1995   Microsoft releases Windows 95.

1998   Microsoft releases Windows 98.

1999   Microsoft releases Windows 98 Second Edition.

1999   Microsoft launches the first version of MSN.

1999   United States District Court Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson rules that Microsoft has 'monopoly power' over the personal computer operating system industry.

2000   Microsoft releases Windows Me.

2001   Microsoft releases Windows XP.

2005   Microsoft releases the Xbox 360 game console in North America.