Windows 3.1

since unknown year (earliest usage recorded on this site was 1988)

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simonf

nowells

b_eide

MarkofCain

mobial

flynnguy

codewritinfool

mikl

sceptreofjudah

larry

enki

abtin

tpherndon

Vector

bloodearnest

brianwisti

mdridley

nimasmi

jeffself

ntoll

greyfade

supakoo

davisagli

jtauber

Ben

Bryan

shywolf9982

jancona

RossP

frankwiles

xhae

otherchirps

hexdump42

PaulM

karlstolley

vangale

SeanOC

liza

bkmontgomery

Da_Nuke

mfandreas

jcarbaugh

mcrute

bkonkle

bitprophet

tlesher

lukeman

gregmuellegger

macmichael01

carljm

Izual

stephen_mcd

pydanny

joalcorn

eykd

rogerclark

brousch

streetcleaner

CerealBoy

Raisapius

gnubardt

whaley

iamteem

NX172

Kanru

bocke

eddymul

westonruter

cstejerean

mgrbyte

brixtonasias

gniero

dmishe

ellisonleao

collypops

mwalling

chris

davidpaccoud

simonf - 8 years

nowells - 37 years

b_eide - 37 years

MarkofCain - 37 years

mobial - 37 years

flynnguy - 37 years

codewritinfool - 3 years

mikl - 8 years

sceptreofjudah - 7 years

larry - 36 years

enki - 36 years

abtin - 36 years

tpherndon - 10 years

Vector - 35 years

bloodearnest - 4 years

brianwisti - 6 years

mdridley - 7 years

nimasmi - 9 years

gg - 7 years

jeffself - 7 years

ntoll - 7 years

greyfade - 5 years

supakoo - 4 years

davisagli - 4 years

jtauber - 4 years

Ben - 5 years

Bryan - 4 years

shywolf9982 - 6 years

jancona - 4 years

RossP - 4 years

frankwiles - 2 years

xhae - 8 years

otherchirps - 4 years

hexdump42 - 4 years

PaulM - 4 years

karlstolley - 4 years

vangale - 3 years

SeanOC - 8 years

liza - 3 years

bkmontgomery - 3 years

Da_Nuke - 6 years

mfandreas - 3 years

jcarbaugh - 3 years

mcrute - 3 years

bkonkle - 4 years

bitprophet - 9 years

tlesher - 5 years

lukeman - 3 years

gregmuellegger - 3 years

macmichael01 - 2 years

carljm - 3 years

Izual - 5 years

stephen_mcd - 1 years

pydanny - 3 years

joalcorn - 6 years

eykd - 4 years

rogerclark - 2 years

brousch - 3 years

streetcleaner - 5 years

CerealBoy - 2 years

Raisapius - 4 years

gnubardt - 4 years

whaley - 3 years

iamteem - 1 years

NX172 - 30 years

Kanru - 30 years

bocke - 3 years

eddymul - 30 years

westonruter - 4 years

cstejerean - 2 years

mgrbyte - 2 years

brixtonasias - 4 years

gniero - 3 years

dmishe - 1 years

ellisonleao - 3 years

collypops - 4 years

mwalling - 3 years

chris - 4 years

davidpaccoud - 1 years

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1990–1996

on a 286 and, later, a 386

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1991–1995

1991–1997

Pretty ubiquitous

1992–1995

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1992–1997

Used it sparingly, although never on my computers

frankwiles

1992–1993

Interestingly enough, this was the last version of Windows I used on a day to day basis!

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1992–1999

Secondary school still had it in 98-99, and it could be coerced to run games, unlike their managed '95.

bitprophet

1993–2001

Used sparingly on other peoples' computers until I was given a badass early 90s era Dell laptop by a neighbor going through his tech trash in 2001. Used Win 3.1 on that for about a half hour, then promptly overwrote it with a really old Slackware build.

bkonkle

1993–1996

jcarbaugh

1993–1995

I first saw Windows 3.1 on my friend's brand new Pentium PC when I still had a 486. I was so jealous at the time.

1993–1995

1993–1995

1993–1995

1993–1998

Used it along with MS-DOS when I was a kid.

tlesher

1993–1997

bkmontgomery

1993–1995

My first computer.

pydanny

1994–1996

Used it for work and the odd video game. Favorite video game were these two airplane turn based games. One had jets and the other had WWII prop planes.

stephen_mcd

1994

Fond memories of my favourite arcade game Street Fighter 2 actually running on it as well as being mezmerised by the installed tiled wallpapers.

Izual

1994–1998

My first computer also had a 3.1 OS, which started by typing win in the command line of DOS.

streetcleaner

1994–1998

carljm

1994–1996

I don't think this belongs on a list of operating systems, but since it's here: I used it.

eykd

1994–1997

gregmuellegger

1994–1996

rogerclark

1994–1995

My first machine was a 386 with 4MB of RAM running Windows 3.1. It was purchased for $10 from a junk lot by my grandparents.

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1995

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1995–1998

We bought our first modern PC just before Windows 95 came out. So we had Windows 3.11 until I upgraded us to Windows 98.

eddymul

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Raisapius

1995–1998

The first operating system I was exposed to. It gave me many of the habits that I still have to this day, like trying to use 8.3 filenames whenever possible.

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