Windows 2.x: Difference between revisions

Contrary to popular belief, this version is not the first to include the [[Control Panel]], a claim which at one point also appeared on Microsoft's own website.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150312041008/http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/history#T1=era2 A History of Windows], <i>Microsoft Windows</i>. November 2013. [http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/history#T1=era2 Archived] from the original on 12 March 2015.</ref> The Control Panel was already included with [[Windows 1.0 Development Release 5]], compiled over 3 years before Windows 2.0 was released.

According to Microsoft, the following are the recommended system requirements for Windows 2.x, including Windows/286 and Windows/386 releases.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20061107143753/http://support.microsoft.com/kb/32905 Windows Version History], <i>Microsoft Support</i>. 19 July 2005. [http://support.microsoft.com/kb/32905 Archived] from the original on 7 November 2006.</ref> Windows 2.1 drops support for installing on two floppy disks and requires a hard drive to install Windows on.