Microsoft KB Archive/299762

= Train Simulator: Minimum system requirements =

Article ID: 299762

Article Last Modified on 8/18/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft eMbedded Visual C++ 4.0

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SUMMARY
This article summarizes the minimum system requirements to run Microsoft Train Simulator.



MORE INFORMATION
To run Train Simulator, you need the following system resources:
 * multimedia computer with a 266-megahertz (MHz) processor (or faster)
 * Microsoft Windows 95, Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows 2000, or Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me) operating system (32 megabytes [MB] of random access memory [RAM] for Windows 95 operating systems or later; 64 MB of RAM for Windows 2000)
 * quad-speed CD-ROM or faster
 * Super VGA (800 x 600 pixels) 16-bit color monitor
 * DirectX 8.0a (included on the Train Simulator CD-ROM)
 * 500 MB of hard-disk space (additional 50 MB of space required for DirectX 8 installation and swap file)
 * Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device
 * Microsoft DirectSound 7 API-compatible sound card, with speakers or headphones for audio monitoring
 * 3-D graphics accelerator card with a minimum of 4 MB memory, compatible with Microsoft Direct 3D version 7.0
 * API DirectX 7.0 or later compatible 4 MB video card capable of 800 X 600 resolution in 32K colors.
 * Internet Explorer version 4.1 or later
 * 3-D graphics accelerator card with a minimum of 4 MB memory (8 MB for version 1.2)

Additional query words: msgame trainsim setup installation

Keywords: kbinfo kbsetup KB299762

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