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 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


