Discontinued Microsoft Operating Systems
These are not exactly discontinued. They are abandoned by Microsoft 0r they may have reached end of support. You can still use them if they are on your computer or by installing them using disks/floppies/USB drives. Microsoft stopped supporting these outdated operating systems. There is no official support from Microsoft, and these so-called “discontinued” operating systems will not prove to be safe from malware. Plus, the current day apps may not work on the older operating systems: The first three of the above were command-line interfaces (CLI). Then came the graphical user interface (GUI) at the cost of speed. Windows 1.0 to Windows 3.1 fall under this category. Speed was improved in Windows 98 that came after Windows 95, the reason behind being advanced hardware’s availability as well as efforts from the app developers. After Windows 98, came Windows ME (millennium) that served as a lightweight operating system, and Windows 2000, but they didn’t gain any popularity and were replaced by Windows XP. Beyond that, the operating systems were Windows Vista and Windows 8.0 as they did not receive any good reviews. Windows 8.1 was acceptable and now Windows 10 is being offered by Microsoft. Read: Interesting lesser know Microsoft Trivia and Fun Facts.
Discontinued Microsoft Products
The following discontinued Microsoft products were mostly enhancement and utility tools for Windows lineage. Some of them were software created to perform tasks such as accounting, and database management, etc., on Windows OS. The above aims to present a comprehensive list of discontinued Microsoft products. If you think I missed something, please let me know via the comment section below.
