which version of windows first introduce program files
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History of Microsoft Windows The first versions of Windows (1.0 through to 3.11) were actually just programs run from MS-DOS which then took over the screen and launched an application called Program Manager; later on, Windows 95, though still being based on MS-DOS, was its own operating system, using a 16-bit DOS-based kernel and a 32-bit user space.
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Microsoft Word It was first released in 1983 under the name Multi-Tool Word for Xenix systems. Subsequent versions were later written for several other platforms including IBM PCs running DOS (1983), Apple Macintosh running Mac OS (1985), AT&T Unix PC (1985), Atari ST (1988), OS/2 (1989), Microsoft Windows (1989) and SCO Unix (1994).he second release of Word for Mac OS, shipped in 1987, was named Word 3.0 to synchronize its version number with Word for DOS; this was Microsoft's first attempt to synchronize version numbers across platforms.
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Microsoft Windows Microsoft became famous with the release of MS DOS, a text-based command line-driven operating system. DOS was mostly based on a purchased intellectual property, QDOS. GUI-based operating systems of that time included Xerox's Alto, released in 1979, and Apple’s LISA and Macintosh systems, which came later.
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Change the program that opens a file Change the program that starts when you open a file. Many types of files are registered in Windows Vista and Windows XP to be opened by a particular program. For example, Notepad typically starts when you open a text (.txt) file. However, you can change which program-including the default settings-opens files of a certain type by doing one of the following:
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The History of Windows Operating Systems Introduced in 1985, Microsoft Windows 1.0 was named due to the computing boxes, or  windows  that represented a fundamental aspect of the operating system. Instead of typing MS-DOS commands, windows 1.0 allowed users to point and click to access the windows.
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MS-DOS: A Brief Introduction MS-DOS 1.0 was actually a renamed version of QDOS (Quick and Dirty Operating System), which Microsoft bought from a Seattle company, appropriately named Seattle Computer Products, in July 1981.
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Microsoft Windows Apple came to see Windows as an unfair encroachment on their innovation in GUI development as implemented on products such as the Lisa and Macintosh (eventually settled in court in Microsoft's favor in 1993). On PCs, Windows is still the most popular operating system.
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History of Microsoft Windows Later, two new versions were released: Windows/286 2.1 and Windows/386 2.1. Like prior versions of Windows, Windows/286 2.1 used the real-mode memory model, but was the first version to support the High Memory Area. Windows/386 2.1 had a protected mode kernel with LIM-standard EMS emulation.
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File Explorer Windows Explorer was first included with Windows 95 as a replacement for File Manager, which came with all versions of Windows 3.x operating systems.
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History & Evolution Of Microsoft Office Software Year 1994 – Office 4.0 For Windows. There was one small upgrade for Excel between Office 3.0 and Office 4.0 and the same was continued in Office 4.0. Instead of Excel 4.0a, it was now Excel 4.0. PowerPoint version was same – 3.0.
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History of Microsoft The first operating system publicly released by the company was a variant of Unix announced on August 25, 1980. Acquired from AT&T through a distribution license, Microsoft dubbed it Xenix, and hired Santa Cruz Operation in order to port/adapt the operating system to several platforms.
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Microsoft Windows Windows 3.0 also featured improvements to the user interface. Microsoft rewrote critical operations from C into assembly. Windows 3.0 is the first Microsoft Windows version to achieve broad commercial success, selling 2 million copies in the first six months. Windows 3.1, made generally available on March 1
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20 Historical Microsoft Office Facts You Forgot Or Never Knew 1. Microsoft’s first Office application was Excel. Originally released under the name Multiplan in 1982, Microsoft changed the name to Excel when releasing it for the Macintosh in 1985. 2. There never was an Excel 1.0 for DOS or Windows. Since Excel was initially launched on the Macintosh, its first release for Windows in 1987 was already version 2.0. 3. For compatibility reasons with Lotus 1-2-3, Microsoft wrongfully set the years 1900, 2100, and 2200 as leap years. This decision would come back to haunt them in the wake of the year 2000.
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Windows 7 Windows 7. Related Terms. Windows 7 made its official debut to the public on October 22, 2009 as the latest in the 25-year-old line of Microsoft Windows operating systems and as the successor to Windows Vista (which itself had followed Windows XP). Windows 7 was released in conjunction with Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 7's server counterpart.
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Program Files Program Files is the directory name of a standard folder in Microsoft Windows operating systems in which applications that are not part of the operating system are conventionally installed.
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Peering Inside the PE: A Tour of the Win32 Portable Executable File Format In this article, I'll give a tour of the Portable Executable (PE) file format that Microsoft has designed for use by all their Win32®-based systems: Windows NT®, Win32s™, and Windows® 95. The PE format plays a key role in all of Microsoft's operating systems for the foreseeable future, including Windows 2000.
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Curated FSM Press Bibliography 3,377 items On November 10, 1983, a young Bill Gates revealed Windows 1.0 to the rest of the world. In subsequent years, Windows quickly became the most used operating system on the planet, which led to the birth of the personal computing era.
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Microsoft Microsoft's major breakthrough occurred in 1981 when the company furnished an operating system for IBM's first major entry into personal computers. Called PC-DOS by IBM, Microsoft also marketed its own version, MS-DOS (Microsoft Disk Operating System). The early 1980s saw both IBM's and Microsoft's fortunes soar.
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What is Microsoft Windows? Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems and environments developed and marketed by Microsoft Corporation. The first version of Windows was released in 1985 as a graphical user interface to MS-DOS, providing multiple document support, mouse support, drop down menus, and color video drivers.
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History of Microsoft Windows The first independent version of Microsoft Windows, version 1.0, released on 20 November 1985, achieved little popularity. It was originally going to be called Interface Manager but Rowland Hanson, the head of marketing at Microsoft, convinced the company that the name Windows would be more appealing to customers.
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- Congratulations, you have finished upgrading your Windows 8 Release Preview, Windows 7, Vista, or XP to Windows 8. (see screenshots below) 25. You will notice that you will have a C:\$Windows.~BT and a C:\Windows.old folder that contains copies of files from the previous Windows installation.ongratulations, you have finished upgrading your Windows 8 Release Preview, Windows 7, Vista, or XP to Windows 8. (see screenshots below) 25. You will notice that you will have a C:\$Windows.~BT and a C:\Windows.old folder that contains copies of files from the previous Windows installation.
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MS-DOS: A Brief Introduction A Quick and Dirty History. When IBM launched its revolutionary personal computer, the IBM PC, in August 1981, it came complete with a 16-bit operating system from Microsoft, MS-DOS 1.0. This was Microsoft's first operating system, and it also became the first widely used operating system for the IBM PC and its clones.
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- On November 10, 1983, Microsoft announced Windows, a graphical user interface (GUI) for MS-DOS and a competitor to the Macintosh operating system.
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- Microsoft Excel was first released for Macintosh systems in 1985, followed by the first Windows version in 1987. The following is a list of Excel releases for Windows:
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The History of Windows Operating Systems Microsoft Windows is a family of operating systems. We look at the history of Microsoft's Windows operating systems (Windows OS) from 1985 to present day. The Windows operating systems (Windows OS) are more formally called Microsoft Windows and is a family of operating systems for personal computers.
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Vista gets official release dates Both Windows 95 line and NT 4.0 were officially stamped as Windows version 4 (or variants such as Windows 98 being 4.1); Windows 2000 was christened as version 5 and XP anointed as Windows version 5.1 (due to its being built on the NT/2000 codebase).