Super nerds will know that ever since Windows 7 there’s been a curious numbering scheme in Microsoft’s OS that actually meant Windows 8.1 was, under the hood, called Windows NT 6.3. No longer! It’s ...

Microsoft is informing developers that the kernel version number for Windows 10 is going to be hiked straight to version 10 shortly. The kernel number has been out of sync with Windows release number ...

When Windows NT originally launched it had ports to a wide variety of platforms, ranging from Intel’s x86 and i860 to DEC’s Alpha as well as the MIPS architecture. Running Windows applications written ...

Sunday July 31 marks 20 years since Microsoft launched Windows NT 4.0. On July 31, 1996, Microsoft released NT 4.0 to manufacturing. It was generally available as of August 24 that year. NT 4.0 wasn't ...

Windows 10 is finally here -- and it's been a long and winding road. Let's step back for a moment and address one of the most confusing things about the latest version of Windows. When Microsoft ...

Microsoft released MS-DOS, a DOS-based operating system, in August 1981, and Windows 1.0 in November 1985. They then co-developed OS/2 with IBM as a successor to DOS, but the project ran into ...

The extended support phase for Microsoft Corp.’s Windows NT 4.0 Workstation operating system — which will mark its seventh birthday on July 29 — officially came to an end yesterday, as the company had ...

Thirty years ago today, on November 20, 1985, Microsoft released the first version of Windows. I'm not sure even Bill Gates expected how wildly successful the franchise would become or that it would ...

(Windows New Technology) An earlier 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. Available in client and server versions, Windows NT included built-in networking and preemptive ...