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Horn Point does not have site licenses. Software Site Licensing is in College Park and allows for some software purchases at educational pricing. Check out what is available at: http://www.oit.umd.edu/slic/

IES and Visual Arts may have some of the CDs for the commonly used software (except for the Microsoft products), however, you MUST purchase a license from OIT before you receive use of these CDs--no exceptions. Check with Fan (8488) or Anne (8283) for what is available.

Recommended and Supported software at HPL:

A. Windows NT/2000/XP (workstation and server) the latest Microsoft operating system for the PC;* Note* Web Servers supported are Apache and FirstClass --- MS IIS NOT!

B. Windows 2000/XP for the PC

C. Apple/MAC, OS 10.X

D. All varieties of UNIX/LINUX, e.g., Digital Unix and Red Hat Linux

E. Microsoft Office for Windows/Mac an which includes Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access.

F. Corel Suite for Windows/MAC which includes WordPerfect and Quattro Pro

G. McAfee virus protection software

H. IMAP Clients - a program used to send and receive electronic mail

• Thunderbird
• Netscape Navigator mail (for off campus access only)
• IMP Horn Point Web Mail

I. Secure Terminal Emulation Software (SSH) (for file transfer only)

J. Netscape Navigator/Firefox - programs used to browse the World Wide Web


K. Microsoft Internet Explorer - a program used to browse the World Wide Web

L. Statistical software:

• SAS

Software on common usecomputers:

• MS Office (MS Word, Power Point, Excel and Acess)
• Corel Suite (WordPerfect, Quattro Pro)
• Adobe Photoshop CS2
• SSH
• McAfee
• Firefox
• Internet Explorer
• Matlab
• Winzip

Graphics Computer in common use area:

• Adobe Photoshop CS2
• Adobe Illustrator CS2
• Adobe Premier Pro 1.5
• Adobe Acrobat 7.0
• Arc View