For 32-bit version
- Microsoft® Windows® XP Home and Professional (SP3 or later), or Microsoft® Windows Vista® (SP2 or later) Enterprise, Business, Ultimate, or Home Premium edition, or Microsoft® Windows® 7 Enterprise, Business, Ultimate, or Home Premium edition (compare Windows versions)
- Intel® Pentium® or AMD Athlon® dual-core processor, 1.6 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology for Windows XP, or Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon dual-core, 3.0 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology for Windows Vista or Windows 7
- 2 GB RAM
- 6 GB free disk space for installation (7 GB for a clean machine with no .NET installed)
- 1,280 x 1,024 display with True Color
- Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 7.0 or later
- Microsoft Mouse-compliant pointing device

For 62-bit version
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition (SP2 and later), or Microsoft Windows Vista (SP2 or later) Enterprise, Business, Ultimate, or Home Premium edition, or Microsoft® Windows® 7 Enterprise, Business, Ultimate, or Home Premium edition (compare Windows versions)
- AMD Athlon 64 with SSE2 technology, AMD Opteron® with SSE2 technology, Intel® Xeon® with Intel EM64T support with SSE2 technology, or Intel Pentium 4 with Intel EM64T support with SSE2 technology
- 2 GB RAM
- 6 GB free disk space for installation (7 GB for a clean system with no .NET installed)
- 1,280 x 1,024 display with True Color
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 or later
- Microsoft Mouse-compliant point device