Image Surfer Pro is designed to work seamlessly with all versions of Windows and Internet Explorer. It completely supports both 32bit and 64bit computers as well as 32bit versions of IE running on a 64bit Windows environment.
Generally speaking 32bit operating systems can provide up to 2Gig of memory per running instance of IE. The 64bit version of windows removes this constraint and the true 64bit version of IE will likely be limited by the amount of memory installed rather than some system limit. The various versions of Internet Explorer and Windows can make it quite confusing... however, the Image Surfer Pro installation generally makes operation transparent.
IE9
When using IE9 on 64bit installations of Windows, two versions of IE9 are installed and functional. The 32bit
version of IE9 will be the default browser, but the 64bit version of IE9 will also be installed. When Image Surfer
Pro installs on a 64bit installation both the 32bit and 64bit versions are installed. When you run either version
of Internet Explorer, the Image Surfer Pro extension will be available and use the same user preferences. In fact
you can run both the 32bit and 64bit versions of IE at the same time.
Image Surfer Pro fully supports Protected Mode in both the 32bit and 64bit versions of all Internet Explorer installations.
IE10
Unlike IE9, when IE10 is installed on a 64Bit version of Windows a single version of IE10 will be installed. The
64Bit version of IE10 runs a 64Bit window with either 32Bit or 64Bit tabs based on whether or not the advanced
internet option Enhanced Protected Mode is enabled.
On 64bit versions of Windows7 Enhanced Protected Mode has no real effect on operation and Image Surfer Pro is fully supported. On Windows8, the added application context prevents Image Surfer Pro from navigating the browser window to the locally created visualization pages. So while the 64Bit version of Image Surfer Pro is installed, it is not able to display the image content of your fusker collection.
Enhanced Protected Mode is disabled by default in IE10 and Image Surfer Pro will work as you expect with no configuration change to IE. The number of images you can display on a page will be limited by system memory and not the 2Gig memory boundary.
However, with Enhanced Protected Mode disabled, IE will utilize the 32bit version of Image Surer Pro. We are not sure why this is the case and Microsoft has simply stated they have no plans on changing this aspect of IE.
IE11
IE11 is very similar to IE10 when it comes to 64bit vs. 32bit - however, by default Enhanced Protected Mode
is enabled on 64bit versions of IE11. In order for Image Surfer Pro to work with 64bit versions of IE11 you must
change the advanced internet options to disable Enhanced Protected Mode when running on Windows8 or later.
However, with Enhanced Protected Mode disabled, IE will utilize the 32bit version of Image Surer Pro. We are not sure why this is the case and Microsoft has simply stated they have no plans on changing this aspect of IE.
The primary differences between the Free and Registered versions of the software are their ability to build fusker collections. The Free version of the software is primarily a viewer for the fusker collection files. Many of the limitations placed on creating fusker collections are in place to limit the amount of denial of service issues which can arise. If you are using the free version primarily to view fusker collections created by others you are less likely to encounter these issues. If you are using the free verison as a test drive prior to obtaining the registered version you should be aware of the issues which can be avoided by the ability of the registered version to generate Image Surfer Pro Forms, process Free Hosted Galleries, and perform Directed Searches.