5. Other Tasks

Operating systems are very complicated pieces of software that have many other duties as well such as:

• Handling files
• Security such as handling user names and passwords
• Allocating resources on networks such as disk space
• Scheduling CPU processing cycles for all the tasks it needs to run
• Moving data to and from the hard disk
• Deal with errors which occur while users are working
• Manage the installation of new applications and the de-installation of unwanted applications
• Providing services such as print spooling