ACT! Professional System Requirements

System Requirements

  • 2 GB available hard disk space (4 GB if product is downloaded)
  • DVD drive
  • SVGA (1024x768) or higher resolution monitor
  • Windows Installer Service 4.5; .NET 3.5 Service Pack 1
  • 1 GB system memory
  • Processor speed for Windows® XP
  • 1.0 GHz Pentium® IV processor (or equivalent)
  • Processor speed for Windows Vista® or Windows 7
  • 1.8 GHz Pentium IV processor (or equivalent)

Works With

  • Microsoft® Office 2003, 2007, and 2010 (32-bit version only) (SP3 recommended for Office 2003 and SP2 recommended for Office 2007)
  • Microsoft Outlook® Express 6.0 SP21
  • Lotus Notes® 6.5, 7.0.2, and 8.0
  • Eudora® 5.2
  • Internet Mail SMTP/POP3
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer® 7.02 ,8.0 and 9.0
  • Adobe® Reader® 6.0, 7.0 and 10.x
  • VMware® Workstation 5.x and 6.x; VMware Fusion, VMware Server 1.x, 2.x
  • Citrix® software using Citrix XenApp® 5.0 and 6.03
  • Parallels® Desktop for Macintosh® 4.0; and Parallels Workstation 2.2 for Windows®
  • Oracle VM VirtualBox® 4.x

Supported Operating Systems

  • Windows® XP SP34 (32-bit only)
  • Windows Server® 2003 SP2 (32-bit and 64-bit)
  • Windows Vista®5 SP2 (32-bit and 64-bit)
  • Windows Server 20086 SP2 (32-bit and 64-bit)
  • Windows 7 SP1 (32-bit and 64-bit)

Database Server:

Sage ACT! Pro uses SQL Server® 2008 R2. If you would like to use a different edition of SQL Server other than the one provided, please consult Microsoft documentation for specific requirements for that edition.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143506.aspx

  • Outlook Express is available on Windows XP and Windows Server 2003.
  • On 64-bit versions of Windows, Internet Explorer (32-bit) is recommended.
  • There are some limitations with Sage ACT! Scratchpad in a Citrix® environment.
  • Windows XP Professional limits the number of concurrent network connections to 10 (Home Edition limits concurrent connections to 5).
  • Windows Vista limits the number of concurrent network connections to 10 (Home Basic and Home Premium Editions limit concurrent connections to 5).
  • "Core Server Installation" of Windows Server 2008 is not supported.