Systems running Windows SteadyState must meet the minimum system configuration requirements listed in Table 1.

Table 1: System Requirements

Component Requirement

Computer and processor

300 megahertz (MHz) or higher processor clock speed recommended; 233 MHz minimum required (single or dual processor system);* Intel Core/Pentium/Celeron family, or AMD K6/Athlon/Duron family, or compatible processor recommended.

Memory

128 megabytes (MB) of RAM or higher recommended (64 MB minimum supported; may limit performance and some features).

Hard disk

1.5 gigabytes (GB) of available hard disk space without Windows Disk Protection, or 4.0 GB of available hard disk space with Windows Disk Protection.

Operating system

Windows XP Professional, Windows XP Home Edition, or Windows XP Tablet PC Edition with Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) installed.

Note: Windows SteadyState does not run with Windows Vista.

File system

NTFS file system.

Tools

Windows Scripting and Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) must be working.

Access

Administrator level access.