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:''This page is about emulation software for '''Windows NT''', that emulates other hardware, like Video Game consoles. For software that can run '''Microsoft Windows''' on other Operating Systems [[Hypervisors]] or [[Windows 2000/XP/Vista emulators]].'':''See [[Emulators on Legacy OS#Windows_9x|This page]] for Emulators on Windows 9x.'' '''Microsoft Windows''' ('''Windows''') is a series of 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems. Windows NT's first release for consumers was Windows XP released to retail October 25, 2001. Windows NT is the current line of Windows operating systems, the previous being the Windows 9x family of operating systems. before windows 9x windows was a [[wikipedia:Shell_(computing)#Graphical_shells|Graphical shell]] for MS-DOS. ;Microsoft operating system history <br>''This is the history of Microsoft windows operating systems''<br>Microsoft first Operating system was [[wikipedia:Xenix|Xenix]] in 1980 an commercial [[wikipedia:Unix|Unix]] Operating system. Microsoft in 1982 released the much more famous [[POS_(Pong_Consoles)_CPUs_and_Other_Chips#x86_CPUs|MS-DOS]]. The first versions of windows (Windows 1.0-3.0) were graphical shells for MS-DOS each version adding new features such as icons and media playback. In 1995 Microsoft started releasing Operating systems in the <abbr title="Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME">"Windows 9x" family</abbr>. The first version of Windows NT was Windows NT 3.1 released in 1993, but only targeted businesses, Windows NT 3.5-4.0 likewise only targeted businesses. they are not listed as the first release of windows NT for that reason. IBM and Microsoft collaborated to develop [[Emulators on OS/2|OS/2]] in the late 1980s; it was first released in 1987. The deal to develop the Operating system together ended with Microsoft leaving development to IBM with Microsoft and IBM not agreeing on how to position OS/2 with Microsoft's Windows 3.0.<ref Group=N>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OS/2#1990:_BreakupOS/2 Breakup]</ref>

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