Rockwell Automation 1756-HIST2G Historian ME 2.1 - Manual (Page 28)

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The greater the demand, the more powerful a system must be to support this demand.
For large or complex applications, use computers with faster CPUs and more RAM.
In addition to this, there should always be sufficient disk space to provide virtual
memory that is at least twice the size of the physical RAM.
Software Requirements
Software requirements include:
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Windows Vista® SP1, Windows XP SP2 or SP3, or Windows Server® 2003 SP2
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Microsoft Excel 2003 for FactoryTalk Historian DataLink
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Microsoft Internet Explorer® (IE) 6 or 7
IE 6 P ATCHES
For IE 6, the requirements may include installation of the patch KB974455 (10/12/
09) http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974455.
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Windows XP SP2
If the \windows\system32\mshtml.dll file has a version that is less than or equal to
6.0.2900.2180 or a date that is before or equal to 08/03/2004, apply patch
KB974455. After the patch has been applied, the \windows\system32\mshtml.dll
file will have a version of 6.0.2900.3627 and a date of 09/24/2009.
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Windows XP SP3
If the \windows\system32\mshtml.dll file has a version that is less than
6.0.2900.5512 or a date that is before 04/14/2008, apply the patch KB974455.
After the patch has been applied, the \windows\system32\mshtml.dll file will
have a version of 6.0.2900.5880 and a date 09/24/2009.
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Windows Server 2003 SP2
The minimum supported version is 6.0.3790.3959. If the IE 6.0 version is less
than the minimum supported version, apply the patch KB974455 SP2.
Windows Vista is only supported for the FactoryTalk Historian ME web interface and
FactoryTalk VantagePoint. It is not supported for FactoryTalk Historian DataLink or
FactoryTalk ProcessBook.