Instructions for installing the spss 2. for Windows, including the minimum hardware and software requirements, are located in the

Performance with wide files - If your data file has many columns, you can improve the performance of the graphical user interface by setting your General Options to avoid displaying variable labels in alphabetic order. Select Options from the Edit menu, and go to the General tab to set options for Variable Lists. The other combinations of options perform well.
C:\…\LOCALS~1\Temp\spss####xxx.tmp contains an invalid path - There is a defect in SPSS which manifests itself when one first starts SPSS after a fresh install and runs a procedure after making changes to the Options settings under the Edit menu. This defect will not reappear after one closes down SPSS and restarts.