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It used the MS-DOS Executive as its primary interface. It boot's programs from the command line, which also launches in the main window.
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It was the first Windows operating system that allowed you to "tile" open windows, then to minimise or maximise like in Windows 1.0
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It was the first Windows operating system to offer desktop backgrounds with quick-launch icons.
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The NT stands for new technology.
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In windows 95` the desktop bar was introuduced.It had open window buttons, a clock, a notification area & a srart button. Also the My computer & Recycle Bin got introuduced.
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It's basically the same thing as Windows 05 , but it focused more on the business market. It was able to close down applications that had stalled without the whole OS crashing.
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It was on sale for less than 12 months before a wide ranging update for the OS was issued. A major bug in this OS meant that the computer would shut itself down if left on for 50 days.
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Same thing as windows 98 , the SE stood for Second Edition. It fixed many bugs in the original.
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It was also another business market windows that ended up on many home computers. It was made to replace windows NT 4.0 & windows 98 but microsoft changed its mind after the release of Windows 98SE.
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The ME stands for Millenium Edition. It was the successor to Windows 98 & aimed very much at home users. It was unstable so one magazine called it " Windows Mistake Edition "
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It was the successor to both Windows 2000 & Windows ME and offered home & professional versions. It suffered some problems , but it stayed as Microsoft's front-line OS product for the best part of six years. It had sold 400 million copies by October 2006.
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It was probably the most derided of all Microsoft's operating system, though many company points to sale figures that show it to be the most popular versions of Windows to date.
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It launched on October 22 2009. It had features such as support for touchscreen devices and an easier home-networking set up. It also the fasted windows system out there.