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General

Useful PC Pointers - Produced by the University of Cambridge Computing Service


Antivirus software

Antivirus software and information can be obtained from The computing service


CES Program

Two versions of the CES software are available for download.

Down load the selected zip file to your machine. Then the file MUST be unzipped to a folder before running setup.exe.

If the .Net software is not installed on your computer, it will be installed and then setup must be run again to in stall CES.

Cutdown version Download Level 1+2 ( for 1st and 2nd year students ) (288mb)

Full Version Download Level 1+2+3 ( for 3rd and 4th year students ) (570mb)


Windows

Windows FAQ by John Savill


Email

Obtaining and configuring the Mulberry Mail User Agent for use at CUED.

Obtaining Eudora Light for use on pc's.

Overview of Email from the University Computing Service.


Latex for Windows

MiKTeX Home page (MikTeX is a well regarded TeX distribution of Win32)


Magpie remote connection using a PC

Magpie Windows Information. : A guide to connecting to the internet remotely using the University Magpie service


Accessing your Teaching System home directory from a Windows PC

Instructions on how to access the contents of your home directory on the Department's Teaching System by mapping a network drive from your Windows PC. .


Archives

The Higher Education National Software Archive


Software for Windows

XWin32 an X server for Windows.

Vista eXceed - an X server for Windows available from the Computing service

MI/X a free X server for Windows and Macintosh.

putty (free telnet / ssh client)

Software from the Computing service : At academic prices

Stuffit Expander for Windows : Expands .sit, .zip, .uue, .hqx, .bin, .arc, and gzip encoded files. For mime encoded files look at The Higher Education National Software Archive above.

Microsoft viewers /converters page. If you receive a Word document, Excel spreadsheet or Powerpoint presentation and do not have the application, these programs allow the document to be viewed (PC/Mac only).

Info-Zip free unzip software.

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Last updated: September 2009