System Requirements

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mpich for Windows requires the following:

WindowsNT4/2000/XP Professional or Server (Win9x/ME are not supported)
The ability to make TCP/IP socket connections between all hosts.

To use the default installation you must be able to run mpich.nt.1.2.5.exe while logged on as an administrator. If you do not have administrator privileges on your machine, you will need to get a system administrator to run setup for you.

If you don't have administrator privileges and just want to evaluate mpich see Section Quick reference . If you want to run under Windows9x in a limited fashion see FAQ Does mpich work on Windows98? .

Known compilers that may be used with the distributed libraries are MS VC++ 6.x, MS VC++.NET, Compaq Visual Fortran 6.x, Intel Fortran, gcc, and g77.

To compile the mpich dlls from the source distribution, which is not required because the dlls come pre-compiled, you need Visual C++ 6.x and Visual Fortran 6.x.

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