MATLAB 6.5 (R13) and MATLAB 6.1 (R12.1) have been qualified under Windows XP, and will run under it.
Note that there is a known display issue when using MATLAB 6.1 (R12.1) under Windows XP, which can be corrected by running in Windows Classic Mode or by downloading and installing the hg.dll patch from the Related Solution listed at the bottom of the page.
For information about the Student Version of MATLAB 6.0 running under Windows XP, see the Related Solution listed at the bottom of the page.
For more information on the system requirements for MATLAB, see the following URL:
If you are using a Pentium IV processor on your Windows XP computer (and are possibly receiving errors regarding the Microsoft Java Runtime Environment or "Failure loading desktop class" errors), see the Related Solution listed at the bottom of the page.
If you have a dongled MATLAB license, see the Related Solution listed at the bottom of the page for information regarding installation problems under Windows XP.
For information regarding support for Notebook under Windows XP and Office 2002, see the Related Solution at the bottom of the page.
If you are looking for information on the AMD-Athlon XP processor, see the Related Solution at the bottom of the page.
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