Windows Operating System Support for windows XP, Vista Support

Windows OS has came a long way after its first release in Nov 1985 with Windows Version 1.0. Window 1.0 lacked a degree of functionality and achieved little popularity, and was to compete with Apple’s own operating system.Windows 1.0 is not a complete operating system; rather, it extends MS-DOS.

Microsoft Windows version 2.0 was released in November, 1987 and was slightly more popular than its predecessor. Windows 2.03 (release date January 1988) had changed the OS from tiled windows to overlapping windows.

Microsoft Windows version 3.0, released in 1990, was the first Microsoft Windows version to achieve broad commercial success, selling 2 million copies in the first six months. After that a whole new world of GUI being explored and redefined by Windows.

Here is the list of Windows OS  for your review

Timeline of releases

Release date Product name Version Notes November 1985 November 1987 March 1989 May 1990 March 1992 October 1992 July 1993 December 1993 January 1994 September 1994 May 1995 August 1995 July 1996 June 1998 May 1999 February 2000 September 2000 October 2001 March 2003 April 2003 April 2005 July 2006 November 2006 (volume licensing)/January 2007 (retail) July 2007 February 2008 (planned) 2010 or later (planned)

Windows 1.01	1.01	Unsupported
Windows 2.03	2.03	Unsupported
Windows 2.11	2.11	Unsupported
Windows 3.0	3.0	Unsupported
Windows 3.1	3.1	Unsupported
Windows For Workgroups 3.1	3.1	Unsupported
Windows NT 3.1	3.1	Unsupported
Windows For Workgroups 3.11	3.11	Unsupported
Windows 3.2 (released in Simplified Chinese only)	3.2	Unsupported
Windows NT 3.5	3.5	Unsupported
Windows NT 3.51	3.51	Unsupported
Windows 95	4.0.950	Unsupported
Windows NT 4.0	4.0	Unsupported
Windows 98	4.10.1998	Unsupported
Windows 98 SE	4.10.2222	Unsupported
Windows 2000	5.0.3700.6690	Extended Support until 13 July 2010
Windows Me	4.90.3000	Unsupported
Windows XP	5.1.2600	Unsupported for RTM and Service Pack 1. Current for Service Pack 2.
Windows XP 64-bit Edition 2003	5.2.3790	Unsupported
Windows Server 2003	5.2.3790	Unsupported for RTM. Current for Service Pack 1, R2 and, Service Pack 2.
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition	5.2.3790	Current
Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs	5.1.2600	Current
Windows Vista	6.0.6000	Current
Windows Home Server	5.2.4500	Current
Windows Server 2008	6.0.6001	Future release
Windows 7 (Formerly codenamed Blackcomb, then Vienna)	7.0	Future release

Well friends be their in the coming posts going by the historical legacy we will try to check out some of the OS such as
Windows 98
Windows 2000
Windows ME
Windows XP
Windows Vista