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'''Microsoft Windows 1.0''' is a ''MS-DOS-''reliant GUI ('''''G'''raphical '''U'''ser '''I'''nterface''), which its first version, 1.01, was released in the US on '''November 25th 1985'''. |
'''Microsoft Windows 1.0''' is a ''MS-DOS-''reliant GUI ('''''G'''raphical '''U'''ser '''I'''nterface''), which its first version, 1.01, was released in the US on '''November 25th 1985'''. |
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The GUI being run within MS-DOS is how the program shell got its name ''MS-DOS Executive''. However, this was not the first GUI |
The GUI being run within MS-DOS is how the program shell got its name ''MS-DOS Executive''. However, this was not the first GUI used for DOS, although it touted to be the most innovative and complex. Bill Gates was inspired to develop this operating system by ''Visi-On'', a DOS GUI. This operating system was advertised as ''Power Windows''. |
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This desktop environment has seen numerous installments and updates through its massive support time. The most drastic of which was Version 1.04, which allowed support from IBM PS/2 computers, although there was no support for PS/2 mice and the new VGA graphics mode. Its support, along with MS-DOS's support lasted for an extremely long period, far past its widespread abandonment. MS-DOS and Windows 1.0 support was terminated officially on '''31st December 2001''', the longest support time of any Windows operating system. |
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The Operating System, along with MS-DOS's support lasted for an extremely long period, far past its widespread abandonment. MS-DOS and Windows 1.0 support was terminated officially on '''31st December 2001''', the longest support time of any Windows operating system. |
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==Tasks== |
==Tasks== |