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Version/Release Date |
End of Microsoft Support* |
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Windows 1.0
November 1985 |
December 1, 2001 |
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Windows 2.0
December 1987 |
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Windows 3.0
May 1990
Windows 3.1
April 1992
|
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Windows 95
August 1995 |
December 31, 2000 |
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Windows 98
June 1998 |
June 30, 2002
(Paid incident support is now available through June 30, 2006)
|
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Windows 98 Second Edition
May 1999 |
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Windows ME
July 2000 |
December 31, 2003
(Paid incident support is now available through June 30, 2006)
|
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Windows NT Family
August 1996 |
December 31, 2004 |
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Windows 2000 Family
February 2000 |
June 30, 2005
(Extended support available at additional cost through June 30, 2010)
|
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Windows XP Family
October 2001 |
December 31, 2006
Current Professional and Tablet PC versions have Extended support available until December 31, 2011
(Mainstream support will end 2 years after the next version of this product is launched. Extended support will end 5 years after Mainstream support ends.)
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Windows 2003 Server Family
March 2003 |
June 30, 2008
(Exended support available at additional cost through June 30, 2013)
|
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Release Scheduled for 2006 |
Estimated at 2010 |
| *Support life cycle dates are from Microsoft's Product Lifecycle Dates—visit their site for for specific information about your version of Windows. |
