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 == System requirements ==
-According to Microsoft, Windows XP requires a Pentium processor running on 233&nbsp;MHz, at least 64 MB of RAM, 1.5 GB of hard drive space, and a Super VGA or better display adapter.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20041020063859/http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314865</ref> Windows XP updates the default VGA driver to take advantage of VESA BIOS extensions, allowing true color display and resolutions in the default VGA driver, although this requires a graphics card that supports SVGA.
+The minimum system requirements for Windows XP demand a CPU that supports the [[w:CPUID|CPUID]] and [[w:CMPXCHG8b]] instructions running on 233&nbsp;MHz, at least 64 megabytes of RAM, 1.5 gigabytes of hard drive space, and a Super VGA or better display adapter.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20041020063859/http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314865</ref> Support for the default VGA driver has been updated to take advantage of VESA BIOS extensions when run with supported graphics cards, allowing true color display and higher display resolutions out-of-box.
 ==Source code leak==