WINDOWS 7

Y N Praveen
(0925922)
CONTENTS
 Introduction

 Working of Kernel
 Backward Compatibility – Issues and Solution

 Engineering Windows 7

 Major Features
 Crashed Applications
 Taskbar
 Action Centre
 User account control

 Comparative analysis
 Conclusion
INTRODUCTION
 Windows 7 is the current release of Microsoft Windows.

 Initially codenamed Black comb and Vienna.

 Naming of windows 7

 It is an operating system produced for personal computing

which includes
 Home and business desktops
 Laptops
 Tablet PCs and
 Media center PCs.
 Unlike its predecessor, it is intended to be an
incremental upgrade with the goal of being fully
compatible with
 Existing device drivers.
 Applications.
 Hardware.

 Focused on multi-touch support

 Redesigned Windows Shell with a new taskbar
 Home networking system called HomeGroup
HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS

Architecture 32-bit 64-bit

Processor 1 GHz 32-bit processor 1 GHz 64-bit processor
Memory (RAM) 1 GB of RAM 2 GB of RAM

Graphics Card DirectX 9 graphics processor with WDDM driver model 1.0
(For Aero)
HDD free space 16 GB of available disk space 20 GB of available disk
space
Optical drive DVD drive (only to install from DVD/CD Media)
WORKING OF
KERNEL
CPU CYCLE COUNTING
 Enhancements in the area of processes and threads.

 Fairer CPU allocation.

 Time slice -10 or 15 ms (milliseconds)

 Scheduling-Round-Robin Technique with Priority

BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY - ISSUES
 New API frameworks
 Provides support for legacy frameworks ( com,.NET
Framework, etc) through monolithic libraries designed to
provide the functionality of all previous revisions of the
modules.
 Applications to run perfectly - still retaining native
performance
 Previous versions of Visual Studio to be directly recompiled
into native code using the new API frameworks.
 Increase in Performance and reduction in Size
ENGINEERING WINDOWS 7
 Solid State Drives (SSDs)
 Default software's in older versions are not default
anymore
FEATURES OF WINDOWS 7
STRATEGY TO IMPROVE ACCESSIBILITY
 Build a firm foundation with UI Automation
 Improve included Accessibility utilities
 The On-Screen Keyboard and
 The Magnifier
 Full-screen mode and
 Lens mode
 Makes it easier to build Accessible software
DEALS WITH CRASHED APPLICATIONS
REFRESHED LOOK
 Pinning
 Unification
 Interactive, Grouped Thumbnails
AERO PEEK
JUMP LISTS
CUSTOM WINDOW SWITCHERS
 TDI (Tabbed Document Interface)

 MDI (Multiple Document Interface)

THUMBNAIL TOOLBARS
OVERLAY ICONS AND PROGRESS BARS
EXTENDED RUN AS OPTION
ACTION CENTRE
 Working across to reduce unnecessary notifications
 Creating Action Center with the following goals
 Reduce the number of notification balloons sent to us and
make the ones that are sent more meaningful
 Provide a contextual way to address the issues with a single
click
 Reduce the user-interface clutter in the system to streamline
solving system issues
BALLOONS
 Putting messages into one of two categories – normal or
important.
 Normal messages simply appear in the Action Center control
panel.
 Important messages send a notification balloon as well as
appearing in the Action Center.
 Setting a high bar for important messages. A message is only
deemed important if the security of the system or the
integrity of data is at risk.
 Reducing the frequency of notifications so that we’re not
seeing them pop-up “all the time”
 Messages need to have an action associated with them
ACTION CENTER NOTIFICATION
AREA ICON AND FLY-OUT MENU
ACTION CENTER CONTROL PANEL WITH
A FEW MESSAGES QUEUED UP
USER ACCOUNT CONTROL
 Never notify
 Only notify me when programs try to make changes to
my computer
 Always notify me

 Always notify me and wait for my response

WINDOWS LIVE ESSENTIAL
 Windows live essential is package which includes
 windows mail,
 movie maker and
 photo gallery making these applications optional.

Example for one application in windows live essential

Windows Live Movie Maker

Create movies and slide shows from your photos

and videos, and share them with your friends
and family.
WINDOWS LIVE ESSENTIAL
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
CONCLUSION
 Certain Improvements
 Enhanced reliability
 Responsiveness
 And faster boot and shut-down.
 And managing a home network.

Limitations
Expensive
risk of losing data during an upgrade
 THANK YOU!

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