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how many versions of windows? how many can you count?

#21 User is offline   awergh 

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Posted 04 July 2006 - 02:57 AM

dont forget

Windows 3.0
Windows 3.1
Windows 3.11

Windows 3.1\3.11 are different to Windows for Workgroups 3.1\3.11


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Posted 04 July 2006 - 11:33 AM

I'm sorry, that looked like a very long thread and my time is limited so, I didn't read the whole thing...
did anyone mention:
XP Pro/Stripped to the Bone
XP Pro/Corporate/Export edition
XT (XP Pro with some Vista incorporated into it)


Oh yes, the first version of windows that I ever tried was Windows 2.0.
What a piece of granola that was!

Happy 4th of July, everyone,
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Posted 04 July 2006 - 07:09 PM

View PostAndromeda43, on Jul 4 2006, 01:33 PM, said:

XP Pro/Stripped to the Bone
XP Export edition
XT (XP Pro with some Vista incorporated into it)


Those are not official operating systems... :no:

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Posted 04 July 2006 - 07:57 PM

Windows XP Starter Edition in Thailand
Windows XP Starter Edition in Turkey
Windows XP Starter Edition in Malaysia
Windows XP Starter Edition in Indonesia
Windows XP Starter Edition in Russia
Windows XP Starter Edition in India
Windows XP Starter Edition in Brazil
Windows XP Starter Edition in Argentina
Windows XP Starter Edition in Chile
Windows XP Starter Edition in Mexico
Windows XP Starter Edition in Ecuador
Windows XP Starter Edition in Uruguay
Windows XP Starter Edition in Venezuela

And Windows XP 64-Bit Edition is different than Windows XP x64 Edition (Former is for IA64-based Itanium processors while the latter is for AMD64-based processors).

This post has been edited by Aegis: 04 July 2006 - 08:07 PM


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Posted 04 July 2006 - 11:55 PM

How about...

TOO MANY, lol :)

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Posted 24 July 2006 - 01:47 AM

What about
Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs
http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/program...ndamentals.mspx

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Posted 24 July 2006 - 02:07 AM

I have a version of Windows 2.11 (w286 and w386 versions) and 3.01 lieing around here.

Also, you forget WinOS/2 in 3.0 and 3.1 versions (i have both!). Although WinOS/2 3.1 has been upgraded with successive versions of OS/2 (ie 2.1, 2.3, 2.31, 2.4, 2.45, 2.451), it does not really count, i suppose...

Windows 3.0 also has a subspecies Win30mm (multimedia extensions), but this is rare and hard to come by).

There's also Windows 3.2 as well, it's a chinese release, though.


Of the Win9x, i usually rate 5 releases, eg

OS/R1 = 950, 950a
OS/R2 = 1111, 1212, 1214
OS/R3 = 1998 (98fe) =
OS/R4 = 2222 (98se) = suckers edition
OS/R5 = 3000 (98me) = multiple errors

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Posted 25 July 2006 - 06:42 PM

why did i all of a sudden stop gettin emails to this post? :blink: weird, anyway thanks again, ill update in just a second.

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Posted 25 July 2006 - 07:52 PM

Windows 1.1 (1.0 - Rumor version, not official)
Windows 1.2
Windows 1.3
Windows 1.4
Windows 1.x - Killed for 2.0
Windows 2.0
Windows 2.1 for 286
Windows 2.1 for 386
Windows 3.0 ( Could run in Real mode, Standard mode, 86 Enhanced mode, Multimedia Extensions only for OEM PC's and could not run in Real mode)
Windows 3.1
Modular Windows - special windows for a long dead Video Info system.
Windows 3.1 for Workgroups
Windows 3.11
Windows 3.11 for Workgroups
Windows 3.2 for Workgroups - made for Chinese markets only

Windows NT 3.1
Windows NT 3.51
Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1
Windows NT Server 3.5
Windows NT Server 3.51

Windows 95
Windows 95 SP1
Windows 95OEM1 4.00.950A
Windows 95OEM2 4.00.950B (4.00.1111)
Windows 95OEM3 2.1 4.00.950B (4.03.1212-1214)
Windows 95OEM4 2.5

Windows 98 (Windows)
Windows 98 (Windows 4.1) Second Edition 2222A
Windows 98 (Windows 4.1) Second Edition 2222B

Windows Millennium Edition (Windows 4.9) (Their is another edition of ME that was released that had non Plug and Play drivers removed)

Windows NT 4.0 Workstation
Windows NT 4.0 Server
Windows NT 4.0 Server Enterprise Edition
Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server

Windows 2000 was available in five editions:
Windows 2000 Professional
Windows 2000 Server
Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
Windows 2000 Small Business Server

Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs, a low-end version of Windows XP that is intended to be a thin-client that works with older hardware.

Windows Embedded (CE, totally different from all Windows versions), for embedded systems, open sorce
Windows (CE) Moble for smart phones and PDAs
Windows (CE) Media Center for Digital Media Players

Window XP Embedded
Windows XP Home Edition
Windows XP Home Edition N - mandated by a European Union ruling
Windows XP Professional
Windows XP Professional N - mandated by a European Union ruling
Windows XP Media Center Edition , released in November 2002
Windows XP Media Center Edition 2003
Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004
Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005, released on October 12, 2004.
Windows XP Tablet PC Edition
Windows XP Starter Edition, for new computer users in developing countries
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition,for home and workstation systems utilizing 64-bit processors based on the x86 instruction set (AMD calls this AMD64, Intel calls it Intel EM64T)
Windows XP 64-bit Edition, is a version for Intel's Itanium line of processors; maintains 32-bit compatibility solely through a software emulator. It is roughly analogous to Windows XP Professional in features. It was discontinued in September 2005 when the last vendor of Itanium workstations stopped shipping Itanium systems marketed as "Workstations".

Windows Server 2003 is available in seven editions:
Small Business Server
Web Edition
Standard Edition
Enterprise Edition (32 and 64-bit)
Datacenter Edition
Compute Cluster Edition
Storage Server

Windows Vista

Windows Vista Business
Windows Vista Enterprise
Windows Vista Home Premium
Windows Vista Home Basic
Windows Vista Ultimate

Windows OS's in the works
Windows Server "Longhorn"
Windows "Vienna" (formerly known as Blackcomb), slated to be Vista's successor.
Windows Mönch
Windows Fuji

Cancelled Windows
Cairo (a "true object-oriented OS") planned after Windows NT
Windows Nashville (Windows 96) (Became Windows 95B.)
Windows Neptune was sent out to beta testers but was never released. Should have been a consumer version (i.e. home edition) of Windows 2000.

For the people who want it listed here is the list of MS/IMB joint OS/2.

OS/2 1
OS/2 1.1
OS/2 1.2
OS/2 1.3
OS/2 2
OS/2 2.1
OS/2 for Windows
OS/2 2.11
OS/2 2.11 SMP

Edited note:
This list is part of my Windows Versions Database i have for references.

This post has been edited by Shindo_Hikaru: 02 August 2006 - 04:27 PM


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