System Requirements

Supported Operating Systems

All versions (32 and 64 bit, except those for Itanium-based systems) of the following operating systems are supported by Ranorex:

Windows 2000 (Ranorex Studio not available)
Windows XP
Windows Server 2003
Windows Vista
Windows Server 2008
Windows 7

Software Prerequisites

The following software prerequisites are required to run all Ranorex components (Runtime, Spy, Recorder, License Server). All needed prerequisites are usually automatically installed when running the Ranorex setup:

Microsoft Windows Installer 3.1
Microsoft Visual C++ 9.0 x86
Microsoft Visual C++ 9.0 x64 (required for 64 bit Windows versions only)
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 SP2 or higher

Additionally, for running Ranorex Studio the following prerequisites are required:

Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 or higher

Hardware Requirements

The hardware requirements depend on the version of the .NET Framework that needs to be installed for the respective Ranorex package. Ranorex (Runtime, Spy, Recorder, License Server) requires at least the .NET Framework 2.0 to be installed, Ranorex Studio requires the .NET Framework 3.5. Consequently:

The minimum system requirements for running Ranorex (Runtime, Spy, Recorder, License Server) are the same as those for the .NET Framework 2.0:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms229070.aspx
The minimum system requirements for running Ranorex Studio are the same as those for .NET Framework 3.5:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb882520.aspx

Ranorex License Server Firewall Configuration

On a system running Ranorex License Server the firewall must be configured to allow access to TCP and UDP port 7266.