Software and Drivers

Vassar has a variety of software licenced for campus use.  For more information, or assistance installing software, please contact the Help Desk at (845) 437-7224.

Links To Software Licensed for Campus Use

Vassar has a variety of software licenced for campus use. A list of downloadable software is available here.

Software Type of Software Downloads More Info Support

Norton Anti-Virus
Not Available For
Windows 7 or Snow Leopard

Virus Protection

Windows

Windows 64-bit

Mac

Vassar's Safe Computing Guide

Norton's Website

Filemaker 10

Database

Training Available

Filemaker's Support Resources
Meeting Maker 8.71 Calendar Management Mac

Windows		 Meeting Maker Guides

Employees of the college only.
License required.  Email the help desk.

FireFox

Web Browser

Mac

Windows

Firefox Knowledge Base

Safari 3.x

Web Browser

Mac

Windows

Safari Support

Internet Explorer 7.x

Web Browsers

Windows XP

Thunderbird 2.x

Email Client

Mac

Windows

Vassar's Email Guide

Thunderbird Help & Tutorials

Zimbra (Vassar's Webmail Client)

Email Client

Web-based

Vassar's Email Guide

Zimbra Email

7-Zip

Compression Utility

Windows

7-Zip Site
RefWorks Citation Management
 Citing Sources RefWorks Help and Tutorials

The Unarchiver

Compression Utility

Mac

The Unarchiver Site

Mathematica

 Data Analysis
and Scientific Visualization

Mac
(license)

Windows (license)

 Contact Our
Campus Expert

Licensing Information
for Vassar Campus. 

Blackboard

e-Education platform

Web-based

Student Support

SuperDuper

Backup Software

Mac

Back-up Strategies

Shirt-Pocket Support

VPN

Remote Connectivity

Mac

PC

About VPN

Cisco Systems VPN Support

VPrint Drivers

VPrint Drivers (Black and White Printer/Copiers)

VPrint Color Drivers (Color Printer In The Library)

Software Commonly Available On Campus

Software Description License type Where to be found
Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007 Office productivity Campus unlimited (Vassar-owned machines) All campus machines (Windows and Mac)
MS Visual Studio Pro 2005 Programming environment Campus unlimited (Vassar-owned machines) All campus machines (Windows only)
Symantec Endpoint Protection Antivirus Campus unlimited (Vassar-owned machines) All campus machines (Windows and Mac)
Nero Disc burning & backup Campus unlimited (Vassar-owned machines) All campus machines (Windows only)
FileMaker Pro Desktop database Campus unlimited (Vassar-owned machines) All campus machines (Windows and Mac)
Mathematica Data analysis & scientific visualization Campus unlimited (Vassar-owned machines) All campus machines (all platforms)
LabVIEW Data analysis & scientific visualization Campus unlimited (Vassar-owned machines) All campus machines (all platforms)
Cambridge Structural Database Crystallographic visualization Campus unlimited (Vassar-owned machines) All campus machines (all platforms)
Adobe Acrobat Pro PDF creation Single-machine Sci Vis Lab, GIS lab, Media Cloisters, Digital Media Lab
Adobe Photoshop Image editing Single-machine Sci Vis Lab, GIS lab, Media Cloisters, Digital Media Lab
Adobe Illustrator Vector graphics Single-machine Sci Vis Lab, GIS lab, Media Cloisters, Digital Media Lab
Adobe InDesign Printed publishing Single-machine Sci Vis Lab, GIS lab, Media Cloisters, Digital Media Lab
Adobe Dreamweaver Web development Single-machine Sci Vis Lab, GIS lab, Media Cloisters, Digital Media Lab
Adobe Flash Multimedia development Single-machine Sci Vis Lab, GIS lab, Media Cloisters, Digital Media Lab
Adobe Director Multimedia development Single-machine Sci Vis Lab, GIS lab, Media Cloisters, Digital Media Lab
Adobe After Effects Digital video editing Single-machine Sci Vis Lab, Media Cloisters, Digital Media Lab
Adobe Premiere Pro Digital video editing Single-machine Sci Vis Lab, Media Cloisters, Digital Media Lab
Adobe SoundBooth Digital sound editing Single-machine Sci Vis Lab, Media Cloisters, Digital Media Lab
Adobe Encore DVD authoring software Single-machine Sci Vis Lab, Media Cloisters, Digital Media Lab
Autodesk Maya 3D modeling & animation 25 concurrent Vassar-owned machines Sci Vis Lab, Media Cloisters, Digital Media Lab
MATLAB Data analysis & scientific visualization 50 concurrent Vassar-owned machines All campus machines (through Citrix)
SPSS Statistical analysis Campus unlimited (college and student machines) All campus machines (all platforms)
SAS Statistical analysis 25 concurrent users (college and student machines through Citrix) All campus machines (through Citrix)
JMP Statistical analysis Campus unlimited (college and student machines) All campus machines (Windows and Mac)
Origin Pro Data analysis & scientific visualization Campus unlimited (college and student machines) All campus machines (Windows only / Citrix)
ArcGIS Geospatial analysis Lab licenses Sci Vis Lab, GIS lab, and Mobile tablet PCs
KaleidaGraph Graphing tool Single-machine Sci Vis Lab and GIS lab
IDL Data analysis & scientific visualization Single-machine Sci Vis Lab
SciFinder Scholar Academic journals database 6 concurrent campus licenses Sci Vis Lab, Library electronic classroom
Discovery Studio Molecular modeling & simulations Single-machine Sci Vis Lab
Materials Studio Molecular modeling & simulations Single-machine Sci Vis Lab
Gaussian / GaussView Molecular modeling & simulations Campus license (Linux 64-bit) Sci Vis Lab
Spartan (Essential edition) Molecular modeling & simulations Single-machine Sci Vis Lab
STELLA Systems modeling Single-machine Sci Vis Lab and GIS lab
COMSOL Systems modeling Single-machine Sci Vis Lab
NeuroSolutions Neural Networks modeling  5 single-machine licenses Sci Vis Lab
Final Cut Pro Digital video editing Single-machine Media Cloisters, Digital Media Lab
DVD Studio Pro DVD authoring Single-machine Media Cloisters, Digital Media Lab

Visual Fortran

Fortran compiling

5-seat floating license

GIS Lab

Kingdom Suite

Geophysical modeling 

10-seat floating license

GIS Lab

PDF Annotator 

PDF modification

20 seats

Mobile tablet PCs