The Access Package

Access has always been available as a stand-alone product. It's also available with Office. There are four versions of Office 2002, but only Office 2002 Professional and Office 2002 Developer include Access 2002. (Access isn't available for the Macintosh.)

Microsoft recommends that you run Office 2002 on Windows XP Professional, on a system with a Pentium III processor and at least 128MB of RAM. The Office 2002 (and Access 2002) minimum requirements are listed in Table 9.1. Except for the minimum hard disk space, the minimum requirements for Office 2002 and Access 2002 are identical.

Table 9.1: OFFICE 2002 (AND ACCESS 2002) REQUIREMENTS

Requirement	Minimum
Computer/Processor	Pentium 133MHz or higher processor
Operating System	Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows Millennium Edition (Windows Me), Windows NT 4 with Service Pack 6 (SP6) or later, Windows 2000, or Windows XP or later
Memory	All the following require an additional 8MB of RAM for each Office program running simultaneously: Windows 98: 24MB of RAM Windows 98 Second Edition: 24MB of RAM Windows Me: 32MB of RAMMicrosoft Windows NT: 32MB of RAM Windows 2000 Professional: 64MB of RAM Windows XP Professional: 128MB of RAM Windows XP Home Edition: 128MB of RAM
Hard Disk	Office 2002 Standard: 210MB of available hard disk space Office 2002 Professional: 245MB of available hard disk space Professional Special Edition: 245MB of available hard disk space An additional 115MB is required on the hard disk where the operating system is installed. Stand-alone version of Access requires 170MB of hard disk space. Users without Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows Me, or Office 2000 Service Release 1 (SR-1) require an extra 50MB of hard disk space for System Files Update.
Drive	CD-ROM drive
Display	Super VGA (800 × 600) or higher-resolution monitor with 256 colors
Peripherals	Microsoft Mouse, Microsoft IntelliMouse, or compatible pointing device