Software & Drivers
Mountain Lion Release
Apple has released Mountain Lion, the latest version of the Apple operating system. This is a reminder that you should never upgrade your Vassar-owned computer's operating system on your own. The release has been not been tested and approved to work with all Vassar software and systems. CIS does not support the upgrade of Vassar owned computers to Mountain Lion at this time. Please do not purchase an upgrade.
Links To Software Licensed for Campus Use
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. Adobe software is not licensed for campus use but you can purchase a subscription to Adobe Cloud at Education rates. Click here for more information.
Links to downloadable software is available here.
| Software | Type of Software | Downloads | More Info | Support |
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Microsoft Security Essentials |
Virus Protection |
Windows XP (Remove the old anti-virus software first using CleanWipe) Windows 7 / Vista 32-bit Windows 7 / Vista 64-bit |
Microsoft | |
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Filemaker |
Database |
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FireFox |
Web Browser |
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Safari |
Web Browser |
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Internet Explorer |
Web Browsers |
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Thunderbird |
Email Client |
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Zimbra (Vassar's Webmail Client) |
Email Client |
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7-Zip |
Compression Utility |
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| RefWorks | Citation Management |
Citing Sources | RefWorks Help and Tutorials | |
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The Unarchiver |
Compression Utility |
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Mathematica |
Data Analysis and Scientific Visualization |
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| SPSS |
Analytics |
Download is for Vassar-owned computers only. |
IBM Support | |
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Backup Software |
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Remote Connectivity |
VPN for Mac 32-bit VPN for PC VPN for Windows 64-bit |
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) |
| 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 |
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Visual Fortran |
Fortran compiling |
5-seat floating license |
GIS Lab |
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Kingdom Suite |
Geophysical modeling |
10-seat floating license |
GIS Lab |
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PDF Annotator |
PDF modification |
20 seats |
Mobile tablet PCs |
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