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|November 6, 1985 | |November 6, 1985 | ||
|rowspan=" | |rowspan="6"|Interface Manager | ||
|First release of Windows | |First release of Windows | ||
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*Windows/286 | *Windows/286 | ||
*Windows/386 | *Windows/386 | ||
|rowspan=" | |rowspan="6"|N/A | ||
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|Windows 1.01 | |Windows 1.01 | ||
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|April 10, 1987 | |April 10, 1987 | ||
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|An updated Chinese version of Windows 1.04 | |||
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! colspan="8"|Windows 2.0x | ! colspan="8"|Windows 2.0x | ||
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|rowspan=" | |rowspan="5"|They doesn't work with Intel 80486 processors | ||
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*Windows/286 | *Windows/286 | ||
*Windows/386 | *Windows/386 | ||
|rowspan=" | |rowspan="5"|N/A | ||
|rowspan=" | |rowspan="5"|December 31, 2001 | ||
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|Windows 2.01 | |Windows 2.01 | ||
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|An updated Chinese version of Windows 2.03 | |||
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! colspan="8"|Windows 2.1x | ! colspan="8"|Windows 2.1x | ||
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*Windows/286 | *Windows/286 | ||
*Windows/386 | *Windows/386 | ||
*Windows/486 | *Windows/486 | ||
|rowspan=" | |rowspan="4"|N/A | ||
|rowspan=" | |rowspan="4"|December 31, 2001 | ||
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|Windows 2.11 | |Windows 2.11 | ||
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|A Chinese version of Windows 2.1 | |||
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|Windows 2.21 | |||
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|An updated version of Windows 2.2 or a Chinese version of Windows 2.11 | |||
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! colspan="8"|Windows 3.0x | ! colspan="8"|Windows 3.0x | ||
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*Windows 7 Ultimate | *Windows 7 Ultimate | ||
*Windows Thin PC | *Windows Thin PC | ||
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|Windows 7.1 | |Windows 7.1 | ||
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*Windows 7.1 Ultimate | *Windows 7.1 Ultimate | ||
*Windows 7.1 Thin PC | *Windows 7.1 Thin PC | ||
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|Windows 8 | |Windows 8 | ||
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*Windows 8.11 OEM | *Windows 8.11 OEM | ||
*Windows 8.11 with Bing | *Windows 8.11 with Bing | ||
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|Windows 9 | |Windows 9 | ||
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*Windows Home Server 2010 | *Windows Home Server 2010 | ||
*Windows MultiPoint Server 2010 | *Windows MultiPoint Server 2010 | ||
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|Windows Server 2008 R3 | |Windows Server 2008 R3 | ||
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*Windows MultiPoint Server 2011 | *Windows MultiPoint Server 2011 | ||
*Windows Home Server 2011 | *Windows Home Server 2011 | ||
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|Windows Server 2012 | |Windows Server 2012 | ||
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*Windows Datacenter Server 2012 R3 | *Windows Datacenter Server 2012 R3 | ||
*Windows MultiPoint Server 2012 R3 | *Windows MultiPoint Server 2012 R3 | ||
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|Windows Server 2014 | |Windows Server 2014 | ||
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|Windows RT 8.1 | |Windows RT 8.1 | ||
|rowspan=" | |rowspan="3"|NT 6.3 | ||
|October 18, 2013 | |October 18, 2013 | ||
|RT Blue | |RT Blue | ||
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|Windows 8.11 | |Windows 8.11 | ||
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*Windows 9 Mobile Enterprise | *Windows 9 Mobile Enterprise | ||
*Windows Phone | *Windows Phone | ||
*Windows Phone 8.11 | **Windows Phone 8.2 | ||
**Windows Phone 8.11 | |||
**Windows Phone 8.1 | **Windows Phone 8.1 | ||
**Windows Phone 8 | **Windows Phone 8 | ||
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*Windows 4.2 (1998) – former name of Windows 98. | *Windows 4.2 (1998) – former name of Windows 98. | ||
*Windows 4.9 and Windows 4.99 (2000) – former names of Windows Me. | *Windows 4.9 and Windows 4.99 (2000) – former names of Windows Me. | ||
*Windows 5 (1999) – former | *Windows 5 (1999) – former name of Windows 2000. | ||
*Windows 2000 Server (1999) - former name of Windows Server 2000. | *Windows 2000 Server (1999) - former name of Windows Server 2000. | ||
*Windows 2001 (2001), Windows 101 (2001), Windows 5.1 (2001), Windows NT XP (2001), and Windows NT 5.1 (2001) – former names of Windows XP. | *Windows 2001 (2001), Windows 101 (2001), Windows 5.1 (2001), Windows NT XP (2001), and Windows NT 5.1 (2001) – former names of Windows XP. | ||
*Windows 6 (2006) – former name of Windows Vista. | *Windows 6 (2006) – former name of Windows Vista. | ||
*Windows 9.1 (2015) – former name of Windows 10. | *Windows 9.1 (2015) – former name of Windows 10. | ||
*Windows 10 20H1 (2020) – former name of Windows 2020. | *Windows 10 20H1 (2020) – former name of Windows 2020. | ||
*Windows Server 20H1 (2020) and Windows 2020 Server (2020) – former names of Windows Server 2020. | *Windows Server 20H1 (2020) and Windows 2020 Server (2020) – former names of Windows Server 2020. |
Revision as of 10:23, 6 October 2019
Personal computer versions
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.
Name | Version | Release date | Codename | Additional information | Editions | Latest build | Unsupported as of |
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Windows 1.0x | |||||||
Windows 1.00 | 1.00 | November 6, 1985 | Interface Manager | First release of Windows |
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N/A | December 31, 2001 |
Windows 1.01 | 1.01 | November 20, 1985 | |||||
Windows 1.02 | 1.02 | May 14, 1986 | |||||
Windows 1.03 | 1.03 | August 21, 1986 | |||||
Windows 1.04 | 1.04 | April 10, 1987 | |||||
Windows 1.05 | 1.05 | 1987 | An updated Chinese version of Windows 1.04 | ||||
Windows 2.0x | |||||||
Windows 2.00 | 2.00 | December 9, 1987 | They doesn't work with Intel 80486 processors |
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N/A | December 31, 2001 | |
Windows 2.01 | 2.01 | ||||||
Windows 2.02 | 2.02 | ||||||
Windows 2.03 | 2.03 | ||||||
Windows 2.04 | 2.04 | January 1988 | An updated Chinese version of Windows 2.03 | ||||
Windows 2.1x | |||||||
Windows 2.1 | 2.1 | May 27, 1988 |
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N/A | December 31, 2001 | ||
Windows 2.11 | 2.11 | March 13, 1989 | |||||
Windows 2.2 | 2.2 | 1990 | A Chinese version of Windows 2.1 | ||||
Windows 2.21 | 2.21 | An updated version of Windows 2.2 or a Chinese version of Windows 2.11 | |||||
Windows 3.0x | |||||||
Windows 3.00 | 3.00 | May 22, 1990 | Like Windows 2.1x, Windows 3.0x does work with Intel 80486 processors | N/A | N/A | December 31, 2001 | |
Windows 3.01 | 3.01 | October 20, 1991 | Sometimes called Windows Graphical Environment with Multimedia Extensions 1.0 | ||||
Windows 3.1x | |||||||
Windows 3.1 | 3.1 | April 6, 1992 | Janus | N/A | 103 | December 31, 2001 | |
Windows for Workgroups 3.1 | 3.1 | October 1992 | Kato, Sparta | ||||
Windows 3.11 | 3.11 | November 8, 1993 | Janus | 300 | |||
Windows for Workgroups 3.11 | 3.11 | August 11, 1993 | Snowball | ||||
Windows 3.2 | 3.2 | November 22, 1993 | Janus | Chinese version of Windows 3.1x | 153 | ||
Windows for Workgroups 3.2 | 3.2 | December 1993 | Cougar | Chinese version of Windows for Workgroups 3.1x | |||
Windows 9x | |||||||
Windows 95 | 4.0 | August 24, 1995 | Chicago |
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950 | December 31, 2001 | |
Windows 96 | 4.1 | May 3, 1996 | Cleveland, Nashville |
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1265 (RTM), 1326 (SP1) | ||
Windows 97 | June 24, 1997 | ChiCairo | N/A | 1538 | December 31, 2004 | ||
Windows 98 | 4.2 | June 21, 1998 | Memphis | In winver, it incorrectly says 4.10, like Windows 96. | N/A | 1998 | July 11, 2006 |
Windows 99 | April 23, 1999 | Dolly | Also known as Windows 98 Second Edition. | N/A | 2222A | ||
Windows Me | 4.99 | September 14, 2000 | Millennium | N/A | 3000 | ||
Windows NT | |||||||
Windows NT 3.1 | NT 3.1 | July 27, 1993 | AXP | NT version of Windows 3.1 |
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511 (SP1) | December 31, 2001 |
Windows NT for Workgroups 3.1 | Razzle | NT version of Windows for Workgroups 3.1 | N/A | 5xx | |||
Windows NT 3.11 | NT 3.11 | 1994 | NT OS/2 | NT version of Windows 3.11. |
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528 (SP1) | |
Windows NT for Workgroups 3.11 | 1994 | Razzle | NT version of Windows for Workgroups 3.11. | N/A | 5xx | ||
Windows NT 3.2 | NT 3.2 | 1994 | NT 3.2 | NT version of Windows 3.2 or Chinese version of Windows NT 3.11. |
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5xx | |
Windows 3.5 | NT 3.5 | September 21, 1994 | Daytona |
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807 | ||
Windows 3.51 | NT 3.51 | May 30, 1995 |
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1057.6 (SP5) | |||
Windows NT 4.0 | NT 4.0 | August 24, 1996 | Shell Update Release, NT 96 |
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1381.7097 (SP7) | December 3, 2004 | |
Windows NT 5.0 | NT 5.0 | February 17, 2000 | NT 5.0 |
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2195.7397 (SP5) | July 13, 2010 | |
Windows 2000 | NT 4.9 | Memphis |
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Windows XP | NT 5.1 | October 25, 2001 | Whistler |
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2600.7259 (SP4) | April 8, 2014 | |
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition | NT 5.2 | April 25, 2005 | Sundown | N/A | 3790.xxxx (SP3) | ||
Windows Longhorn | NT 6.0 | April 1, 2005 | Longhorn | A beta version of Windows Vista. |
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5048 | July 14, 2015 |
Windows Vista | January 30, 2007 | Six |
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6003.20597 (SP3) | April 11, 2017 | ||
Windows Vienna | NT 6.1 | December 12, 2008 | Blackcomb, Vienna | A beta version of Windows 7. |
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7000 | January 14, 2020 |
Windows 7 | October 22, 2009 | Seven |
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7600.16905 (Update) | |||
Windows 7.1 | NT 6.11 | February 22, 2011 | 7.1 |
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7601.24387 (Update) | ||
Windows 8 | NT 6.2 | October 26, 2012 | Jupiter, Eight |
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9200 | January 10, 2023 | |
Windows 8.1 | NT 6.3 | October 17, 2013 | Blue |
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9600.16384 | ||
Windows 8.11 | April 8, 2014 | 8.1 Update 1 | An updated version of Windows 8.1. |
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9600.31213 (Chinese version) | ||
Windows 9 | NT 6.4 | September 12, 2014 | Technical Preview |
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9841 | 2024 or 2025 | |
Windows 10 | NT 10.0 | July 29, 2015 (1507) November 10, 2015 (1511) August 2, 2016 (1607) April 5, 2017 (1703) October 17, 2017 (1709) April 30, 2018 (1803) November 13, 2018 (1809) May 21, 2019 (1903) |
Threshold (1507) Threshold 2 (1511) Redstone (1607) Redstone 2 (1709) Redstone 3 (1709) Redstone 4 (1803) Redstone 5 (1809) 19H1 (1903) 19H2 (1909) |
Also known as Windows X |
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10240 (1507) 10586 (1511) 14393 (1607) 15063 (1703) 16299 (1709) 17134 (1803) 17763 (1809) 18362.116 (1903) |
October 14, 2025 |
Windows 2020 | 2020 | 20H1 | A successor to Windows 10 19H2. Not yet finished. |
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Not yet released | Not yet released |
Server versions
Name | Version | Release date | Codename | Additional information | Editions | Latest build | Unsupported as of |
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Windows NT 3.1 | NT 3.1 | July 27, 1993 | AXP | NT version of Windows 3.1 |
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511 (SP1) | December 31, 2001 |
Windows NT 3.11 | NT 3.11 | 1994 | NT OS/2 | NT version of Windows 3.11 |
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528 (SP1) | |
Windows NT 3.2 | NT 3.2 | 1994 | NT 3.2 | NT version of Windows 3.2 or Chinese version of Windows NT 3.11 |
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5xx | |
Windows 3.5 | NT 3.5 | September 20, 1994 | Daytona |
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807 | ||
Windows 3.51 | NT 3.51 | May 29, 1995 |
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1057.6 (SP5) | |||
Windows NT 4.0 | NT 4.0 | July 29, 1996 | Shell Update Release, NT 96 |
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1381.7097 (SP7) | December 3, 2004 | |
Windows NT 5.0 | NT 5.0 | February 17, 2000 | NT 5.0 |
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2195.7397 (SP5) | July 13, 2010 | |
Windows Server 2000 | NT 4.9 | Memphis | A server counterpart of Windows 2000 |
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Windows Server 2003 | NT 5.2 | April 24, 2003 | Whistler Server | A server counterpart of Windows XP. |
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3790.xxxx (SP3) | July 14, 2015 |
Windows Server 2003 R2 | NT 6.0 | December 6, 2005 | Longhorn Server | A server counterpart of Windows Longhorn. |
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5048 | |
Windows Server 2007 | January 30, 2007 | Server 6, Vista Server | A server counterpart of Windows Vista. |
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6003.20597 (SP3) | April 11, 2017 | |
Windows Server 2008 | NT 6.1 | December 12, 2008 | Vienna Server | A server counterpart of Windows Vienna. |
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7000 | January 14, 2020 |
Windows Server 2008 R2 | October 22, 2009 | Server 7 |
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7600.16905 (Update) | |||
Windows Server 2008 R3 | NT 6.11 | October 22, 2011 | Server 7.1 |
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7601.24387 (Update) | ||
Windows Server 2012 | NT 6.2 | September 4, 2012 | Server 8 |
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9200 | October 10, 2023 | |
Windows Server 2012 R2 | NT 6.3 | October 17, 2013 | Server Blue, Server 8.1 |
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9600.16384 | ||
Windows Server 2012 R3 | April 8, 2014 | Server 8.11 | An updated version of Windows Server 2012 R2. |
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9600.31213 (Chinese version) | ||
Windows Server 2014 | NT 6.4 | September 12, 2014 | Server 9 |
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9841 | 2024 or 2025 | |
Windows Server 2016 | NT 10.0 | October 12, 2016 | Threshold Server |
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10586 | January 12, 2027 | |
Windows Server 2019 | May 21, 2019 | Server 19H1 |
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18362.116 | January 9, 2029 | ||
Windows Server 2020 | 2020 | Server 20H1 | A successor to Windows Server 19H2. Not yet finished. |
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Not yet released | Not yet released |
Device versions
Appliances
Name | Version | Release date | Codename | An edition of | Additional information | Sold with |
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Windows XP Media Center Edition | NT 5.1/NT 5.2 | 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006 | Trident (2001) eHome (2002) Freestyle (2003) Harmony (2004) Symphony (2005) Emerald (2006) |
Windows XP | Home theater PCs, network attached storage (NAS) and set-top boxes | |
Windows XP Tablet PC Edition | November 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005 | Mira (2002) | Microsoft Tablet PC | |||
Windows RT | NT 6.2 | October 26, 2012 | Windows on ARM | Windows 8 | ARM-based tablet computers | |
Windows RT 8.1 | NT 6.3 | October 18, 2013 | RT Blue | Windows 8.1 | ||
Windows RT 8.11 | April 8, 2014 | RT 8.1 Update 1 | Windows 8.11 | |||
Windows RT 8.2 | 2014 | Windows 8.2 | A Chinese version of Windows RT 8.2 |
Mobile devices
Mobile devices include smartphones, handheld tablet computers, and personal digital assistants
- Windows 2020
- Windows 2020 Mobile
- Windows 2020 Mobile Enterprise
- Windows 2020 IoT Mobile
- Windows 2020 IoT Mobile Enterprise
- Windows 10
- Windows 10 Mobile
- Windows 10 Mobile Enterprise
- Windows 10 IoT Mobile
- Windows 10 IoT Mobile Enterprise
- Windows 9
- Windows 9 Mobile
- Windows 9 Mobile Enterprise
- Windows Phone
- Windows Phone 8.2
- Windows Phone 8.11
- Windows Phone 8.1
- Windows Phone 8
- Windows Phone 7.8
- Windows Phone 7.5
- Windows Phone 7.1
- Windows Phone 7
- Windows Mobile
- Windows Mobile 6.5
- Windows Mobile 6.1
- Windows Mobile 6.0
- Windows Mobile 5.1
- Windows Mobile 5.0
- Windows Mobile 2003 Third Edition
- Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition
- Windows Mobile 2003
- Pocket PC 2002
- Pocket PC 2001
- Pocket PC 2000
Embedded devices
- Windows Embedded
- Windows Embedded 9
- Windows Embedded 8.11
- Windows Embedded 8.1
- Windows Embedded 8
- Windows Embedded 7.1
- Windows Embedded 7
- Windows Embedded Automotive
- Windows Embedded Industry
- Windows Embedded 2009
- 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. Before 1998, it used to be called Windows NT 4.1.
- Windows Embedded Compact
- Windows Embedded Compact 2013
- Windows Embedded Compact 7.1
- Windows Embedded Compact 7
- Windows Embedded CE 6.1 (2007)
- Windows Embedded CE 6.0 (2006)
- Windows CE 5.1 (2006), with a version for smartphones and PDAs sold as Windows Mobile 5.1
- Windows CE 5.0 (2005), with a version for smartphones and PDAs sold as Windows Mobile 5.0
- Windows CE 4.3 (2005), with a version for smartphones and PDAs sold as Windows Mobile 2003 TE
- Windows CE 4.2 (2004), with a version for smartphones and PDAs sold as Windows Mobile 2003 SE
- Windows CE 4.1 (2003), with a version for smartphones and PDAs sold as Windows Mobile 2003
- Windows CE 4.0 (2002), with a version for smartphones and PDAs sold as Pocket PC 2002
- Windows CE 3.1 (2001), with a version for smartphones and PDAs sold as Pocket PC 2001
- Windows CE 3.0 (June 2000), with a version for smartphones and PDAs sold as Pocket PC 2000
- Windows CE 2.13 (January 2000)
- Windows CE 2.12 (August 1999)
- Windows CE 2.11 (October 1998)
- Windows CE 2.1 (July 1998)
- Windows CE 2.0 (September 1997)
- Windows CE 1.0 (November 1996)
Canceled versions
- Microsoft 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.
- Microsoft 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.
- Microsoft Triton (2001) – a planned successor to Microsoft Neptune.
- Windows NT 4.1 (1997) – former name of Windows NT 4.0 Embedded.
- Microsoft Cairo (February 29, 1996) – a "true object-oriented OS", planned after Windows NT 4.0.
- Microsoft Midori (2003) – codename for a managed code operating system.
- Windows 0.x (1983) – also known as Windows Interface Manager Internal Test Release 3.
- Windows 4.0 (1995) – former name of Windows 95.
- Windows 4.1 (1996) – former name of Windows 96.
- Windows 4.2 (1998) – former name of Windows 98.
- Windows 4.9 and Windows 4.99 (2000) – former names of Windows Me.
- Windows 5 (1999) – former name of Windows 2000.
- Windows 2000 Server (1999) - former name of Windows Server 2000.
- Windows 2001 (2001), Windows 101 (2001), Windows 5.1 (2001), Windows NT XP (2001), and Windows NT 5.1 (2001) – former names of Windows XP.
- Windows 6 (2006) – former name of Windows Vista.
- Windows 9.1 (2015) – former name of Windows 10.
- Windows 10 20H1 (2020) – former name of Windows 2020.
- Windows Server 20H1 (2020) and Windows 2020 Server (2020) – former names of Windows Server 2020.