Windows 7

Windows 7 is the operating system software with new visual graphical user interfaces from Microsoft.com.

The logos of Windows 7 from microsoft.com:

The link of Windows 7 website is
http://www.microsoft.com .

The downloads of Windows 7 is
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/windows-7.aspx   (last updated on 3/10/2013) 

The related programs can be found at page
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/products/home (last updated on 3/10/2013) 

History of Microsoft OS

source:

• http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/history   last updated 03Oct2013
• https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/uktechnet/2016/02/24/history-of-windows/ last updated 22Aug2016
  

  
  source: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/uktechnet/2016/02/24/history-of-windows/ last updated 22Aug2016
  
•  https://www.computerhope.com/history/windows.htm   last updated 18May2017
•  https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/oct/02/from-windows-1-to-windows-10-29-years-of-windows-evolution   last updated 18May2017
•  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Microsoft_Windows   last updated 18May2017
•  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Microsoft_Windows   last updated 18May2017
• and others

Years	Description	Reference
1975	Microsoft is a startup formed as a partnership of Bill Gates and Paul G. Allen for the desktop computer business.
June 1980	Birth of Microsoft Disk operating system "MS‑DOS" which is a text based software designed for bridging the gap between the hardware and application programs for the operator of desktop computer. MS‑DOS ships in 1981. Versions: 1981:-MS-DOS 1.0 1982:-MS-DOS 1.25 1983:-MS-DOS 2.0 1984:-MS-DOS 2.11  MS-DOS 3.0  MS-DOS 3.1 1985:-MS-DOS 2.25 1986:-MS-DOS 3.2 1987:-MS-DOS 3.3 1988:-MS-DOS 4.0  MS-DOS 4.01 1991:-MS-DOS 5.0 1993:-MS-DOS 6.0  MS-DOS 6.2 1994:-MS-DOS 6.21  MS-DOS 6.22 1995:-MS-DOS 7.0 (Windows 95) 1996:-MS-DOS 7.1 (Windows 95 OSR2) 2000:-MS-DOS 8.0 (Windows ME)
1981	MS-DOS 1.0
1982	The difficulty of using the text based MS-DOS causes the need of a better interface between the user and the personal computer. In 1983, the development of Windows is announced. Versions: 1985:-MS-Windows 1.0 1987:-MS-Windows 2.0 1988:-MS-Windows 2.1 1989:-MS-Windows 2.11 1990:-MS-Windows 3.0 1992:-MS-Windows 3.1 1993:-MS-Windows for Workgroups 3.11 1993:-MS-Windows NT 3.1 1994:-MS-Windows NT 3.5 1995:-MS-Windows NT 3.51 1995:-MS-Windows 95 1996:-MS-Windows NT 4 1998:-MS-Windows 98 1999:-MS-Windows 98SE 2000:-MS-Windows 2000 2000:-MS-Windows ME 2001:-MS-Windows XP 2003:-MS-Windows Server 2003 2005:-MS-Windows XP x86-64 2007:-MS-Windows Vista 2008:-MS-Windows Server 2008 2009:-MS-Windows 7 2009:-MS-Windows Server 2008R2 2012:-MS-Windows 8 2012:-MS-Windows Server 2012 2013:-MS-Windows 8.1 2013:-MS-Windows Server 2012 R2 2015:-MS-Windows 10last updated 22Aug2016
1985	MS-Windows 1.0
1987	MS-DOS 3.3
1987	MS-Windows 2.0 Microsoft Windows/386 or Windows 386 (1988) Microsoft Windows/286 or Windows 286 (1988)  last updated 18May2017
1990	MS-Windows 3.0 Microsoft Windows 3.0 or Windows 3.0a with multimedia (1991)  last updated 18May2017
1992	MS-Windows 3.1 Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3.1 (1992) Microsoft Windows 3.11 (1993) Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3.11 (1994)  last updated 18May2017
1993	MS-Windows NT 3.1 Microsoft changes the name of new OS that not cooperating with OS/2 to Windows NT. (1991)  last updated 18May2017
1994	MS-DOS 6.22
1994	MS-Windows NT 3.5 Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 (1995)  last updated 18May2017
1995	MS-Windows 95 Microsoft Windows 95 Service Pack 1 (4.00.950A) (1995) Microsoft Windows 95 (4.00.950B) aka OSR2 with FAT32 and MMX support (1996) Microsoft Windows CE 1.0 (1996) Windows CE 2.0 (1997) Microsoft Windows 95 (4.00.950C) aka OSR2.5 (1997) Microsoft Windows CE 2.1 (1998) Windows CE 3.0 (1999) Windows CE changes to  Pocket PC (2000)  last updated 18May2017
1996	MS-Windows NT 4.0
1998	MS-Windows 98 Microsoft Windows 98 SE (Second Edition) (1999) last updated 18May2017
2000	MS-Windows 2000
2000	MS-Windows ME
2001	MS-Windows XP Microsoft Windows XP 64-Bit edition (Version 2002) for Itanium systems (2001) Microsoft Windows XP 64-Bit edition (Version 2003) for Itanium 2 systems (2003) Microsoft Windows XP Media Center edition 2003 (2003) Microsoft  Windows XP Media Center edition 2005 (2004) last updated 18May2017
2003	MS-Windows Server 2003
2005	MS-Windows XP x86-64
2007	Microsoft codenamed "Longhorn" changes to Windows Vista (2005) Microsoft Windows Vista to corporations (2006) last updated 18May2017 MS-Windows Vista
2008	MS-Windows Server 2008
2009	MS-Windows 7
2009	MS-Windows Server 2008 R2
2012	MS-Windows 8
2012	MS-Windows Server 2012
2013	MS-Windows 8.1
2013	MS-Windows Server 2012 R2
2015	MS-Windows 10last updated 22Aug2016
2016	MS-Windows Server 2016 last updated 18May2017

Windows 8

Windows 8 is an operating system software with new visual graphical user interfaces from Microsoft.com.

The logos of Windows 8 from microsoft.com:

The link of Windows 8 website is
http://www.microsoft.com .

The downloads of Windows 8 is
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/downloads (last updated on 3/10/2013) 

The related programs can be found at page
www.microsoft.com/windows8/  (last updated on 3/10/2013)