Label Maker User Manual
Chapter 1 Required Configuration, Installation, and Upgrade Information
LabVIEW 5.1 Addendum 1-2
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Table 1-1. Installation Requirements
Platform
Media and System 
Requirements
Important Notes
All Windows 
Versi on s
Distributed on CD-ROM.
A separate CD contains the 
complete instrument driver 
library.
You need a minimum of 
60 MB of disk storage space 
for the Base package or 
85 MB for the Full 
Development System.
You need a minimum of 
16 MB of RAM.
The LabVIEW Online Tutorial default 
configuration requires the LabVIEW 5.1 
distribution CD to be in your CD-ROM 
drive. You also can install the LabVIEW 
Online Tutorial files on your hard drive. This 
installation requires approximately 40 MB 
of hard disk space.
The LabVIEW Online Tutorial and 
LabVIEW Help files contain 256-color 
graphics. Your video driver, configured 
through Control Panels»Display, must be 
configured for at least 256 colors. Minimum 
requirements to view the tutorial are 
800 × 600 pixel resolution and the Microsoft 
Video for Windows driver. To view Help 
files, configure your video driver for at least 
256 colors with 800 × 600 pixel resolution.
National Instruments recommends 32 MB of 
RAM and a Pentium processor for this 
version to run effectively.
Windows 95/98 LabVIEW runs on any 
system that supports 
Windows 95/98. 
Windows NT LabVIEW runs on 
Windows NT 4.0 Service 
Pack 3 or later. 
DEC Alpha, MIPS, and 
PowerPC 80x86 emulators 
must emulate 80386 
instructions to run 
LabVIEW.










