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{{Stub}} {{SoftwareInfobox |image = Logo-Windows-2021-INT.svg |caption = Current logo |developer = Microsoft Corporation |publisher = Microsoft Corporation |type = Operating System Family }} '''Microsoft Windows''' is an [[operating system family]] created by [[Microsoft Corporation]]. One of its major strengths is the massive library of games it can run, by virtue of ''[[DirectX]]''; one of its major downsides is the rampant security issues the OS ecosystem as a whole suffers from, in addition to the increasingly-invasive telemetry gathered by later consumer editions. In the most basic terms possible, ''Microsoft Windows'' is a graphical-orientated operating system that is able to, within reason, maintain compatibility with software designed to run on previous iterations. More recent editions, such as ''[[Windows XP]]'' have been targeted at the growing popularity of networking, home multimedia, and wireless capability. The majority of PC-developed video games are primarily coded for Microsoft Windows' graphical API, ''[[DirectX]]''. ==Logos== <gallery> Windows_logo_and_watermark_-_1985.svg.png | 1985-1992 (Windows 1.0 - 3.0) Windows_3.1_logo.svg.png | 1992-2001 (Windows 3.1 - ME) Logo-Windows-2001-INT.svg| 2001-2007 (Windows XP - Windows Server 2008) Windows logo.png | 2007-2012 (Windows Vista & Windows 7) Logo-Windows-2012-INT.svg|2012-2015 (Windows 8 & 8.1) Logo-Windows-2015-INT.svg|2015-2021 (Windows 10) Logo-Windows-2021-INT.svg|2021-present (Windows 11) </gallery> ==Consumer-orientated Versions== * [[Windows 1.0]] * [[Windows 2.0]] * [[Windows 3.0]] * [[Windows 3.1]] * [[Windows 3.11]] * [[Windows 3.2]] * [[Windows 95]] * [[Windows 98]] * [[Windows 98 Second Edition]] * [[Windows ME]] * [[Windows XP]] * [[Windows Vista]] * [[Windows 7]] * [[Windows 8]] * [[Windows 8.1]] * [[Windows 10]] * [[Windows 11]] ==Business-orientated Versions== * [[Windows for Workgroups 3.1]] * [[Windows for Workgroups 3.11]] * [[Windows NT 3.1]] * [[Windows NT 3.5]] * [[Windows NT 3.51]] * [[Windows NT 4.0]] * [[Windows 2000]] * [[Windows Server 2003]] ==Mobile Versions== * [[Windows CE]] * [[Windows Mobile]] * [[Windows RT]] * [[Windows Phone]] ==See also== * [[List of Microsoft Windows video games]] * [[List of Microsoft Windows peripherals]] ==External Links== * [http://www.microsoft.com Official website of ''Microsoft Corporation''] * [http://microsoft.wikia.com/Windows Microsoft Windows] at the Microsoft Wiki Playing on my computer {{PC Platforms}}
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