Windows

Windows, or Microsoft Windows, is a family of operating systems that has dominated desktop and laptop computers for many years, though its dominance of the overall computing market is waning due to the rise of other devices such as smartphones and tablets which usually use other systems. Starting out as a graphical environment under MS-DOS (versions through 3.x had to be run after booting the command-line-based DOS system), it became a system a PC booted directly into as of Windows 95, and there have been a number of different versions since.

For formats related to Windows, see Category:Windows.

Versions

 * Requiring DOS:
 * Windows 1.0
 * Windows 2.0
 * Windows 2.1: Windows/286 and Windows/386
 * Windows 3.0
 * Windows 3.1
 * Windows 3.11
 * Including their own version of DOS (aka Windows 9x):
 * Windows 95
 * Windows Nashville
 * Windows 98
 * Windows ME
 * Full kernel (NT)
 * Windows NT
 * Windows NT 3.1
 * Windows NT 3.5
 * Windows NT 3.51
 * Windows 2000
 * Windows XP
 * Windows Vista
 * Windows 7
 * Windows 8
 * Windows 8.1
 * Windows 10
 * Server
 * Windows Server 2003
 * Windows Server 2008
 * Windows Server 2008 R2
 * Windows Server 2012
 * Windows Server Essentials
 * Windows Server vNext
 * Embeded
 * Windows CE 5.0
 * Windows CE 6.0
 * Windows Embedded Compact 7
 * Windows Embedded Automotive
 * Windows Embedded Industry
 * Windows Embedded 8
 * Mobile
 * Pocket PC 2000
 * Pocket PC 2002
 * Windows Mobile 2003
 * Windows Mobile 5.0
 * Windows Mobile 6.0
 * Windows Mobile 6.1
 * Windows Mobile 6.5
 * Phone
 * Windows Phone 7
 * Windows Phone 8
 * Windows Phone 8.1
 * Windows 10 Mobile

Links

 * Tales of application compatibility