System Requirements

Core Protection Module – Fresh Installations on Windows XP


Operating System		Edition	Service Pack	Processor	RAM	Available Disk Space	Others
Windows XP	32-bit	Home	SP2/SP3	300MHz Intel Pentium or equivalent AMD 64 processor	256MB minimum with at least 100MB exclusively for Core Protection Module 512MB recommended	350MB minimum	Monitor that supports 1024 x 768 resolution at 256 colors Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, or 9.0 if performing web setup Simple File Sharing disabled Enable Remote Registry Allow printer/file sharing in the Windows firewall (if enabled) Enable default local admin
		Professional
		Professional for Embedded Systems
		Tablet PC
	64-bit	Professional	SP1/SP2	AMD 64 processor Intel 64 processor

Core Protection Module – Fresh Installations on Windows Server 2003


Operating System		Edition	Service Pack	Processor	RAM	Available Disk Space	Others
Windows Server 2003	32-bit	Standard	SP1/SP2	300MHz Intel Pentium or equivalent AMD 64 processor	256MB minimum with at least 100MB exclusively for Core Protection Module 512MB recommended	350MB minimum	Monitor that supports 1024 x 768 resolution at 256 colors Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, or 9.0 if performing web setup Simple File Sharing disabled Enable Remote Registry Allow printer/file sharing in the Windows firewall (if enabled) Enable default local admin
		Enterprise
		Datacenter
		Web
Windows Server 2003 R2		Standard	SP1/SP2
		Enterprise
		Datacenter
Windows Storage Server 2003		Basic	SP1/SP2
		Standard
		Enterprise
		Workgroup
Windows Storage Server 2003 R2		Basic	SP1/SP2
		Standard
		Enterprise
		Workgroup
Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 (Active/Passive)		N/A	None


Operating System		Edition	Service Pack	Processor	RAM	Available Disk Space	Others
Windows Server 2003	64-bit	Standard	SP1/SP2	AMD 64 processor Intel 64 processor	256MB minimum with at least 100MB exclusively for Core Protection Module 512MB recommended	350MB minimum	Monitor that supports 1024 x 768 resolution at 256 colors Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, or 9.0 if performing web setup Simple File Sharing disabled Enable Remote Registry Allow printer/file sharing in the Windows firewall (if enabled) Enable default local admin
		Enterprise
		Datacenter
		Web
Windows Server 2003 R2		Standard	SP1/SP2
		Enterprise
		Datacenter
Windows Storage Server 2003		Basic	SP1/SP2
		Standard
		Enterprise
		Workgroup
Windows Storage Server 2003 R2		Basic	SP1/SP2
		Standard
		Enterprise
		Workgroup
Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 (Active/Passive)		N/A	None

Core Protection Module – Fresh Installations on Windows Vista


Operating System		Edition	Service Pack	Processor	RAM	Available Disk Space	Others
Windows Vista	32-bit / 64-bit	Business	SP1/SP2	1GHz Intel Pentium or equivalent AMD 64 processor Intel 64 processor	1GB minimum with at least 100MB exclusively for Core Protection Module 1.5GB recommended	350MB minimum	Monitor that supports 1024 x 768 resolution at 256 colors Windows Internet Explorer 7.0, 8.0, or 9.0 if performing web setup Enable Remote Registry Allow printer/file sharing in the Windows firewall (if enabled) Enable default local admin
		Enterprise
		Ultimate
		Home Premium
		Home Basic
		Business for Embedded Systems
		Ultimate for Embedded Systems

Core Protection Module – Fresh Installations on Windows Server 2008


Operating System		Edition	Service Pack	Processor	RAM	Available Disk Space	Others
Windows 2008	32-bit	Standard	SP1/SP2	Minimum 1GHz Intel Pentium or equivalent, 2GHz recommended AMD 64 processor Intel 64 processor	512MB minimum with at least 100MB exclusively for Core Protection Module 2GB recommended	350MB minimum	Monitor that supports 1024 x 768 resolution at 256 colors Windows Internet Explorer 7.0, 8.0, or 9.0 if performing web setup Enable Remote Registry Allow printer/file sharing in the Windows firewall (if enabled) Enable default local admin
		Enterprise
		Datacenter
		Web
		Server Core
Windows Storage Server 2008		Basic	None
Windows HPC Server 2008		N/A	None
Windows Server 2008 Failover Clusters (Active/Passive)		N/A	None


Operating System		Edition	Service Pack	Processor	RAM	Available Disk Space	Others
Windows Server 2008	64-bit	Standard	SP1/SP2	Minimum 1.4GHz Intel Pentium or equivalent, 2GHz recommended AMD 64 processor Intel 64 processor	512MB minimum with at least 100MB exclusively for Core Protection Module 2GB recommended	350MB minimum	Monitor that supports 1024 x 768 resolution at 256 colors Windows Internet Explorer 7.0, 8.0, or 9.0 if performing web setup Enable Remote Registry Allow printer/file sharing in the Windows firewall (if enabled) Enable default local admin
		Enterprise
		Datacenter
		Web
		Server Core
Windows Server 2008 R2		Standard	With/Without SP1				Monitor that supports 1024 x 768 resolution at 256 colors Windows Internet Explorer 8.0, or 9.0 if performing web setup Enable Remote Registry Allow printer/file sharing in the Windows firewall (if enabled) Enable default local admin
		Enterprise
		Datacenter
		Web
		Server Core


Operating System	Edition	Service Pack	Processor	RAM	Available Disk Space	Others
Windows Storage Server 2008	Basic	None	Minimum 1.4GHz Intel Pentium or equivalent, 2GHz recommended AMD 64 processor Intel 64 processor	512MB minimum with at least 100MB exclusively for Core Protection Module 2GB recommended	350MB minimum	Monitor that supports 1024 x 768 resolution at 256 colors Windows Internet Explorer 7.0, 8.0, or 9.0 if performing web setup Enable Remote Registry Allow printer/file sharing in the Windows firewall (if enabled) Enable default local admin
	Standard
	Enterprise
	Workgroup
Windows Storage Server 2008 R2	Basic	None
	Standard
	Enterprise
	Workgroup
Windows HPC Server 2008	N/A	None
Windows Server 2008/2008 R2 Failover Clusters (Active/Passive)	N/A	None

Core Protection Module – Fresh Installations on Windows 7


Operating System		Edition	Service Pack	Processor	RAM	Available Disk Space	Others
Windows 7	32-bit	Home Basic	With/Without SP1	Minimum 1GHz Intel Pentium or equivalent, 2GHz recommended AMD 64 processor Intel 64 processor	1GB minimum with at least 100MB exclusively for Core Protection Module 2GB recommended	350MB minimum	Windows Internet Explorer 8.0 or 9.0 if performing web setup Enable Remote Registry Allow printer/file sharing in the Windows firewall (if enabled) Enable default local admin
		Home Premium
		Ultimate
		Professional
		Enterprise
		Professional for Embedded Systems
		Ultimate for Embedded Systems
	64-bit	Home Basic	With/Without SP1	Minimum 2GHz Intel Pentium or equivalent AMD 64 processor Intel 64 processor	1.5GB minimum with at least 100MB exclusively for Core Protection Module 2GB recommended
		Home Premium
		Ultimate
		Professional
		Enterprise
		Professional for Embedded Systems
		Ultimate for Embedded Systems

Core Protection Module – Fresh Installations on Windows Embedded POSReady 2009


Operating System		Edition	Service Pack	Processor	RAM	Available Disk Space	Others
Windows Embedded POSReady 2009	32-bit	N/A	None	Minimum 300MHz Intel Pentium or equivalent	256MB minimum with at least 100MB exclusively for Core Protection Module 512MB recommended	350MB minimum	Windows Internet Explorer 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, or 9.0 if performing web setup Enable Remote Registry Allow printer/file sharing in the Windows firewall (if enabled) Enable default local admin

Core Protection Module – Fresh Installations on Windows Embedded POSReady 7


Operating System		Edition	Service Pack	Processor	RAM	Available Disk Space	Others
Windows Embedded POSReady 7	32-bit	N/A	None	Minimum 1GHz Intel Pentium or equivalent, 2GHz recommended AMD 64 processor Intel 64 processor	1GB minimum with at least 100MB exclusively for Core Protection Module 2GB recommended	350MB minimum	Windows Internet Explorer 8.0 or 9.0 if performing web setup Enable Remote Registry Allow printer/file sharing in the Windows firewall (if enabled) Enable default local admin
Windows Embedded POSReady 7	64-bit	N/A	None	Minimum 2GHz Intel Pentium or equivalent AMD 64 processor Intel 64 processor	1.5GB minimum with at least 100MB exclusively for Core Protection Module 2GB recommended	350MB minimum

Core Protection Module – Fresh Installations on Windows Server 2012


Operating System		Edition	Service Pack	Processor	RAM	Available Disk Space	Others
Windows Server 2012	64-bit	Standard	None	Minimum 1.4GHz Intel Pentium or equivalent, 2GHz recommended AMD 64 processor Intel 64 processor	512MB minimum with at least 100MB exclusively for Core Protection Module 2GB recommended	350MB minimum	Monitor that supports 1024 x 768 resolution at 256 colors Windows Internet Explorer 10.0 if performing web setup *Windows UI is not supported Enable Remote Registry Allow printer/file sharing in the Windows firewall (if enabled) Enable default local admin
Windows Server 2012 R2		Datacenter	None
Windows Server 2012 R2		Server Core	None

Core Protection Module – Fresh Installations on Windows 8


Operating System		Edition	Service Pack	Processor	RAM	Available Disk Space	Others
Windows 8	32-bit	Standard	None	Minimum 1GHz Intel Pentium or equivalent, 2GHz recommended AMD 64 processor Intel 64 processor	1GB minimum with at least 100MB exclusively for Core Protection Module 2GB recommended	350MB minimum	Windows Internet Explorer 10.0 if performing web setup *Windows UI is not supported Enable Remote Registry Allow printer/file sharing in the Windows firewall (if enabled) Enable default local admin
		Pro
		Enterprise
	64-bit	Standard	None	Minimum 2GHz Intel Pentium or equivalent AMD 64 processor Intel 64 processor	1.5GB minimum with at least 100MB exclusively for Core Protection Module 2GB recommended
	64-bit	Pro	None

Core Protection Module – Fresh Installations on Windows 8.1


Operating System		Edition	Service Pack	Processor	RAM	Available Disk Space	Others
Windows 8.1	32-bit	Standard	None	Minimum 1GHz Intel Pentium or equivalent, 2GHz recommended AMD 64 processor Intel 64 processor	1GB minimum with at least 100MB exclusively for Core Protection Module 2GB recommended	350MB minimum	Windows Internet Explorer 10.0 if performing web setup *Windows UI is not supported Enable Remote Registry Allow printer/file sharing in the Windows firewall (if enabled) Enable default local admin
		Pro
		Enterprise
	64-bit	Standard	None	Minimum 2GHz Intel Pentium or equivalent AMD 64 processor Intel 64 processor	1.5GB minimum with at least 100MB exclusively for Core Protection Module 2GB recommended

Core Protection Module – Fresh Installations on Windows 10


Operating System		Edition	Service Pack	Processor	RAM	Available Disk Space	Others
Windows 10	32-bit	Home	None	Minimum 1GHz Intel Pentium or equivalent, 2GHz recommended AMD 64 processor Intel 64 processor	1GB minimum with at least 100MB exclusively for Core Protection Module 2GB recommended	450MB minimum	Windows Internet Explorer 10.0 if performing web setup *Windows UI is not supported Enable Remote Registry Allow printer/file sharing in the Windows firewall (if enabled) Enable default local admin
		Pro
		Education
		Enterprise
	64-bit	Home	None	Minimum 2GHz Intel Pentium or equivalent AMD 64 processor Intel 64 processor	1GB minimum with at least 100MB exclusively for Core Protection Module 2GB recommended
		Pro
		Education
		Enterprise

Core Protection Module – 64-bit Feature Support

The Behavior Monitoring, Client Self-protection, and Device Control (for Unauthorized Change Prevention monitoring) features support the following 64-bit platforms:

Windows 10
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows 8.1
Windows 8
Windows 7
Windows 2008
Windows Vista SP1 (or later)

Core Protection Module – Upgrading From Version 10.x

Core Protection Module 10.x includes the following versions:

10.6 or above
10.5

All operating systems supported in Core Protection Module 10.x, except Windows 2000, are supported in this version.

Before upgrading clients running Windows XP Professional, Vista, 7, Server 2003, and Server 2008, apply the required Microsoft service packs.

Windows XP Professional (32-bit) Service Pack 3
Windows XP Professional (64-bit) Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 1 or 2
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 or 2

Core Protection Module – Virtualization Support


VMware	Citrix	Microsoft
ESX/ESXi Server (Server Edition) 3.5, 4.0, 4.1, 5.0, 5.1 Server (Server Edition)1.0.3, 2 Workstation and Workstation ACE Edition 7.0, 7.1, 8.0, 9.0 vCenter 4, 4.1, 5.0, 5.1 View 4.5, 5.0, 5.1	XenDesktop 5.0, 5.5, 5.6 XenServer 5.5, 5.6, 6.0 XenApp 4.5, 5.0, 6.0, 6.5 XenClient 2.1	Virtual Server 2005 R2 with SP1 Windows Server 2008 64-bit Hyper-V Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit Hyper-V Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 64-bit Windows 8 Pro/Enterprise 64-bit Hyper-V Windows Server 2012 64-bit Hyper-V Windows 10 Pro/Enterprise 64-bit Hyper-V

Note: Core Protection Module only provides support for virtual platforms that are supported by the installed operating system.

Core Protection Module – Compatible Third-Party Products


Compatible Third-Party Products
Microsoft Office XP, 2003, 2007, and 2010 Microsoft SQL Server 2005 and 2008 Terminal Services on Windows Server 2003 and 2008 Windows Server 2003/2003 R2 Clusters Windows Server 2008/2008 R2 Failover Clusters VMware View 4.5 and 5.0 Citrix XenApp 4.5, 5.0, 6.0, and 6.5 Citrix XenDesktop 5.0 and 5.5	POP3 Mail Scan supports the following email programs: Becky! Internet Mail 2.0 Eudora 6.2 Microsoft Outlook Express 6.0 Microsoft Office Outlook 2000, 2002, 2003, 2007, and 2010 Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5, 2.0, and 5.0 Windows Mail (for Windows Vista only) Foxmail 5.0, 6.0
Outlook Mail Scan supports the following Microsoft Office Outlook versions: 2002, 2003, 2007, 2010