(Additional free hard disk space is required if you are installing over a network.)

2 GB hard disk with a minimum of 650 MB (1 GB for Server) of free space.

Windows 2000 Advanced Server supports up to eight CPUs on one machine.

Windows 2000 Server supports up to four CPUs on one machine.

Windows 2000 Professional supports single and dual CPU systems.

64 megabytes (MB) of RAM recommended minimum ( 256 MB for Windows 2000 Server ), 4 GB maximum (8 GB with PAE).133 MHz or higher Pentium-compatible CPU (minimum is a 486-compatible CPU).According to info published by Microsoft, it requires:.

Recent drivers: HPET (High Precision Event Timer).Recent drivers: UDF format CD/DVD media laser discs.Recent drivers: Universal Serial Bus (USB) Interface drivers.Recent drivers: NVidia Graphics drivers.Recent drivers: Matrox G200e, G200eW, G200eH, G200eR Integrated Graphics drivers.137 Gb, 48Bit BigLba limit in Windows 2000 (SP3 and later).Hidden control panel items (covers also Windows XP/2003).Recent hardware: Intel® Multi-Core, Hyperthreading processors, source article or this one.Recent drivers: AMD/ATI Radeon Graphics drivers.Recent drivers: Intel® Graphics drivers and Intel® Embedded Graphics drivers (IEGD).Recent drivers: Intel® AHCI/RAID ICH6,ICH7,ICH8,ICH9,PCH storage controllers.Recent software: Sun/Innotek VirtualBox, a multi-platform emulator (host support), source article.Recent software: Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 32bit emulator (host support), source article.

Recent software: QEMU, a multi-platform emulator (host support).Making Windows 2000 up-to-date MINI FAQ.Software Compatibilty List (EOL, current).BEARWINDOWS - Microsoft Windows 2000/NT 5.0

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