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Chapter 2: Installing Dragon

creatingthelocationwhereuserprofileswillbecreated.Theseprofilescanconsumealarge

amountofdiskspaceonyourC:drive.

YoucancustomizeyourinstallationtoreducetheamountofdiskspaceusedonyourC:

drivebynotinstallingunwantedlanguagesandvocabularies.Formoreinformation,see

Installingsoftware—CustomInstallation.

Upgrading the operating system to Windows 7 or Windows 8

IfyouupgradeamachinefromapreviousversionofWindowstoWindows7orWindows8

andthatmachinehasVersion11.xor12.xofDragoninstalled,thatversionofDragonwill

notworkafterupgrading.Allyouruserprofilesfromthesepreviousversionsremainintact

andcanbeupgradedwhenyouinstallDragonVersion13.

Coexistence with other Dragon products

Coexistence with previous versions of Dragon

YoucanhaveonlyoneversionofDragoninstalledonyoursystem.

Note:

Running a previous version of Dragon concurrently with Version 13 is not supported.

Coexistence with the Dragon SDK Client Edition

YoucaninstallDragonSDKClientEdition13onthesamemachinewhereDragon13is

installed.Inaddition,Dragon13andDragonSDKClientEdition13canshareuserprofiles

andvocabularies.

Youcanonlyrunoneproductatatime.Forexample,ifyouarerunningDragon,youcannot

runanyoftheSDKClienttoolsorsamples.

Note:

Coexistence of Version 13 with Dragon SDK Client Edition Version 11.x, or 12.x is not

supported.

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Installation Prerequisites

Before installing the software (or modifying or upgrading it)

1. Closeallopenapplications.

2. Turnoffordisableantivirussoftware;theinstallationprocesscansometimestriggera

falsevirusreport.

Note:YoumusthaveAdministratorrightstoinstalloruninstallDragononWindows7or

Windows8.AdministratorrightsarenotrequiredtocreateaDragonuserprofileorusethe

softwareafterinstallation.

OnWindows7andWindows8systems,ifasanadministratoryouwanttocreateaDragon

userprofileforaWindowslimiteduser(userwithrestrictedprivileges),youmustlogon

usingthatWindowslimiteduseraccountbeforecreatingtheDragonprofile.

IfyoucreateaDragonprofileforalimitedWindowsuserwhileloggedinasaWindows

administrator,thelimiteduserwillnotbeabletoaccessthatDragonprofile.These

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