User's Manual - Drake Software

System Requirements
Drake Software User’s Manual
IMPORTANT
Your serial number and Drake customer account number are
required for installing the software and subsequent updates. If
you installed Drake Software from a CD, the number was
included on your packing slip with the CD shipment.
System Requirements
To run Drake Software, your computer operating system must be Windows 2000 or
later and must meet or exceed the following system requirements:
• Windows 2000/NT/XP/ME/Vista/7 (Windows NT users must have Service Pack
4.0 or higher, available from www.microsoft.com.)
• Windows 2000 & XP: 300 MHz processor or higher, 128 MB of RAM.
• Windows Vista & Windows 7: 800 MHz processor or higher, 512 MB of RAM,
Support for Super VGA graphics.
• All Windows Operating Systems: CD Drive, 100 MB of available hard drive
space, plus 7 MB for each state program, Internet Explorer 6.0 or newer, Internet
access, HP-compatible laser printer (strongly recommended), TWAIN–compliant
scanner. Internet service is required for immediate updates.
NOTE
If using Windows Vista or later, you may need to upgrade your Adobe
Acrobat Reader to version 8.0 or later. Version 9.0 may be required if
using the 64-bit version of Windows 7.
To take full advantage of the software’s features, you must have:
• A Hewlett-Packard (HP)–compatible laser printer
• High-speed Internet access
• A backup media source (such as a USB drive, memory stick, floppy disk, etc.)
• A document-feed scanner (Drake supports all TWAIN–compliant flat-bed and
document-feed scanners for use with the Document Manager.)
NOTE
If you do not have Windows XP or 7 and want to back up your data on
CD, you must use your CD burner software—not the Drake backup
tool—to perform the backup.
Installing from CD
Using Windows
Vista? A system
administrator or
user with OS
access must install
your tax software.
Before installing your software, close all open programs on your computer. Table 2-1
on page 13 outlines the installation process for the first and subsequent CD shipments.
12 Tax Year 2012