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PDFThe following document outlines National Instruments minimum software version support for Windows 8. The included tables list available software, drivers, add-ons, and toolkits and the minimum version required to operate each on Windows 8.
Software
The following National Instruments Software packages are compatible with the listed versions of Windows 8. As of 2013, all new versions of National Instruments will have their compatibility with Windows 8 listed in their Readme files.
| NI Product | Windows 8 Supported Version |
| Automotive Diagnostic Command Set | 1.1.1 |
| Calibration Executive | 3.5 |
| DataFinder Server Edition | 2012 |
| Desktop Execution Trace Toolkit | 2012 |
| DIAdem Professional | 2012 |
| ECU Measurement and Calibration Toolkit | 2.2.1 |
| GSM-EDGE Toolkit | 1.1 |
| LabVIEW Adaptive Filter Toolkit | 2012 |
| LabVIEW Advanced Signal Processing Toolkit | 2012 |
| LabVIEW Biomedical Toolkit | 2012 |
| LabVIEW C Generator Toolkit | 2012 |
| LabVIEW Control Design and Simulation Module | 2012 |
| LabVIEW Database Connectivity Toolkit | 2012 |
| LabVIEW DataFinder Toolkit | 2012 |
| LabVIEW Datalogging and Supervisory Control Module | 2012 |
| LabVIEW Digital Filter Design Toolkit | 2012 |
| LabVIEW Electrical Power Suite | 2012 |
| LabVIEW Embedded for ARM Compile Farm Toolkit | 2012 |
| LabVIEW Embedded for ARM Module | 2012 |
| LabVIEW for Wireless Sensor Networks Module | 2011 |
| LabVIEW FPGA Compile Farm | 2012 |
| LabVIEW FPGA IP Builder | Not supported1 |
| LabVIEW FPGA Module (ENGLISH) | Not supported1 |
| LabVIEW FPGA Module (Localized) | Not supported1 |
| LabVIEW FPGA Xilinx 10 | Not supported1 |
| LabVIEW FPGA Xilinx 13 | Not supported1 |
| LabVIEW Internet Toolkit | Not tested2 |
| LabVIEW Jitter Analysis Toolkit | 2012 |
| LabVIEW LEGO Mindstorms NXT Module (Windows) | 10.0.0 |
| LabVIEW MathScript RT Module | 2012 |
| LabVIEW MathScript RT Module (Localized) | 2012 |
| LabVIEW Mobile Module | 2011 SP1 |
| LabVIEW Modulation Toolkit | 4.3.3 |
| LabVIEW Multicore Analysis and Sparse Matrix Toolkit | 2012 |
| LabVIEW NI SoftMotion Module Premium | 12.0.0 |
| LabVIEW PDS (ENGLISH) for Windows | 2012 |
| LabVIEW PDS (Localized) for Windows | 2012 |
| LabVIEW PID and Fuzzy Logic Toolkit | 2012 |
| LabVIEW Real-Time Module (ENGLISH) | 2012 |
| LabVIEW Real-Time Module (Localized) | 2012 |
| LabVIEW Report Generation for Microsoft Office Toolkit | 2012 |
| LabVIEW Robotics Module | 2012 |
| LabVIEW Simulation Interface Toolkit | 2012 |
| LabVIEW Spectral Measurements Toolkit | 2.6.3 |
| LabVIEW Statechart Module | 2012 |
| LabVIEW System Identification Toolkit | 2012 |
| LabVIEW Touch Panel Module | 2012 |
| LabVIEW Unit Test Framework | 2012 |
| LabVIEW VI Analyzer Toolkit | 2012 |
| LabVIEW Web UI Builder | Early Access Release |
| LabWindows/CVI Execution Profiler | 1.0 |
| LabWindows/CVI FDS | 2012 |
| LabWindows/CVI Modulation Toolkit | 4.1 |
| LabWindows/CVI PID Control Toolkit | 2.1 |
| LabWindows/CVI Real-Time Module | 2012 |
| LabWindows/CVI Signal Processing Toolkit | 7.0.2 |
| LabWindows/CVI Spectral Measurements Toolkit | 2.6.3 |
| LabWindows/CVI SQL Toolkit | 2.2 |
| Lookout FDS | 6.6 |
| LTE Toolkit | 2.0.1 |
| Measurement Studio Enterprise Edition (VS2005, VS2008, VS2010) | 2012 |
| Measurement Suite for Fixed WiMAX | 1.0 |
| Measurement Suite for Mobile WiMAX | 1.0.1 |
| NI Analog Waveform Editor | 1.2.1 |
| NI AudioMASTER | 6.3 |
| NI Circuit Design Suite | 12.0.1 |
| NI Digital Waveform Editor | 3.0 |
| NI ELVIS | 3.0.6 |
| NI ELVISmx | 4.4 |
| NI GPS Modulation Toolkit | 2.0.1 |
| NI LabVIEW SignalExpress | 2012 |
| NI License Manager | 3.7 |
| NI Motion Assistant | 2.8 |
| NI OPC Servers | 2012 |
| NI Picture Quality Analysis software | 1.5 |
| NI Real-Time Execution Trace Toolkit | 2.0.5 |
| NI Requirements Gateway | 2012 |
| NI Switch Executive | 3.6 |
| NI Video Measurement Suite | 3.2 |
| NI VLM | 3.0 |
| Real-Time Hypervisor | Not supported |
| Sound and Vibration Measurement Suite | 2012 |
| TDMS | 2.4.0 |
| TestStand | 2012 |
| Third Party Licensing & Activation Toolkit | 2012 |
| VeriStand | 2011 SP1 |
| Vision Assistant | 2012 |
| Vision Builder for Automated Inspection and VBAI Development Kit | 2012 |
| Vision Development Module | 2012 |
| WCDMA Toolkit | 1.0.1 |
| Windows OEM tested for PXI(e) embedded controllers | 32-bit on PXIe-8135 64-bit on PXIe-8115 |
| WLAN Toolkit | 3.0 |
| Bluetooth Toolkit | 1.1 |
| RM-RDS Toolkit | 1.0.1 |
1 - The Xilinx tools used by the FPGA Module do not officially support Windows 8.
2 - LabVIEW Internet Toolkit was deprecated in August 2012 and all functionality was rolled into LabVIEW.
Hardware Drivers
| NI Product | Windows 8 Supported Version |
| CompactRIO | 12.0 |
| Fieldpoint | 6.0.11 |
| IVI Compliance Package | 4.5 |
| NI HWS | 1.5 |
| NI I/O Trace | 3.0.2 |
| NI Instrument I/O Assistant | 2.8 |
| NI Measurement and Automation Explorer | 5.3.3 |
| NI Network Browser | 5.3 |
| NI PXI Platform Services | 3.2 |
| NI Sync | 3.3.5 |
| NI System Configuration | 5.3.3 |
| NI VST | 1.1 |
| NI-1588 | 1.1.5 |
| NI-488.2 | 3.1 |
| NI-5640R | 1.7 |
| NI-568x | 1.1 |
| NI-5690 | 1.1 |
| NI-845x | 2.1 |
| NI-CAN | 2.7.4 |
| NI-DAQmx | 9.6 |
| NI-DAQmx Base | 3.6 |
| NI-DCPower | 1.7.5 |
| NI-DMM | 3.0.6 |
| NI-DNET | Not supported |
| NI-ECAT | 2.4 |
| NI-Embedded CAN for sbRIO | 1.0.1 |
| NI-FBUS | 4.1.1 |
| NI-FGEN | 2.9.1 |
| NI-FlexRIO | 12.0 |
| NI-FlexRIO Adapter Module | 3.0.0 |
| NI-HSDIO | 1.9 |
| NI-IMAQ | 4.7 |
| NI-IMAQ I/O | 2.6 |
| NI-IMAQdx | 4.0 |
| NI-Industrial Communications for CANopen | 1.0.2 |
| NI-Industrial Communications for DeviceNet | 2.1 |
| NI-Industrial Communications for EtherNet/IP | 1.2.1 |
| NI-Motion | 8.4 |
| NI-PAL | 2.9 |
| NI-RFSA | 2.6 |
| NI-RFSG | 1.8.5 |
| NI-RIO | 12.0 |
| NI-RPC | 4.3 |
| NI-Scope | 3.9.7 |
| NI-Serial | 3.9 |
| NI-SWITCH | 4.6.1 |
| NI-TimeSync | 1.1.5 |
| NI-VISA | 5.2 |
| NI-VNA | 2.0 |
| NI-WSN | 1.4 |
| NI-XNET | 1.6 |
| R Series | 12.0 |
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