| |
Operating Systems
Building |
Room |
Operating System(s)
Supported |
| Run Run Shaw Building |
RR-101
|
- Windows Vista (Enterprise Edition)
Windows XP (English)
- Windows XP (Traditional Chinese)
|
| Run Run Shaw Building |
RR-103,
RR-201 |
- Windows 7 (Enterprise Edition)
|
| Library Building Old Wing |
OLB-134 |
- Windows Vista (Enterprise Edition)
- Windows XP (English)
- Windows XP (Traditional Chinese)
|
| Library Building Old Wing |
OLB-135,
OLB-136 |
- Windows 7 (Enterprise Edition)
|
Other Software
Software installed in Windows 7
Software installed in Windows Vista
Software installed in Windows XP
A wide range of software is provided in the PCs laboratories
which is grouped under the folder "Computer Centre Software".
The following is the list of installed software:
Software installed in
Windows 7
|
Functions |
| 7-Zip file Manager |
for file compression and uncompression |
Adobe Acrobat Standard 9 Pro
|
for publishing documents in Portable Document Format (PDF) |
| Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.1 |
for reading PDF (portable document format) files |
| Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 |
for web page authoring |
| Adobe Fireworks CS5 |
for producing web graphics |
| Adobe Flash CS5 Professional |
for creating flash media |
| Adobe Media Encoder CS5 |
for encoding video/audio files in flash media files |
| Adobe Illustrator CS5 |
for freehand drawing |
| Adobe InDesign CS5 |
for professional publishing |
| Adobe Photoshop CS5 |
for creating images and graphics |
| CoreFTP |
a program for transferring files between a host and your PC |
| Roxio Creator DE (RR201 and RR103 only) |
for writing to DVD/CD |
Creator Business DVD
(OLB136 only) |
for writing to CD |
| Endnote 4 |
a software
tool for publishing and managing bibliographies |
| HKU Web Mail |
a program link for accessing web mail |
| Irfan View |
a picture viewer |
| LISREL8.80 (OLB136 only) |
a statistical software package used in structural equation modeling |
| Microsoft Access 2007/2010 (Offie 2007/2010) |
a personal database program |
| Microsoft Excel 2003/2007/2010 (Office 2003/2007/2010) |
a spreadsheet program |
| Microsoft Expression Media 1.0 |
a asset management tool |
| Microsoft Expression Web 1.0 |
for web page authoring |
| Microsoft Outlook 2010 |
a email reading program |
| Microsoft PowerPoint 2007/2010 (Office 2007/2010) |
a presentation program |
| Microsoft Word 2003/2007/2010 (Office 2003/2007/2010) |
a word processing program |
| Microsoft Project 2007 |
a project planning program |
| Microsoft Publisher 2010 |
a desktop publishing program |
| Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 |
programming environment for Visual Basic, Visual C++,
Visual FoxPro, Visual J++ and Visual InterDev |
| Microsoft Visio 2007 |
a diagramming program that uses vector graphics to create diagrams |
| Mozilla Firefox |
a web browser |
| mx32 |
for numerical computation |
Octave UI
|
for numerical computation |
Power DVD DX |
for playing DVD disk |
| PuTTY 0.60 |
a SSH program for establishing a connection to a remote computer |
| PV-WAVE |
visual data analysis software |
QuickTime Player 7.5 |
for playing quicktime video |
| R 2.11.0 |
a software environment for statistical computing and graphics |
| Real Player 11.0 |
for playing back streaming RealAudio and RealVideo files |
| Scilab |
For numerical computation |
| SimpTerm Telnet 0.9 (OLB136 only) |
a telnet program for establishing a connection to a remote computer |
| Sophos Endpoint Security and Control 9.7 |
a virus scanning program |
SPSS 19.0,
modules: BASE, ADVANCED MODELS, REGRESSION MODELS, CATEGORIES, TABLES,
TRENDS, AMOS
(see availability)
|
a statistical package
|
| Ultimate Zip |
for file compression and uncompression |
| AMOS 5 (RR201 and RR103 only) |
a statistical package |
| QSR Nvivo 9.1 (available in RR201 only) |
a qualitative research program |
| ArcInfo 9.3 (available in RR201 only) |
Geographic information system |
| ERDAS Imagine 2010 (available in RR201 only) |
geospatial data authoring software |
| SAS 9.3 (available in RR201 with 10 user licenses only) |
a statistical package |
Software installed in
Windows Vista
|
Functions |
| Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.1 |
for reading PDF (portable document format) files |
Adobe Acrobat Standard 8
|
for publishing documents in Portable Document Format (PDF) |
| Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 |
for web page authoring |
| Adobe Fireworks CS3 |
for producing web graphics |
| Adobe Flash CS3 Professional |
for creating flash media |
| Adobe Illustrator CS3 |
for freehand drawing |
| Adobe InDesign CS3 |
for professional publishing |
| Adobe Photoshop CS3 |
for creating images and graphics |
| CoreFTP |
a program for transferring files between a host and your PC |
| Endnote 4 |
Software tool for publishing and managing
bibliographies |
|
Multimedia Centre for Think Offerings (on Lenovo PC)
|
for writing to CD |
| Ghostview 4.9 |
a program for browsing postscript files; it calls Ghostscript
to render postscript files |
| Ghostscript 8.6 |
a program to render postscript files |
| HKU Web Mail |
a program link for accessing web mail |
| Irfan View |
a picture viewer |
| Microsoft Access 2007 (Offie 2007) |
a personal database program |
| Microsoft Excel 2003/2007 (Office 2003/2007) |
a spreadsheet program |
| Microsoft Expression Web 1.0 |
for web page authoring |
| Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 (Office 2007) |
a presentation program |
| Microsoft Word 2003/2007(Office 2003/2007) |
a word processing program |
| Microsoft Project 2007 |
a project planning program |
| Microsoft Publisher 2007 |
a desktop publishing program |
| Microsoft Visio Standard 2007 |
for designing and modeling enterpise information architecture |
| Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 |
programming environment for Visual Basic, Visual C++,
Visual FoxPro, Visual J++ and Visual InterDev |
| mx32 |
for numerical computation |
Octave UI
|
for numerical computation |
|
InterVideo WinDVD 5.0 (on Lenovo PC)
|
for playing DVD disk |
| PuTTY 0.60 |
a SSH program for establishing a connection to a remote computer |
| Real Player 11.0 |
for playing back streaming RealAudio and RealVideo files |
QuickTime Player 7.5.x |
for playing quicktime video |
| Scilab |
for numerical computation - available in Room RR-101 only |
| Sophos Endpoint Security and Control 9.5 |
a virus scanning program |
SPSS 19.0,
modules: BASE, ADVANCED MODELS, REGRESSION MODELS, CATEGORIES, TABLES,
TRENDS, AMOS
(see availability)
|
a statistical package
|
| Ultimate Zip |
for file compression and uncompression |
| WinZip 9.0 |
for file compression and uncompression |
|
Software installed in
Windows XP
|
Functions |
| Adobe Acrobat Reader 8 |
for reading PDF (portable document format) files |
Adobe Acrobat Standard 8
|
for publishing documents in Portable Document Format (PDF) |
Adobe Dream Weaver 8
|
for web page authoring |
| Adobe Flash 8 |
for creating animation web page |
| Adobe FreeHand MX 11 |
a vector-based drawing software for creating vector
graphics |
Adobe GoLive CS2
|
for web authoring and site management |
| Adobe Illustrator CS2 |
for freehand drawing |
| Adobe InDesign CS2 |
for professional publishing |
| Adobe PageMaker 7 |
for desktop publishing |
| Adobe Photoshop CS2 |
for creating images and graphics |
| ArcInfo 8.2 |
a geographic information system
- available in Room RR-201 only - more details |
| CorelDRAW 12 |
for drawing (design, create and edit graphics with library
of graphic images) |
| CoreFTP |
a program for transferring files between a host and your PC |
| Decode Mail Attachment |
a program for decoding |
|
Multimedia Centre for Think Offerings (on Lenovo PC)
|
for writing to CD |
| Ghostview 4.9 |
a program for browsing postscript files; it calls Ghostscript
to render postscript files |
| Ghostscript 8.6 |
a program to render postscript files |
| Irfan View |
a picture viewer |
| Java 2 Development Kit Standard Edition
5.0 |
for development of Java 2 applications |
| Microsoft Expression Web 1.0 |
for web page authoring |
| Microsoft Access 2003 (Office 2003) |
a personal database program |
| Microsoft Excel 2003 (Office 2003) |
a spreadsheet program |
| Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 (Office 2003)
|
a presentation program |
| Microsoft Word 2003 (Office 2003) |
a word processing program |
| Microsoft Project 2003 |
a project planning program |
| Microsoft Publisher 2003 |
a desktop publishing program |
| Microsoft Visio Professional 2002 |
for designing and modeling enterprise information architecture |
| Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 |
programming environment for Visual Basic, Visual C++,
Visual FoxPro, Visual J++ and Visual InterDev |
| Paint Shop Pro 8.0 |
for graphical drawing |
Power DVD 4.0 (OLB134)
|
for playing DVD disk |
| PV-Wave |
visual data analysis software |
| QuickTime Player 7.6.2 |
for playing quicktime video |
| Real Player 11.0 |
for playing back streaming RealAudio and RealVideo files |
| PuTTY 0.60 |
a SSH program for establishing a connection to a remote computer |
| Sophos Endpoint Security and Control 9.5 |
a virus scanning program |
SAS 9
modules: BASE, GRAPH, ETS, STAT, IML, FSP, INSIGHT |
a statistical package
|
| Ultimate Zip |
for file compression and uncompression |
| Windows Media Player |
for playing windows media files |
| WinZip 9.0 |
for file compression and uncompression |
| WS_FTP |
a program for transferring files between a host and
your PC |
The locations of the PC's
with the SPSS software installed (Windows Vista/Windows 7) are:
| Building |
Room |
PCs installed with SPSS for Windows |
SPSS modules |
Run Run Shaw Building
|
RR-201
|
all 25 PCs in the room
|
BASE, ADVANCED MODELS, REGRESSION MODELS, CATEGORIES, TABLES, TRENDS, and AMOS (Student Edition) |
Run Run Shaw Building
|
RR-103
|
PC no. 1-40, 45-46 |
BASE, ADVANCED MODELS only |
PC. No. 41-44
(these 4 PCs also run AMOS) |
BASE, ADVANCED MODELS, REGRESSION MODELS, CATEGORIES,
TABLES, TRENDS, and AMOS |
Library Building Old Wing
|
OLB-136
|
all 30 PCs in the room
|
BASE, ADVANCED MODELS, REGRESSION MODELS, CATEGORIES,
TABLES, TRENDS, and AMOS (Student Edition) |
Library Building Old Wing
|
OLB-134
|
PC no. 51 |
BASE, ADVANCED MODELS, REGRESSION MODELS, CATEGORIES,
TABLES, TRENDS, and AMOS |
| PC no. 52 - 54 |
BASE, ADVANCED MODELS, REGRESSION MODELS, CATEGORIES,
TABLES, TRENDS |
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