Supported Platforms and Requirements

Supported Operating Systems:

You can deploy GameShield protected games to most Windows operating systems.

The table below shows the supported Windows operating systems on which you can install and run the GameShield Software Development Kit as well as which operating systems you can deploy the GameShield protection components to protect your software.

The Development Environment column refers to the software developers OS only. This is where you will design, develop, compile, test and generate Activation Codes for your licenses that you will use to protect your applications. This is essentially the GameShield Software Development Kit.

The Deployment columns refers to the OS for your customers to whom you will deploy your games which are protected by the GameShield system. As you can see, virtually every Windows operating system is supported for deployment.

	Development Environment DRM Kit Operating Systems:	IronWrap Deployment Protect IronWrapped Games on any of these OS's:	Non-IronWrapped Deployment Protect Non-IronWrapped Games on any of these OS's:
Windows 95
Windows 98
Windows 98SE
Windows ME
Windows NT4 (no upgrades required)
Windows 2000
Windows XP (including SP2)
Windows Server 2000
Windows Server 2003
Windows Vista

Other Development System Requirements

To install the GameShield System development environment please make sure that your system meets the minimum requirements:

1 Ghz CPU
64 MB RAM
50 MB free hard drive space
Monitor resolution of (minimum) 1024 x 768

Other Deployment System Requirements

The only binary module of the GameShield System you deploy along with your game is the ClientProtector dll, and this is only required when you choose not to IronWrap your game. The minimum requirements your users must meet in order to use your software protected by GameShield are:

133 Mhz CPU
4 MB RAM
1 MB hard drive space

Naturally, this is in addition to any minimum requirements your software imposes.

Server System Requirements

The Server and IronWrap Editions of GameShield come with the Web-Activator and the CheckPoint License Server. These server applications must run on a system that meets the following minimum requirements:

Windows server running IIS 5.0.