Requirements and remedies for installing STEP 7 version V5.

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No. Requirements / Remedies
1 Hardware requirements
Please note that you need increased main memory expansion for STEP 7 version V5.5. Below
are the requirements for STEP 7 V5.5.
In Windows XP Professional your PC requires at least 512 MB RAM and a processor of
at least 600 MHz (recommended memory expansion of 1 GB).
In Windows Server 2003 your PC requires at least 1 GB RAM and a processor of at least
2.4 GHz.
In Windows 7 your PC requires at least 1 GB RAM and a processor of at least 1 GHz
(recommended memory expansion of 2 GB).
2 Software requirements
STEP 7 version V5.5 is released for the operating systems below:
MS Windows 7 32-bit Ultimate Professional and Enterprise (standard installation) with or
without SP1. However, the Windows XP mode
in Windows 7 is not released.
*MS Windows 7 64-bit Ultimate Professional and Enterprise with or without SP1.
*MS Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit) with or without SP1.
MS Windows XP Professional SP2 or SP3 (32-bit).
MS Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 (32-bit) standard edition as workstation computer.
The STEP 7 software is released for Windows XP Professional (32-bit). Installation in Windows
XP Professional X64 (64-bit edition) is not possible.
*STEP 7 V5.5+SP1 (or higher)
Internet Explorer
You need the Internet Explorer 6.0 (or higher).
More information is also available in our FAQ on "Compatibility of STEP 7 versions with the MS
Windows operating systems" in Entry ID: 8250891.
3 Operating systems not supported
Windows 95 / 98 / Me / NT / Windows 2000 and Windows Vista are no longer supported.
Windows XP mode in Windows 7 is not released.
4 Compatibility with other software products
Information on this is available in our FAQ "Which SIMATIC software packages are compatible
with which Microsoft Windows operating system and with STEP 7 V5.5?" in Entry ID:18734363.
5 Memory requirements
STEP 7 V5.5 requires between about 650 and 1.2 GB of free memory on your hard disk.
The Windows operating systems supported require additional memory on the hard disk (typically
disk C:) for the swap file, depending on the memory expansion available. You should keep at
least twice the size of the main memory free. (Example: with a main memory expansion of 512
MB you need another 1024 MB of free memory on the hard disk for the swap file after installing
STEP 7). Depending on the project size, you might need a larger swap file when copying an
entire project, for example (twice the project size in addition on the hard disk). If the memory for
the swap file is too small, errors might occur (or the program might even crash). Other Windows
applications (MS Word, for example) running simultaneously with STEP 7 V5.5 also require
additional hard disk space for the swap file.