List of Microsoft Windows versions

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This is a listing of the versions of the operating systems offered by Microsoft as Windows.


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[edit] Current versions

Windows Vista Ultimate Edition Box shot
Windows Vista Ultimate Edition Box shot
Windows Vista Home Premium Edition Box shot
Windows Vista Home Premium Edition Box shot
  • Windows Vista, for home and business desktops and portable computers
    • Windows Vista Starter Much like Windows XP Starter Edition, this edition will be limited to emerging markets such as Colombia, India, Thailand, and Indonesia, mainly to offer a legal alternative to using unauthorized copies. It will not be available in the United States, Canada, Europe, or Australia.
    • Windows Vista Home Basic Similar to Windows XP Home Edition, Home Basic is intended for budget users not requiring advanced media support for home use. The Windows Aero theme with translucent effects will not be included with this edition.
    • Windows Vista Home Premium Like Windows XP Media Center Edition, this edition will support more advanced multimedia and entertainment features aimed for the home market segment, in addition to all the features from Home Basic. Additional features include HDTV support, DVD authoring, premium games, mobile and tablet PC support, Network Projector, Touch Screen, and auxiliary display (via Windows Side Show) support.
    • Windows Vista Business Comparable to Windows XP Professional and Windows XP Tablet PC Edition, Windows Vista Business Edition is aimed at the business market. Includes all the features of Home Premium with the exception of Windows Media Center and related technologies, Parental Controls, and Windows DVD and Movie Maker HD.
    • Windows Vista Enterprise This edition is aimed at the enterprise segment of the market, and is a superset of the Business edition. Additional features include multilingual user interface support, BitLocker Drive Encryption, and UNIX application support. This edition will not be available through retail or OEM channels
    • Windows Vista Ultimate This edition combines all the features of the Home Premium and Enterprise editions, a game performance tweaker (WinSAT), and "Ultimate Extras". On January 7, 2007, at CES, Microsoft began to announce what some of these Ultimate Extras will be.
  • Windows Server 2003 R2 for servers
    • Windows Server 2003 R2, Standard Edition
    • Windows Server 2003 R2, Enterprise Edition
    • Windows Server 2003 R2, Datacenter Edition
  • Windows XP Embedded, for embedded systems requiring parts of the Windows XP infrastructure
  • Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs, a low-end version of Windows XP that is intended to be a thin-client that works with older hardware.
  • Windows Embedded CE 6.0, for embedded systems (not based on the Windows NT kernel)


[edit] Future versions

  • 2007 - Windows Server "Longhorn", codename for the next server operating system from Microsoft.
  • 2007 - Windows Home Server Announced at the 2007 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. Windows Home Server is intended to be a solution for homes with multiple connected PCs to offer file sharing, automated backups, and remote access.
  • 2009-2012 - Windows "Vienna" (formerly known as Blackcomb), slated to be Vista's successor.

[edit] Cancelled versions

  • 1991-1998 - Cairo (a "true object-oriented OS") planned after Windows NT
  • 1996 May 3 - Windows Nashville (Windows 96) (cancelled) (Became Windows 95B.)
  • 1999 December - Windows Neptune was sent out to beta testers but was never released. Should have been a consumer version (i.e. home edition) of Windows 2000.

[edit] Past versions

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Windows XP Home Edition box shot
Windows XP Home Edition box shot
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition box shot
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition box shot


  • 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



  • CE-based
  • Windows CE for embedded systems including Consumer Electronics products (note: CE is a different operating system from DOS and Windows NT/2000/XP, and Microsoft makes the source code available)
Windows 98 Second Edition box shot
Windows 98 Second Edition box shot
Windows 1.0 box shot
Windows 1.0 box shot


[edit] See also

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