Windows 2.0 is an operating system released by Microsoft in 1987 as the successor to Windows 1.0. It featured the ability to overlap windows, which was a feature left out of Windows 1.0 to avoid similarities with the Macintosh OS of the day.
Windows 2.0 was the first Windows operating system to run Microsoft Word and Excel. It also shipped with a number of familiar applications such as Notepad, Paint and Write (and early version of WordPad).
This guide will show you the history of Windows, including Windows 2.0.
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