

Windows 95 also had a significant amount of 16-bit code ported from Windows 3.1. Windows 95, though still being based on MS-DOS, was its own operating system, using a 16-bit DOS-based kernel and a 32-bit user space. The first versions of Windows (1.0 through to 3.11) were graphical shells that ran from MS-DOS.

The product line evolved in the 1990s from an operating environment into a fully complete, modern operating system over two lines of development, each with their own separate codebase.

Microsoft introduced Windows as a graphical user interface for MS-DOS, which had been introduced two years earlier. Microsoft Windows was announced by Bill Gates on November 10, 1983. ReleasesĪ release that is no longer supported.See List of Microsoft Windows versions for a tabular view of releases and editions. Issues are fixed and regular point releases are made.Ī release that is supported for critical security issues only. Currently Supported Versions BranchĪ release that is being actively supported. A table of end of lifeīranches is available. Once the three years of support are completed, the branch reaches its end of Releases, or none, depending on the number of reports. This period are made on an as-needed basis: there may be multiple point

Reported are fixed and are released in regular point releases.Īfter this two year period of active support, each branch is then supportedįor an additional year for critical security issues only. During this period, bugs and security issues that have been
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