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CHEPÉN

SEMESTER 2016-II

IT AND ICT

Week II:
Operating System Tools

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 OPERATING SYSTEM
• It is a set of programs that are closely
interrelated with the hardware, managing
the running processes, input, output and
memory operations.

OPERATING SYSTEM
FUNCTIONS:
• Facilitate human-machine communication.
• Manage the resources: processor(s),
memory(ies) andperipherals, facilitating its
user management.
• Manage the information (the files)
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 contained in the storage peripherals and the
organization of that information (in
directories).
• Control the execution of applications.

OPERATING SYSTEM
• Operating systems, as general-purpose
work environments, include a number of
varied utilities.
• In general, these utilities are nothing special,
and they simply serve to get you through a
difficult situation. As we use them more and
more, we realize that they are not enough
for us.
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 OS Tools
• Every operating system has different tools
that can be classified as:
1.Application Tools
2 .Configuration Tools
3 .Optimization Tools
• In our case we will explore those of the
Microsoft Windows Operating System

Application Tools
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 • These are all the programs that the
Windows operating system contains for the
user to carry out his or her own activities,
for example writing letters (writings),
designing drawings (editing), performing
calculations, listening to music, surfing the
Internet, etc.

Application Tools
• Paint b
• WordPad F
• Calculator
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• Notepad 4)
• Windows Media Player O
• Sound recorder *
• Internet Explorer
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Application Tools
• Windows DVD Maker L
• Cuts =
• Games +)
• Etc.

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 Configuration Tools
• Applications or information boxes that allow
the user to know specific characteristics of
the system (computer) and change the
configuration of some of its hardware
devices (keyboard, mouse, screen, etc.)

Configuration Tools
• Control Panel: One of the important tasks
of the operating system is to be able to
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 configure the devices of the computer
system. The control panel allows you to
modify these characteristics for the
different devices that make it up.

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 Configuration Tools

Windows XP

Windows Seven

Windows Vista
(Classic View)

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 Configuration Tools
• System Properties: This is an information
box that shows the user information about the
processor type, RAM capacity, OS version,
etc.
• To access this information box, go to the
properties option in the computer's context
menu.

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 Configuration Tools
• Disk Properties. Dialog box that displays
information about the storage capacity in
bytes of any disk drive (secondary storage
device) and allows you to assign a name
(label) to it.
• To access this dialog box, go to the
properties option in the context menu of
the disk drive to be checked.

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Disk Properties
Hard disk drives (1)
£ Properties: OS (C:)
OS(C:)

Security Antenna versions Share

Open General Tools Hardware Share
Devices with storage
Open in a new window

24 Browse with IrfanView BOX

g DVD RW drive (D:)
Scan for viruses...
Others Guy: Local disk
Share with
(2)
Cajica Restore previous versions File system: NTFS
System folder
a Add to archive...
160GB
Space used: 172,420,685,824 bytes
e Will add "Archive.rar"
e Add and send by email... Available space: 131,880,611,840 bytes 122GE
8 Add to "Archive.rar" and send by email

Ability: 304,301,297,664 bytes 283 GB

Drive C: Free up space

• Compress this drive to save disk space

V Allow files on this drive to have content indexed in addition to file

properties

Accept Cancel Apply

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 Optimization Tools
• These are programs or applications that
allow the user to improve system
performance.
1. Error Checker (Scandisk)
2. Disk Defragmenter
3. Disk Space Liberator
4. System Restorer

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 ACTIVITY
• For each of the Windows operating system
optimization tools, see:
1. What does this tool do?
2. What benefit does it offer to the
system and/or the user?
3. How to use? (step by step)

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 THANK
YOU
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