a good tool is invisible, referring to the tool that does not intrude on our consciousness and the user can focus on the task and not on the tool itself. They are not invisible in themselves but as part of the context in use. Weiser’s bolder vision includes tabs with completely new functions such as active badges which can identify the user, this way keeping track of the p...
loads up and starts to process. I see the start screen for Windows 95, and I
Desktop a computer keyboard, mouse and even a computer screen does not require getting your computer repaired with a specialist repair shop. Because mobile computing have every thing built in, such as the afore-mentioned features, it truly is more challenging to replace a computer keyboard or computer screen as opposed to desk-top computers, which function on outside connections.
The most obvious new feature of Windows 2000 is it’s so-called “intelligent menus”, which remember a user’s most-used selections. Thus, Windows 2000 learns to hide commands you don’t use often, although these hidden items can be seen by simply pausing at the Start Menu destination for a few seconds.
Microsoft Windows 98 is an operating system and its predecessor was Windows 95. An operating system is the interface between you and the computer, which helps manage files and makes using your personal computer simple and easy. While this release was not as big as Windows 95, Windows 98 contains significant updates, fixes, and support for new peripherals. Features like improved protection and better support make Windows 98 a quality upgrade. A new type of file system called FAT32 is used to take advantage of hard disk space, while Windows 95 supported PnP (plug and play). Windows 98 built on that technology and detects devices even better then 95, which will greatly increase the ease of hardware installation. Bundled in the installation of Windows 98 you will get some new software such as Internet Explorer 4.0 and Microsoft Outlook. These additions help Windows 98 take a big step forward. For familiarity and ease of use, Windows 98 has been modeled to look more like Windows NT. A copy of Windows 98 can be obtained for around $100.00 - $200.00. An upgrade is also available, but you must already have Windows 3.1 or Windows 95 to use the upgrade CD, which costs between $80.00 and $100.00.
one will begin to see more and more documents being on CD-ROM and also on the
I cannot forget how excited I was when I first bought my own computer. Like a mother who spends time sewing and knitting for her newborn baby, I spent hours and hours to sparkle my computer. I waited a long time to buy a brand new computer. I had to work more hours and saved money to buy a computer. I did not want to buy a cheap computer, but I wanted to buy a professional one. Was I professional on computer? No! I was not. I did not even know how to type, but I was sure that my expensive com puter could make me a computer expert. 17 inches monitor, color printer, two speakers and well-designed fancy keyboard made me just happy by looking at them on my desk.