The important features of Windows 98 are as follows:
(a) Graphical User Interface
Windows 98 provides user-friendlier interface to work on. Its improved graphical user interface makes learning and using windows 98 more natural and easier for all types of users. It is more powerful, customizable and efficient.
(b) Type of icons (Small Pictures):
There are three types of icons. They are
i) Applications icons - the minimized version of the currently running application programs. It appears at the bottom of the desktop and can be maximized.
ii) Document icons - the reduced document windows.
iii) Program icons - appear with in program manager and clicking on these icons activate the associated applications and also load the related documents or files.
(c) Start Button
Introduction of START button by windows 98 made life much simpler while there is a need to access multiple programs. It is the gateway of accessing most of the functionality available in the computer loaded with windows 98. Just Click on the start button anytime to start any programs, open or find documents, change windows settings, get Help, manage Files, maintain System, much more.
(d) Taskbar
The Task bar provides information and access to the entire task that has been currently activated by windows 98. Using this one can keep a track of what all programs have been activated and switched between them.
(e) Windows Explorer
Windows Explorer more or less acts as File Manager for windows 98, but with lots of new features. It is more efficient, faster and user friendly. Using Explorer one can easily browse through all the drives and network resources available and manage files.
(f) Right Mouse Button
Clicking on the right mouse button activates a pop-up menu in any program so as to help in completing a task efficiently.
(g) Long File Names
As the MS-DOS convention follows, none-of the file used in DOS environment should be more than 8 character of primary name and optimal secondary name (extension) of three characters. However Windows 98 has broken this barrier. Windows 98 supports long file names maximum of 225 characters. It also allowed space to be used in between file name. This helps to make files and folders (directory/subdirectory) easier to organize and find.
h) Shortcuts
As the name suggests, SHORTCUTS are the shortest way to access programs, files other resources in Windows 98. Instead of going through the structural process of accessing a program, one can create “shortcuts” to access them. It creates links for easy access to file, programs, folders and more.
i) Multitasking
Multitasking allows the user to activate and accomplish more than one task at a time. For example, work on a document file WORD programs, which copies file from other computer available in time on the network. With Windows 98, 32 - bit computing environment, the user can do more than one task a time.
j) Easy Internet Access
Integration of Internet Explorer 4.0 and Active Desktop, which coupled the Internet html hypertext links more tightly to the Windows 98 user interface.
k) Software Compatibility
Windows 98 provides complete backward compatibility. It is easily compatible with other applications developed for MS-DOS and Windows 3.x environment. It also supports latest 32-bit technology. Most of the latest software packages are now built on Windows 98, operating environment.
l) Great Gaming Platform
Windows 98 supports rich graphics, high quality audio and video. Software to take advantage of Intel's Multimedia Extensions (MMX) to the IA - 32 instruction set, which are designed to improve the performance of multimedia applications and games developed for windows 98 that uses MMX technology.
m) Hardware Compatibility
Windows 98 provides greater Hardware compatibility as compared to any other operating environment. It has flexibility of supporting hardware from different vendors.
n) Find utility
Find Utility of windows 98 allows the user to do searches by partial name, last modified date, or full text. In addition we can save, rename or view files from within the result pane.
(o) Help
Windows 98 provides online help to accomplish a task. If the user is not sure how to perform a task, windows 98 Help will provide structured process how to accomplish the task. Simply right-click on any object in the user interface (icon) and he can get relevant description about that object.
(p) Manage more numbers of PC's
Windows 98 can manage up to eight monitors on a- single PC. The user can drag and drop resize and move desktop items such as windows, folders, icons, and applications, from one monitor to the next.
(q) Additional facilities
Windows 98 includes additional enhancement of Windows 95 that includes new backup
utilities and disk defragmenter capabilities.
(a) Graphical User Interface
Windows 98 provides user-friendlier interface to work on. Its improved graphical user interface makes learning and using windows 98 more natural and easier for all types of users. It is more powerful, customizable and efficient.
(b) Type of icons (Small Pictures):
There are three types of icons. They are
i) Applications icons - the minimized version of the currently running application programs. It appears at the bottom of the desktop and can be maximized.
ii) Document icons - the reduced document windows.
iii) Program icons - appear with in program manager and clicking on these icons activate the associated applications and also load the related documents or files.
(c) Start Button
Introduction of START button by windows 98 made life much simpler while there is a need to access multiple programs. It is the gateway of accessing most of the functionality available in the computer loaded with windows 98. Just Click on the start button anytime to start any programs, open or find documents, change windows settings, get Help, manage Files, maintain System, much more.
(d) Taskbar
The Task bar provides information and access to the entire task that has been currently activated by windows 98. Using this one can keep a track of what all programs have been activated and switched between them.
(e) Windows Explorer
Windows Explorer more or less acts as File Manager for windows 98, but with lots of new features. It is more efficient, faster and user friendly. Using Explorer one can easily browse through all the drives and network resources available and manage files.
(f) Right Mouse Button
Clicking on the right mouse button activates a pop-up menu in any program so as to help in completing a task efficiently.
(g) Long File Names
As the MS-DOS convention follows, none-of the file used in DOS environment should be more than 8 character of primary name and optimal secondary name (extension) of three characters. However Windows 98 has broken this barrier. Windows 98 supports long file names maximum of 225 characters. It also allowed space to be used in between file name. This helps to make files and folders (directory/subdirectory) easier to organize and find.
h) Shortcuts
As the name suggests, SHORTCUTS are the shortest way to access programs, files other resources in Windows 98. Instead of going through the structural process of accessing a program, one can create “shortcuts” to access them. It creates links for easy access to file, programs, folders and more.
i) Multitasking
Multitasking allows the user to activate and accomplish more than one task at a time. For example, work on a document file WORD programs, which copies file from other computer available in time on the network. With Windows 98, 32 - bit computing environment, the user can do more than one task a time.
j) Easy Internet Access
Integration of Internet Explorer 4.0 and Active Desktop, which coupled the Internet html hypertext links more tightly to the Windows 98 user interface.
k) Software Compatibility
Windows 98 provides complete backward compatibility. It is easily compatible with other applications developed for MS-DOS and Windows 3.x environment. It also supports latest 32-bit technology. Most of the latest software packages are now built on Windows 98, operating environment.
l) Great Gaming Platform
Windows 98 supports rich graphics, high quality audio and video. Software to take advantage of Intel's Multimedia Extensions (MMX) to the IA - 32 instruction set, which are designed to improve the performance of multimedia applications and games developed for windows 98 that uses MMX technology.
m) Hardware Compatibility
Windows 98 provides greater Hardware compatibility as compared to any other operating environment. It has flexibility of supporting hardware from different vendors.
n) Find utility
Find Utility of windows 98 allows the user to do searches by partial name, last modified date, or full text. In addition we can save, rename or view files from within the result pane.
(o) Help
Windows 98 provides online help to accomplish a task. If the user is not sure how to perform a task, windows 98 Help will provide structured process how to accomplish the task. Simply right-click on any object in the user interface (icon) and he can get relevant description about that object.
(p) Manage more numbers of PC's
Windows 98 can manage up to eight monitors on a- single PC. The user can drag and drop resize and move desktop items such as windows, folders, icons, and applications, from one monitor to the next.
(q) Additional facilities
Windows 98 includes additional enhancement of Windows 95 that includes new backup
utilities and disk defragmenter capabilities.
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