Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Microsoft Windows 3.1 to Windows 7

Timeline of releases

Release dateProduct nameCurrent Version / BuildNotesLastIE
November 1985Windows 1.011.01Unsupported-
November 1987Windows 2.032.03Unsupported-
March 1989Windows 2.112.11Unsupported-
May 1990Windows 3.03.0Unsupported-
March 1992Windows 3.1x3.1Unsupported5
October 1992Windows For Workgroups 3.13.1Unsupported5
July 1993Windows NT 3.1NT 3.1Unsupported5
December 1993Windows For Workgroups 3.113.11Unsupported5
January 1994Windows 3.2 (released inSimplified Chinese only)3.2Unsupported5
September 1994Windows NT 3.5NT 3.5Unsupported5
May 1995Windows NT 3.51NT 3.51Unsupported5
August 1995Windows 954.0.950Unsupported5.5
July 1996Windows NT 4.0NT 4.0.1381Unsupported6
June 1998Windows 984.10.1998Unsupported6
May 1999Windows 98 SE4.10.2222Unsupported6
February 2000Windows 2000NT 5.0.2195Extended Support until July 13, 2010[19]6
September 2000Windows Me4.90.3000Unsupported6
October 2001Windows XPNT 5.1.2600Extended Support until April 8, 2014 for SP3 and July 13, 2010 for SP2. (RTMand SP1 unsupported).8
March 2003Windows XP 64-bit Edition (IA-64)NT 5.2.3790Unsupported6
April 2003Windows Server 2003NT 5.2.3790Current for SP1, R2, SP2 (RTM unsupported).8
April 2005Windows XP Professional x64 EditionNT 5.2.3790Current8
July 2006Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCsNT 5.1.2600Current8
November 2006 (volume licensing)
January 2007 (retail)
Windows VistaNT 6.0.6002Current. Version changed to NT 6.0.6001 with SP1 (February 4, 2008) and to NT 6.0.6002 with SP2 (April 28, 2009).8
July 2007Windows Home ServerNT 5.2.4500Current8
February 2008Windows Server 2008NT 6.0.6002Current. Version changed to NT 6.0.6002 with SP2 (April 28, 2009).8
October 2009 [20]Windows 7NT 6.1.7600RTM8