A collection of windows startup screen from the past (lots of pics). Words are translated from original Chinese. But be wary of the site as I cannot guarantee if it’s Trojans-free.
1985.11.20 Windows 1.01 The earliest blue screen
1987.11.1 Windows 2.03 —— Microsoft Logo started to evolute 
1990.5.22 Windows 3.0 
1992.3.18 Windows 3.1 —— The first appearance of the flag
1993.11.1 Windows for Workgroups 3.11 
1993.7.27 Windows NT 3.1 
1993.7.27 Windows NT 3.1 Advanced Server 
1994.9.21 Windows NT Workstation 3.5 
1994.9.21 Windows NT Server 3.5 
1995.5.30 Windows NT Workstation 3.51 
1995.5.30 Windows NT Server 3.51 
1995.8.24 Windows 95 – Featured blue sky and white cloud style; and IE came into place
1996.8.24 Windows NT Workstation 4.0 
1996.8.24 Windows NT Server 4.0 
1998.6.25 Windows 98 
1999.5.5 Windows 98 Second Edition 
2000.2.17 Windows 2000 Professional – use of status bar for the first time
2000.2.17 Windows 2000 Server Family 
2000.9.14 Windows Millennium Edition 
2001.10.25 Windows XP Home Edition —— status bar became recurring 
2001.10.25 Windows XP Professional Edition 
2003.3.28 Windows XP 64-Bit Edition 
2003.4.24 Windows Server 2003 
2004.8.6 Windows XP SP2 —— removal of ‘professional’ 
2007.1.30 Windows Vista —— black screen
2007.1.30 Windows Vista – second part
[tags]windows, startup [/tags]