ArcGIS Explorer System Requirements

ArcGIS Explorer can be installed along with other ESRI products you may have already installed on your machine. The ArcGIS product versions supported with ArcGIS Explorer are ArcGIS 9.2 Service Pack 6 and higher.

Supported Operating Systems

Supported Operating System	Minimum Version	Maximum Version	Limitations
Windows 2003 (32-bit) Server Standard, Enterprise & Datacenter	SP1	SP2
Windows 2003 (64-bit (EM64T)) Server Standard, Enterprise & Datacenter	SP1	SP2	64-bit processors support
Windows 2008 (32-bit) Server Standard, Enterprise & Datacenter
Windows 2008 (64-bit (EM64T)) Server Standard, Enterprise & Datacenter			64-bit processors support
Windows 7 (32-bit) Ultimate, Professional, Home Premium
Windows 7 (64-bit (EM64T)) Ultimate, Professional, Home Premium
Windows Vista (32-bit) Ultimate, Enterprise, Business, Home Premium	SP1	SP2
Windows Vista (64-bit (EM64T)) Ultimate, Enterprise, Business, Home Premium	SP1	SP2	64-bit processors support
Windows XP (32-bit) Professional Edition	SP2	SP3	Windows XP SP2 & SP3 Limitations
Windows XP (64-bit (EM64T)) Professional Edition	SP2	SP3	Windows XP SP2 & SP3 Limitations 64-bit processors support

Requirements

Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Requirement Service Pack 1 or equivalent must be installed prior to installing ArcGIS Explorer

Microsoft XML Core Services (MSXML) 4.0 Service Pack 2 must be installed prior to installing ArcGIS Explorer

Microsoft Internet Explorer Version 7.0 or 8.0. must be installed prior to installing ArcGIS Explorer

	ArcGIS Explorer
CPU Speed	1.6 GHz recommended or higher
Processor	Intel Core Duo, Pentium 4 or Xeon Processors
Memory/RAM	1 GB minimum, 2 GB recommended or higher
Display Properties	24 bit color depth
Screen Resolution	1024 x 768 recommended or higher at Normal size (96dpi)
Swap Space	Determined by the operating system, 500 MB minimum.
Disk Space	142 MB ArcGIS Explorer will create cache files when used, additional disk space may be required.
Bandwidth Connection Speed	Minimum 380 Kbps, 1500 Kbps recommended or higher
Video/Graphics Adapter	Check your computer's ability to run ArcGIS Explorer 24-bit capable graphics accelerator An OpenGL 2.0 or higher compliant video card is required, with at least 32 MB of video memory, however 64 MB of video memory or higher is recommended.

Developer Solutions (SDK) Requirements

ESRI supports and recommends the following integrated development environments (IDE) for use with ArcGIS Explorer SDK:

SDK	Supported IDE	Requirements
ArcGIS Explorer SDK for the Microsoft .NET Framework	Visual Studio 2008 Visual Basic Express Visual Studio 2008 Visual C# Express Visual Studio 2008 (C#, VB.NET) Standard, Professional	ArcGIS Explorer is required to install ArcGIS Explorer SDK for the Microsoft .NET Framework. ArcGIS Explorer must be installed with Administrative Privileges for All Users for correct SDK installation.