Requirements for a Development Computer (Standard 8)
7/8/2014
Review the requirements for a Windows Embedded 8 Standard (Standard 8) development computer.
A development computer must meet or exceed the following hardware and software requirements to run the Windows Embedded 8 Standard Toolkit (Standard 8 Toolkit). The development computer is the computer where you install Standard 8 Toolkit.
Hardware Requirements
The development computer must meet or exceed the following hardware requirements:
- 1 GHz 32-bit or 64-bit processor.
- 1 GB of operating system memory (32-bit system) or 2 GB of operating system memory (64-bit system)
- 11 GB of free hard drive space for complete installation
- One or more of the following media devices:
- DVD-ROM drive
- USB 2.0 port
Software Requirements
The development computer must meet or exceed the following software requirements:
- It must be running one of the following operating systems:
- Windows 7
- Windows 7 Service Pack 1
- Windows 8
- It must have the following software installed:
- .NET Framework 4.0 or higher
You can download and install .NET Framework 4.0 from this Microsoft website. - Microsoft Core XML Services 6.0 (MSXML 6.0) or higher
You can download and install MSXML 6.0 from this Microsoft website.
- .NET Framework 4.0 or higher
- It must have network access if you plan to use a catalog stored on the local network or save your configuration file or configuration set to the network.