System Requirements

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The following table lists installation requirements for the .NET Framework 2.0 SDK. For more information, see the System Requirements for Version 2.0 topic in the SDK documentation.

System Requirements for Installing the .NET Framework 2.0 SDK

.NET Framework 2.0 SDK
Processor Minimum:

600 megahertz (MHz) Pentium processor, or an AMD Opteron, AMD Athlon64 or AMD Athlon XP processor

Recommended:

800 MHz Pentium processor, or an AMD Opteron, AMD Athlon64 or AMD Athlon XP processor
Operating System x32-bit based systems

Microsoft® Windows® 98
Windows 98 Second Edition
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional with SP4
Windows 2000 Server with SP4
Windows 2000 Advanced Server with SP4
Windows 2000 Datacenter Server with SP4
Microsoft Windows XP Professional with SP2
Windows XP Home Edition with SP2
Windows XP Media Center Edition 2002 with SP2
Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004 with SP2
Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005
Windows XP Tablet PC Edition with SP2
Windows XP Starter Edition
Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
Microsoft Windows Server™ 2003 Standard Edition
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition
Windows Server 2003 Web Edition
Windows Server 2003 R2, Standard Edition
Windows Server 2003 R2, Enterprise Edition
Windows Server 2003 R2, Datacenter Edition

x64-bit based systems

Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
Windows Server 2003, Standard x64 Edition
Windows Server 2003, Enterprise x64 Edition
Windows Server 2003, Datacenter x64 Edition
Windows Server 2003 R2, Standard x64 Edition
Windows Server 2003 R2, Enterprise x64 Edition
Windows Server 2003 R2, Datacenter x64 Edition

Itanium-based systems

Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Enterprise Edition for Itanium-based Systems
Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Datacenter Edition for Itanium-based Systems
Windows Server 2003 R2, Enterprise Edition for Itanium-based Systems
Windows Server 2003 R2, Datacenter Edition for Itanium-based Systems

 
Minimum Software .NET Framework 2.0 Redistributable

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 with Service Pack 1

Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.8

Windows Installer 3.0

RAM Minimum:

128 megabytes (MB)

Recommended:

256 MB
Hard Disk Space 800MB (including 200MB for the .NET Framework Redistributable)
CD or DVD Drive Not required
Display Minimum:

800 x 600 256 colors

Recommended:

1024 x 768 High Color — 16-bit
Mouse Not required

Notes

1. When you start the installer, the default installation location is your system drive, which is the drive that boots your system. However, you can install the application on any drive. Regardless of the application's location, the installation process installs some files on your system drive. Consequently, you should ensure that you have sufficient space is available on your system drive as well as your installation drive if it is different from the system drive.

2. If you are using Windows 2000, you need an unzip utility to access the samples stored in the documentation and the single zip file of samples located at the Download Center.

3. The .NET Framework SDK supports Windows-on-Windows (WOW) on all 64-bit platforms.