ArcGIS 10 System Requirements
Table of Contents
Supported Operating Systems
Operating System Limitations
Hardware Requirements
Software Requirements
License Manager Requirements
Developer SDK Requirements
Supported Operating System Minimum Version Maximum
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Version
Windows 2003 Server Standard, Enterprise & Datacenter (32-bit and 64-bit (EM64T)) SP2 SP2
Windows 2003 Server Terminal Services SP2 SP2
Windows 2008 Server Standard, Enterprise & Datacenter (32-bit and 64-bit (EM64T)) SP2
Windows 2008 R2 Server Standard, Enterprise & Datacenter (64-bit (EM64T))
Windows 7 Ultimate, Enterprise, Professional, Home Premium (32-bit and 64-bit (EM64T))
Windows Vista Ultimate, Enterprise, Business, Home Premium (32-bit and 64-bit (EM64T)) SP1 SP2
Windows XP Professional Edition, Home Edition (32-bit) SP3 SP3
Windows XP Professional Edition, Home Edition (64-bit (EM64T)) SP2 SP2
ArcInfo, ArcView, ArcEditor
hardware Requirements
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CPU Speed 2.2 GHz dual core or higher
Processor Intel Core Duo, Pentium 4 or Xeon Processors
See Dual or dual-core support policy
Memory/RAM 2 GB or higher
Display Properties 24 bit color depth
Screen Resolution 1024 x 768 recommended or higher at Normal size (96dpi)
Swap Space Determined by the operating system, 500 MB minimum.
Disk Space 2.4 GB
In addition, up to 50 MB of disk space maybe needed in the Windows System directory (typically
C:/Windows/System32). You can view the disk space requirement for each of the 10.0 components in the Setup
program.
If using ArcGlobe (as part of 3D Analyst), additional disk space may be required. ArcGlobe will create
cache files when used.
Video/Graphics Adapter Check your computer's ability to run ArcGIS 3D Analyst – ArcGlobe
24 bit capable graphics accelerator
An OpenGL 2.0 or higher compliant video card is required, with at least 128 MB of video memory, however
512 MB of video memory or higher is recommended.
Networking Hardware Simple TCP/IP, Network Card or Microsoft Loopback Adapter is required for the
License Manager.
.NET Framework 3.5 SP1 must be installed prior to installing ArcGIS Desktop.
Internet Explorer Requirement:
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Some features of ArcGIS Desktop require a minimum installation of Microsoft Internet Explorer Version 7.0
or 8.0. If you do not have an installation of Microsoft Internet Explorer Version 7.0/8.0, you must obtain
and install it prior to installing ArcGIS Desktop.
Python Requirement for Geoprocessing:
Several ArcGIS geoprocessing tools, such as Multiple Ring Buffer, use the Python scripting language and
require that Python is installed. If the ArcGIS Desktop, Engine or Server setups do not find Python 2.6.2
on the target computer, it will install Python 2.6.2 plus Numerical Python 1.3.0 during a typical or
complete installation. You may choose a Custom installation to unselect the Python feature to avoid
installing this feature. See the install guide for additional information concerning Python.
Microsoft WinHelp patch for Windows 7 and Windows Vista:
The following Microsoft patch is recommended, but not required, when using ArcGIS Desktop, ArcInfo
Workstation, ArcGIS Engine or ArcReader on Microsoft Vista or Windows 7. ArcGIS Desktop, ArcInfo
Workstation, ArcGIS Engine and ArcReader provide pop-up context sensitive help topics for tools, commands
and dialogs delivered using WinHlp32. WinHlp32 will not function on Windows 7 and Windows Vista without
this patch. Here is Microsoft KnowledgeBase article 917607about this patch, which also contains links so
you can download the patch. If you access pop-up context sensitive help without this patch being present,
you will get a message from Windows prompting you to download the patch. For best usability, we recommend
installing the patch at the time you install ArcGIS. For additional information, please refer to Esri
KowledgeBase article 32530.
ArcGIS supports printing to any Microsoft certified Windows printer using the native driver in ArcGIS.
Please note that some printer drivers do not support complex maps and the ArcPress printer driver or
additional hardware may be needed for these complex maps.
Esri recommends the following configuration when printing large maps with the ArcPress printer drivers:
If large complex maps do not print, then reboot the computer to ensure the pagefile system is cleared. If
the pagefile system is not a dedicated drive or partition, make sure that drive does not need to be
defragmented.
Disk Space: at least 10 GB of free space is required on the drive where %TEMP% is located, as potentially
large temporary files will be written there while ArcPress is processing a map for printing.
For more information on supported printers please refer to the following Knowledge Base FAQ: What printers
are supported by ArcGIS Desktop 9.x?
Supported Operating System Minimum
Version Maximum
Version
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES/WS 4 (32-bit and 64-bit) Update 4 or higher
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 (32-bit and 64-bit) Base or higher
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (32-bit and 64-bit) SP2 or higher
Sun Solaris 10 (64-bit (SPARC)) Maintenance Update 4
(8/07) or higher
Windows 2003 Server Standard, Enterprise, and Datacenter
(32-bit and 64-bit (EM64T)) SP2 SP2
Windows 2008 Server Standard, Enterprise, and Datacenter
(32-bit and 64-bit (EM64T)) SP2
Windows Vista Ultimate, Enterprise, Business, Home Premium
(32-bit and 64-bit (EM64T)) SP1 SP2
Windows XP Professional Edition, Home Edition (32-bit) SP3 SP3
Windows XP Professional Edition, Home Edition (64-bit (EM64T)) SP2 SP2
ArcGIS Desktop SDK Supported and Recommended IDE(s) SDK Requirements
ArcGIS VBA Resources for Developers Visual Basic for Applications
ArcGIS Desktop is required to develop with ArcGIS VBA Resources for Developers.
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 sp1
ArcObjects SDK ArcObjects SDK requirements
When running in a 64-bit environment, ArcGIS Desktop, ArcGIS Server, ArcGIS Engine, and ArcReader run as a
32-bit application.
ArcGIS Developer Help System on Windows 7 requires Adobe Reader 9.1.2 or higher. See KB37244 for more
details.
Support for Windows Terminal Server (WTS) and Citrix MetaFrame
