Seagull Scientific BarTender 9.2 Compatible with Windows 7

BarTender version 9.2 first shipped on October 19th, 2009. In addition to the extensive battery of tests required to confidently release numerous new features and companion applications, the entire application suite was stress-tested for more than three months on Windows 7. The last month of this testing was performed using a pre-release copy of Windows 7 identical to what Microsoft began shipping on October 22nd (just three days after the release of BarTender 9.2.)

Compatible with 10 Years Worth of Windows Versions

The BarTender 9.2 Suite maintains backward compatibility with all flavors of Windows 2000, XP and Vista, including both 32-bit and 64-bit editions, as well as Windows Server 2003 and 2008.

Approval for Windows 7 Logo use is Pending

After Seagull passed their own compatibility tests, they applied to Microsoft for use of the "Compatible with Windows 7" logo. Initial results show that our application has passed these tests. However, Microsoft says that it could be a number of weeks before Seagull have their formal approval to display the new logo. As soon as Seagull receive that notification, they will post the news on their home page. In the meantime, there are simply no compatibility problems of which Seagull are aware.

More Details about on Seagull Scientifics Testing

At this time, BarTender 9.2 has been self-certified by Seagull Scientific using advanced in-house testing technology and procedures it has developed and refined since Seagull launched its first Windows product in 1993. Seagull Scienteifs team of Quality Assurance engineers extensively tested all components, including:

• The main BarTender program
• Seagull License Server
• Installer
• Activation Wizard
• Commander, Printer Maestro, Security Center, Librarian and the rest of the eight "Companion Applications."

A large battery of manually run and automated regression stress tests were performed, including:

• Design functionality
• Printing
• Performance
• Peak load handling
• Memory leakage
• Stability and consistency under regression
• Security access

Windows 7 Compatibility for Windows Printer Drivers

Although Seagull recently released Version 7.1.8 of their "Drivers by Seagull," this was just a general feature upgrade. Their printer drivers had been compatible with Windows 7 since version 7.1.2, which was released more than two years ago on July 27, 2007.