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A vintage computer setup with a CRT monitor displaying a Windows 9x desktop, a beige keyboard, a tower PC, and a mouse on a patterned mousepad.

A vintage computer setup with a CRT monitor displaying a Windows 9x desktop, a beige keyboard, a tower PC, and a mouse on a patterned mousepad.

Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedia Donate Create account Log in Contents (Top) History Design In popular culture See also Notes References External links Windows 9x Article Talk Read Edit View history Tools Appearance Text Small Standard Large Width Standard Wide Color Automatic Light Dark From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia "Windows 4.x" redirects here. For the operating system in the NT family, see Windows NT 4.0. Windows 9x Screenshot of Windows 95, the first version of Windows in the 9x series Developer Microsoft Written in C, C++, Assembly Working state Discontinued Source model Closed source Initial release 4.00.950 / July 14, 1995; 30 years ago (as Windows 95) Final release 4.90.3000 / June 19, 2000; 25 years ago (as Windows Me) Update method Windows Update Supported platforms IA-32 Kernel type Monolithic Userland Windows API Influenced by MS-DOS, OS/2, Windows 2.x, Windows 3.x, VAX/VMS Default user interface Windows shell (Graphical) License Proprietary commercial software Preceded by Windows 3.1 (1992-1993) Succeeded by Windows XP (2001) Support status Mainstream support for Windows 95 ended on December 31, 2000. Extended support ended on December 31, 2001.[1] Mainstream support for Windows 98 ended on June 30, 2002. Mainstream support for Windows Me ended on December 31, 2003. Extended support for both ended on July 11, 2006.[2][3] Windows 9x (also known as Win9x) is a generic term referring to a former line of Windows, a family of operating systems produced by Ver más