PGP Desktop Products version 8.1 are the final versions for this product line. Upgrade will be to PGP Desktop Email 9.x - the precise version number available at the time of your upgrade. There are no planned updates to PGP Desktop 8.1 products.
PGP Desktop version 8.1 will be available for sale only until August 31, 2010. For further information click here.
PGP Desktop 8.1 is a legacy product. The current version of PGP Desktop Email, includes the following features not found in version 8.1:
- Policy based email encryption
- Support for PGP and X.509 S/MIME certificates
- Instant Messenger encryption
- Optional central management via PGP Universal Server
Supported Operating Systems
- Windows 98
- Windows Millennium Edition (ME)
- Windows NT 4.0 (Service Pack 6a)
- Windows 2000 (Service Pack 4)
- Windows XP (Service Pack 1)
- Windows Server 2003
- Mac OS X 10.2.1 or greater


