System Requirements; Windows - Canon PowerShot A40 Software Starter Manual

System Requirements

Please install the software on a computer meeting the following minimum requirements.

Windows

Computer Model
OS
CPU
RAM
Interface
Free Hard Disk Space • Canon Utilities
Display
• A CD-ROM drive is required to install the software.
• QuickTime 3.0 or a higher version is required to play the camera's
movies or save images merged with PhotoStitch in the QuickTime VR
format. QuickTime 5.0 is included on the Canon Digital Camera
Solution Disk.
• A sound card is required to play movie audio tracks.
IBM PC/AT compatible
Windows 98 (First or Second Edition)
Windows Millennium Edition (Windows Me)
Windows 2000
Windows XP
Windows 98/Me/2000: Pentium 150 MHz or better
Windows XP: Pentium 300 MHz or better
Windows 98: 32 MB or more
Windows Me/Windows 2000: 64 MB or more
Windows XP: 128 MB or more
USB: only preinstalled Windows 98/Windows Me/Windows 2000/
Windows XP systems with built-in USB ports
- ZoomBrowser EX:
(Including the PhotoRecord printing program)
- PhotoStitch:
- RemoteCapture:
- RAW Image Converter:
• Canon Camera TWAIN Driver:
• Canon Camera WIA Driver:
• Canon CP-10 Printer Driver:
• Adobe Photoshop LE:
• ArcSoft PhotoImpression:
• ArcSoft VideoImpression:
800 x 600 pixels / 256 colors (8 bit) or better
1,024 x 768 pixels / High Color (16 bit) or better is recommended
(800 x 600 pixels / High Color (16 bit) or better is required to use
ArcSoft PhotoImpression or ArcSoft VideoImpression.)
120 MB or more
40 MB or more
20 MB or more
10 MB or more
25 MB or more
25 MB or more
1 MB or more
(space required for installation)
40 MB or more
125 MB or more
30 MB or more
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