The first version of the .NET Framework was released on 15 January 2002 for [[Windows 98]], [[Windows ME|ME]], [[Windows NT 4.0|NT 4.0]], [[Windows 2000|2000]], and [[Windows XP|XP]]. Mainstream support for this version ended on 10 July 2007, and extended support ended on 14 July 2009, with the exception of [[Windows XP Media Center Edition|Windows XP Media Center]] and [[Windows XP Tablet PC Edition|Tablet PC]] editions.<ref name="MS_DotNET_EoL"/><!-- defined by template:.NET Framework version history -->
On 19 June 2001, the tenth anniversary of the release of Visual Basic, .NET Framework 1.0 Beta 2 was released.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://betanews.com/2001/12/05/gates-revises-visual-studio-net-release-date/|title=Gates Revises Visual Studio .NET Release Date|date=2001-12-05|website=BetaNews|access-date=2016-07-01|archive-date=15 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815225556/http://betanews.com/2001/12/05/gates-revises-visual-studio-net-release-date/|url-status=live}}</ref>
.NET Framework 1.0 is supported on [[Windows 98]], [[Windows ME|ME]], [[Windows NT 4.0|NT 4.0]] (with Service Pack 6a), [[Windows 2000|2000]], [[Windows XP|XP]], and [[Windows Server 2003|Server 2003]]. Applications utilizing .NET Framework 1.0 will also run on computers with .NET Framework 1.1 installed, which supports additional operating systems.<ref name="netdepends1">{{Cite web|title=.NET Framework System Requirements|url=https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8z6watww%28v=vs.90%29.aspx|work=[[MSDN]]|publisher=[[Microsoft]]|access-date=28 November 2016|archive-date=20 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220061143/https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8z6watww%28v=vs.90%29.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref>
