The History of Windows OS By popdawg77 Nov 20, 1985 Windows 1 released Dec 9, 1987 Windows 2.0 Release May 27, 1988 Windows 2.1 Release Mar 13, 1989 Windows 2.11 Release May 22, 1990 Windows 3 Apr 6, 1992 Windows 3.1 Released Oct 27, 1992 Windows For Workgroups 3.1 Released Jul 22, 1993 Windows nt 3.1 Released Nov 8, 1993 Windows For Workgroups 3.11 released Sep 24, 1994 Windows nt 3.5 released May 30, 1995 Windows nt 3.51 Released Aug 24, 1995 Windows 95 Released Aug 24, 1996 Windows nt 4.0 Released Jun 25, 1998 Windwos 98 Released May 5, 1999 Windows 98 se Released Feb 27, 2000 Windows 2000 Sep 14, 2000 Windows me Released Oct 25, 2001 Windows xp Released Oct 31, 2002 Windows xp Media Center Edition released Apr 24, 2003 Windows Server 2003 Released Sep 30, 2003 Windows xp Merdia Center Edition 2004 Releaseed Oct 12, 2004 Windows Media center Ediition 2005 Released Apr 25, 2005 Windows xp professional x64 Released Jul 8, 2006 Windows Fundamentals for Legacy pme Released Nov 8, 2006 Windows Vista (for business) Jan 30, 2007 Windows Vista (for home use) Nov 7, 2007 Windows Home Server Released Feb 27, 2008 Windows Server 2008 Released Jul 22, 2009 Windows 7 Released Nov 22, 2009 Windows Server 2008 r2 released Apr 6, 2011 Windows Home Server 2011 Sep 4, 2012 Windows server 2012 Released Oct 26, 2012 Windows 8 released