Software and Hardware Requirements

You will need the following to run ABBYY Lingvo:

1. PC with a Pentium® 133 MHz processor or higher.
2. Microsoft® Windows® XP, Microsoft® Windows® 2000, Windows® NT® Workstation 4.0 with Service Pack 3 or greater, Windows® 95/98/Millennium Edition.
3. 16 Mb of RAM for Windows®95; 32 Mb of RAM for Windows®98/NT 4.0/Millennium Edition; 64 Mb of RAM for Windows®XP/2000.
4. 20-135 Mb of free hard disk space for Lingvo 8.0 English-Russian Edition;
   60-270 Mb of free hard disk space for Lingvo 8.0 Multilingual Edition depending on the number of components you choose to install.
   You will need an additional 130 Mb if you choose to install the LingvoSound dictionary.
5. Sound card and headphones or loudspeakers (recommended).
6. Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5.0 SP2 or higher.

Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5.5 is included in the Lingvo package; you will need 27 Mb of hard disk space to install IE 5.5.

7. CD-ROM drive and 3.5" floppy drive.
8. Mouse or other pointing device.

Note:

1. If you do not have enough free space on your hard disk, you can choose the Run from CD option when installing Lingvo. Only the program shell will be installed on your hard disk and all the dictionaries will be left on the CD-ROM. In this case, you will need 20 Mb on your hard disk for the English-Russian Edition or 60 Mb for the Multilingual Edition of Lingvo. In this mode the program works a little bit slower and the Lingvo CD-ROM must be present in your CD-ROM drive when you are working with Lingvo.
2. If your computer does not have a floppy drive, you can install Lingvo by obtaining an Installation Code. Choose the Installation Code option in the Installation Code dialog and follow the program’s instructions. Note that obtaining an Installation Code may take some time and you may need to re-run the setup program.