4.1. 1. Software Prerequisites

Before installing and running the ChronoScan Web Server please make sure you have all the prerequisites listed below:

Internet connection: required to activate the licenses and by the ChronoScan installer, which checks your maintenance status online;
Download the latest installers here;
Both the ChronoScan Desktop installer and the ChronoScan Web Server installer are required on the server;
Supported operating system: Windows 10 or Windows 11, or Windows Server 2016 or newer (64-bit recommended);
See the Minimal System Requirements for the complete list of supported systems and hardware;
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8;
Already included in Windows 11, Windows Server 2022 and Windows 10 version 1903 or later. On other systems download it from Microsoft;
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 Redistributable;
Installed automatically by the ChronoScan installer when it is missing;
SQL Server 2016 or newer (any edition; SQL Server Express is enough for small installations):
Download from Microsoft Web Site;
Make sure the SQL Server Management Studio is also installed.
Nuance OCR Plug-In (separate installer, use the same 32-bit or 64-bit version as ChronoScan):
Download the 32-bit Nuance Plug-In installer here;
Download the 64-bit Nuance Plug-In installer here;
Install it after ChronoScan Desktop;
Follow the instructions here for the license activation;
Sample Data:
If you have received a sample data archive file, decompress it to your %programdata%/ChronoScan folder and restore the database file to your SQL Server (this step replaces the SQL Server Database creation and Convert to WCI steps).

After all the prerequisites are met follow through the Step by Step Installation Guide.