Appendix C. What's on the DVD?
This appendix provides you with information on the contents of the DVD that accompanies this book. For the latest and greatest information, please refer to the ReadMe file located at the root of the DVD. Here is what you will find in this appendix:
System Requirements
Using the DVD
What's on the DVD
Troubleshooting
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Most reasonably up-to-date computers with a DVD drive should be able to play the screencasts that are included on the DVD. You may also find an Internet connection helpful for searching Microsoft's online help and for downloading updates to this book. Finally, the system requirements for running Visual Studio are much greater than those for simply running a DVD.
If your computer doesn't meet the following requirements, then you may have some problems using Visual Studio:
PC running Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, or later
A processor running at 1.6GHz or faster
An Internet connection
At least 1GB of RAM
At least 3GB of available hard disk space
A DVD-ROM drive
You may be able to run Visual Studio using a slower processor or with less memory, but things may be slow. I highly recommend more memory, 2GB or even more if possible. (I do fairly well with an Intel Core 2 system running Windows 7 at 1.83 GHz with 2GB of memory and a 500GB hard drive.)
USING THE DVD
To access the content from the DVD, follow these steps:
Insert the DVD into your computer's DVD-ROM drive. The license agreement appears.
Note
The interface won't launch if you ...
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