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.