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| {{Infobox Windows
| | Tu seras bientôt à moi. |
| |image=Win2-tvga8900d.png
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| |family=16
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| |version=2.x
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| |preliminary=Windows 1.5
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| |arch=x86 16-bit
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| |releasedate=1988-05-27
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| |support=2001-12-31
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| |replaces=[[Windows 1.0]]
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| |replaced-by=[[Windows 3.0]]
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| }}
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| '''Windows 2.0''' is the second major version of [[Microsoft Windows]]. It was the first version to introduce support for enhanced features found in Intel's i386 processors. To differentiate it between the 8086-compatible version of Windows 2.x, the i386 version was sold and marketed separately under the "Windows/386" label. Two revisions of Windows 2.x exist, the original revision (2.0x) in generic 8086 and i386 variants, and a second revision (2.1x) that introduced 286 and i386-specific variants, marketed as "Windows/286" and "Windows/386" respectively. It was the successor to [[Windows 1.0]] and was succeeded with [[Windows 3.0]].
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| As of today, no pre-release builds of Windows 2.x have leaked, and some retail versions remain unverified.
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| == New features ==
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| Windows 2.0 introduced support for overlapping windows for all window variants (Windows 1.0 only supported overlapping of dialog windows). This fired a legal conflict with Apple Inc., accusing Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard of violating copyrights Apple held on Macintosh System Software. The judge ruled in favor of Microsoft and HP in all but ten of the 189 patents Apple sued for, which according to the judge couldn't be copyrighted <ref name="chip">http://download.chip.eu/en/History-of-Microsoft_163647110.html</ref>.
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| This version of Windows also introduced support for VGA (Video Graphics Array) displays and PS/2 mice in the retail release, although drivers for Windows 1.0 have already been available. 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.
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| 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 included 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.
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| == Builds ==
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| {{builds legend}}
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| === Development ===
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| {{BLItem Confirmed|Windows 2.0 Alpha 1|Windows 2.0 Alpha 1}}
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| {{BLItem Confirmed|Windows 2.0 Alpha 2|Windows 2.0 Alpha 2}}
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| {{BLItem Confirmed|Windows 2.0 "InfoWorld" build|Windows 2.0 ''"InfoWorld" build''}}
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| {{BLItem Confirmed|Windows 2.0 1987-07-01 build|Windows 2.0 Developer's Beta1 Release 07/01/87}}
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| {{BLItem Confirmed|Windows 2.0 Beta 2|Windows 2.0 Beta 2}}
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| === Windows 2.0x ===
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| ==== Windows 2.01 ====
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| {{BLItem Leaked|Windows/386 2.01|Windows/386 2.01 ''(Compaq OEM)''}}
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| ==== Windows 2.03 ====
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| {{BLItem Leaked|Windows 2.03|Windows 2.03}}
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| {{BLItem Leaked|Windows 2.03 (Tulip OEM)|Windows 2.03 ''(Tulip OEM)''}}
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| {{BLItem Leaked|Windows/386 2.03|Windows/386 2.03}}
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| {{BLItem Confirmed|Windows/386 2.03.06 (Toshiba OEM)|Windows/386 2.03.06 ''(Toshiba OEM)''}}
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| === Windows 2.1x ===
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| ==== Windows 2.1 ====
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| {{BLItem Leaked|Windows/286 2.1|Windows/286 2.1}}
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| {{BLItem Leaked|Windows/286 2.10D (Tulip OEM)|Windows/286 2.10D ''(Tulip OEM)''}}
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| {{BLItem Leaked|Windows/386 2.1|Windows/386 2.1}}
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| ==== Windows 2.11 ====
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| {{BLItem Leaked|Windows/286 2.11|Windows/286 2.11}}
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| {{BLItem Leaked|Windows/386 2.11|Windows/386 2.11}}
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| {{BLItem Leaked|Windows/386 2.11 (NEC PC-9800 OEM)|Windows/386 2.11 ''(NEC PC-9800 OEM)''}}
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| </div>
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| == References ==
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| <references/>
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