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DOS & Windows - Release Dates
DOS & Windows - Release Dates
Interface Manager
(development)
september 1981
Closed Systems
December 29, 2019
Éric Lévénez 2000-2019
<http://www.levenez.com/windows/>
1982 1983
MS-DOS 2.12
1983
Windows
(announced)
november 10, 1983
1984 1985
DOS Plus 1.0
1985
MS-DOS 3.05
november 1984
MS OS/2 1.0
(CP/DOS)
april 2, 1987
1988 1989
DR-DOS 3.31 DR-DOS 3.41
may 28, 1988 june 1989
MS-DOS 4.01
december 1988
MS-DOS 4.1
1988
PC-DOS 4.0
august 1988
MS-DOS 5.0
june 1991
Windows 3.0
Windows 3.0 (+ Multimedia Extensions)
may 22, 1990 october 20, 1991
Windows NT (announced)
october 1991
OS/2 1.3
(Cutter)
december 1990
1992 1993
Novell DOS 7.0
december 1993
Win-OS/2
1992
Windows 3.2
1994
Citrix WinFrame
september 1995
OS/2 2.11 OS/2 2.11 SMP OS/2 Warp 3.0 OS/2 Warp Connect
february 1994 june 1994 (Warp) may 1995
october 1994
1996 1997
OpenDOS 7.01 Caldera DR-OpenDOS 7.02
february 1997 december 1997
MS-DOS 7.10
august 1996
PC-DOS 7
revision 1
Windows NT 5.0
(beta 1)
september 27, 1997
Windows NT 4.0
Enterprise Edition
december 15, 1997
PC-DOS 2000
may 26, 1998
Windows NT
Embedded 4.0
(beta 1)
february 22, 1999
Windows
Millennium Edition
(beta 2)
november 29, 1999
Windows NT 4.0
Service Pack 6
october 1999
Windows NT TSE
Service Pack 5
november 25, 1999
Windows CE 2.11
(build 9015) Windows CE 2.12
september 28, 1999
2000
FreeDOS beta 0.4 FreeDOS beta 0.5
april 9, 2000 august 10, 2000
Xbox
(announced)
march 9, 2000
MS-DOS 8.0
september 14, 2000
Windows Me Windows Me
(beta 3) Windows Me
(final release) (Georgia, build 4.90.3000)
april 7, 2000 june 9, 2000 september 14, 2000
Whistler Embedded
beta 1
december 19, 2000
Windows 2000
Windows 2000 Service Pack 1
(build 5.0.2195) (Asteroid)
february 17, 2000 july 27, 2000
Windows 2000
Datacenter Server Windows 2000
Datacenter Server Windows 2000
(beta 2) Datacenter Server
may 23, 2000 (release candidate 1)
july 26, 2000 september 26, 2000
Embedded Whistler
(beta 1)
december 18, 2000
Windows NT TSE
Service Pack 6 Windows 2000 Server
may 2, 2000
Windows CE for Automotive
2.0 (beta) Car.NET
january 6, 2000 (announced)
Windows CE 3.0
april 19, 2000
Stinger
(announced)
august 2000
Pocket-PC
(announced)
january 6, 2000
2001
FreeDOS beta 0.6 FreeDOS beta 0.7
march 18, 2001 september 7, 2001
Xbox
(announced)
january 6, 2001
Neptune
Windows XP
Windows XP Windows XP (OEM build 5,1,2600)
Windows .NET Windows XP Windows XP (release
(Whistler build 2410) (announced) (beta 2) (RC2) (Whistler)
candidate 1) july 24, 2001 september 24, 2001
january 2, 2001 february 5, 2001 march 23, 2001 june 30, 2001
Odyssey
Windows 2000
Service Pack 2
may 16, 2001
Stinger (beta)
february 22, 2001
PocketPC 2002
(Merlin)
september 6, 2001
2002
DR-DOS/OpenDOS 7.01.01
FreeDOS beta 0.8 july 2002
april 7, 2002
Xbox
november 15, 2001
Windows XP 64-bit
Edition 2003
(announced) Windows XP
july 8, 2002 Media Center Edition
(Freestyle
build 5.1.2600.1106)
october 31, 2002
Windows Longhorn
(alpha build 3683)
november 19, 2002
Windows .NET Server Windows .NET Server Windows .NET Server Windows .NET Server 2003
(Whistler Server beta 3) (Pre-RC1 build 3604) (RC1) (announced)
november 19, 2001 february 11, 2002 july 24, 2002 november 18, 2002
Windows XP 64-Bit
for AMD processor
Windows XP 64-bit (announced)
Edition Version april 9, 2003
2003
(RTM)
(Sundown)
Windows XP
Service Pack 1a Windows XP
(build 1106) SP2 beta (build 1204)
february 3, 2003 april 17, 2003
Windows 2000
Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
SP4 beta june 25, 2003
december 19, 2002 Windows Server 2003 for
64-bit Itanium 2 Systems
Windows XP (Datacenter, Enterprise)
Tablet PC Edition april 24, 2003
(MUIRP beta)
march 12, 2003
Windows .NET Windows Windows Server 2003
Server 2003 Server 2003 Windows Windows Server 2003
Server 2003 (Standard, Datacenter, (SP1 beta build 1023)
(RC2) (announced) Enterprise, Web Server)
december 2, 2002 january 7, 2003 (RTM build july 3, 2003
5,2,3790) april 24, 2003
Windows Server 2003 Windows Server 2003
Small Business Edition Small Business Edition
(announced) (RC1)
april 23, 2003 july 1, 2003
Windows Server 2003
for AMD processor 64-bit
(announced)
april 9, 2003
Mira
(MUIRP beta)
march 12, 2003
Windows CE .NET 4.2
(McKendric)
april 23, 2003
Media2Go
(beta)
january 9, 2003
eComStation v1.1
may 24, 2003
Windows Powered Windows Mobile 2003
Smartphone 2002 for Smartphone
(update) (announced)
february 24, 2003 june 23, 2003
PocketPC 2003
(Ozone) Windows Mobile 2003
(announced) for Pocket PC
(Ozone)
june 23, 2003
ReactOS 0.2.0
january 25, 2004
Windows XP Windows XP
SP2 beta (build 2055) SP2 beta (build 2082)
december 18, 2003 february 23, 2004
Smartphone 2003
SDK
august 15, 2003
2004
FreeDOS beta 0.9
september 28, 2004
DR-DOS 8.0
march 30, 2004
Windows XP Pro
Eiger & Mönch
(beta)
april 18, 2005
Windows XP Windows XP
Reduced Media Edition Professional Edition N,
(announced) Home Edition N
december 28, 2004 (announced)
march 28, 2005 Windows Server 2003
(Standard, Enterprise,
Datacenter) x64 Edition
Windows Server 2003 Windows Server 2003 (RTM)
Windows Server 2003 march 30, 2005
(SP1 beta2 build 1247) (SP1 RC1) SP1 (buiild 1830)
october 18, 2004 december 6, 2004 march 30, 2005
Windows Server 2003 R2
(beta)
december 8, 2004
Windows Server 2003
Compute Cluster Edition
(announced)
november 8, 2004
Windows XP Professional
x64 Edition
april 25, 2005
Windows Server Longhorn
(beta 1)
july 27, 2005
Windows XP Media Center
Edition 2005 Update Rollup 2
(Emerald, build 5.1.2715.2883)
october 17, 2005
Windows Longhorn Windows Longhorn Windows Vista Windows Vista Windows Vista
(beta, build 5048) (beta, build 5087) (announced) (beta 1, build 5112) (beta, build 5270 CTP)
april 24, 2005 june 16, 2005 july 22, 2005 july 27, 2005 december 20, 2005
Windows XP SP3
(announced)
may 2, 2005
Windows XP Pro Eiger Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs
(announced) (announced)
may 13, 2005 september 2005
Windows 2000
Update Rollup Windows 2000
june 27, 2005 Update Rollup patch
Windows XP september 13, 2005
Professional Edition N,
Home Edition N
june 15, 2005
Windows Server 2003
x64 Edition
(build 5.2.3790.1830)
april 25, 2005
eComStation 2.0
(beta 1)
december 21, 2005
ReactOS 0.3.0
august 27, 2006
Windows XP Embedded
Service Pack 2 Feature Pack 2007
november 1, 2006
Windows Vista
Windows Vista Windows Vista (RTM, build 6000.16386) Windows Vista
(announced) (beta 2, build 5384.4) (Longhorn) (business)
march 21, 2006 may 23, 2006 november 8, 2006 november 30, 2006
Windows Fundamentals
for Legacy PCs
(Eiger)
july 8, 2006
eComStation 2.0
(beta 3)
december 14, 2006
Windows XP Professional
x64 Edition SP2
(build 3959)
march 12, 2007
Windows Server Longhorn Web, Windows Server 2008 Windows Server 2008
Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter Edition (announced) (RC0)
(beta 3, build 6001.16510, SP1) may 15, 2007 september 24, 2007
april 25, 2007
Windows Vista Home Basic Edition, Home Premium Edition
Business Edition, Enterprise Edition, Ultimate Edition
Ultimate Limited Numbered Signature Edition Windows Vista SP1
january 30, 2007 (beta, build 16659)
Windows Vista Home Basic Edition N / K / KN september 27, 2007
Business Edition N / K / KN, Starter Edition, Starter Edition N / KN
(announced) Windows 7
january 30, 2007 (announced)
july 19, 2007
Windows XP
Professional (N) SP2c
august 9, 2007
Windows Vista SP1 Windows Vista SP1 Windows Vista SP1 Windows Vista SP1
(RC) (RC public) (RC public 2) (RTM)
november 15, 2007 december 14, 2007 january 9, 2008 february 4, 2008
Windows 7
(M1, build 6519.1)
january 19, 2008
Windows XP SP3
(beta, build 3205)
october 7, 2007
eComStation 2.0
(RC6a)
december 6, 2008
Windows Mobile 6.1 Windows Mobile 6.1 Windows Mobile 6.5 beta
(announced) september 3, 2008 february 16, 2009
april 1, 2008
2009 2010
Windows HPC
Server 2008 R2
september 20, 2010
Windows Home Server Windows Home Server V2
Power Pack 3 “Vail” public beta
july 17, 2009 april 26, 2010
Windows Embedded
Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3 Compact 7 CTP
september 22, 2009 june 1, 2010
Windows Phone 7 Series Windows Phone 7 Windows Phone 7
(announced) TC RTM
february 15, 2010 july 18, 2010 september 1, 2010
eComStation 2.0
may 21, 2010
Windows Thin PC
RTM
june 6, 2011
Windows Phone 7 Windows Phone 7 update Windows Phone 7.5 Windows Phone 7.5
october 11, 2010 build 7008 (Mango RTM) september 27, 2011
february 21, 2011 july 26, 2011
eComStation 2.1
may 20, 2011
2012 2013
Windows RT
october 26, 2012
Xbox One
november 22, 2013
ReactOS 0.4.0
february 16, 2016
ReactOS 0.4.11
march 4, 2019