1980 1981 QDOS 0.1 august 1980 86-DOS 0.3 december 1980 86-DOS 1.0 april 1981 PC-DOS 1.00 august 12, 1981 Interface Manager (development) september 1981 Closed Systems february 24, 2006 Éric Lévénez 2000-2006 <http://www.levenez.com/windows/>
1982 1983 MS-DOS 1.24 june 1982 MS-DOS 1.25 july 1982 MS-DOS 2.01 may 1983 MS-DOS 2.11 december 1983 MS-DOS 2.12 1983 PC-DOS 1.10 june 1982 PC-DOS 2.0 march 1983 PC-DOS 2.10 october 1983 Windows november 10, 1983
1984 1985 MS-DOS 3.05 november 1984 PC-DOS 3.0 august 1984 PC-DOS 3.10 november 1984 Windows 1.0 november 20, 1985 Windows 1.01 1985
1986 1987 MS-DOS 3.3 april 2, 1987 MS-DOS 3.3 august 1987 MS-DOS 3.31 november 1987 PC-DOS 3.20 january 1986 PC-DOS 3.30 april 1987 Windows 1.03 1986 Windows 2.0 april 2, 1987 Windows 2.0 december 9, 1987 Windows /386 april 2, 1987 Windows /386 2.0 december 9, 1987 MS OS/2 1.0 (CP/DOS) april 2, 1987
1988 1989 MS-DOS 4.01 december 1988 MS-DOS 4.1 1988 PC-DOS 4.0 august 1988 Windows /286 2.1 june 28, 1988 Windows /386 2.1 june 28, 1988 Windows (alpha) november 1988 Windows N-Ten (alpha) january 1989 Windows NT (alpha) april 1989 OS/2 1.1 SE (Trimaran) october 31, 1988 OS/2 1.1 EE 1989 OS/2 1.2 (Sloop) october 1989
1990 1991 MS-DOS 5.0 june 1991 Windows 3.0 may 22, 1990 Windows 3.0 (+ Multimedia Extensions) october 20, 1991 Windows NT october 1991 OS/2 1.3 (Cutter) december 1990
1992 1993 MS-DOS 5.0a 1992 MS-DOS 6.0 march 30, 1993 MS-DOS 6.2 november 1993 Windows 3.1 april 6, 1992 PC-DOS 5.02 august 1992 Windows 4 Chicago july 4, 1992 Windows for PEN Computing 1.0 1992 Windows 3.11 PC-DOS 6.00 1993 Windows for PEN Computing 3.0 may 1993 Windows for Workgroups 3.1 october 27, 1992 Windows for Workgroups 3.11 november 8, 1993 Windows NT (beta) november 11, 1992 Windows NT 3.1 july 27, 1993 Win-OS/2 1992 OS/2 2.0 (Gruiser) march 1992 OS/2 2.1 (Borg) may 1993 OS/2 for Windows (Ferengi) october 1993
1994 1995 MS-DOS 6.21 march 2, 1994 MS-DOS 6.22 march 11, 1994 MS-DOS 7.0 august 24, 1995 PC-DOS 6.30 1994 PC-DOS 7 february 28, 1995 Windows 95 ( Chicago beta) august 9, 1994 Windows 95 august 24, 1995 Windows 95 Service Pack 1 december 31, 1995 Windows NT 3.5 (Daytona) september 21, 1994 Windows NT 3.51 may 30, 1995 Citrix WinFrame september 1995 OS/2 2.11 february 1994 OS/2 2.11 SMP june 1994 OS/2 Warp 3.0 (Warp) october 1994 OS/2 Warp Connect may 1995
1996 1997 MS-DOS 7.10 august 1996 PC-DOS 7 revision 1 Windows 95A (OSR1) february 1996 Windows 95B (OSR2) august 1996 Windows 95B (OSR2.1) april 1997 Memphis (beta 1) june 1997 Windows 95C (OSR2.5) november 1997 Windows NT 5.0 (beta 1) september 27, 1997 Windows NT 4.0 (Cairo) august 24, 1996 Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3 1997 Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack december 1997 Windows CE 1.0 (Pegasus) november 1996 Windows CE 1.1 Windows CE 2.0 (Mercury) november 1997 OS/2 Warp Server 1996 OS/2 Warp 4.0 (Merlin) september 1996
1998 PC-DOS 2000 may 26, 1998 Windows 98 (Memphis) june 25, 1998 Windows 98 Second Edition may 5, 1999 Windows 98 SP1 june 25, 1999 Windows NT 5.0 (beta 2) august 20, 1998 october 27, 1998 (beta 3) april 29, 1999 Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4 october 1998 Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 5 may 1999 Windows NT Embedded 4.0 (beta 1) february 22, 1999 Windows NT (Hydra) Terminal Server Edition june 1998 Windows CE 2.1 (Gryphon) july 1998 Windows CE 2.11 (Jupiter) 1998 OS/2 Warp Server for e-business 1999
1999 Xbox (beta) october 1999 Windows Millennium Edition (beta 2) november 29, 1999 (Release Candidate 1) july 2, 1999 (RC 2) september 15, 1999 (RC 3) november 11, 1999 (final release RTM) december 15, 1999 Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 6 october 1999 Windows NT Embedded 4.0 september 27, 1999 Windows NT TSE Service Pack 4 december 9, 1999 Windows CE 2.11 (build 9015) september 28, 1999
2000 Xbox march 9, 2000 Windows Me (beta 3) april 7, 2000 Windows Me (final release) june 9, 2000 Windows Me september 14, 2000 Whistler Embedded beta 1 december 19, 2000 Windows.NET june 22, 2000 Windows.NET (Whistler alpha) july 11, 2000 Windows.NET (Whistler alpha 2) august 28, 2000 Windows.NET (Whistler beta 1) october 31, 2000 february 17, 2000 Service Pack 1 july 27, 2000 Datacenter Server (beta 2) may 23, 2000 Datacenter Server (release candidate 1) july 26, 2000 Datacenter Server september 26, 2000 Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 6a 2000 Whistler Server (alpha) june 30, 2000 Whistler Server (beta 1) october 31, 2000 Embedded Whistler (beta 1) december 18, 2000 Windows NT TSE Service Pack 5 march 27, 2000 Windows CE for Automotive 2.0 (beta) january 6, 2000 Car.NET Server Windows CE 3.0 april 19, 2000 Pocket-PC january 6, 2000 Stinger august 2000
2001 Xbox january 6, 2001 Embedded (Impala beta 1) april 10, 2001 Embedded (Impala beta 2) september 5, 2001 Neptune Windows.NET (Whistler build 2410) january 2, 2001 february 5, 2001 (beta 2) march 23, 2001 (release candidate 1) june 30, 2001 (RC2) july 24, 2001 (OEM) september 24, 2001 Odyssey Service Pack 2 may 16, 2001 Whistler Server (beta 2) march 23, 2001 Windows 2002 Server april 30, 2001 Windows.NET Server june 19, 2001 Windows CE for Automotive 3.5 december 5, 2001 Windows CE 4.0 (Talisker beta) februray 7, 2001 Windows CE.NET (Talisker beta 2) august 13, 2001 ecomstation OS/2 v1.0 october 4, 2001 Stinger (beta) february 22, 2001 PocketPC 2002 (Merlin) september 6, 2001
2002 Xbox november 15, 2001 Embedded november 30, 2001 Embedded Service Pack 1 october 22, 2002 64-bit Edition 2003 july 8, 2002 Media Center Edition (Freestyle) october 31, 2002 Windows Longhorn (alpha build 3683) november 19, 2002 Professional october 25, 2001 Home Edition october 25, 2001 SRP1 january 30, 2002 SE march 22, 2002 Service Pack 1 september 9, 2002 Service Pack 3 august 1, 2002 Tablet Edition november 11, 2001 Tablet PC Edition (beta) june 25, 2002 Tablet PC Edition november 7, 2002 Windows.NET Server (Whistler Server beta 3) november 19, 2001 Windows.NET Server (Pre-RC1 build 3604) february 11, 2002 Windows.NET Server (RC1) july 24, 2002 Windows.NET Server 2003 november 18, 2002 Mira january 7, 2002 Windows CE.NET january 7, 2002 Windows CE for Automotive 3.5 april 22, 2002 Windows Advanced Server Limited Edition 1.2 july 8, 2002 Server Service Pack 3 july 18, 2002 Windows CE for Smart Displays june 26, 2002 Windows CE.NET 4.1 july 30, 2002 Windows Advanced Server Limited Edition 1.2 october 2002 Windows CE for Smart Displays (re-announced) october 15, 2002 PocketPC 2002 Phone Edition february 19, 2002 Windows Powered Smartphone 2002 february 19, 2002 Windows Powered Smartphone 2002 october 22, 2002
2003 64-bit Edition Version 2003 (RTM) march 28, 2003 64-Bit for AMD processor april 9, 2003 Windows.NET Longhorn january 29, 2003 Windows.NET Longhorn (alpha 2 build 4008) february 28, 2003 Windows Server System (Longhorn) april 16, 2003 Longhorn XP Professional (alpha 3 build 4015) april 2003 Service Pack 1a february 3, 2003 SP2 beta (build 1204) april 17, 2003 SP4 beta december 19, 2002 Windows.NET Server 2003 (RC2) december 2, 2002 Windows Server 2003 january 7, 2003 Tablet PC Edition (MUIRP beta) march 12, 2003 Windows Server 2003 (RTM) march 12, 2003 for 64-bit Itanium 2 Systems (Datacenter, Enterprise) april 24, 2003 (Standard, Datacenter, Enterprise, Web Server) april 24, 2003 Small Business Edition april 23, 2003 for AMD processor 64-bit april 9, 2003 Service Pack 4 june 25, 2003 (SP1 beta build 1023) july 3, 2003 Small Business Edition (RC1) july 1, 2003 Media2Go (beta) january 9, 2003 Mira (MUIRP beta) march 12, 2003 Windows CE.NET 4.2 (McKendric) april 23, 2003 PocketPC 2003 (Ozone) Windows Powered Smartphone 2002 (update) february 24, 2003 ecomstation v1.1 may 24, 2003 Windows Mobile 2003 for Smartphone june 23, 2003 Windows Mobile 2003 for Pocket PC june 23, 2003
64-Bit Edition for AMD64, Version 2003 (beta build 1039) september 2, 2003 64-Bit Edition for 64-Bit Extended Systems (beta) september 23, 2003 64-Bit Edition for 64-Bit Extended Systems (beta CPP) february 3, 2004 Media Center Edition 2004 september 30, 2003 Windows Longhorn (PDC build 4051) october 27, 2003 Windows Media Center Extender Technologies january 8, 2004 Lite february 2004 SP2 beta (build 2055) december 18, 2003 SP2 beta (build 2082) february 23, 2004 Windows Storage Server 2003 september 10, 2003 for 64-bit Itanium 2 Systems Standard Edition october 15, 2003 Tablet PC Edition 2004 november 17, 2003 (SP1 beta build 1159) february 19, 2004 for AMD 64-bit Systems (beta build 1039) september 2, 2003 Windows Small Business Server 2003 (RTM) september 16, 2003 Windows Small Business Server 2003 october 9, 2003 for 64-Bit Extended Systems (beta) october 15, 2003 for 64-Bit Extended Systems (beta CPP) january 6, 2004 Windows Automotive.NET Connected Car january 8, 2004 Windows Mobile for Portable Media Centers october 27, 2003 Portable Media Center january 8, 2004 Smartphone 2003 SDK august 15, 2003
2004 64-Bit Edition for 64-Bit Extended Systems july 29, 2004 Professional x64 Edition (beta CPP) august 18, 2004 Windows Longhorn (PDC build 4053) march 1, 2004 Windows Longhorn (HEC build 4074) may 5, 2004 Starter Edition (beta) june 23, 2004 Windows Longhorn august 27, 2004 SP2 RC1 march 19, 2004 SP2 RC2 (build 2149) june 14, 2004 SP2 OEM (build 2180) august 4, 2004 SP2 august 25, 2004 Tablet PC Edition 2004 (Lonestar beta) march 2004 Tablet PC Edition 2005 may 5, 2004 Tablet PC Edition 2005 august 25, 2004 Update march 5, 2004 R2 may 26, 2004 Windows Server HPC Edition may 25, 2004 for 64-Bit Extended Systems (beta CPP) august 18, 2004 Windows CE 5.0 (Macallan) march 29, 2004 Portable Media Center (beta) march 18, 2004 Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition for Smartphone march 24, 2004 Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition for Pocket PC march 24, 2004 Windows CE 5.0 (Technology Preview) april 1, 2004 ecomstation v1.2 april 5, 2004 ecomstation v1.2 (RC1) may 7, 2004 ecomstation v1.2 august 12, 2004
Embedded Service Pack 2 (Technology Preview) october 3, 2004 Windows Embedded for Point of Service october 3, 2004 Embedded Service Pack 2 december 1, 2004 Professional x64 Edition (RC1 build 1289) january 5, 2005 Professional x64 Edition (RC2 build 1433) february 2005 Professional x64 Edition (RTM) march 30, 2005 Media Center Edition 2005 october 12, 2004 Starter Edition october 2004 Pro Eiger & Mönch (beta) april 18, 2005 (SP1 beta2 build 1247) october 18, 2004 (SP1 RC1) december 6, 2004 Compute Cluster Edition november 8, 2004 Reduced Media Edition december 28, 2004 R2 (beta) december 8, 2004 Professional Edition N, Home Edition N march 28, 2005 SP1 march 30, 2005 (Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter) x64 Edition (RTM) march 30, 2005 Windows Mobile 2005 (Magneto beta) october2004 Windows Mobile 2005 (Magneto beta 2 build 14207) january 2005 Windows Mobile 2005 (Magneto build 14326) march 2005
2005 Xbox 360 may 12, 2005 Xbox 360 november 22, 2005 Professional x64 Edition april 25, 2005 Windows Longhorn (beta, build 5048) april 24, 2004 Windows Longhorn (beta, build 5087) june 16, 2005 Windows Vista july 22, 2005 Windows Vista (beta 1, build 5112) july 27, 2005 Media Center Edition 2005 Update Rollup 2 october 17, 2005 Windows Vista (beta, build 5232) october 17, 2005 Windows Vista (beta, build 5270 CTP) december 20, 2005 Pro Eiger may 13, 2005 SP3 may 2, 2005 Update Rollup june 27, 2005 Professional Edition N, Home Edition N june 15, 2005 x64 Edition april 25, 2005 Update Rollup patch september 13, 2005 R2 (trial) may 6, 2005 R2 RC0 august 31, 2005 Compute Cluster Edition (beta 1) september 15, 2005 R2 RC1 october 17, 2005 Compute Cluster Edition (beta 2) november 15, 2005 Windows Automotive 5.0 july 12, 2005 ecomstation 2.0 (beta 1) december 21, 2005 Windows Mobile 5.0 may 10, 2005
2006 Windows Vista (beta, build 5308 enterprise CTP) february 22, 2006 R2 february 1, 2006