1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994

1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Xbox Xbox Xbox Xbox 360
(announced) Xbox Xbox 360
(beta) (announced) november 15, 2001 (announced)
october 1999 march 9, 2000 january 6, 2001 may 12, 2005 november 22, 2005
MS-DOS 1.24 MS-DOS 1.25 MS-DOS 2.01 MS-DOS 2.11 MS-DOS 3.05 MS-DOS 3.3 MS-DOS 3.3 MS-DOS 3.31 MS-DOS 4.01 MS-DOS 5.0 MS-DOS 5.0a MS-DOS 6.0 MS-DOS 6.21 MS-DOS 6.22 MS-DOS 7.0 MS-DOS 7.10
(announced) MS-DOS 6.2 MS-DOS 8.0
june 1982 july 1982 may 1983 december 1983 november 1984 august 1987 november 1987 december 1988 june 1991 1992 march 30, 1993 november 1993 march 2, 1994 march 11, 1994 august 24, 1995 august 1996 september 14, 2000 Windows Embedded
april 2, 1987
for Point of Service
(announced)
MS-DOS 2.12 MS-DOS 4.1 october 3, 2004
1983 1988 Windows XP Embedded Windows XP Embedded Windows XP Embedded Windows XP Embedded Windows XP Embedded Windows XP Embedded Windows XP Embedded Windows Embedded Standard
(Mantis beta 1) (Mantis beta 2) (Mantis) Service Pack 1 Service Pack 2 Service Pack 2 Service Pack 2 Feature Pack 2007 (announced)
april 10, 2001 september 5, 2001 november 30, 2001 october 22, 2002 (Technology Preview) december 1, 2004 november 1, 2006 april 15, 2008
october 3, 2004 Windows Server 2008 Standard [32-bit] [without Hyper-V] Edition
Windows XP 64-Bit Windows XP 64-Bit Edition Windows XP 64-Bit Edition Windows XP 64-Bit Edition Windows XP 64-Bit Edition Windows XP Professional Windows XP Professional Windows XP Professional Windows XP Professional Windows Server 2008, Enterprise [32-bit] [without Hyper-V] Edition
PC-DOS 1.10 PC-DOS 5.02 PC-DOS 6.00 for AMD64, Version 2003 for 64-Bit Extended Systems for 64-Bit Extended Systems for 64-Bit Extended Systems x64 Edition Windows XP Professional Windows XP Professional x64 Edition SP2 Windows Server 2008 Datacenter [32-bit] [without Hyper-V] Edition Windows Embedded Enterprise
QDOS 0.1 86-DOS 0.3 86-DOS 1.0 PC-DOS 1.00 PC-DOS 2.0 PC-DOS 2.10 PC-DOS 3.0 PC-DOS 3.10 PC-DOS 3.20 PC-DOS 3.30 PC-DOS 4.0 PC-DOS 6.30 PC-DOS 7 PC-DOS 7 PC-DOS 2000 for AMD processor x64 Edition x64 Edition x64 Edition x64 Edition (announced)
april 1981 august 12, 1981 june 1982 march 1983 october 1983 august 1984 november 1984 january 1986 april 1987 august 1992 1993 revision 1 may 26, 1998 (announced) (beta build 1039) (beta) (beta CPP) (announced) (beta CPP) (RC1 build 1289) (RC2 build 1433) (build 3959) Windows Web Server 2008 [32-bit] Edition
august 1980 december 1980 august 1988 1994 february 28, 1995 Windows XP 64-bit (RTM build 5.2.3790.1830) april 25, 2005 march 12, 2007 april 15, 2008
april 9, 2003 september 2, 2003 september 23, 2003 february 3, 2004 july 29, 2004 august 18, 2004 january 5, 2005 february 2005 Windows Storage Server 2008 [32-bit] Edition
Windows XP 64-bit Edition Version 2003 march 30, 2005 Windows Server Longhorn Windows Server Longhorn Web, Windows Server 2008 Windows Server 2008 Windows Server 2008 Windows Server 2008
Windows for PEN Windows for PEN Edition 2003 (RTM) Windows Server Longhorn Windows Server Longhorn Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter Edition Windows Small Business Server 2008 Edition
(beta 1) (announced) (RC0) Windows Essential Business Server 2008 Edition (RC1) (RTM)
Computing 1.0 Computing 3.0 (announced) (Sundown) (beta 2) (beta 2, build 5600) (beta 3, build 6001.16510, SP1) february 4, 2008
Windows XP Windows XP Media Center july 27, 2005 may 23, 2006 august 2006 may 15, 2007 september 24, 2007 Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems december 5, 2007
1992 may 1993 july 8, 2002 Media Center Edition march 28, 2003 Windows Media Center Windows XP Media Center Windows XP Media Center april 25, 2007
Edition 2004 Edition 2005 Edition 2005 Update Rollup 2 (announced)
Windows 4 (Freestyle (Harmony, build 5.1.2600.1217) Extender Technologies Windows Vista Home Basic Edition, Home Premium Edition november 12, 2007
Interface Manager Windows Windows 2.0 Windows 3.0 Windows 3.1 Windows 95 Windows 95 Windows 95 Windows 95A Windows 95B Windows 95B Memphis Windows 95C Windows 98 Windows 98 Windows 98 Windows Windows Me Windows Me build 5.1.2600.1106) (announced) (Symphony, build 5.1.2700.2180) (Emerald, build 5.1.2715.2883)
Windows 1.0 Windows 1.01 Windows 1.03 Windows 2.0 Windows /286 2.1 Windows 3.0 Chicago (Chicago Second Edition Windows Me september 30, 2003 Windows Vista Business Edition, Enterprise Edition, Ultimate Edition
(development) (announced) (announced) june 28, 1988 (+ Multimedia Extensions) (Janus) Windows 3.11 ( Chicago beta) Service Pack 1 OSR1 OSR2 OSR2.1 (beta 1) OSR2.5 (Memphis, SP1 Millennium Edition (beta 3) (final release) Neptune october 31, 2002 january 8, 2004 october 12, 2004 october 17, 2005
november 20, 1985 1985 1986 december 9, 1987 may 22, 1990 (announced) build 4.00.950) (Detroit, build 4.00.1111) (build 4.10.2222) (Georgia, build 4.90.3000) Windows .NET Windows .NET Windows Server System Longhorn XP Windows Longhorn Windows Longhorn Windows Longhorn Windows Longhorn Windows Longhorn Windows Vista Windows Vista Windows Vista Windows Vista Windows Vista (RTM, build 6000.16386) Windows Vista Ultimate Limited Numbered Signature Edition Windows Vista SP1 Windows Vista SP1 Windows Vista SP1 Windows Vista SP1 Windows Vista SP1
september 1981 november 10, 1983 april 2, 1987 october 20, 1991 april 6, 1992 august 9, 1994 december 31, 1995 february 1996 (build 4.03.1212) june 1997 (build 4.03.1214) build 4.10.1998) june 25, 1999 (beta 2) april 7, 2000 june 9, 2000 Longhorn (Longhorn) Windows Longhorn (RC public) (RC public 2) Windows Vista SP1
july 4, 1992 august 24, 1995 august 1996 november 1997 june 25, 1998 may 5, 1999 november 29, 1999 september 14, 2000 Windows Longhorn Longhorn Professional (PDC build 4053) (HEC build 4074) (announced) (beta, build 5048) (beta, build 5087) (announced) (beta 1, build 5112) (beta, build 5270 CTP) (announced) (beta 2, build 5384.4) (Longhorn) (business) january 30, 2007 (beta, build 16659) (RC) (RTM)
april 1997 (alpha build 3683) (announced) (alpha 2 build 4008) (announced) (PDC build 4051) march 1, 2004 august 27, 2004 july 22, 2005 july 27, 2005 march 21, 2006 september 27, 2007 december 14, 2007 january 9, 2008 february 4, 2008 (build 6001)
(alpha 3 build 4015) may 5, 2004 april 24, 2005 june 16, 2005 december 20, 2005 may 23, 2006 november 8, 2006 november 30, 2006 Windows Vista Home Basic Edition N / K / KN november 15, 2007
Windows for november 19, 2002 january 29, 2003 february 28, 2003 april 16, 2003 october 27, 2003 Business Edition N / K / KN, Starter Edition, Starter Edition N / KN march 18, 2008
Windows for Whistler Embedded april 2003 Windows XP Lite Windows XP Starter Edition Windows XP Starter Edition
Workgroups 3.11 beta 1 (beta) (announced)
Windows /386 Workgroups 3.1 (Snowball) february 2004 october 2004 Windows 7 Windows 7
Windows /386 2.0 Windows /386 2.1 october 27, 1992 december 19, 2000 june 23, 2004 Windows XP Home Edition K january 30, 2007 (announced)
(announced) november 8, 1993 Windows XP Professional KN (M1, build 6519.1)
december 9, 1987 june 28, 1988 july 19, 2007 january 19, 2008
april 2, 1987 Windows XP Windows XP august 24, 2006
Windows XP Windows XP (OEM build 5,1,2600) Windows XP Windows XP Windows XP Windows XP Windows XP SP2 Windows XP SP3 Windows XP SP3 Windows XP SP3
Windows .NET Windows .NET Windows .NET Windows .NET Windows .NET Windows XP Windows XP (release Windows XP Windows XP SE Service Pack 1a Windows XP Windows XP Windows XP SP2 Windows XP
(Whistler build 2410) (beta 2) (RC2) (Whistler) Professional (announced) Service Pack 1 SP2 beta (build 1204) SP2 beta (build 2055) SP2 beta (build 2082) SP2 RC2 (build 2149) OEM (build 2180) (announced) Professional (N) SP2c (beta, build 3205) (RTM)
(announced) (Whistler alpha) (Whistler alpha 2) (Whistler beta 1) (announced) candidate 1) (build 1106) SP2 RC1 (Springboard) august 25, 2004
june 22, 2000 july 11, 2000 august 28, 2000 october 31, 2000 january 2, 2001 february 5, 2001 march 23, 2001 july 24, 2001 september 24, 2001 october 25, 2001 march 22, 2002 (Trainyard) april 17, 2003 december 18, 2003 february 23, 2004 june 14, 2004 may 2, 2005 august 9, 2007 october 7, 2007 april 21, 2008
june 30, 2001 september 9, 2002 february 3, 2003 march 19, 2004 august 4, 2004 Windows XP Pro Windows Fundamentals
Windows XP Eiger & Mönch Windows XP Pro Eiger Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs for Legacy PCs
Odyssey Home Edition (beta) (announced) (announced) (Eiger)
Windows 2000 october 25, 2001 april 18, 2005 may 13, 2005 september 2005 july 8, 2006
Windows 2000 Windows 2000 Windows 2000 Windows 2000 Windows 2000
Windows NT 5.0 Windows NT 5.0 Windows 2000 Windows 2000 Windows 2000 Windows 2000 Service Pack 1 Windows 2000 Windows 2000 Windows 2000 Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 Update Rollup
(beta 1) (announced) (beta 3) (Release (RC 2) Service Pack 2 Service Pack 3 SP4 beta Windows 2000
(beta 2) (RC 3) (final release RTM) (build 5.0.2195) (Asteroid) SRP1 june 25, 2003 june 27, 2005 Update Rollup patch
september 27, 1997 august 20, 1998 october 27, 1998 april 29, 1999 Candidate 1) september 15, 1999 november 11, 1999 december 15, 1999 february 17, 2000 may 16, 2001 august 1, 2002 december 19, 2002 Windows Server 2003 for Windows Server 2003 for 64-bit Windows XP
july 27, 2000 january 30, 2002 Itanium 2 Systems Standard Edition Windows XP september 13, 2005
july 2, 1999 64-bit Itanium 2 Systems Reduced Media Edition Professional Edition N, Windows XP
Windows 2000 (Datacenter, Enterprise) (announced) october 15, 2003 Home Edition N Professional Edition N,
Windows 2000 Windows XP Tablet Edition Windows XP Windows XP Windows XP Tablet PC Windows XP Tablet PC Windows XP Tablet PC (announced) Home Edition N
Datacenter Server Windows XP Tablet PC Edition Tablet PC Edition april 24, 2003 Windows XP Tablet PC december 28, 2004 (announced)
Datacenter Server Windows 2000 (announced) (beta) Tablet PC Edition Edition 2004 Edition 2005 Edition 2005 june 15, 2005 Windows Server 2003
(beta 2) (MUIRP beta) Edition 2004 (Lonestar) march 28, 2005 Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition SP2
(release candidate 1) Datacenter Server november 11, 2001 june 25, 2002 november 7, 2002 (Lonestar beta) (announced) (Standard, Enterprise,
may 23, 2000 september 26, 2000 march 12, 2003 Windows Storage Server 2003 (announced) august 25, 2004 Windows Server 2003 (build 3959)
july 26, 2000 march 2004 may 5, 2004 Datacenter) x64 Edition x64 Edition
september 10, 2003 november 17, 2003 march 12, 2007
Windows .NET Windows Windows Server 2003 Windows Server 2003 (RTM) (build 5.2.3790.1830)
Windows Windows N-Ten Windows NT Windows NT 3.1 Windows NT 3.5 Windows NT 3.51 Windows NT 4.0 Windows NT 4.0 Windows NT 4.0 Windows NT 4.0 Windows NT 4.0 Windows NT 4.0 Windows NT 4.0 Whistler Server Whistler Server Whistler Server Windows 2002 Server Windows .NET Server Windows .NET Server Windows .NET Server Windows .NET Server Windows .NET Server 2003 Server 2003 Server 2003 Windows Windows Server 2003 Windows Server 2003 Windows Server 2003 Windows Server 2003 april 25, 2005
Windows NT (announced) Windows NT (beta) (Standard, Datacenter, (SP1 RC1) SP1 (buiild 1830) march 30, 2005 Windows Server 2003 SP2 beta Windows Server 2003 SP2
(alpha) (alpha) (alpha) (build 3.1.528) (Daytona, build 3.5.807) (build 3.51.1057) (Cairo, build 4.0.1381) Service Pack 3 Option Pack Service Pack 4 Service Pack 5 Service Pack 6 Service Pack 6a (alpha) (beta 1) (beta 2) (announced) (announced) (Whistler Server beta 3) (Pre-RC1 build 3604) (RC1) (announced) (RC2) (announced) Server 2003 (SP1 beta build 1023) (SP1 beta build 1159) (SP1 beta2 build 1247) march 30, 2005 (build 3959)
november 1988 january 1989 april 1989 october 1991 november 11, 1992 september 21, 1994 may 30, 1995 august 24, 1996 december 1997 october 1998 2000 march 23, 2001 april 30, 2001 june 19, 2001 november 19, 2001 february 11, 2002 november 18, 2002 (RTM build 5,2,3790) Enterprise, Web Server) july 3, 2003 february 19, 2004 october 18, 2004 december 6, 2004 march 30, 2005
july 27, 1993 1997 may 1999 october 1999 june 30, 2000 october 31, 2000 july 24, 2002 december 2, 2002 january 7, 2003 april 24, 2003 Windows Server 2003 R2 march 12, 2007
march 12, 2003 Windows Server 2003 Windows Server 2003 R2 Windows Server 2003 R2 Windows Server 2003 R2 Windows Server 2003 R2 Windows Server 2003 R2
RC0 RC1 Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2
Windows NT Windows Advanced Server Windows Server 2003 Windows Server 2003 Update (announced) (beta) (trial) october 17, 2005 february 1, 2006 march 12, 2007
Windows NT Embedded 4.0 Embedded Whistler Windows Advanced Server Small Business Edition Windows Small Business Windows Small Business (announced) may 26, 2004 december 8, 2004 may 6, 2005 august 31, 2005
Embedded 4.0 (Impala) Limited Edition 1.2 Small Business Edition Server 2003
(beta 1) (announced) Limited Edition 1.2 (announced) (RC1) Server 2003 march 5, 2004 Windows Server 2003 Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 Windows HPC Server 2008
(beta 1) september 27, 1999 december 18, 2000 october 2002 (RTM) (Bobcat) october 9, 2003 Windows Server HPC Edition Windows Server 2003 Windows Server 2003
february 22, 1999 july 8, 2002 april 23, 2003 july 1, 2003 Compute Cluster Edition june 9, 2006 (beta 1)
september 16, 2003 (announced) Compute Cluster Edition Compute Cluster Edition
Windows Server 2003 may 25, 2004 Windows Server 2003 (announced) (beta 1) (beta 2) november 14, 2007
Windows NT TSE Windows 2000 Server Windows Server 2003 Windows Server 2003 november 8, 2004 Windows Home Server Windows Home Server Windows Home Server
Win-OS/2 Citrix WinFrame Windows NT Terminal Windows NT TSE for AMD processor 64-bit Windows Server 2003 for 64-Bit Extended Systems for 64-Bit Extended Systems september 15, 2005 november 15, 2005
Server Edition Service Pack 4 Service Pack 5 Windows 2000 Server Service Pack 3 for AMD 64-bit Systems for 64-Bit Extended Systems (beta CPP) (beta CPP) (announced) (“Q”, RC1) 1.0 RTM
1992 september 1995 (announced) january 7, 2007 june 2007 (build 5.2.3790.4062)
(Hydra) december 9, 1999 march 27, 2000 july 18, 2002 (beta build 1039) (beta) january 6, 2004 august 18, 2004
Windows CE april 9, 2003 september 2, 2003 july 16, 2007
june 1998 Windows CE for Automotive Windows CE for Automotive october 15, 2003 Windows Automotive 5.0
Car.NET 3.5 (announced) for Automotive 3.5 Windows Automotive
2.0 (beta) .NET Connected Car july 12, 2005
january 6, 2000 (announced) december 5, 2001 april 22, 2002
Windows CE Windows CE (announced)
Mira Mira january 8, 2004
(announced) for Smart Displays for Smart Displays (MUIRP beta)
january 7, 2002 (announced) (re-announced) march 12, 2003
Windows CE.NET june 26, 2002 october 15, 2002 Windows CE 5.0 (Macallan) Windows CE 5.0
Windows CE 1.0 Windows CE 2.0 Windows CE 2.1 Windows CE 2.11 Windows CE 2.11 Windows CE 3.0 Windows CE 4.0 Windows CE .NET 4.2 Windows CE 5.0 Windows CE 6 beta Windows Embedded CE 6 Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R2 Windows Embedded Compact
Windows CE 1.01 (Mercury) (Gryphon) (build 9015) Windows CE 2.12 (Talisker beta 2) Windows CE .NET Windows CE .NET 4.1 (McKendric) (announced) (Technology Preview) (Macallan)
(Pegasus) june 25, 1997 (Jupiter) april 19, 2000 (Talisker beta) january 7, 2002 may 8, 2006 (Yamazaki) november 12, 2007 (announced)
october 13, 1997 july 1998 1998 september 28, 1999 februray 7, 2001 august 13, 2001 (Jameson) april 23, 2003 march 29, 2004 april 1, 2004 june 2004 april 15, 2008
november 16, 1996 july 30, 2002 Windows Mobile november 1, 2006
Media2Go Portable Media Center Portable Media Center
(beta) for Portable Media Centers (announced)
(announced) (beta)
january 9, 2003 january 8, 2004 march 18, 2004
october 27, 2003
MS OS/2 1.0 OS/2 1.1 SE OS/2 1.2 OS/2 1.3 OS/2 2.0 OS/2 2.1 OS/2 for Windows OS/2 Warp Server OS/2 Warp 4.0 OS/2 Warp Server eComStation v1.2 eComStation v1.2 eComStation 2.0 eComStation 2.0 eComStation 2.0 eComStation 2.0 eComStation 2.0 eComStation 2.0
OS/2 1.1 EE OS/2 2.11 OS/2 2.11 SMP OS/2 Warp 3.0 OS/2 Warp Connect eComStation OS/2 v1.0 eComStation v1.1 eComStation v1.2 (beta 1)
(CP/DOS) (Trimaran) 1989 (Sloop) (Cutter) (Gruiser) (Borg) (Ferengi) (Warp) may 1995 1996 (Merlin) for e-Business (announced) (RC1) august 12, 2004 (beta 3) (beta 4) (RC1) (RC3) (RC4)
october 31, 1988 october 1989 december 1990 february 1994 june 1994 september 1996 october 4, 2001 may 24, 2003 april 5, 2004 may 7, 2004 december 21, 2005 december 14, 2006 june 18, 2007 november 2, 2007 december 27, 2007
april 2, 1987 march 1992 may 1993 october 1993 october 1994 1999 Windows Powered Windows Powered Windows Mobile 2003 february 28, 2007
Windows Powered
Closed Systems Stinger PocketPC 2002 Smartphone 2002 Smartphone 2002 Smartphone 2002 for Smartphone Smartphone 2003 Windows Mobile 2003
april 21, 2008 (announced) Stinger (beta) Phone Edition (announced) (update) SDK Second Edition for Smartphone
february 22, 2001 october 22, 2002 (announced)
 Éric Lévénez 2000-2008 august 2000 february 19, 2002 february 19, 2002 february 24, 2003 june 23, 2003 august 15, 2003 march 24, 2004
<http://www.levenez.com/windows/> Pocket-PC PocketPC 2002 PocketPC 2003 Windows Mobile 2005 Windows Mobile 2005 Windows Mobile 2005 Windows Mobile 5.0 Windows Mobile 6.0 beta Windows Mobile 6.0 Windows Mobile 6.1
Windows Mobile 2003 Windows Mobile 2003
(announced) (Merlin) (Ozone) Second Edition for Pocket PC (Magneto beta) (Magneto beta 2 build 14207) (Magneto build 14326) may 10, 2005 august 2006 (Photon) (announced)
january 6, 2000 september 6, 2001 (announced) for Pocket PC october2004 january 2005 march 2005 february 12, 2007 april 1, 2008
(Ozone) march 24, 2004
june 23, 2003