Windows Operating Systems...
Windows 95:
• Windows 95 is the first operating system which features USB
Support, UDMA Support, Safe Mode option and Windows Update
features.
• The minimum system requirements called for a
386DX processor, 4MB of RAM, and a 120MB hard drive.
• Windows 95 was available on either floppy disks or a CD-ROM.
The floppy version shipped with 13 disks.
• Support for
Windows 95 ended on December 31, 2002.
• FAT32 and FAT 16
file systems were first introduced with Windows 95 Operating
system.
• Windows 95 did not by default Internet Explorer. IE
was released as part of the add-on package Plus! for Windows 95.
Windows 98:
• Windows 98 was the first operating system to use the
Windows Driver Model.
• Windows 98 desktop integrated with Microsoft Internet Explorer
4.0.
• Windows 98 included DirectX 5.0 which was missing in
Windows 95.
Windows XP:
• Windows XP came in two versions: a Home Edition and
Professional.
• It is also the first version of Windows to
use product activation to combat illegal copying.
• Windows Firewall was first included in Windows XP.
• It has
some new features like Advanced portable PC support, Automatic
wireless connection support, Help and support centre, Network
set-up wizard, Remote desktop access etc.
List of Windows Operating System
Client Operating
System |
Release Date |
Windows 1.01 |
20th November, 1985 |
Windows 2.0 |
9th
December, 1987 |
Windows 3.0 |
22nd May,
1990 |
Windows 95 |
24th August,
1995 |
Windows NT 4.0 |
29th July,
1996 |
Windows 98 |
25th June,
1998 |
Windows 2000
Professional |
17th
February, 2000 |
Windows Me
|
14th
September, 2000 |
Windows XP |
24th August,
2001 |
Windows XP 64-bit
Edition |
25th
October, 2001 |
Windows Vista |
8th
November, 2006 |
Windows 7 |
22nd July,
2009 |
Windows 8 |
26th
October, 2012 |
Windows 10 |
29th July,
2015 |
Server Operating
System |
Release Date |
Windows NT 3.1 |
26th July,
1993 |
Windows NT 4.0 |
24th August,
1996 |
Windows 2000 |
17th
February, 2000 |
Windows Server 2003 |
24th April,
2003 |
Windows Server 2008 |
4th
February, 2008 |
Windows Server 2008 R2 |
22th July,
2009 |
Windows Server 2012 |
1st August,
2012 |