Software from DoIT
DoIT offers free or discounted software to the Creighton community. Different packages are available for students versus faculty and staff, but some are freely available for everyone. Follow along below for more information. For installation, computers must meet the minimum system requirements.
Microsoft Windows XP (Faculty/Staff only)
Through a Campus License Agreement, Creighton offers Windows operating system software to all employees (faculty and staff) for installation on Creighton owned computers.
Faculty/Staff: call 280-1111 Option 3 for assistance or request online
Students: Not available
Microsoft Office
Through our Campus Agreement with Microsoft, we are able to offer Microsoft Office Professional 2003. Please check our minimum system requirements to see if your computer will be able to run Office 2003.
Faculty/Staff: free, call (402) 280-1111 Option 3 or request online
Includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, Publisher, InfoPath, and FrontPage.
Students: nominal $25 fee, call (402) 280-1111 Option 2
Includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, Publisher and InfoPath.
Antivirus
All Creighton community members are encouraged to use antivirus software. All students living on campus are required to use it. Those who do not live on campus are free to use it as well on their home computers.
All: free for download at antivirus.creighton.edu.
Spyware Removal Tools
Is your computer running slower than usual? Are you constantly bombarded with pop-ups even when you're not online? You probably have spyware. Download and install these helpful programs to rid your computer of this malicious ware.
All: free for download
Ad-Aware SE Personal
Spybot Search & Destroy
Virtual Private Network (VPN)
Our Virtual Private Network (VPN) allows you to connect to our network remotely. We only recommend doing this on high speed connections. It is not recommended for dialup connections.
Other Utilities (Putty, WinSCP, WS_FTP)
Putty - In order to create your web space on People, you will need a secure shell program such as Putty. Instructions for using Putty can be found here.
WinSCP - You can upload your files to your People web space using WinSCP.
WS_FTP - WS_FTP, no longer in production, is an FTP file transfer program useful only for non-secure transfers. WS_FTP 6.
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