when was windows xp released to the public
Windows XP Release Date. Windows XP was released to manufacturing on August 24, 2001 and to the public on October 25, 2001. Windows XP is preceded by both Windows 2000 and Windows Me. Windows XP was succeeded by Windows Vista. The most recent version of Windows is Windows 10 which was released on July 29, 2015. April 8, 2014 was the last day Microsoft issued security and non-security updates to Windows XP. With the operating system no longer being supported, Microsoft suggests that users upgrade to a newer version of Windows.