What are the system requirements for inventor 2011 from the KOP?
My computer is currently running windows xp home media edition sp3. Would this work, or will I have to upgrade to something like xp pro?
It will theoretically run down to windows 2000, but the important part is what hardware you are running, not just your operating system.
Its a dell about 5 years old. SATA hard drive with 70gb free. 1gb ram. Standard stuff.
For General Part and Assembly Design (Typically Fewer than 1,000 Parts)
Microsoft® Windows 7 (32-bit or 64-bit) Home Premium, Professional, Ultimate/Enterprise, or Microsoft® Windows Vista® (SP2) (32-bit or 64-bit) Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, Enterprise, or Ultimate, or Microsoft® Windows XP Professional (SP3) or Professional x64 Edition (SP2) (1,2)
Intel® Pentium® 4, 2 GHz or faster, Intel® Xeon®, Intel® Core™, AMD Athlon™ 64, or AMD Opteron™, or later (3)
2 GB RAM or more (4)
Microsoft® Direct3D 10® or Direct3D 9® capable graphics card (5)
DVD-ROM drive (6)
Microsoft® Mouse-compliant pointing device
1280 x 1024 or higher screen resolution
Internet connection for web downloads and Subscription Aware access
Adobe Flash Player 10 (7)
Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 6.x through 8
Microsoft® Excel 2003 through 2007 for iComponents, thread customization, and spreadsheet-driven designs
For Complex Models, Complex Mold Assemblies, and Large Assemblies (Typically More than 1,000 Parts)
Windows 7 64-bit, Windows Vista 64-bit (SP2), or Windows XP Professional x64 Edition (SP2)
AMD64 or Intel® 64 processor
6 GB RAM or more
CAD workstation-class graphics card
( Taken from: http://usa.autodesk.com/autodesk-inventor/system-requirements/ )
You might be able to get away with an older OS, I haven’t tried it…
However, even if you can get it to run, that 1gb of ram is really going to choke your computer. You will be able to open the KOP parts, but don’t expect to make any complex assemblies with them.
Please let me know if I can help at all with the set-up process, I’ve walked a lot of people through it. Just PM me 
Good Luck
Thanks for the response. I might as well try to see if it will work. I can always upgrade my ram, and i just want to see what the program looks like before i really commit to anything major using the program.
I sent you a PM regarding how to set it up
Can anyone help me install it?
I got your PM and sent you a response via e-mail. Hope I can be of help!
The 1GB of RAM isn’t going to work well. See if you can stick 2 or 3 GB in there.