Microsoft Operating Systems,Versions and NDIS Versions

Windows operating system,major and minor version numbers of the operating system support for NDIS versions, are described in the following table.
Operating System
Version number
NDIS version
Windows 8
6.2
6.3
Windows 7
6.1
6.2
Windows Vista SP1
6.1
6.1
Windows Vista
6.0
6.0
Windows XP
5.1
5.1



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