Timeline of releases
Release date Product name Current Version / Build Notes LastIE November 1985 Windows 1.01 1.01 Unsupported - November 1987 Windows 2.03 2.03 Unsupported - March 1989 Windows 2.11 2.11 Unsupported - May 1990 Windows 3.0 3.0 Unsupported - March 1992 Windows 3.1x 3.1 Unsupported 5 October 1992 Windows For Workgroups 3.1 3.1 Unsupported 5 July 1993 Windows NT 3.1 NT 3.1 Unsupported 5 December 1993 Windows For Workgroups 3.11 3.11 Unsupported 5 January 1994 Windows 3.2 (released inSimplified Chinese only) 3.2 Unsupported 5 September 1994 Windows NT 3.5 NT 3.5 Unsupported 5 May 1995 Windows NT 3.51 NT 3.51 Unsupported 5 August 1995 Windows 95 4.0.950 Unsupported 5.5 July 1996 Windows NT 4.0 NT 4.0.1381 Unsupported 6 June 1998 Windows 98 4.10.1998 Unsupported 6 May 1999 Windows 98 SE 4.10.2222 Unsupported 6 February 2000 Windows 2000 NT 5.0.2195 Extended Support until July 13, 2010[19] 6 September 2000 Windows Me 4.90.3000 Unsupported 6 October 2001 Windows XP NT 5.1.2600 Extended Support until April 8, 2014 for SP3 and July 13, 2010 for SP2. (RTMand SP1 unsupported). 8 March 2003 Windows XP 64-bit Edition (IA-64) NT 5.2.3790 Unsupported 6 April 2003 Windows Server 2003 NT 5.2.3790 Current for SP1, R2, SP2 (RTM unsupported). 8 April 2005 Windows XP Professional x64 Edition NT 5.2.3790 Current 8 July 2006 Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs NT 5.1.2600 Current 8 November 2006 (volume licensing)
January 2007 (retail) Windows Vista NT 6.0.6002 Current. 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 2007 Windows Home Server NT 5.2.4500 Current 8 February 2008 Windows Server 2008 NT 6.0.6002 Current. Version changed to NT 6.0.6002 with SP2 (April 28, 2009). 8 October 2009 [20] Windows 7 NT 6.1.7600 RTM 8
January 2007 (retail)