You'll need the following hardware and software to build and run the code samples for this book:
Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1, or Microsoft Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4
Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Standard Edition or Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition
600 MHz Pentium or compatible processor (1 GHz Pentium recommended)
192 MB RAM (256 MB or more recommended)
Video (800 × 600 or higher resolution) monitor with at least 256 colors (1024 × 768 High Color 16-bit recommended)
2 GB available space on installation drive; 1 GB available space on system drive. With MSDN, the hard disk requirements are 2.8 GB and 1 GB, respectively.
CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive
Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device