The following is a list of software for which Arts & Sciences Computing provides support (on Washington University owned faculty & staff departmental desktop computers). If you need help installing WUCRSL (course listings), the FIS client, the FOCUS client, or SISAdmin, please contact your departmental representative to make an appointment with a Departmental Support technician. Departmental Support technicians will also install software not on this list including Adobe Photoshop, Dreamweaver, and other Adobe products.

Washington University Arts & Sciences Computing accepts no liability for the information contained in, nor changes that may be made to your system by the installation of software from this site or links from this site.

All other liabilities are covered by appropriate User License Agreement(s). *Be sure to review these agreements as presented.* By downloading any of the following software you must agree to the terms of the manufacturer's license agreement.

Free Downloadable Software for Microsoft Windows

7-Zip 7.442 (File Compression and Extraction - zip/unzip files)
Adobe Acrobat Reader Current Version (PDF File Reader - Windows 98/ME/2000/XP)
Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.x  (PDF File Reader) - update only
Adobe Flash Player (Play Flash Movies in a web browser)
Audacity  (Record and edit audio)
Cute PDF 2.5 (Create PDF files..part 1 of 2)
Cute PDF Converter (Create PDF files..part 2 of 2)
Filezilla for Windows XP/Vista  (FTP File Transfer) - more information can be found here
IZarc 3.8 for Windows (File Compression and Extraction - zip/unzip files)
Java Current Version (Run Java based programs within your web browser)
Kompozer (Webpage editor)
MeetingMaker (Calendar) - more information can be found here
Mozilla Firefox 3.5 (Web browser)
Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0 (E-mail Client)
MS Internet Explorer 6 with SP 1 (Web browser)
MS Internet Explorer 7 (Web browser)
MS Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats (Adds capability to open & modify new Office format with old MS Office - Windows 2000 Service Pack 4; Windows Server 2003; Windows XP Service Pack 1 and Microsoft Office 2000, Office XP, or Office 2003)
MS Office 2007 Save As PDF / XPS Add-in (Office 2007, Windows Server 2003; Windows Vista; Windows XP Service Pack 2)
MS Office 2007 Ribbon Customizer Starter Edition (Adds old Office style menu tab for Office 2007 - Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2003, Vista and Office 2007 -- adds a tab for Classic Menu on Office 2007 ribbon menu). Instructions for installation can be found here
MS Powerpoint Viewer 2007 (View Powerpoint presentations without having Powerpoint installed - Windows 2000 Service Pack 4; Windows Server 2003; Windows XP Service Pack 1)
PuTTY (SSH E-mail client - more information can be found here)
Quicktime Current Version (View Quicktime movies from your web browser)
SISAdmin
SSH Secure Shell Client 3.2.9 (SSH E-mail client- only available on campus)
TCP3270 (FIS) - setup information can be found here For more complicated issues, contact the FIS Help Desk at 935-5707 (Training 935-6970)
VideoLan VLC Media Player (Multi-media player)
WUCRSL (Course Listings)

Additional Supported Software for Microsoft Windows

ARC GIS
MS Office 2003, 2007
MS Office XP
MS Outlook / Outlook Express (install & connect only)
MS Windows 2000 Professional
MS Windows XP Professional SP2
Symantec Antivirus
Trend Micro OfficeScan Antivirus

Free Downloadable Software for Macintosh

7zX 1.7.1 (File Compression and Extraction - zip/unzip files - Mac OS X.3 and higher)
Adobe Acrobat Reader Current Version (PDF File Reader- Mac OS X 10.2.8 and higher
Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.x (PDF File Reader - update only)
Adobe Flash Player (Play Flash Movies in a web browser)
Audacity (Record and edit audio)
Filezilla (FTP File Transfer - Intel OS X.5) more information can be found here
Filezilla (FTP File Transfer - Intel OS X.4) more information can be found here
Fugu FTP 1.2.0 (FTP File Transfer - Mac OS X)
Kompozer (Webpage editor)
MeetingMaker (Calendar) - more information can be found here
Mozilla Firefox 3.5 (Web browser - OS X 10.4 and higher)
Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0 (E-mail Client)OS X 10.2 and higher)
MS Office Open XML File Format Converter for Mac 1.0.2 (Convert newer MS Office files format for use with older MS Office - Mac OS X 10.4.9 (Tiger) or a later version of Mac OS with Office 2004 11.4.0 or later, or Office v. X 10.1.9 or later) *Not compatible with Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac. If Office 2008 is installed on your computer, do not install this version of the converter as it might cause problems with Office 2008 applications.
TN3270 (FIS) - for Mac OSX
VideoLan VLC Media Player (Multi-media player)
Windows Media Player Components for QuickTime (Mac OS)  (Open Windows Media Files using Quicktime for Mac)

Additional Supported Software for Macintosh

Mac Mail
Macintosh OS X 10.2 - 10.5
MS Office 2004, 2008
MS Office OS X
Symantec Antivirus
Safari