System Requirements

System Requirements

You'll need the following hardware and software to complete the practice exercises in this book:

NOTE
The Visual Studio 2005 software is not included with this book! The CD-ROM packaged in the back of this book contains the codes samples needed to complete the exercises. The Visual Studio 2005 software must be purchased separately.

• Microsoft Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1, or Microsoft Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4

• Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) (included with Windows)

• Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Standard Edition or Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition

• Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition (included with Visual Studio 2005) or Microsoft SQL Server 2005

• 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)

• CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive

• Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device

You will also need to have Administrator access to your computer to configure SQL Server 2005 Express Edition.