System Requirements

The following requirements apply to the installation of Microsoft Services For UNIX.

• The system must have Internet Explorer version 5.0 or later installed prior to running SFU setup.

• The minimum hard disk requirements for installing SFU depends on which components you are installing. The maximum disk space requirement to install SFU components is 360 MB. The minimum disk space required is 20 MB. SFU must be installed on a partition that is formatted with the NTFS file system.

• You cannot install SFU on a system running Microsoft Services for Network File System (for example, Microsoft Services for NFS is a component of Windows Storage Server 2003).

• You must install the latest Windows service pack before installing SFU and N1GE then continue to install additional Windows service packs as they become available.

• Data Execution Prevention (DEP) must be disabled. DEP is not compatible with some parts of SFU and might cause segmentation faults. See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/875352 for more informations about DEP. To disable DEP, follow these steps:

  1. Right click on the "My computer" icon on the desktop.

  2. Select "Properties".

  3. In the Properties dialog box, select the "Advanced" tab and click the "Settings" button in the "Startup and Recovery" section.

  4. In the next dialog box, click the edit button to edit the boot command line of your Windows installation.

  5. Add "/noexecute=alwaysoff" or modify an existing "/noexecute" option.

You can find more details concerning SFU requirements at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/sfu/default.asp