Principal Software Engineer

Dr. Klahn

Software Engineer

curiouswebster

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Do be aware that this has always been a moving target that changed from release to release, often quite significantly. &nbsp;It will probably remain so even though Microsoft has declared that Windows 10 will be the last release of Windows.
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Do be aware that this has always been a moving target that changed from release to release, often quite significantly.  It will probably remain so even though Microsoft has declared that Windows 10 will be the last release of Windows.

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Need to read up on Windows Architecture &amp;&nbsp;Operating system / Win32 APIs<br />
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What can you suggest?
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Need to read up on Windows Architecture & Operating system / Win32 APIs

What can you suggest?

Need to read up on Windows Architecture &amp; Operating system / Win32 APIs

Operating systems perform basic tasks, such as recognizing input from the keyboard, sending output to the display screen, keeping track of files and directories on the disk, and controlling peripheral devices such as disk drives and printers. For large systems, the operating system makes sure that different programs and users running at the same time do not interfere with each other. The operating system is also responsible for security, ensuring that unauthorized users do not access the system. Operating systems provide a software platform on top of which other programs, called application programs, can run.

Operating Systems

Most development for the Microsoft platform is done utilizing the technologies supported by the.NET framework. Other development is done using Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) for programs like Access, Excel, Word and Outlook, with PowerShell for scripting, or with SQL for large databases.

Microsoft Development

This topic area includes legacy versions of Windows prior to Windows 2000: Windows 3/3.1, Windows 95 and Windows 98, plus any other Windows-related versions including Windows Mobile.

Windows OS

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.

Windows Server 2008

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).

Need to read up on Windows Architecture &amp; Operating system / Win32 APIs

Need to read up on Windows Architecture & Operating system / Win32 APIs