Disadvantages of operating system

Answer 1

More Software Components

The more software components that comprise a system the greater chance of errors occuring.

Security

Providing easy distributed access increases the risk of a security breach occuring.

Networking

The underlying network can saturate or cause other problems.

Answer 2

It used command lines instead of point and click graphical interface. This makes it harder and more time consuming to use for general purposes. It also does not allow for multitasking.

Answer 3

MS-DOS is old, very old by computer standards. It is not compatible with most programs and applications now. It won't run right or at all on most newer computers, printers or anything else. If you want to use dos you should have an older computer like 1993 and older. Dos will run older programs and software like 10+ years old but it will not run any windows program even old windows 3.1 programs unless it is installed. A few of those older programs were neat or were useful but most of of it is no where near as good as the new stuff now which is windows compatible. Dos can also be useful for anyone who is into basic programing.

Answer 4

1. Its a Single User OS (One User can Work at a time)
2. Its a Single Tasking OS (One application can run at a time)
3. It does not supports Graphics
4. It does not supports Networking
5. We can only make 2GB of Maximum partition as it supports only FAT 16

Answer 5

It lacks a graphical user interface resulting in the user to know the right command in the correct syntax to be executed thus making it hard to remember all the commands and syntax. That is the major problem.