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Deepak Mehta, Lovely Professional University Unit 10: Introduction of Windows and its Programming
Unit 10: Introduction of Windows and its Programming Notes
CONTENTS
Objectives
Introduction
10.1 History of Windows 2000
10.1.1 MS-DOS
10.1.2 Windows 95/98/Me
10.1.3 Windows NT
10.1.4 Windows 2000
10.2 Programming Windows 2000
10.2.1 Win32 Application Programming Interface
10.2.2 Registry
10.3 Summary
10.4 Keywords
10.5 Review Questions
10.6 Further Readings
Objectives
After studying this unit, you will be able to:
• Explain history of Windows 2000
• Explain programming Windows 2000
Introduction
Windows 2000 is the latest update in the Microsoft Windows family of products. It is a
combination of features designed in the Windows 98 and NT 4.0. Like previous versions of
Windows, it uses a Graphical User Interface (GUI) format, Plug-and-Play compatibility and USB
support. What makes Windows 2000 significantly different are the formats it is available in.
There are following four products that compose the Windows 2000 family.
Windows 2000 Professional
This version of Windows 2000 is equivalent to the Windows 98/NT 4.0 workstation clients. It
is designed to offer basic peer-to-peer networking services and client services in a client-server
network. It is designed to integrate the ease of usability of Windows 98 with the reliability
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