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'''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 to the previous version which could only overlap dialog boxes while main windows were tiled. User experience with a keyboard was also improved by adding support for keyboard shortcuts. Built-in applications were updated to implement the [[w:IBM Common User Access|Common User Access]] specification, which among others introduced the {{key press|Alt|F4}} key stroke to close a window. Many of these changes were done to align the Windows user interface with the upcoming Presentation Manager, which would ship with [[OS/2 1.1]] a year later. | '''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 to the previous version which could only overlap dialog boxes while main windows were tiled. User experience with a keyboard was also improved by adding support for keyboard shortcuts. Built-in applications were updated to implement the [[w:IBM Common User Access|Common User Access]] specification, which among others introduced the {{key press|Alt|F4}} key stroke to close a window. Many of these changes were done to align the Windows user interface with the upcoming [[Presentation Manager]], which would ship with [[OS/2 1.1]] a year later. | ||
A separate version of Windows for [[w:i386|386]] systems marketed as [[#Windows/386|Windows/386]] was also introduced, which takes advantage of the processor's [[w:Virtual 8086 mode|virtual 8086 mode]] to pre-emptively multitask [[MS-DOS]] applications. The original version that runs purely in real mode was rebranded to Windows/286 in later revisions, although it doesn't actually require a [[w:80286|286]] processor. | A separate version of Windows for [[w:i386|386]] systems marketed as [[#Windows/386|Windows/386]] was also introduced, which takes advantage of the processor's [[w:Virtual 8086 mode|virtual 8086 mode]] to pre-emptively multitask [[MS-DOS]] applications. The original version that runs purely in real mode was rebranded to Windows/286 in later revisions, although it doesn't actually require a [[w:80286|286]] processor. | ||