# System Requirements for Windows XP Service Pack 2

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/system-requirements-for-windows-xp-service-pack-2/201804>\
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**Created:** [September 25, 2006, 11:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/system-requirements-for-windows-xp-service-pack-2/201804 "2006-09-25T11:15:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![wii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/839c29/32.png) [@wii](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/wii)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2006, 11:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/system-requirements-for-windows-xp-service-pack-2/201804/1 "2006-09-25T11:15:10Z")

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Actually, Microsoft are quite right here:

[http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sp2/sysreqs.mspx](http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sp2/sysreqs.mspx)

I just installed XP SP2 on a laptop from 2000, Pentium 3 - 400MHZ and 128MB Ram.

Works quite fine, not fast, but good enough for my mother 😏

I tried with a 233MHZ, but that doesn´t work well, Windows 2000 would be a better choice.