Developer | Microsoft |
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Initial release | November 20, 1985; 33 years ago, as version 1.0 (unsupported) |
Latest release | 1903 (10.0.18362.116) May 21, 2019 (20 days ago) |
Latest preview | 20H1 (10.0.18898.1000) May 15, 2019 (26 days ago) |
Marketing target | Personal computing |
Available in | 138 languages[1] |
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Package manager | Windows Installer (.msi), Executable file (.exe), Windows Store (.appx)[2] |
Platforms | x86-64, ARM, IA-32, ARM64, Itanium Previously: DEC Alpha, MIPS, PowerPC |
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Default user interface | Windows shell |
License | |
Official website | windows.microsoft.com |
Product name | Latest version | General availability date | Codename | Support until[53] | Latest version of | |||
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Mainstream | Extended | IE | DirectX | Edge | ||||
Old version, no longer supported:Windows 1.0 | 1.01 | November 20, 1985 | Interface Manager | December 31, 2001 | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
Old version, no longer supported:Windows 2.0 | 2.03 | December 9, 1987 | N/A | December 31, 2001 | ||||
Old version, no longer supported:Windows 2.1 | 2.11 | May 27, 1988 | N/A | December 31, 2001 | ||||
Old version, no longer supported:Windows 3.0 | 3.0 | May 22, 1990 | N/A | December 31, 2001 | ||||
Old version, no longer supported:Windows 3.1 | 3.1 | April 6, 1992 | Janus | December 31, 2001 | 5 | |||
Old version, no longer supported:Windows For Workgroups 3.1 | 3.1 | October 1992 | Sparta, Winball | December 31, 2001 | ||||
Old version, no longer supported:Windows NT 3.1 | NT 3.1.528 | July 27, 1993 | N/A | December 31, 2001 | ||||
Old version, no longer supported:Windows For Workgroups 3.11 | 3.11 | August 11, 1993 | Sparta, Winball | December 31, 2001 | ||||
Old version, no longer supported:Windows 3.2 | 3.2 | November 22, 1993 | N/A | December 31, 2001 | ||||
Old version, no longer supported:Windows NT 3.5 | NT 3.5.807 | September 21, 1994 | Daytona | December 31, 2001 | ||||
Old version, no longer supported:Windows NT 3.51 | NT 3.51.1057 | May 30, 1995 | N/A | December 31, 2001 | ||||
Old version, no longer supported:Windows 95 | 4.0.950 | August 24, 1995 | Chicago, 4.0 | December 31, 2000 | December 31, 2001 | 5.5 | 6.1 | |
Old version, no longer supported:Windows NT 4.0 | NT 4.0.1381 | July 31, 1996 | Cairo | June 30, 2002 | June 30, 2004 | 6 | N/A | |
Old version, no longer supported:Windows 98 | 4.10.1998 | June 25, 1998 | Memphis, 97, 4.1 | June 30, 2002 | July 11, 2006 | 6.1 | ||
Old version, no longer supported:Windows 98 SE | 4.10.2222 | May 5, 1999 | N/A | June 30, 2002 | July 11, 2006 | |||
Old version, no longer supported:Windows 2000 | NT 5.0.2195 | February 17, 2000 | N/A | June 30, 2005 | July 13, 2010 | N/A | ||
Old version, no longer supported:Windows Me | 4.90.3000 | September 14, 2000 | Millenium, 4.9 | December 31, 2003 | July 11, 2006 | 9.0c | ||
Old version, no longer supported:Windows XP | NT 5.1.2600 | October 25, 2001 | Whistler | April 14, 2009 | April 8, 2014 | 8 | ||
Old version, no longer supported:Windows XP 64-bit Edition | NT 5.2.3790 | March 28, 2003 | N/A | April 14, 2009 | April 8, 2014 | 6 | ||
Old version, no longer supported:Windows Server 2003 | NT 5.2.3790 | April 24, 2003 | N/A | July 13, 2010 | July 14, 2015 | 8 | ||
Old version, no longer supported:Windows XP Professional x64 Edition | NT 5.2.3790 | April 25, 2005 | N/A | April 14, 2009 | April 8, 2014 | |||
Old version, no longer supported:Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs | NT 5.1.2600 | July 8, 2006 | Eiger, Mönch | April 14, 2009 | April 8, 2014 | |||
Old version, no longer supported:Windows Vista | NT 6.0.6002 | January 30, 2007 | Longhorn | April 10, 2012 | April 11, 2017 | 9 | 11 | |
Old version, no longer supported:Windows Home Server | NT 5.2.4500 | November 4, 2007 | Quattro | January 8, 2013 | 8 | 9.0c | ||
Older version, yet still supported:Windows Server 2008 | NT 6.0.6002 | February 27, 2008 | Longhorn Server | January 13, 2015 | January 14, 2020 | 9 | 11 | |
Older version, yet still supported:Windows 7 | NT 6.1.7601 | October 22, 2009 | Blackcomb, Vienna | January 13, 2015 | January 14, 2020 | 11 | ||
Older version, yet still supported:Windows Server 2008 R2 | NT 6.1.7601 | October 22, 2009 | N/A | January 13, 2015 | January 14, 2020 | |||
Old version, no longer supported:Windows Home Server 2011 | NT 6.1.8400 | April 6, 2011 | Vail | April 12, 2016 | 9 | |||
Older version, yet still supported:Windows Server 2012 | NT 6.2.9200 | September 4, 2012 | N/A | October 9, 2018 | October 10, 2023 | 10 | 11.1 | |
Old version, no longer supported:Windows 8 | NT 6.2.9200 | October 26, 2012 | N/A | January 12, 2016 | ||||
Older version, yet still supported:Windows 8.1 | NT 6.3.9600 | October 17, 2013 | Blue | January 9, 2018 | January 10, 2023 | 11 | 11.2 | |
Older version, yet still supported:Windows Server 2012 R2 | NT 6.3.9600 | October 18, 2013 | Server Blue | October 9, 2018 | October 10, 2023 | |||
Current stable version:Windows 10 | NT 10.0.17134 | July 29, 2015 | Threshold, Redstone | October 13, 2020 | October 14, 2025 | 12 | 42 | |
Older version, yet still supported:Windows Server 2016 | NT 10.0.17134 | October 12, 2016 | N/A | January 11, 2022 | January 12, 2027 | |||
Current stable version:Windows Server 2019 | NT 10.0.17686 | October 2, 2018 | N/A | October 10, 2023 | October 10, 2028 |
This box: Market share overview According to Net Applications[54][55]and StatCounter[56][57] data from April 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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[Microsoft's chief operating officer] Turner's 14% came from a new forecast released last week by Gartner, which estimated Windows' share of the shipped device market last year was 14%, and would decrease slightly to 13.7% in 2014. [.] Android will dominate, Gartner said, with a 48% share this year