CS Software FAQs

On UNIX machines use LibreOffice Writer. Select Applications->Office->LibreOffice Writer. Libre Office Writer can read and write Microsoft Word compatible documents.

By using Remote Desktop.  Please contact the CS Systems Administrator with questions.

By downloading Microsoft Remote Desktop from the AppStore.  Please contact the CS Systems Administrator with questions.

The department in conjunction with the Microsoft Imagine (fka Dreamspark ) is pleased to bring you the opportunity to get free software. For very modest amounts, some of the software media is also available for purchase. You must be enrolled in a CSCI or CIS class and have received an email with login information to take advantage of this offer. You will receive a new email each semester you are eligible. If interested, please visit our Imagine website.

https://e5.onthehub.com/WebStore/ProductsByMajorVersionList.aspx?ws=c9cadb7e-cd9b-e011-969d-0030487d8897&vsro=8&JSEnabled=1

When you download the software you may get an iso file which you will have to burn to a disc to use. The MSDNAA website has instructions on how to do so here.

https://e5.onthehub.com/WebStore/Support/WebStoreHelpContentDetails.aspx?ws=c9cadb7e-cd9b-e011-969d-0030487d8897&vsro=8&ht=77663356-fd9c-e011-969d-0030487d8897

The College of Business, Economics, and Computing have an academic licensing agreement with Vmware for licenses for educational and research purposes. Please see the CS System Administrator for more details.

SSH is installed on all of the CS Lab machines. For your personal computer Click here to download SSH for Windows. 

http://www.cs.uwp.edu/Classes/Cs145/Downloads/SSHSecureShellClient-3.2.9.exe

For Mac OS X, SSH is already available via the command line in the Terminal application.

For Linux, it should be available via the package manager for your distribution if it is not already installed.