This section provides information about the system requirements for ImageGear .NET in the following sub-sections:
 
 
Microsoft recommends running Visual Studio with administrator privileges. To properly use the ImageGear Samples, please run Visual Studio with elevated permissions. To run Visual Studio with elevated administrator permissions:
- Confirm you are a member of the "Administrators" group on the local machine. 
 - Right-click the Visual Studio shortcut and select the "Run as administrator" option from the context menu. 
 - Click Continue to the UAC prompt. 
 - To ensure you have the latest updates, after running Visual Studio, choose Help > Check for Updates. 
 
 
Operating Systems
- Windows 7 
 - Windows 8 
 - Windows 10 
 - Windows Server 2008 
 - Windows Server 2012 
 - Windows Server 2012 R2 
 - Windows Server 2016 
 
We do not recommend that you compile using AnyCPU, as some resources are platform-specific.
 
.NET Frameworks
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.x, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0.
- Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 is required for ASP.NET. 
 - Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 is required for: 
- Vector formats 
 - Office formats 
 - DICOM format 
 - PDF 
 - ART 
 - Evaluation 
 - Presentation 
 - Formatted Output feature of the ImageGear Recognition API 
 - Windows Forms 
 - WPF 
 
 
Components not mentioned above require Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 (or higher).
Web Servers and Browsers
ASP.NET functionality is supported on IIS 6.0 - IIS 10.0 with the following browsers:
- Windows Internet Explorer 9.0, 10.0, and 11.0 (in compatibility mode) 
 - Firefox 
 - Chrome 
 - Safari