Supported Software
This page lists the software that ITS supports and recommends.Why Choose Recommended Software?
ITS strongly urges all members of the Belmont community to use the "Recommended software" packages. The programs listed under"Other supported software," although supported by ITS, are not as secure or functional and ITS may discontinue support of some of these programs in the future. We are not able to help you configure or use software that is not on our recommended list, although you are permitted to use other programs not on this list. ITS primarily recommends and support PC based desktops and PC based software. MAC support is primarily through staff in each academic department .
Recommended and Supported Software List
| Type of application | Recommended software - PCs | Recommended software - Mac | Other supported Software | Notes | Supported By |
| Operating System | Windows XP Professional SP2 | OS X v.10.3 | Windows 9X, NT, 2K not supported
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XP only User Services |
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| Word Processing | Word 2003 | Word 2004 | User Services | ||
| Spreadsheet | Excel 2003 | Excel 2004 | User Services | ||
| Presentation | PowerPoint 2003 | PowerPoint 2004, Keynote | User Services | ||
| Database | Access 2003 | Access 2003
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Access 2003 | User Services | |
| Anti-virus | Symantec AntiVirus 10.x Corporate Edition | Symantec AntiVirus 10.x Corporate Edition | User Services | ||
| Anti-SPAM | Microsoft Defender | Microsoft Defender | Network Services | ||
| Firewall | Microsoft Firewall | User Services | |||
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Netscape 7.2
Outlook Express 6 |
Netscape 7.2 Outlook Express 6 |
All mail can be web based through BIC | Network Services | ||
| Calendar / Scheduling | Netscape Calendar
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Netscape Calendar
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Web only version available | Network Services |
| Web Browser
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Internet Explorer ver 6 SP2
Netscape 7 Firefox 1.5+, |
IE, Firefox 1.5+,Sarfari, IE | Internet Explorer 6 SP2 | Banner users must use IE 6 SP2 | User Services |
| HTML editor | Dreamweaver | Dreamweaver | Web Services | ||
| Document sharing | Adobe Acrobat 7 Std. PDF
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Adobe Acrobat 7 Std.PDF | User Services | ||
| File transfer | SSH Secure Shell or FTP Explorer | Network Services | |||
| Spyware Detection | Microsoft Defender | N/A | Spybot S&D 1.4, Ad-aware SE | User Services | |
| PDA Operating System | Palm PDA | Palm PDA | Treo | none | |
| Statistics | SAS | SAS | Faculty
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| Statistics | SPSS | SPSS | Faculty
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