All Windows versions

















  • Xenix (licensed version of Unix; licensed to SCO in 1987)
  • MSX-DOS (developed by MS Japan for the MSX 8-bit computer)
  • MS-DOS (developed jointly with IBM, versions 1.0–6.22)



    • Windows 1.0 (Windows 1 - Based on Visi-On) April 30, 1985
    • Windows 2.0 (Windows 2) May 25, 1988
    • Windows 3.0 (Windows 3 - Is the first version of Windows to make substantial commercial impact) August 29, 1990
    • Windows 3.1x (Windows 3.1) March 18, 1992
    • Windows 3.2 (Chinese-only release) November 19, 1992
  • Windows for Workgroups 3.11 January 21, 1993



    • Windows 95 (Windows 4) August 24, 1995
    • Windows Chicago May 18, 1995
    • Windows Utopia June 19, 1997
    • Windows Plus! November 13, 1997
    • Windows 98 (Windows 4.1) June 25, 1998
    • Windows Memphis July 24, 1997
    • Windows Millennium Edition (Windows Me - Windows 4.9) September 14, 2000
  • OS/2 (developed jointly with IBM) October 24, 1996



    • Windows NT 3.1 (OS/2 3.0 - Windows 3.1) March 31, 1994
    • Windows NT 3.5 (Windows 3.5) December 29, 1994
    • Windows NT 3.51 (Windows 3.51) February 8, 1995
    • Windows 95 64-Bit Edition March 20, 1997
    • Windows NT 4.0 (Windows 4) February 21, 1996
    • Windows 2000 (Windows NT 5.0 - Windows 5) February 29, 2000
    • Windows XP October 22, 2001
    • Windows Whistler December 28, 2000
    • Windows V-smile July 13, 2006
    • Windows Neptune November 10, 1999
    • Windows Odyssey April 5, 2001
    • Windows Trident September 11, 2001
    • Windows Server 2003 October 28, 2003
    • Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs March 24, 2005
    • Windows Vista January 26, 2006
    • Windows Home Server April 19, 2007
    • Windows Server 2008 September 29, 2008
    • Windows 7 October 26, 2009
    • Windows Preinstallation Environment (WinPE) April 13, 2009
  • Windows CE (OS for handhelds, embedded devices, and real-time applications that is similar to other versions of Windows) May 30, 2002



    • Windows CE 3.0 December 25, 2002
    • Windows CE 5.0 February 27, 2003
    • Windows CE 6.0 May 5, 2004
    • Windows Mobile (based on Windows CE, but for a smaller form factor) April 14, 2005
  • Singularity - A research operating system written mostly in managed code (C#) November 30, 2009
  • Midori - A managed code operating system July 21, 2010



    • Xbox and Xbox 360 OS custom operating systems May 12, 2005 and August 10, 2006

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