List of Microsoft Codenames - Windows 3.1x/9x

Windows 3.1x/9x

Codename Preliminary name Final name Notes Ref
Sparta, Winball Windows Plus Windows for Workgroups 3.1 Windows 3.1 (16-bit) with enhanced networking; designed to work particularly well as a client with the new Windows NT.
Snowball Windows for Workgroups 3.10 Windows for Workgroups 3.11 Although this release was still 16-bit Windows, it included a 32-bit TCP/IP stack (when running on compatible hardware). Along with Win32s, this was one of the first steps towards moving the Windows desktop to a 32-bit code base.
Chicago Windows 4.0 Windows 95 The 32bit protected mode kernel of Chicago (Windows 95) was codenamed Cougar and runs on top of Jaguar (Chicago kernel).
O'Hare IE1 Internet Explorer, first shipped in Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95 The codename O'Hare ties into the Chicago codename for Windows 95: O'Hare International Airport is the largest airport in the city of Chicago, Illinois — in Microsoft's words, "a point of departure to distant places from Chicago".
Frosting Windows 95 codename Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95
Detroit Windows 4.1 Windows 95 OSR 2 Named after Detroit, Michigan. A writer for Maximum PC suggested that "Detroit" and other Windows 95-era names were answers to the question posed by Microsoft's "Where do you want to go today?" marketing campaign.
Nashville Windows 96 Windows Desktop Update, Internet Explorer 4.0 Cancelled upgrade for Windows 95; sometimes referred to in the press as Windows 96. Codename was reused for Internet Explorer 4.0 which incorporated many of the technologies planned for Nashville.
Memphis Windows 97, Windows 4.1 Windows 98 The codename was the key to activating an easter egg in Windows 98:
  • Open the "Regional Settings" control panel;
  • Go to the "Regional Settings" page;
  • Hold the Control key and drag a line with the mouse cursor from Memphis, Egypt (or maybe Cairo, codename of Windows NT 4 - the map is too small to tell) to Memphis, Tennessee. Still holding the Control key, drag another line from Memphis to Redmond, Washington;
  • A window opens with the credits for Windows 98.
  • this codename is also visible from Windows 95 OSR in its version of DOS 7 - before any EXEs or windows is loaded the words: Microsoft (R) Memphis - are loaded into memory, although on the disc they are encrypted.
Millennium Windows 4.9 Windows Me Me stands for Millennium Edition.

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