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ISS Core Supported Software 

Revised April 2009 

The following listing shows the core software resident on all PCs shown on the following page: ISS Purchasing Standards.

PC's

Installed software  Description
Microsoft Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2 Operating System. Needed in order to manage system resources and run applications.
Internet Explorer 7.0 For browsing the Internet.
Adobe Reader 9.x Application for reading portable document format (pdf) files.
Apple Quicktime 7.6.x Application used for viewing .mov movie files.
CoreFTP LE 2.1 Application to allow files to be transferred to remote computer systems. 
Documentum Xtender Solutions Adobe Component 6.0 Application needed to scan and view documents stored as Banner images.
Documentum Xtender Solutions Keyview Component 8.0 Application needed to scan and view documents stored as Banner images.
Documentum Xtender Solutions Scanning Component 5.25 Application needed to scan and view documents stored as Banner images.
Macromedia Flash Player 10.x Application used for handling Flash files.
Macromedia Shockwave Player 11.x Application used for handling Shockwave 
Microsoft .Net Frameworks 2.0 The .NET Framework is a development and execution environment that allows different programming languages & libraries to work together seamlessly to create Windows-based applications that are easier to build, manage, deploy, and integrate with other networked systems.
Microsoft Windows Media Player 11 Default Windows application for viewing most media files.
Microsoft Office 2007 Enterprise Edition: Office productivity suit used for word processing, spreadsheets, databases, presentations, and print publishing.  The PDF converter is included as well as Analysis ToolPak and MSFT Equation Editor which are add-ins for Microsoft Excel.
Word, Excel, PowerPoint , Access, Publisher, InfoPath, OneNote
Mozilla Thunderbird 2.x Dedicated e-mail client used for reading e-mail from Post Office Protocol (POP) or Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) mail servers. Can also be viewed to read Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feeds.
Putty 0.60 Telnet program that supports secure socket layer (SSL) encryption
Respondus 3.52 Tool for creating and managing exams.
Real Player 11.x Application for using Real Audio or Video files. 
Silverlight Microsoft Silverlight is used for streaming media.
Sophos Anit-Virus 7.3.2 Application used for removal and prevention of computer viruses and adware.
Study Mate 2.0 Flash based testing program that imports from MS Word and publisher test banks. It can operate with WebCT/Blackboard.
Sun Java J2SE JDK 1.6.x Java Run time Environment, needed to run Java applications/applets.
VideoLan VLC 0.9.9 Used to view video DVD's
WinVi32 2.97 Windows text editor that works like the UNIX VI text editor.

 

Macs

Installed Software Description
Mac OS X 10.4/10.5 Operating System. Needed in order to manage system resources and run applications.
Safari (default web browser) For browsing the Internet
Preview Application for reading portable document format (pdf) files. (Adobe Reader 9.x installed upon request)
QuickTime 7.6 Application used for viewing .mov movie files.
Flip4Mac 2.2.x Windows media codecs
Sophos Anti-Virus Application used for removal and prevention of computer viruses and adware.
Perian 1.1 Additional codecs
Fugu (open-source SFTP program) Application to allow files to be transferred to remote computer systems. 
3iVX 4.5, DivX 6.4  
Flash Player 9 Application used for handling Flash files
Windows Media Player 9 Default Windows application for viewing most media files.
Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.x (default e-mail program) Dedicated e-mail client used for reading e-mail from Post Office Protocol (POP) or Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) mail servers. Can also be viewed to read Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feeds.
DVD Player (Apple Standard) Playing DVDs
Real Player 11 Application for using Real Audio or Video files. 
Java J2SE 5.0 Java Run time Environment, needed to run Java applications/applets.
Microsoft Remote Desktop For remote desktop to Windows Systems
Stuffit Expander 12 Program for extracting compressed Mac files
New Oxford American Dictionary Standard dictionary
Microsoft Office 2008 Standard Office suite for documents.

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