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System Requirements for Visual Basic Applications

The following hardware and software is required for Visual Basic applications:

  • Pentium® 90MHz or higher microprocessor.

  • VGA 640x480 or higher-resolution screen supported by Microsoft Windows.

  • Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 or later, or Microsoft Windows 95 or later.

  • 24 MB RAM for Windows 95/98, 32 MB for Windows NT.

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4.01 or later (version 4.01 Service Pack 1 or later for DHTML application developers, and 4.x for end-users of these applications).

  • Disk space requirements:

    • Standard Edition: typical installation 48 MB, full installation 80 MB.

    • Professional Edition: typical installation 48 MB, full installation 80 MB.

    • Enterprise Edition: typical installation 128 MB, full installation 147 MB.

    • Additional components (if required): MSDN (for documentation): 67 MB, Internet Explorer 4.x: approximately 66 MB.

  • CD-ROM (no MS-DOS support assumed).