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This version of Windows also introduced support for VGA (Video Graphics Array) and later PS/2 mice. It is possible to use the Windows 2.03 (or later) PS/2 mouse driver with Windows 1.0, which enables one to use the virtual mouse emulated by many virtualization packages.
This version of Windows also introduced support for VGA (Video Graphics Array) and later PS/2 mice. It is possible to use the Windows 2.03 (or later) PS/2 mouse driver with Windows 1.0, which enables one to use the virtual mouse emulated by many virtualization packages.


There is a myth that this version is the first to include the Control Panel<ref name="chip"/><ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_2.0#Features</ref>, which also appeared on Microsoft's website<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20150312041008/http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/history#T1=era2</ref>. The Control Panel was already packed with [[Windows 1.0 Developer Release 5]], compiled over 3 years<ref>[[Windows 1.0 Developer Release 5]]</ref> before Windows 2.0 was released.
There is a myth that this version is the first to include the Control Panel<ref name="chip"/><ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_2.0#Features</ref>, which also appeared on Microsoft's website<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20150312041008/http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/history#T1=era2</ref>. The Control Panel was already packed with [[Windows 1.0 Development Release 5]], compiled over 3 years<ref>[[Windows 1.0 Development Release 5]]</ref> before Windows 2.0 was released.


==Builds==
==Builds==
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===Development===
===Development===
{{BLItem Confirmed|Windows 2.0 "InfoWorld" build|Windows 2.0 ''"InfoWorld" build''}}
{{BLItem Confirmed|Windows 2.0 "InfoWorld" build|Windows 2.0 ''"InfoWorld" build''}}
{{BLItem Confirmed|Windows 2.0 Developer's Beta1 Release 07/01/87|Windows 2.0 Developer's Beta1 Release 07/01/87}}
{{BLItem Confirmed|Windows 2.0 1987-07-01 build|Windows 2.0 Developer's Beta1 Release 07/01/87}}


===Windows 2.0x===
===Windows 2.0x===
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