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Learn about key features and advantages of Windows XP and Windows 7 operating systems through this comparative guide. Understand the background, improvements, and user-friendly interfaces. Explore tutorials for enhanced navigation and productivity.
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Vs. Presented by: Brett Deibert
Learning Targets • Understand what an Operating System is • Understand the background of Windows XP • Realize the benefits of Windows 7
Operating System • Software containing programs and data that runs the hardware on a computer • The interface that allows the user to effectively navigate around the computer • Examples of Operating Systems Mac OSX, Windows, Open Office, Linux etc.
Debuted on August 24, 2001 • XP stands for Windows eXPerience • 10 years of Reliability and Comfort • Multitude of web based support
Benefits of Windows XP • Improved image management (New themes, icons, and visual features) • Improvements to start menu and taskbars • Faster start-up, logon, logoff, hibernation, and user switching • A new more user-friendly interface • Remote assistance and remote desktop features • New networking features • New security features • Windows media player, Movie Maker and Media Encoder • Improvements to Support • Improved application compatibility
Windows • Debuted on July 22, 2009, three years after Windows Vista • Much more visual based than previous versions of windows with upgraded desktop features and in Microsoft Office Suite • Upgraded Windows 7 Editions Allow Users to Run Certain Applications in XP Mode.
Windows Improvements • New Version of windows media center and other improved media features • Redesigned calculator • Windows Action Center (security and maintenance of computer) • Better image compatibility • Clear Type sharpens text to reduces eye strain • Quicker Search options • Better Power Management • Easier Networking Capabilities • Upgraded Back-Up Capabilities
Favorites AmongWindows 7 Users • Easy Search Option in Start Menu • Redesigned taskbar with the ability to reorder taskbar buttons and pin specific applications to the taskbar • Aero Snap allows the user to quickly resize their window by dragging it to certain locations Tutorials Tutorial 1 (Searching & Pinning) Tutorial 2 (Pinning Contd. & Aero Snap