Windows 2.03

Windows 2.03 is the earliest retail version of Windows 2.0 available on the internet.

It was a slight update to Windows 2.01. The setup has been updated, and now it includes a small readme.txt reader. VGA 640x450 mode has been removed. As this is a retail version, it obviously has got more drivers than the Compaq OEM of Windows/386 2.01, which is the only available version of Windows 2.01 on the internet. This version also introduced support for PS/2 mice in the mouse.drv, that means that you can use the mouse in your virtual machine out-of-box.

Virtual PC
1. Install MS-DOS 5 2. Insert Windows 2.03 Setup disk and launch Setup 3. Select the Windows installation directory 4. Choose "IBM PC, XT, AT (or 100% compatible)" as the computer type 5. Choose "IBM (or 100% compatible) VGA (Video Graphics Array)" as the graphics card type 6. Select the keyboard layout 7. Choose "Microsoft Mouse (Bus or Serial)" as the mouse type 8. Select "No changes" after you checked the settings 9. Insert next disk when asked 10. Press C when Setup asks you if you want to install a printer 11. Select a country 12. Choose, if you want to view the ReadMe file. 13. Setup is done, enter WIN to start Windows.