Microsoft Windows NT

Environment Subsystems

 * Win32
 * DOS personality
 * Win16 personality
 * OS/2 - works only on Intel-based systems, not on RISC platforms
 * POSIX

Operating System Products
This lists major versions of Windows, minor versions or minor bug fix releases are not listed unless they have some specific significance. Note that Windows XP and later in addition to Windows Server 2003 are delivered in both 32 and 64 bit versions, Windows server 2008 R2 and later plus Windows Home Server 2011 are only delivered in 64 bit versions while consumer MS Windows version 8 and later are usually delivered in a dual 32 and 64 bit media configuration and thus not listed separately.


 * Client versions
 * Windows NT 3.1
 * Windows NT 3.5
 * Windows NT 3.51
 * Windows NT Workstation 4.0
 * Windows 2000
 * Windows XP
 * Windows Vista
 * Windows 7
 * Windows 8
 * Windows 8.1
 * Windows 10
 * Server versions
 * Windows NT Server 3.1
 * Windows NT Server 3.5
 * Windows NT Server 3.51
 * Windows NT Server 4
 * Windows 2000 Server
 * Windows Server 2003
 * Windows Server 2003 R2
 * Windows Server 2008
 * Windows Server 2008 R2
 * Windows Server 2012
 * Windows Server 2012 R2
 * MS Windows 2016 Server
 * Windows Home Server
 * Windows Home Server 2011

Microsoft has from time to time come out with "lower cost versions" of its OEM OS software intended to be sold with very low cost hardware such as Netbooks. In the case of an un-named XP variant it was crippled with both software and licensing restrictions, you could only sell it with hardware that had 1Gb of memory or less, with the "Starter editions" of Windows Vista and 7 you could only run three applications concurrently. More recent cut down versions of Windows 8.x and 10 are free, have fewer tools than the full versions and display adverts, but otherwise appear un-crippled.
 * Starter editions

Add-On Products

 * Windows NT Add-On Subsystem for Presentation Manager

Publications

 * Helen Custer: Inside Windows NT - Microsoft Press 1992, ISBN 1-55615-481-X
 * Jeffrey Richter: Advanced Windows NT - Microsoft Press 1993, ISBN 1-55615-567-0
 * David A. Solomon; Helen Custer: Inside Windows NT 2nd edition - Microsoft Press 1997, ISBN 1-57231-677-2

Links

 * Resource Kit: OS/2 Compatibility
 * http://www.johnloomis.org/ece314/notes/OperatingSystems/WindowsNT.html