Timeline of Microsoft Windows By bennkittler Nov 20, 1985 Windows 1.0 Dec 9, 1987 Windows 2.0 May 27, 1988 Windows 2.10 Mar 13, 1989 Windows 2.11 May 22, 1990 Windows 3.0 Oct 20, 1991 Windows 3.0 with Multimedia Extensions Apr 6, 1992 Windows 3.1 Oct 27, 1992 Windows for workgroups 3.1 Jul 27, 1993 Windows NT 3.1 Nov 8, 1993 Windows For Workgroups 3.11 Sep 21, 1994 Windows NT 3.5 May 30, 1995 Windows NT 3.51 Aug 24, 1995 Windows 95 Aug 24, 1996 Windows NT 4.0 Jun 25, 1998 Windows 95 May 5, 1999 Windows 98 SE Feb 17, 2000 Windows 2000 Sep 14, 2000 Windows ME Oct 25, 2001 Windows XP Oct 25, 2001 Windows XP 64-Bit Edition Oct 31, 2002 Windows XP Media Center Edition Mar 28, 2003 Windows XP 64-Bit Edition Apr 24, 2003 Windows Server 2003 Sep 30, 2003 Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004 Oct 12, 2004 Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Apr 25, 2005 Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Dec 6, 2005 Windows Server 2003 R2 Jul 8, 2006 Windows Fundamentals For Legacy PCs Nov 8, 2006 Windows Vista For Business Use Jan 30, 2007 Windows Vista For Home Use; Released In 50 Countries Nov 7, 2007 Windows Home Server Feb 27, 2008 Windows Server 2008 Jul 22, 2009 Windows 7 Oct 22, 2009 Windows Server 2008 R2 Apr 6, 2011 Windows Home Server 2011 Sep 4, 2012 Windows Server 2012 Oct 26, 2012 Windows 8