21st Century Payroll for Adagio Tutorials - Installing

Hardware Requirements for running Payroll for Adagio

In general, purchasers of 21st Century Payroll for Adagio should follow the recommendation for all Windows users: when you buy computer hardware, get as much computing power as you can afford, especially as much memory as possible.

21st Century Payroll for Adagio itself has a relatively small "footprint" in terms of disk space and memory requirements, but the Windows support for any application is memory-intensive. The more memory your computer has, the more satisfied you will be with the performance of all your applications, including 21st Century Payroll for Adagio.

Networking performance also profits from lots of memory on the computer you use as your Server.

Access to the Internet is required to communicate with 21st Century Accounting from the program's Help menu and to activate and deactivate the product. Access to software upgrades and tax table updates are available on this website..

Single User Edition

Pentium III, 500 MHz or better Intel-compatible processor
Windows XP (with Service Pack 3), Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows Server 2016
256 MB RAM or better
500 MB of available space
CD-ROM drive (not required if you have internet access)
Internet access required for product activation

Multiple user environment, CLIENT/WORKSTATION computers

Pentium III, 500 MHz or better Intel-compatible processor
Windows XP (with Service Pack 3), Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows Server 2016
256 MB RAM or better
500 MB of available space
CD-ROM drive (not required if you have internet access)
Internet access recommended

Multiple user environment, SERVER computer

Pentium III, 500 MHz or better Intel-compatible processor
Windows XP (with Service Pack 3), Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows Server 2016
256 MB RAM or better
500 MB of available space
CD-ROM drive (not required if you have internet access)
Internet access required for product activation