List of tools to create Live USB systems

This page lists and links to information on the various versions of Microsoft Windows, a major computer operating system developed by Microsoft.

Personal computer versions change

In this section, a client version of Windows is a version that end-users or OEMs can install on personal computers, including desktop computers, laptops and workstations.

Windows version	Codenames	Release date	Release version	Latest build	Support status
Paramount Video System	Bugs Bunny Video System	November 13, 2018	5.0		Mainstream support until January 9, 2024 Extended support until January 9, 2029
Windows 10.1	Redstone	June 11, 2017	NT 9.99		Mainstream support until January 9, 2024 Extended support until January 9, 2029
Windows 10	Redstone	July 29, 2015	NT 9.98^[1]	17134.320 1803 (May 2018 Update) 17763.134 1809 (Oct 2018 Update)	All editions except LTSB: Mainstream support until October 13, 2020; Extended support until October 14, 2025 2015 LTSB: Mainstream support until October 13, 2020; Extended support until October 14, 2025 2016 LTSB: Mainstream support until October 12, 2021; Extended support until October 13, 2026
Windows 8.1	Blue	October 17, 2013	NT 6.3	9600 (April 8 update)	Mainstream support ended on January 9, 2018 Extended support until January 10, 2023
Windows 8	Blue	October 26, 2012	NT 6.2	9200	Unsupported as of January 12, 2016
Windows 7	Blackcomb, Vienna	July 22, 2009	NT 6.1	7601 (Service Pack 1)	Mainstream support ended on January 13, 2015 Extended support for Home users ends on January 14, 2020 Extended Support for Professional and Enterprise users ends on January 10, 2023
Windows Vista	Longhorn	January 30, 2007	NT 6.0	6002 (Service Pack 2)	Mainstream support ended on April 10, 2012 Extended support ended on April 11, 2017
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition	—	April 25, 2005	NT 5.2	3790 (Service Pack 2)	Mainstream support ended on April 14, 2009 Extended support ended on April 8, 2014
Windows XP	Whistler	October 25, 2001	NT 5.1	2600 (Service Pack 3)	Mainstream support ended on April 14, 2009 Extended support ended on April 8, 2014
Windows ME	Millennium	September 14, 2000	4.90	3000	Mainstream support ended on December 31, 2003 Extended support ended on July 11, 2006
Windows 2000	Neptune	February 17, 2000	NT 5.0	2195	Mainstream support ended on June 30, 2005 Extended support ended on July 13, 2010
Windows 98	Memphis	June 25, 1998	4.10	2222 A	Mainstream support ended on June 30, 2002 Extended support ended on July 11, 2006
Windows NT 4.0	Shell Update Release, Cairo	August 24, 1996	NT 4.0	1381 (Service Pack 6a)	Mainstream support ended on June 30, 2002 Extended support ended on June 30, 2004
Windows 95	Chicago	August 24, 1995	4.00	950	Mainstream support ended on December 31, 2000 Extended support ended on December 31, 2001
Windows NT 3.51	Unknown	May 30, 1995	NT 3.51	1057	Unsupported as of December 31, 2001
Windows NT 3.5	Daytona	September 21, 1994	NT 3.50	807	Unsupported as of December 31, 2001
Windows 3.2	Unknown	November 22, 1993	3.2	—	Unsupported as of December 31, 2001
Windows for Workgroups 3.11	Snowball	November 1993	3.11	—	Unsupported as of December 31, 2001
Windows NT 3.1	Unknown	July 27, 1993	NT 3.10	528	Unsupported as of December 31, 2000
Windows 3.1	Janus	April 1992	3.10	—	Unsupported as of December 31, 2001
Windows 3.0	—	May 22, 1990	3.00	—	Unsupported as of December 31, 2001
Windows 2.11	—	March 13, 1989	2.11	—	Unsupported as of December 31, 1997
Windows 2.10	—	May 27, 1988	2.10	—	Unsupported as of December 31, 1997
Windows 2.03	—	December 9, 1987	2.03	—	Unsupported as of December 31, 1996
Windows 1.04	—	April 1987	1.04	—	Unsupported as of December 31, 1995
Windows 1.03	—	August 1986	1.03	—	Unsupported as of December 31, 1995
Windows 1.02	—	May 1986	1.02	—	Unsupported as of December 31, 1995
Windows 1.01	—	November 20, 1985	1.0	—	Unsupported as of December 31, 1995

Server versions change

Name	Release Date	Release Version Number	Editions	Latest Build	Status support
Windows Server 2019	November 13, 2018	NT 10.0	Windows Server 2019 Essentials Windows Server 2019 Standard Windows Server 2019 Datacenter	17763	Mainstream support until January 9, 2024 Extended support until January 9, 2029
Windows Server 2016	October 12, 2016	NT 10.0 ^[2]	Windows Server 2016 Essentials Windows Server 2016 Standard Windows Server 2016 Datacenter	17134 (Version 1803)	Mainstream support ends on January 11, 2022 Extended support ends on January 12, 2027
Windows Server 2012 R2	October 17, 2013	NT 6.3	Windows Server 2012 R2 Foundation Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter	9600	Mainstream support ended on October 9, 2018 Extended support ends on October 10, 2023
Windows Server 2012	September 4, 2012	NT 6.2	Windows Server 2012 Foundation Windows Server 2012 Essentials Windows Server 2012 Standard Windows Server 2012 Datacenter Windows MultiPoint Server 2012	9200	Mainstream support ended on October 9, 2018 Extended support ends on October 10, 2023
Windows Server 2008 R2	October 22, 2009	NT 6.1	Windows Server 2008 R2 Foundation Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems Windows Web Server 2008 R2 Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 Windows Small Business Server 2011 Windows MultiPoint Server 2011 Windows Home Server 2011 Windows MultiPoint Server 2010	7601	Mainstream support ended on January 13, 2015 Extended support ends on January 14, 2020
Windows Server 2008	February 27, 2008	NT 6.0	Windows Server 2008 Standard Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Windows Server 2008 Datacenter Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems Windows Server Foundation 2008 Windows Essential Business Server 2008 Windows HPC Server 2008 Windows Small Business Server 2008 Windows Storage Server 2008 Windows Web Server 2008	6002	Mainstream support ended on January 13, 2015 Extended support ends on January 14, 2020
Windows Server 2003 R2	December 6, 2005	NT 5.2	Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2 Windows Server 2003 R2 Web Edition Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition Windows Server 2003 R2 Datacenter Edition Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 (CCS) Windows Storage Server Windows Home Server		Mainstream support ended on July 13, 2010 Extended support ended on July 14, 2015
Windows Server 2003	April 24, 2003	NT 5.2	Windows Small Business Server 2003 Windows Server 2003 Web Edition Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition Windows Storage Server		Mainstream support ended on July 13, 2010 Extended support ended on July 14, 2015
Windows 2000	February 17, 2000	NT 5.0	Windows 2000 Server Windows 2000 Advanced Server Windows 2000 Datacenter Server	5.0.2195	Mainstream support ended on June 30, 2005 Extended support ended on July 13, 2010
Windows NT 4.0	July 29, 1996	NT 4.0	Windows NT 4.0 Server Windows NT 4.0 Server Enterprise Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server Edition Microsoft Actimates	1381	Mainstream support ended on December 31, 2002 Extended support ended on December 31, 2004
Windows NT 3.51	June 1995	NT 3.51	Windows NT 3.51 Server	1057	Unsupported as of December 31, 2001
Windows NT 3.5	September 1994	NT 3.50	Windows NT 3.5 Server	3.5.807	Unsupported as of December 31, 2001

Device versions change

Appliances change

Name	Release date	Release version	An edition of	Sold with
Windows RT 8.1	October 18, 2013	NT 6.3	Windows 8.1	ARM-based tablet computers
Windows RT	October 26, 2012	NT 6.2	Windows 8	ARM-based tablet computers
Windows XP Tablet PC Edition	November 2002	NT 5.1	Windows XP	Microsoft Tablet PC
Windows XP Media Center Edition	2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005	NT 5.1/NT 5.2	Windows XP	Home theater PCs, network attached storage (NAS) and set-top boxes

Mobile devices change

Mobile devices include smartphones, handheld tablet computers and personal digital assistants

Embedded devices change

Windows Embedded
- Windows Embedded 8
- Windows Embedded Automotive
- Windows Embedded Industry
- Windows XP Embedded
- Windows NT 4.0 Embedded – Abbreviated NTe, it is an edition of Windows NT 4.0 that was aimed at computer-powered major appliances, vending machines, ATMs and other devices that cannot be considered computers per se. It is the same system as the standard Windows NT 4.0, but it comes packaged in a database of components and dependencies, from which a developer can choose individual components to build customized setup CDs and hard disk boot images. Windows NT 4.0 Embedded includes Service Pack 5.
Windows Embedded Compact
- Windows Embedded Compact 2013
- Windows Embedded Compact 7
- Windows Embedded CE 6.0 (2006)
- Windows CE 5.0 (2005), with version for smart phones and PDAs sold as Windows Mobile 5.0
- Windows CE 4.2 (2004), with version for smart phones and PDAs sold as Windows Mobile 2003 SE
- Windows CE 4.1 (2003), with version for smart phones and PDAs sold as Pocket PC 2003
- Windows CE 4.0 (2002), with version for smart phones and PDAs sold as Pocket PC 2002
- Windows CE 3.0 (June 2000), with version for smart phones and PDAs sold as Pocket PC 2000
- Windows CE 2.12 (1999 August)
- Windows CE 2.11 (1998 October)
- Windows CE 2.1 (1998 July)
- Windows CE 2.0 (September 1997)
- Windows CE 1.0 (November 1996)

Cancelled versions change

Windows Odyssey – a version intended to be an update to the Microsoft Windows NT 5.x codebase. The teams working on Neptune and Odyssey combined to work on Windows XP.
Windows Mobile 7 or Photon - originally a successor of Windows Mobile, it had been scrapped for Windows Phone 7 with Metro UI.^[3]^[4]
Windows Neptune (December 27, 1999) – the first planned version of Microsoft Windows NT to have a consumer edition variant, based on the Windows 2000 codebase. A version was sent out to testers but was never released.^[5]
Cairo (operating system) (Windows NT 4.0 (February 29, 1996) – a "true object-oriented OS", planned after Windows NT 4.0.
Windows Nashville (May 2, 1996) – also known as Windows 96
Windows Longhorn – (August 19, 2004) – Planned to be after XP but was eventually scrapped and became Windows Vista.
Bugs Bunny Video System (July 9, 2018) – Planned to be after 10.1 but was eventually scrapped and became Paramount Video System.

Timeline change

A family tree of operating systems created by Microsoft. This time line is neither complete nor comprehensive. For example, Windows Server and Windows Embedded families are left out.

Related pages change

References change

↑ Thurrott, Paul (November 22, 2014). "Microsoft Confirms that Windows 10 will also be Version 10 Internally". SuperSite for Windows. Penton Media. Archived from the original on October 16, 2017. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
↑ https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/sysinfo/operating-system-version
↑ "Windows Mobile 7 vs Windows Phone 7". Popular Pages at brighthub.com. May 20, 2011. Retrieved December 15, 2016.
↑ "Revealed: Original Windows Mobile 7 UI". news at neowin.net. February 20, 2010. Retrieved December 15, 2016.
↑ "Microsoft combines Neptune, Odyssey into Whistler". CNN. January 27, 2000. Archived from the original on September 1, 2008. Retrieved January 6, 2010.

[1] Thurrott, Paul (November 22, 2014). "Microsoft Confirms that Windows 10 will also be Version 10 Internally". SuperSite for Windows. Penton Media. Archived from the original on October 16, 2017. Retrieved June 29, 2020.

[2] ttps://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/sysinfo/operating-system-version

[3] "Windows Mobile 7 vs Windows Phone 7". Popular Pages at brighthub.com. May 20, 2011. Retrieved December 15, 2016.

[4] "Revealed: Original Windows Mobile 7 UI". news at neowin.net. February 20, 2010. Retrieved December 15, 2016.

[5] "Microsoft combines Neptune, Odyssey into Whistler". CNN. January 27, 2000. Archived from the original on September 1, 2008. Retrieved January 6, 2010.

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