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Operating systems allow easy access to files and easy management of the computer and the peripheral devices, the GUI (Graphics User Interface) allows you to easily use the features of the computer by using the peripherals to control it. You use the peripheral devices to control the separate devices and the drivers that control therm. Allows users to interact with electronic devices with images rather than text commands.
Machine and peripheral management/device drivers.
Peripherals- things such as printers, mice, keyboards etc. Anything you plug into the computer, if you have wireless peripheral devices then you need a driver for the device to work, by downloading the compatible software/driver your device will work.
Machine- the Computer Management console consists of a window divided into two panes. The left pane contains the console tree; the right pane contains details. When you click an item in the console tree, information about that item is displayed in the details pane. The information that is displayed is specific to the item that you select. 


The administrative tools in Computer Management are grouped into the following three categories in the console:
· System Tools
· Storage
· Services and Applications
Security- common protection includes a package of things such as;
· Antivirus
· Antispyware
· Phishing protection
· Rootkit protection
· Worm protection
· Browser protection
· The most common providers are Norton, AVG and MacAfee.
You also get the type of security like software such as Impero, which is used to stop people from accessing certain sites on the internet. The operating system allows you to turn the firewall on/off and modify what the firewall limits.
File management- creating folders, and moving documents to different places; Find files, windows provides easy access to the documents you save and edit, you can also easily move the files around, by dragging and dropping them. Saving in certain places is also easy as you just change the location you want to save in by selecting it from a drop down box. The operating system allows this by allowing the tools needed to control these functions (mouse, keyboard etc) to connect to the computer making it able for you to easily control the featuers of the opperating system.
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