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what are the diﬀerent types of os.

*this is a guide that was created from lecture videos and is used to help you gain an understanding of what are the diﬀerent types of os.

Touring Windows Vista Desktop, start button, title bar, notiﬁcation area/system tray, windows sidebar and gadgets User account control- designed to keep people from doing dangerous things unless they are an administrator. Start -> Command prompt -> right click, run as administrator. Turn on UAC in Vista- control panel -> user accounts -> turn user account control on or oﬀ Control panel -> administrative tools -> memory diagnostics tool used for RAM testing Control panel -> security center -> one stop spot to show security essentials, replaced by the action center later on Control panel -> people near me -> WinFS, never happened

Touring Windows 7 Aero desktop needs 128mb video memory and directx9, Aero glass provides transparency for windows open, flip 3D shows running programs in 3D manner Turn on Aero Desktop -> right click on desktop, personalize -> select an Aero Theme, if you do not see these then you do not have the right directx or video card Sidebar and Gadgets in Windows 7 became more flexible, drag and drop gadgets onto desktop. Last version of gadgets. User Account Control- Windows 7 has four levels and vista only has on and off.

Control panel -> category view options (not tested in A+) Windows 7 has Action Center, which replaced the security center. Event Viewer is used to log ﬁle when events occur in Windows, there is application, security can show security issues, setup, system has to do with the core operating system

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Compatibility mode is used telling windows to run a program as if it is an earlier version of Windows running and is only available on third party programs. Right click on application, properties -> compatibility tab OR right click on application -> troubleshoot compatibility

Workgroup or Windows Domain was primary choices until Windows 7 made libraries and homegroups. Libraries are commonly shared folders such as documents or photos. Homegroup is between a workgroup and a domain, and is automated. Homegroups run on IPv6 only. Control panel -> network and sharing center -> select home network to enable homegroups, creating a homegroup provides a password

Task manager is used to force programs to close and see how your system is running- control + shift + escape -> task manager Resource monitor shows resource usage and gives you detailed monitoring of system performance.

Touring Windows 8 Lock screen gave Windows 8 a pretty overview where people couldn’t make any mistakes Metro UI- start screen uses tiles instead of icons Windows App goes straight to full screen and designed to work with Metro UI Start button was replaced with a “hot corner” Right click application and pin to start to make a tile on the desktop. App Store, Windows App can only be downloaded through the store Live tiles move around A lot of people didn’t like it as it was a shock, Windows 8.1 was the improved version that brought back the start button.

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Quick link is used for preset connections to certain utilities, by right clicking. Charms bar was a tool that allowed you to quickly search and use other utilities that you need.

Touring Windows 10 Interface improvements from Windows 8- metro desktop became a part of the start menu, Windows charm/charm bar was removed. Multiple desktop gives you a bunch of monitors when you only have one, also called workspaces on Linux and spaces on OS X. Task view -> new desktop, to access on Windows 10. Introduced Microsoft Edge, it is quick and has a feature called web notes to share annotated pages. Cortana is a voice assistant that comes with Microsoft 10. Downside is that it has to be on the internet.

Touring OS X Desktop, menu bar, apple menu on top left, status menus on top right, dock on bottom, ﬁnder to search for applications, spotlight. System preferences is as close to control panel you are going to get on a Mac.

Touring Ubuntu Linux Most OS are closed or proprietary operating systems. Linux is open source and free. Linux is just a kernel like talk to memory or file system. Distro is made into a full operating system, examples are debian, opensuse, fedora, redhat, ubuntu. Raspbian is based off debian. Android is based off a Linux distro. Gnome- oldest desktop environments around, simple and fast but dated. KDE- complex, windows like features

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Unity- ubuntu’s idea of a desktop Mate- based oﬀ gnome and used with raspbian

Unix/Linux terms- Launcher, the dash

Shortcuts for Operating Systems

How to get where you need to go in the OS. Control panel has device manager and administrative tools. Vista -> start -> all programs -> accessories -> system tools for backup, disk cleanup, etc. Vista -> Control panel -> device manager to conﬁgure devices or administrative tools Windows 7 -> start -> all programs -> accessories -> system tools Windows 7 -> control panel -> system tools or device manager Windows 8 -> hold down windows X key to get to power user menu -> control panel -> device manager and administrative tools Windows 10 -> right click on start button to power user -> control panel Windows 10 -> search for settings, no more PC settings Go to search and type application and .msc

Ubuntu -> system settings or go into a speciﬁc device properties OS X -> system preferences or utilities folder

Virtual memory When you are out of memory/RAM, you can create a swap ﬁle that acts like RAM and virtual memory. Vista -> start ->command line ->cd| -> dir /ab Vista -> start -> control panel ->system -> advanced -> performance -> settings -> advanced