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Software Availability in CSC Department:

Adobe:

Adobe Acrobat 9.0 Professional (NEW)

The department of Computer Science is now participating in the Adobe Term Site License for Acrobat. With the Adobe Term Site License, our department is entitled to have Mac/Win Acrobat 9.0 Professional installed on any departmental-owned computer at not cost to the faculty or staff.

Adobe Acrobat is used to create, edit, and merge PDF files.

To request installation email us at help@csc.ncsu.edu.

Adobe Flex Builder 3 Pro is also available for free to all eduction customers. This includes all students, faculty and staff of eligible education institutions. More information can be found here: https://freeriatools.adobe.com

All other Adobe Products must be paid for per user. Researchers will need to cover the cost of purchasing all Adobe products.

Adobe Acrobat Alternatives:
Adobe Acrobat is used to create, edit, and merge PDF files. People often do not need all of this functionality.

Adobe Dreamweaver V8 for Win:
The department has 4 concurrent licenses for CSC faculty use of Dreamweaver V8 WIN via VCL. The VCL reservation name is "Dreamweaver V8 CSC (Win)"

Antivirus:
Antivirus is required for ANY computer connected to the NC State University system. You can download antivirus software for free from: http://oit.ncsu.edu/antivirus

Apple Products:

Microsoft Products (Volume License):
The following products can be installed on any computer owned by the department (including faculty and graduate desktops and servers paid for with research funds)

Microsoft Office Home User Program:

Faculty and Staff are now eligible to participate in Microsoft's Software Assurance Home Use Program (HUP). This program enables you to get a licensed copy of Microsoft Office software to install and use on your home computer without restricting it to work-only purposes. You are eligible to use the Home Use Program software as long as you are an employee at NCSU. See university Microsoft Office Home Use Program Web site for more information.

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Almost all other Microsoft products can be downloaded from MSDNAA. Software from MSDNAA can be installed on ANY computer, regardless of who owns it. Please see www.csc.ncsu.edu/msdnaa for requirements on eligibility to access MSDNAA.VMare Logo

VMware Academic Program (VMAP):
This program allows CSC faculty and students download full-version VMware licenses, free of charge, as long as they are used for teaching or research. Visit our VM Academic Program page for more information.

Spyware and Malware:
Windows Vista (any edition) will have Windows Defender built in. This tool is quite good at detecting spyware and malware. For people running Windows XP, Windows Defender can be downloaded from Microsoft at the following link: Microsoft Downloads

Please e-mail any questions about software or licensing to the IT Staff at help@csc.ncsu.edu.

Please e-mail Ann Hunt aehunt@ncsu.edu to purchase software.

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