Read this article, it shows you how to customize windows before you install it. http://www.goitexpert.com/entry.cfm?entry=Windows-Installation-Customization There is another one that shows you how to optimize Windows XP at; http://www.goitexpert.com/entry.cfm?entry=XP_Optimazation_Vol1
Most of Linux's settings are controlled through simple text files, located either in /etc (for system-wide settings), or the user's home directory for personal settings. The Linux kernel itself, along with most programs that run on it, can be modified by altering the source code and recompiling it.
There are far too many operating systems for a single comprehensive answer. Please specify which particular operating system you wish to customize.
Utilities
The complexity of make a custom operating system depends on the knowledge of the developer. If you intend to start a operating system from the scratch this could be a enourmous job and take some years to have a very simple and stable version. However it is possible to customize the open versions of existing operating system as Linux. On the internet you could find out that are many others versions of Linux that are frequently updated.
Operating system cannot be simply customized. You do not have access to program important applications from OS. If you have enough knowledge to do this, you can simply customize it using some professional software like Visual C# or something like that. Anyway the result probably will be disappointing, because most of the OS' are built optimized and every little customization could ruin them.
XP is a complete operating system, not simply an operating environment.
There are basically four types of operating systems. They include Batch Operating System, Multiprogramming Operating System, Network Operating System and Distributed Operating System.
1. BATCH PROCESSING operating system 2. MULTIPROGRAMMING operating system 3. TIME SHARING operating system 4. REAL TIME operating system 5. DISTRIBUTED operating system
An operating system manages the working operation of a computer
Yes, a multiuser operating system is also described as a network operating system.
Hell no. the bios sits under the operating system (vista is an operating system) the bios is independent of operating systems, and is there to....run the operating system.
It is both operating system....
It is both operating system....