Windows Phone

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Windows Phone 7 Windows Phone 8
Minimum Recommended
Processor 800 MHz 1.0 GHz 1.0 GHz dual-core
Memory 256 MB 512 MB
Display WVGA
Hard disk drive free space 4 GB 8 GB 4 GB
Optical drive CD-ROM drive[1] (only to install from CD-ROM media)
Input devices Keyboard, mouse or a compatible pointing device
Sound Sound card and Speakers or headphones (only for sound playback)


Features

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Version Desktop shell Server Core Theme Internet Explorer Web server Media Player PowerShell Office
Minimum Maximum
Windows 1.0 MS-DOS Executive (Unnamed)
Windows 2.0
Windows 3.0 Program Manager 3.0 (with Mutimedia Extension)
Windows 3.1x 2.0 5.0 3.1 4.3
Windows 95 Windows shell Classic 1.0 [note 1] 5.5 SP2 4.0 2000
Windows NT 4.0 1.5 [note 2] 6.0 SP1 PWS XP
Windows 98 4.01 [note 3]
Windows 2000 5.01 SP4 IIS 5.0 6.4
Windows Me 5.5 7.0
Windows XP Luna (XP default), Classic (Server default) 6.0 8.0 IIS 5.1 8 (9 in SP2) Optional (V1) 2010
Windows Server 2003 IIS 6.0 9 (10 in SP1)
Windows Vista Aero (Vista/7 default), Classic (Server default) 7.0 9.0 IIS 7 11 [note 4]
Windows Server 2008 Yes IIS 7
Windows 7 8.0 11.0 IIS 7.5 12 [note 4] V2 2013
Windows Server 2008 R2 Yes IIS 7.5
Windows Server 2012 Windows Runtime (default), Windows shell Yes Metro-inspired 10.0 IIS 8 V3
Windows 8
Windows Server 2012 R2 Yes 11.0 IIS 8.5 V4
Windows 8.1
  1. ^ The initial release of Windows 95 excluded Internet Explorer (IE), instead making it a separate purchase as part of the Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95 software. IE 2 was included at no additional charge with Windows 95's free Service Pack 1 update or the paid OEM Service Release (OSR) 1. OSR 2 and 2.1 include IE 3, while OSR 2.5 includes IE 4. All versions, except for IE 4, are optional software that can be officially uninstalled after initial setup.
  2. ^ Although Internet Explorer (IE) 1.5 can run on Windows NT 4.0, IE 2.0 is included as a bundled but removable program with the OS.
  3. ^ The Second Edition of Windows 98 includes Internet Explorer 5 instead.[2]
  4. ^ a b Servers require Desktop Experience to install Windows Media Player.

Old table

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Older component; no longer supported Older component; still supported Current component
Windows 3.0 Program Manager (Unnamed) 3.0 (Multimedia Extension edition only)
Windows 3.1x Program Manager (Unnamed) 3.1
Windows 95 Windows shell Classic 2.0 in OSR1
3.0 in OSR2 and OSR2.1
4.0 in OSR2.5
4.0 COMMAND.COM
Windows NT 4.0 Windows shell Classic 2.0 PWS 4.0 COMMAND.COM, CMD.EXE
Windows 98 Windows shell Classic 4.01 PWS 4.0 COMMAND.COM
Windows 98 SE Windows shell Classic 5.0 PWS 4.0 COMMAND.COM
Windows 2000 Windows shell Classic 5.01 IIS 5.0 5.0 and 6.4 (side by side) COMMAND.COM, CMD.EXE
Windows Me Windows shell Classic 5.5 6.4 and 7.0 (side by side) COMMAND.COM
Windows XP Windows shell Luna (default), Classic 6.0 IIS 5.1 5.1, 6.4 and 8 (in RTM)
5.1, 6.4 and 9 (in SP1)
COMMAND.COM, CMD.EXE,
PowerShell (optional)
Windows Server 2003 Windows shell Classic (default), Luna 6.0 IIS 6.0 9 (10 in SP1) COMMAND.COM, CMD.EXE,
PowerShell (optional)
Windows Vista Windows shell Aero (default), Classic 7.0 IIS 7 11 COMMAND.COM, CMD.EXE,
PowerShell (optional)
Windows Server 2008 Windows shell, Server Core Classic (default), Aero (via "Desktop Experience") 7.0 IIS 7 11 (enabled by installing "Desktop Experience") COMMAND.COM, CMD.EXE,
PowerShell (optional)
Windows 7 Windows shell Aero (default), Classic 8.0 IIS 7.5 12 COMMAND.COM, CMD.EXE,
PowerShell v2.0
Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows shell, Server Core Classic (default), Aero (via "Desktop Experience") 8.0 IIS 7.5 12 (via "Desktop Experience") COMMAND.COM, CMD.EXE,
PowerShell v2.0
Windows Server 2012 Windows shell, Server Core Metro-inspired 10.0 IIS 8 12 (via "Desktop Experience") COMMAND.COM, CMD.EXE,
PowerShell v3.0
Windows 8 Windows shell Metro-inspired 10.0 IIS 8 12 COMMAND.COM, CMD.EXE,
PowerShell v3.0
Windows shell, Windows server core Metro-inspired 11.0 IIS 8.5 12 (via "Desktop Experience") COMMAND.COM, CMD.EXE,
PowerShell v4.0

References

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  1. ^ Any optical drive that can read CD-ROM media.
  2. ^ Prince, Brian (15 December 2008). "Test Finds Google Chrome, Apple Safari Weakest in Browser Password Management". eweek. Retrieved 22 May 2009.