Windows OS Version Numbers

Published on 17 August 2009 by Nirmal in Windows Tips

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Each version of Windows OS released by Microsoft has a particular version number and these version numbers are important for application developers while building application with compatibility. The OS version numbers actually contains different sections which are mentioned in OSVERSIONINFO structure in windows. OSVERSIONINFO contains three parts namely Major Version (dwMajorVersion), Minor Version (dwMinorVersion) and Build # (dwBuildNumber).

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Here is the list of all Windows OS from Microsoft and their version numbers.

Operating System Version Number Other Information
Windows 1.0 1.04
Windows 2.0 2.11
Windows 3.0 3
Windows NT 3.1 3.10.528
Windows for Workgroups 3.11 3.11
Windows NT Workstation 3.5 3.5.807
Windows NT Workstation 3.51 3.51.1057
Windows 95 4.0.950
Windows NT Workstation 4.0 4.0.1381
Windows 98 4.1.1998
Windows 98 Second Edition 4.1.2222
Windows Me 4.90.3000
Windows 2000 Professional 5.0.2195
Windows XP 5.1.2600 Current SP3
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition 5.2.3790
Windows Vista 6.0.6000 Current Version changed to 6.0.6002 with SP2
Windows 7 6.1.7600 RTM

Version numbers are very important while developing application and wrong version number can cause compatibility issues. More information on Version Checking here.

Thanks to MSIGeek for this Information.


2 Responses to “Windows OS Version Numbers”

  1. niraj says:

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