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Upon the release of Windows 10 in 2015, the ARM-specific version for large tablets was discontinued; large tablets (such as the Surface Pro 4) were only released with x86 processors and could run the full version of Windows 10. Windows 10 Mobile had the ability to be installed on smaller tablets (up to nine inches); [16] however, very few such ...
ReactOS–project to develop an operating system that is binary compatible with application software and device drivers for Microsoft Windows NT version 5.x Wine (software) –compatibility layer which allows to execute programs that were originally written for Microsoft Windows
Windows 1.0, the first independent version of Microsoft Windows, released on November 20, 1985, achieved little popularity. The project was briefly codenamed "Interface Manager" before the windowing system was implemented—contrary to popular belief that it was the original name for Windows and Rowland Hanson, the head of marketing at Microsoft, convinced the company that the name Windows ...
Windows 10 is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft.Microsoft described Windows 10 as an "operating system as a service" that would receive ongoing updates to its features and functionality, augmented with the ability for enterprise environments to receive non-critical updates at a slower pace or use long-term support milestones that will only receive ...
Windows 7: 2009-10-22 Windows Server 2008 R2: Windows Server 2012: 2012-09-04 Windows 8: 2012-10-26 Windows 8.1: 2013-10-17 Windows Server 2012 R2: 2013-10-18 Windows CE: AutoPC: Pocket PC Pocket PC 2000: 2000 Pocket PC 2002: 2002 Windows 10: 2016 Windows 11: 2021 Windows Mobile
It was sold along with Windows 3.1. Support for Windows 3.1 ended on December 31, 2001. [26] Windows 3.2, released in 1994, is an updated version of the Chinese version of Windows 3.1. [27] The update was limited to this language version, as it fixed only issues related to the complex writing system of the Chinese language. [28]
November 10, 2015 October 10, 2017 April 10, 2018 [e] — January 9, 2018 1607: Redstone Anniversary Update 14393 August 2, 2016 April 10, 2018 [f] April 9, 2019 [f] October 13, 2026 [g] October 9, 2018 1703: Redstone 2 Creators Update 15063 April 5, 2017 [h] October 9, 2018 October 8, 2019 [i] — June 11, 2019 1709: Redstone 3 Fall Creators ...
Many 16-bit Windows legacy programs can run without changes on newer 32-bit editions of Windows. The reason designers made this possible was to allow software developers time to remedy their software during the industry transition from Windows 3.1 to Windows 95 and later, without restricting the ability for the operating system to be upgraded to a current version before all programs used by a ...