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!End Mainstream Support
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!End Extended Support
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!ESU
!ESU / Custom Support
!Custom Support Contracts
!Total Support
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|Windows 1.0
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|20 Nov 1985
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|31 Dec 2001
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|16y 1m 11d
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|Windows 2.0
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|9 Dec 1987
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|31 Dec 2001
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|14y 22d
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|<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_2.0</ref><ref name=":2" />
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|Windows 2.1
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|27 May 1988
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|31 Dec 2001
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|13y 7m 4d
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|<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_2.1</ref><ref name=":2" />
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|Windows 3.0
|22 May 1990
|31 Dec 2001
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|11y 7m 9d
|<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_3.0</ref><ref name=":2" />
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|Windows 3.1
|6 April 1992
|31 Dec 2001
|1 Nov 2008 (WfW 3.11 Embedded)
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|16y 6m 26d
|<ref name=":3" />
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|Windows NT 3.1
|27 Jul 1993
|31 Dec 2000
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|7y 5m 4d
|<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":4">https://web.archive.org/web/20050806081755/http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;%5bln%5d;LifeWin</ref>
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|Windows NT 3.5
|21 Sep 1994
|31 Dec 2001
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| -
|7y 3m 10d
|<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_NT_3.5</ref>
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|Windows NT 3.51
|30 May 1995
|30 Sep 2000 (Server)
31 Dec 2000 (Workstation)
|31 Dec 2001 (Workstation)
30 Sep 2002 (Server)
| -
|7y 4m
|<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_NT_3.51</ref><ref name=":4" />
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|Windows 95
|14 Jul 1995
|31 Dec 2000
|31 Dec 2001
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|6y 5m 17d
|<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_95</ref><ref name=":4" />
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|Windows NT 4.0
|31 Jul 1996
|30 Jun 2002 (Workstation)
31 Dec 2002 (Server)
30 Jun 2003 (Embedded)
|31 Dec 2001 (Server DEC Alpha)
30 Jun 2004 (Workstation)
31 Dec 2004 (Server)
11 Jul 2006 (Embedded)
|31 Dec 2004 (Server)
31 Dec 2006 (Embedded)
|10y 5m
|<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_NT_4.0</ref><ref name=":4" /><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20150203115938/http://support2.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?p1=3185</ref><ref>https://www.controleng.com/articles/goodbye-windows-nt/</ref>
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|Windows 98
|15 May 1998
|30 Jun 2002
|30 Jun 2006
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|8y 1m 15d
|<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_98</ref><ref name=":4" />
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|Windows 2000
|15 Dec 1999
|30 Jun 2005
|30 Jun 2010
|10 May 2016 (Custom)<sup>1</sup>
|16y 4m 25d
|<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_2000</ref><ref name=":4" />
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|Windows Millennium Edition
|29 Jul 2000
|31 Dec 2003
|30 Jun 2006
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|5y 11m 1d
|<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Me</ref><ref name=":4" />
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|Windows XP
|24 Aug 2001
|30 June 2005 (64-bit Edition, 64-bit Edition Version 2003)
14 Apr 2009 (Starter, Home Edition, Professional, Media Center Edition, Tablet PC Edition, x64 Edition, Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs)
11 Jan 2011 (Embedded)
12 Apr 2011 (Embedded for POS)
14 Jan 2014 (Embedded Standard 2009)
8 April 2014 (Embedded POSReady 2009)
|8 Apr 2014 (Starter, Home Edition, Professional, Media Center Edition, Tablet PC Edition, x64 Edition, Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs)
12 Jan 2016 (Embedded)
12 Apr 2016 (Embedded POS)
8 Jan 2019 (Embedded Standard 2009)
9 Apr 2019 (Embedded POSReady 2009)
|23 May 2019 (Custom - x86)<sup>1</sup>
|17y 8m 29d
|<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_XP#Support_lifecycle</ref>
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|Windows Server 2003
|28 Mar 2003
|13 Jul 2010 (Web, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter)
12 Apr 2011 (Small Business Server)
11 Oct 2011 (Storage Server)
8 Jan 2013 (Windows Home Server)
|14 Jul 2015 (Web, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter)
12 Apr 2016 (Small Business Server)
9 Oct 2016 (Storage Server)
|10 Sep 2019 (Custom)<sup>1</sup>
|16y 5m 13d
|<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Server_2003</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Home_Server</ref>
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1 Custom patches were updates released after the extended support ended, likely requested and paid for by companies with extended support contracts. This date reflects the patch day of the last known update. For more information see [https://msfn.org/board/topic/182599-nt-5x-windows-update-urls-dump-inc-custom-support-updates/ MSFN - NT 5.x Windows Update URLs Dump, inc. Custom Support Updates (msfn.org)]


=== By architecture ===
=== By architecture ===
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|''22y 11m 12d''
|''<ref>https://betawiki.net/wiki/Windows_1.0</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_3.1</ref>''
|''<ref name=":1">https://betawiki.net/wiki/Windows_1.0</ref><ref name=":3">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_3.1</ref>''
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|x86 (32-bit)
|x86 (32-bit)
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|''16 Sep 1993<sup>2</sup>''
|''16 Sep 1993<sup>2</sup>''
|''Windows NT 4.0''
|''Windows NT 4.0''
|''31 Dec 2004''
|''31 Dec 2001''
|''11y 3m 15d''
|''8y 3m 15d''
|''<ref>https://books.google.de/books?id=8zoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA3&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false</ref><ref>https://www.itprotoday.com/it-infrastructure/the-death-of-alpha-on-nt</ref>''
|''<ref>https://books.google.de/books?id=8zoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA3&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false</ref><ref>https://www.itprotoday.com/it-infrastructure/the-death-of-alpha-on-nt</ref>''<ref name=":4" />
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|-
|''PowerPC (PReP)''
|''PowerPC (PReP)''

Revision as of 20:57, 26 June 2024

By version

OS RTM End Mainstream Support End Extended Support ESU / Custom Support Total Support Cit
Windows 1.0 20 Nov 1985 31 Dec 2001 - - 16y 1m 11d [1][2]
Windows 2.0 9 Dec 1987 31 Dec 2001 - - 14y 22d [3][2]
Windows 2.1 27 May 1988 31 Dec 2001 - - 13y 7m 4d [4][2]
Windows 3.0 22 May 1990 31 Dec 2001 - - 11y 7m 9d [5][2]
Windows 3.1 6 April 1992 31 Dec 2001 1 Nov 2008 (WfW 3.11 Embedded) - 16y 6m 26d [6]
Windows NT 3.1 27 Jul 1993 31 Dec 2000 - - 7y 5m 4d [7][8]
Windows NT 3.5 21 Sep 1994 31 Dec 2001 - - 7y 3m 10d [9]
Windows NT 3.51 30 May 1995 30 Sep 2000 (Server)

31 Dec 2000 (Workstation)

31 Dec 2001 (Workstation)

30 Sep 2002 (Server)

- 7y 4m [10][8]
Windows 95 14 Jul 1995 31 Dec 2000 31 Dec 2001 - 6y 5m 17d [11][8]
Windows NT 4.0 31 Jul 1996 30 Jun 2002 (Workstation)

31 Dec 2002 (Server) 30 Jun 2003 (Embedded)

31 Dec 2001 (Server DEC Alpha)

30 Jun 2004 (Workstation) 31 Dec 2004 (Server) 11 Jul 2006 (Embedded)

31 Dec 2004 (Server)

31 Dec 2006 (Embedded)

10y 5m [12][8][13][14]
Windows 98 15 May 1998 30 Jun 2002 30 Jun 2006 - 8y 1m 15d [15][8]
Windows 2000 15 Dec 1999 30 Jun 2005 30 Jun 2010 10 May 2016 (Custom)1 16y 4m 25d [16][8]
Windows Millennium Edition 29 Jul 2000 31 Dec 2003 30 Jun 2006 - 5y 11m 1d [17][8]
Windows XP 24 Aug 2001 30 June 2005 (64-bit Edition, 64-bit Edition Version 2003)

14 Apr 2009 (Starter, Home Edition, Professional, Media Center Edition, Tablet PC Edition, x64 Edition, Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs) 11 Jan 2011 (Embedded) 12 Apr 2011 (Embedded for POS) 14 Jan 2014 (Embedded Standard 2009) 8 April 2014 (Embedded POSReady 2009)

8 Apr 2014 (Starter, Home Edition, Professional, Media Center Edition, Tablet PC Edition, x64 Edition, Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs)

12 Jan 2016 (Embedded) 12 Apr 2016 (Embedded POS) 8 Jan 2019 (Embedded Standard 2009) 9 Apr 2019 (Embedded POSReady 2009)

23 May 2019 (Custom - x86)1 17y 8m 29d [18]
Windows Server 2003 28 Mar 2003 13 Jul 2010 (Web, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter)

12 Apr 2011 (Small Business Server) 11 Oct 2011 (Storage Server) 8 Jan 2013 (Windows Home Server)

14 Jul 2015 (Web, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter)

12 Apr 2016 (Small Business Server) 9 Oct 2016 (Storage Server)

10 Sep 2019 (Custom)1 16y 5m 13d [19][20]

1 Custom patches were updates released after the extended support ended, likely requested and paid for by companies with extended support contracts. This date reflects the patch day of the last known update. For more information see MSFN - NT 5.x Windows Update URLs Dump, inc. Custom Support Updates (msfn.org)

By architecture

Architecture Inception Death First Win Release RTM Last supported Win Release End Support Total support Cit
x86 (16-bit) Jun 1978 Ongoing4 Windows 1.0 20 Nov 1985 Windows for Workgroups 3.11 Embedded 1 Nov 2008 22y 11m 12d [1][6]
x86 (32-bit) Oct 1985 Ongoing4 Windows NT 3.1 27 Jul 1993 Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 20211 13 Jan 20321 38y 5m 17d1 [7][21]
MIPS (R4000) Oct 1991 Mar 20214 Windows NT 3.1 27 Jul 1993 Windows NT 4.0 17 Oct 19963 3y 2m 14d [7][22]
DEC Alpha / AXP Nov 1992 Jun 2001 Windows NT 3.1 16 Sep 19932 Windows NT 4.0 31 Dec 2001 8y 3m 15d [23][24][8]
PowerPC (PReP) Oct 1993 Ongoing Windows NT 3.5 21 Sep 1994 Windows NT 4.0 7 Feb 19973 2y 4m 17d [25][26]
Itanium / IA-64 May 2001 Jan 2020 Windows XP 64-bit Edition 25 Oct 2001 Windows Server 2008 R2 14 Jan 2020 18y 2m 20d [27][28]
x86-64 / AMD64 April 2003 Ongoing Windows Server 2003 (SP1) 30 Mar 2005 -1 > 20341 > 28y1 [29]
ARM32 / armv7a Oct 2005 Ongoing4 Windows RT 8.0 26 Oct 2012 Windows RT 8.1 10 Jan 2023 10y 2m 15d [30]
ARM64 / armv8a Oct 2011 Ongoing Windows 10 (1709) 17 Oct 2017 -1 > 20341 > 16y1 [31]

1 Support is ongoing. End dates and releases could still change

2 Exact date unknown

3 Technical support continued during the lifetime of the product, however only on a case by case basis without public patches and software updates. Thus assuming the end date to be the date of the last Service Pack or the discontinuation announcement, whichever is later.

4 Support continued or continues as a subset of a newer architecture or revision. For example x86-64 CPUs can run x86 16-bit and 32-bit code and ARM64 CPUs can run ARM32 code.

Italic: Discontinued since more than 5 years

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://betawiki.net/wiki/Windows_1.0
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20050814234847/http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifeobsoleteproducts
  3. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_2.0
  4. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_2.1
  5. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_3.0
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_3.1
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 https://betawiki.net/wiki/Windows_NT_3.1
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 https://web.archive.org/web/20050806081755/http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;%5bln%5d;LifeWin
  9. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_NT_3.5
  10. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_NT_3.51
  11. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_95
  12. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_NT_4.0
  13. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20150203115938/http://support2.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?p1=3185
  14. ↑ https://www.controleng.com/articles/goodbye-windows-nt/
  15. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_98
  16. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_2000
  17. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Me
  18. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_XP#Support_lifecycle
  19. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Server_2003
  20. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Home_Server
  21. ↑ https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/windows-10-iot-enterprise-ltsc-2021
  22. ↑ https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/no-more-nt-for-mips/
  23. ↑ https://books.google.de/books?id=8zoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA3&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false
  24. ↑ https://www.itprotoday.com/it-infrastructure/the-death-of-alpha-on-nt
  25. ↑ https://betawiki.net/wiki/Windows_NT_3.5_build_807
  26. ↑ https://www.itprotoday.com/microsoft-windows/windows-nt-for-powerpc-is-no-more
  27. ↑ https://betawiki.net/wiki/Windows_XP_64-Bit_Edition
  28. ↑ https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/windows-server-2008-r2
  29. ↑ https://betawiki.net/wiki/Windows_Server_2003_build_3790.1830
  30. ↑ https://betawiki.net/wiki/Windows_8
  31. ↑ https://betawiki.net/wiki/Windows_10_Fall_Creators_Update
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