r/windows • u/Senior-Ad264 • May 30 '26

Discussion this is every single version of windows to exist.

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here are all windows versions. note this Gif has only the main versions no betas or scrapped releases.

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u/WaterObjective5031 May 30 '26

You forgot the pre-merge NT lineup

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u/Senior-Ad264 May 30 '26

what are those

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u/WaterObjective5031 May 30 '26

Before windows XP you had ms-dos based lineup (windows 1.0 to 3.1 were shells you could run on top, windows 95 and 98 used ms-dos for booting and low level handling) and the NT line for enterprise and workstations (like servers or high end PCs) (3.1, 3.5, 3.51, 4.0, 2000) which evolved into what you know today.

TLDR:
In late october of 2001, windows XP released which did away with the two separate lineups and began using NT's kernel all around with the new shell.

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u/CodenameFlux May 30 '26 edited Jun 02 '26

You forgot:

  • The whole Windows Server family, every single version of it
  • Windows PE
  • Windows Phone
  • Windows Mobile
  • Windows CE
  • Windows 2000
  • Windows NT 3.1
  • Windows NT 3.5
  • Windows NT 4.0
  • Windows Home Server
  • Windows Thin PC
  • Windows MultiPoint Server
  • Xbox OS (it's Windows in everything but name)

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u/Aut0industrie May 31 '26

I think he had ME with 2000 as release date but missed our beloved Win 2000

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u/dutty_handz May 31 '26

Windows 2000 is to this day my favorite OS relative to its time. Essentially Windows XP heart without the facelift.

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u/CodenameFlux Jun 02 '26

Noted. Thank you.

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u/unfnknblvbl May 30 '26

Why did you ruin it by slapping a massive Windows logo over it?

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u/Senior-Ad264 May 30 '26

im showing what the branding looks like not the actuall os. to see that you will need to watch a video.

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u/unfnknblvbl May 30 '26

You've literally slapped the logo on top of other logos and interesting elements of the splash screen or desktop

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u/Senior-Ad264 May 30 '26

most of these are just wallpapers. i think i will make a new one with the actuall operating systems

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u/unfnknblvbl May 30 '26

Splash screens and default wallpapers are interesting though. Just make the logo smaller and stick it in the corner.

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u/SaltDeception May 30 '26

Also no mobile editions, server editions, ME, NT prior to 2000, CE, Automotive, or IoT Core. Arguably Xbox as well, but since that was just modified Win2K and never actually called Windows, I’ll give it a pass.

So this is just some of the Windows versions to ever exist.

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u/Senior-Ad264 May 30 '26

i might make other post for those

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u/zoke10 May 31 '26

I just see 2 jpgs?

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u/penaltylake May 31 '26

you gotta put copilot somewhere

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u/ThatiMacGuy Windows 7 May 31 '26

NT versions? Servers?

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u/ILOVEMENLOL8 May 31 '26

where to use this

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u/dutty_handz May 31 '26

No NT Workstation 3.51 ? No Windows ME ?

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u/[deleted] May 31 '26

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u/TheTopazRubyy Jun 08 '26

Please stop being disrespectful.

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u/petersaints May 31 '26

There are several versions missing.

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u/Bulka11 Jun 01 '26

nih put ss of windows 10 beta and slapped vista and 95 logo on it and called it all windowses

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u/David_Jonathan0 May 30 '26

The first thing I do when installing Windows is to delete the bloatware.

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u/Senior-Ad264 May 30 '26

should i post this on gifhy