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Software supported by the pcsc

PCSC consultants are able to provide technical support for a wide variety of personal computing software. The chart below will help determine what level of support you can expect.

CATEGORY	FULLY SUPPORTED	PARTIALLY SUPPORTED (We will try to help.)	NOT SUPPORTED
PC Operating System	Windows Vista, Windows XP	any earlier Windows OS
Mac Operating System	Macintosh OS X	OS 9	Macintosh System 6,7,8
Word Processing	MS Word 2007, 2003 (Windows). Word X, 2004 (Mac)	any earlier version
Spreadsheet	MS Excel 2007, 2003 (Windows). Excel X, 2004 (Mac)	any earlier version
Presentation	MS PowerPoint 2007, 2003 (Windows). PowerPoint X, 2004 (Mac)	any earlier version
Database	FileMaker Pro	Access	anything else
Integrated Package	MS Office 2007, 2003 (Windows). MS Office X, 2004 (Mac)	any earlier version
Web Browser	Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari	anything else
Mail Program	Mozilla Thunderbird, OS X Mail, Outlook Express/Windows Mail, Outlook (e-mail only), BU's Web-based mail program	Netscape Messenger, Eudora, anything else
FTP Program	See current list at www.bu.edu/pcsc/ftp/software/
SSH/Telnet Program	See current list at www.bu.edu/pcsc/unix.
Photo Editing	Photoshop	Fireworks, anything else
Virus Protection	McAfee	Norton AntiVirus	anything else
Spyware Protection	MS AntiSpyware, Spybot, Ad-Aware	Spyware Blaster	anything else
Dialup	PPP software		America On-Line
X emulation	X-Win32, X11 for Mac OS X	eXodus	anything else
Web Dev	Dreamweaver	Any other HTML editor
Group Calendars		Exchange
Mathematica, LabVIEW, Maple, Matlab, and S-Plus		Licensed by OIT, with PCSC support for downloading, only. Please see the table below for details.
Recreation		Chat clients	Games, MP3s, etc.

MATH/SCIENCE PACKAGES that are LIcensed by OIT
The PCSC can help you with downloading these packages, but we cannot provide further technical support. Detailed support info may be found on the download pages below.
Mathematica	www.bu.edu/systems-support/software/mathematica
LabVIEW	www.bu.edu/systems-support/software/labview.html
Maple	www.bu.edu/systems-support/software/maple.html
Matlab	www.bu.edu/systems-support/software/matlab.html
S-Plus	www.bu.edu/systems-support/software/splus.html

 

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