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Microsoft Office 2000 system requirements

The table below shows the requirements your computer needs to meet to be able to run Office 2000. Follow the column down the page for each of the various suites: Premium, Professional, Small Business, and Standard.

Component	Premium	Professional	Small Business	Standard
Processor	Personal computer with Pentium 166-megahertz (MHz) or higher required for Microsoft PhotoDraw	Personal computer with Pentium 75-MHz or higher
Operating System	Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows Millennium Edition (Windows Me), Windows NT 4.0 with Service Pack 6 (SP6),1 Windows 2000, or Windows XP or later.
RAM For Windows 95 or Windows 98	16 megabytes (MB) of RAM for the operating system, plus an additional 4 MB of RAM for each application running simultaneously
RAM For Windows 95 or Windows 98	8 MB required for Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Access, or Microsoft FrontPage; 16 MB for PhotoDraw	8 MB required for Outlook or Access	8 MB required for Outlook
RAM For Windows Me	32 MB of RAM for the operating system, plus an additional 4 MB of RAM for each application running simultaneously
RAM For Windows Me	8 MB required for Outlook, Access, or FrontPage; 16 MB for PhotoDraw	8 MB required for Outlook or Access	8 MB required for Outlook
RAM For Windows NT Workstation	32 MB of RAM for the operating system, plus an additional 4 MB of RAM for each application running simultaneously
RAM For Windows NT Workstation	8 MB required for Outlook, Access, or FrontPage; 16 MB for PhotoDraw	8 MB required for Outlook or Access	8 MB required for Outlook
RAM For Windows 2000 Professional²	64 MB of RAM for the operating system, plus an additional 4 MB of RAM for each application running simultaneously
RAM For Windows 2000 Professional²	8 MB required for Outlook, Access, or FrontPage; 16 MB for PhotoDraw	8 MB required for Outlook or Access	8 MB required for Outlook
RAM For Windows XP Professional, or Windows XP Home Edition	128 MB of RAM for the operating system, plus an additional 4 MB of RAM for each application running simultaneously
RAM For Windows XP Professional, or Windows XP Home Edition	8 MB required for Outlook, Access, or FrontPage; 16 MB for PhotoDraw	8 MB required for Outlook or Access	8 MB required for Outlook
Available disk space Numbers indicate default installation; your hard-disk usage will vary depending on configuration. Choices made during custom installation may require more or less hard-disk space.	Disc 1: 252 MB Microsoft Word Microsoft Excel Outlook Microsoft PowerPoint Access FrontPage Disc 2: 174 MB Microsoft Publisher Small Business Tools Disc 3: 100 MB PhotoDraw For optimal performance, we recommend an additional 100 MB of free hard-disk space for user graphics and temporary image caches.	Disc 1: 217 MB Word Excel Outlook PowerPoint Access Disc 2: 174 MB Publisher Small Business Tools	Disc 1: 178 MB Word Excel Outlook Disc 2: 182 MB Publisher Small Business Tools	Disc 1: 189 MB Word Excel Outlook PowerPoint
CD-ROM drive	Yes
Monitor	VGA or higher resolution monitor; Super VGA recommended
Mouse	Microsoft Mouse, Microsoft IntelliMouse, or compatible pointing device

¹ Systems running Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 6 (SP6) must have Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 SP1 or later.

² Microsoft Office 2000 Service Release 1 (SR-1) is certified for Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional.

Additional items or services required to use certain features:

9600-baud modem; 14,400- or higher-baud modem recommended
Multimedia computer required to access sound and other multimedia effects
Microsoft Exchange client or Outlook required to run Microsoft Office E-mail
8 MB of additional RAM required to run Office E-mail
Some Internet functionality may require Internet access and payment of a separate fee to a service provider

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