Past versions
- Windows Server 2003 for servers
- Small Business Server for first server installations (up to 2 processors)
- Web Edition for basic Web serving (up to 2 processors)
- Standard Edition for smaller server applications that don't require clustering (up to 4 processors)
- Enterprise Edition for larger server applications, and clustering (up to 8 processors)
- Datacenter Edition for mainframe like servers (up to 128 processors)
- Storage Server for Network Attached Storage Devices
- Windows Mobile 6 for smartphones and PDA
- Windows Mobile 6 Standard for smartphones
- Windows Mobile 6 Classic for PDA without GSM
- Windows Mobile 6 for PDA with GSM
- Windows XP for desktops and laptops (notebooks)
- Windows XP Starter Edition, for new computer users in developing countries
- Windows XP Home Edition, for home desktops and laptops
- Windows XP Home Edition N, as above, but without a default installation of Windows Media Player, as mandated by an EU ruling
- Windows XP Professional, for business and power users (Version number: NT 5.1.2600)
- Windows XP Professional N, as above, but without a default installation of Windows Media Player, as mandated by an EU ruling
- Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, for PCs with x86-64 processors (based on Windows Server 2003)
- Windows XP Tablet PC Edition, for notebooks with a touch screen or a pen-sensitive screen
- Windows XP Media Center Edition for desktops and notebooks with an emphasis on audio, video, and PVR capability. There are four versions:
- Windows XP Media Center Edition
- Windows XP Media Center Edition 2003
- Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004
- Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005
- 2001 October 25 - Windows XP 64-bit Edition - A version of Windows XP roughly analogous to Windows XP Professional for Intel's IA-64 (Itanium) line of CPUs. It was discontinued in early 2005 after manufacturers stopped shipping Itanium systems marketed as 'workstations'.
- Windows XP Tablet PC Edition, for tablet PCs
- 2000 February 17 - Windows 2000 (Version number: NT 5.0.2195)
- Windows 2000 Professional
- Windows 2000 Server
- Windows 2000 Advanced Server
- Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
- 2000 June 19 - Windows Me (Version number: 4.90.3000 (Security Version 4.90.3000A))
- Windows 98
- 1999 May 5 - Windows 98 Second Edition (Version number: 4.10.2222 or 4.10.2222A (Security Version 4.10.2222C))
- 1998 June 25 - Windows 98 (Version number: 4.10.1998 (Security Version 4.10.1998A))
- Windows 95
- 1997 August 27 - Windows 95 OSR2.5 (Version number: 4.00.1214 (also listed as 4.0.950C))
- 1997 August 27 - Windows 95 OSR2.1 (Version number: 4.00.1212 (also listed as 4.0.950B))
- 1996 August 24 - Windows 95 OSR2 (Version number: 4.00.1111 (also listed as 4.0.950B))
- 1996 July 29 - Windows NT 4.0 - the last version which ran on RISC architectures like DEC Alpha, MIPS and PowerPC. Later versions concentrated on x86-based hardware and - mainly as server OSs - the IA-64 line of CPUs. (Version number: NT 4.0.1381)
- 1995 December 31 - Windows 95 SP1 (Version number: 4.00.950A)
- 1995 August 24 - Windows 95 (Version number: 4.00.950)
- 1995 June - Windows NT 3.51 (Version number: NT 3.5.1057)
- 1994 September - Windows NT 3.5
- 1993 October - Windows 3.2 This Version of Windows was only released in simplified Chinese.
- 1993 November - Windows for Workgroups 3.11
- 1993 August - Windows NT 3.1
- 1992 October - Windows for Workgroups 3.1
- 1992 August - Windows 3.1
- 1990 May 22 - Windows 3.0
- 1987 December 9 - Windows 2.0
- 1985 November 20 - Windows 1.0
- CE-based
- Windows CE
- 2000 July - Windows CE 3.0
- 1999 August - Windows CE 2.12
- 1998 October - Windows CE 2.11
- 1998 July - Windows CE 2.1
- 1997 November - Windows CE 2.0
- 1996 November - Windows CE 1.0
- Windows Mobile for smart phones and PDAs (a version of Windows CE)
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