Supported Windows XP Software
Information Services supports the software which appears on the standard desktops of the networked Windows XP service.
Supported software for Windows XP
The table below lists all the software applications available, along with the corresponding level of support and software licence type.
| Software Application Name | Number of licences |
|---|---|
Principle Applications | |
Access | SITE |
Endnote | SITE |
Excel | SITE |
Internet Explorer | SITE |
PowerPoint | SITE |
SPSS | SITE |
Word | SITE |
| Lotus Notes | SITE |
Assistive Software | |
Punctuate | SITE |
SuperNova | SITE |
TextHelp Read & Write Gold | SITE |
Concept & Mind Mapping | |
CMAP Tools | SITE |
Inspiration | SITE |
MindGenius | SITE |
Cymraeg | |
Cysglaid | SITE |
Office Welsh Language Installer | SITE |
Set keyboard to Welsh/English | SITE |
Set Office to Welsh/English | SITE |
Images & Presentation | |
Adobe Acrobat | 30 |
Adobe Reader | FREE |
Corel | SITE |
Publisher | SITE |
Internet, Web & Email | |
Firefox | FREE |
Gaim | FREE |
Internet Explorer | SITE |
Internet Explorer | SITE |
Putty | SITE |
SSH | FREE |
WSFTP | 50 |
X-win32 | SITE |
Qualitative Analysis | |
NVivo *Support for software installation only | SITE |
Spreadsheets & Databases | |
Access | SITE |
Endnote | SITE |
Excel | SITE |
Statistics & Graphing | |
Digi99 | SITE |
Minitab | SITE |
Origin | 15 |
SPSS | SITE |
SPSS Data Entry | SITE |
Others | |
Anti-virus Toolkit | SITE |
Some known issues with supported software
Please read carefully the following information about the support and performance of existing applications under Windows XP.
Information on specific applications
GhostView
User preferences cannot be saved and hence will not be persistent across sessions.
Internet Explorer
When accessing secure sites you may encounter a message that prompts you to Work Offline. Select Try Again at this point.
Microsoft Developer Studio 6
The full functionality of this suite can only be accessed if the user is a workstation administrator.
Photoshop 6
Help does not currently work on Photoshop
ssh ftp
To access the ftp module of ssh, start ssh32 and choose:
Window, New File Transfer
Windows Media Player
When running up Windows Media Player for the first time, you will be presented with some configuration information. At this point accept the default options. This will only happen the first time you run up Media Player.
Networked CD-ROMs
The Chemical Abstracts database will not be available under Windows XP. To access this resource, use SciFinder Scholar instead. Please contact the Science Library for more information.