Xcitium Enterprise

Windows 10 (32-bit and 64-bit versions)

Windows 8 / 8.1 (32-bit and 64-bit versions)

Windows IoT

• 512 MB available RAM

• 1 GB hard disk space for both 32-bit and 64-bit versions
  

• CPU with SSE2 support

• Internet Explorer Version 11 or above

Note about Windows XP / Vista

• XCS does not support Windows XP or Vista, period.

• The auto-containment and virtual desktop features simply do not work on XP / Vista, so you cannot take advantage of one of our core protection features.

• Xcitium strongly recommends anybody still using XP or Vista to upgrade immediately. Microsoft ceased support for XP/Vista years ago and the number of serious vulnerabilities in these operating systems is almost innumerable. By using them you are exposing yourself to substantial risks which signature-based antivirus cannot protect you against.

Windows 7

• Microsoft ended general support for Windows 7 in January 2020. Devices running Windows 7 will only receive security updates if the user has purchased a 3 year extended security updates (ESU) package from Microsoft.

• Because of this, Windows 7 is no longer an officially supported operating system. Unpatched vulnerabilities introduced by the underlying OS can compromise the protection provided by XCS. For example, a weakness in a Microsoft API that XCS relies on can undermine the protection of XCS.

• Key points:

• All XCS critical security features will continue to work on Windows 7, including auto-containment, antivirus, and firewall. Similarly, you can also manage Windows 7 devices from Xcitium Enterprise and deploy security profiles to Windows 7 devices.

• We will also continue to fix critical and blocker issues for XCS on Windows 7.

• However, future XCS releases may contain features that are not included/do not work on Windows 7.
  

• We understand that many customers have clients who still use Windows 7, and hope that this information helps you make an informed decision about transitioning those machines to Windows 10 / 8.1 / 8.