Windows 2.0 is a major release of Microsoft Windows, a family of graphical user shells and operating systems developed by Microsoft. It was released to manufacturing on December 9, …

This Windows/386 release was finalized in September 1987, predating Windows 2.03 by several months. Directory listings of the three 1.2Mb Microsoft Windows/386 2.01 distribution diskettes …

Windows 2 adds overlapping windows, menu keyboard shortcuts, VGA support, and other user interface changes influenced by IBM standards. Windows 2 is the last version that supports …

Microsoft developed Windows 2.03 to address limitations in its predecessor, Windows 1.0, which relied on tiled windows that could not overlap. By allowing users to open and manage …

May 13, 2022 · Windows 2.0 is a 16-bit operating environment from Microsoft released on December 9, 1987, as a successor to Windows 1.0. Windows 2.0, 2.01, and 2.03 are shells for …

Nov 5, 2025 · Windows 2.x is the second major version of Microsoft Windows, released in 1987 as a successor to Windows 1.0. It adds general support for overlapping windows, as opposed …

Windows 2.0 was the second release of the Microsoft Windows operating environment for MS-DOS. It was not a commercial success - however, it furthered the development of the kernel …

Windows 2.0 is a 16-bit operating environment from Microsoft released on December 9, 1987. Windows 2.0, 2.01, and 2.03 are shells for the MS-DOS system, providing a graphical user …

An upgrade to Windows 1.0, introduced in 1987. Supporting overlapping, resizable windows and more color options, it was later renamed Windows/286 after Windows/386 was released.

Windows 2.0 was a 16-bit Microsoft Windows graphical user interface-based operating environment that superseded Windows 1.0. Windows 2.0 was supplemented by Windows/286 …