3. Getting started
Barco – TransForm A - Workstation for Windows – DOC-3266-2 – Revision 16 – August 2007
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3.4
Operating system
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A – Workstation for Windows is suitable to be operated with the operating systems
Windows 2000
or
with
Windows XP
. Current deliveries are setup with Windows XP, but the T
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A software is compatible
with and tested for Window 2000 as well and it can be used to update existing Windows 2000 systems to the
latest display driver. T
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A comes with pre-installed operating system.
The Processor AGS-3390-1/-2 is intended only for the usage with Windows XP!
3.4.1
System requirements
The system requirements given by Microsoft for the respective operating system apply also for T
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A. In
addition Barco recommends the usage of the following service packs:
Operating system
Requirements
Windows2000 Professional
Service Pack 4 recommended
Windows XP Professional
Service Pack 2 recommended
Table 3-6
system requirements
The service packs and additionally the Microsoft recommended hot fixes are already installed with every deliv-
ered T
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A system.
3.4.2
Obsolete operating systems
The operating system Windows NT is no longer supported. The display driver 3.5 and newer
will no longer be able to run under Windows NT!
If you have a T
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A system with Windows NT and you want to upgrade the display driver please contact
the Barco support, see section
