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Microsoft Windows Operating System is the name of several families of software operating systems by Microsoft. Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces (GUIs).[1] Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal computer market, overtaking Mac OS, which had been introduced previously. At the 2004 IDC Directions conference, IDC Vice President Avneesh Saxena stated that Windows had approximately 90% of the client operating system market.[2] The most recent client version of Windows is Windows Vista. The current server version of Windows is Windows Server 2008.
Microsoft has taken two parallel routes in its operating systems. One
route has been for the home user and the other has been for the
professional IT user. The dual routes have generally led to home
versions having greater multimedia support and less functionality in
networking and security, and professional versions having inferior
multimedia support and better networking and security.
Microsoft has stopped releasing updates and hotfixes for many old
Windows operating systems, including all versions of Windows 9x and
earlier versions of Windows NT. Windows versions prior to XP are no
longer supported, with the exception of Windows 2000, which is
currently in the Extended Support Period, that will end on July 13,
2010. Windows XP versions prior to SP2 are no longer supported either.
Also, support for Windows XP 64-bit Edition ended after the release of
the more recent Windows XP Professional x64 Edition.[citation needed]
No new updates are created for unsupported versions of Windows Operating System.
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