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HandicapMaster NETWORK Edition - System Requirements

User PC requirements for HandicapMaster NETWORK Edition Client

HandicapMaster NETWORK edition CLIENT software has been fully tested on the following operating systems, which we recommend for its use.

  • Windows XP SP3
  • Windows 2003 SP2
  • Windows Vista SP2
  • Windows 7 (32-bit and 64 bit versions)
  • Windows 7 SP1 (32-bit and 64 bit versions)
  • Windows 2008 (32-bit and 64 bit versions)
  • Windows 8 (32-bit and 64 bit versions)
    Windows 8 RT is not supported

In addition, It is necessary to install the Microsoft SQL Server Native Client software onto each User PC. This is available for download from the Microsoft web site (see "Feature Pack for Microsoft SQL Server 2005").

HandicapMaster NETWORK edition CLIENT software has only had basic testing on other versions of Windows XP, Windows 2000 SP4 (*), Windows 2003, Windows Small Business Server 2003, Windows Small Business Server 2008, Windows Small Business Server 2011. However we are not aware of any issues at the current time.

(*) Windows 2000 SP4 is no longer supported by Microsoft so we do not recommend its use.

HandicapMaster version 8 requires the the Microsoft .NET Framework version 2.0 be installed on your computer. When you install HandicapMaster version 8 if your computer is connected to the internet and the .NET framework 2.0 is not installed then it will be downloaded automatically. However if you computer is not connected to the internet then the above link may be used to download a copy that may then be copied to removable media and take to the offline computer.

Note that this has a number of software and hardware pre-requisites as detailed at the above link.

We also recommend that your version of windows is regularly updated with the most recent security updates from Microsoft.

User PC Hardware Requirements

These requirements are the minimum needed to support the HandicapMaster Software. This does not include any operating system minimum requirements.

  • Processor: Intel Pentium/Celeron family or higher, or AMD Athlon/Duron family processor or higher, Minimum clock speed: 500 MHz
  • Memory: Minimum: 128 MB or higher. This does not include any operating system minimum requirements.
  • Disk Space: Minimum of 40 MB available

HandicapMaster NETWORK Database PC Requirements

The HandicapMaster NETWORK edition database is a SQL Server 2008 R2 Express database. SQL Server 2008 R2 Express is supported on the following operating systems

  • Windows XP SP3
  • Windows 2003 SP2
  • Windows Small Business Server 2003
  • Windows Vista SP2
  • Windows 7 (32-bit and 64 bit versions)
  • Windows 7 SP1 (32-bit and 64 bit versions)
  • Windows 2008 SP2 (32-bit and 64 bit versions)
  • Windows Server 2008 R2 x64
  • Windows Small Business Server 2011
  • Windows 8 (32-bit and 64 bit versions)
    Windows 8 RT is not supported

For detailed information regarding operating system and service pack levels please view the Microsoft website details

Other software requirements

  • SQL Server Setup requires Microsoft Windows Installer 4.5 or a later version (*)
  • .NET Framework 2.0 SP2 (Windows XP SP3) or .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 (Windows Vista SP2)
  • Windows PowerShell 1.0

(*) Microsoft Windows Installer 4.5 MUST be installed prior to SQL Server.

Database PC Hardware Requirements

These requirements are the minimum needed to support the SQL Server Express Database. This does not include any operating system minimum requirements.

  • Processor: Pentium III-compatible processor or higher, Minimum: 1 GHz Recommended: 2 GHz or higher
  • Memory: Minimum: 256 MB, Recommended: 1024 MB or more
  • System Disk Space: Requires 1.6 GB of available disk space
  • Disk Space: Minimum of 1.8 GB

For detailed SQL Server information please view the Microsoft website