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Microsoft Academic Alliance Software FAQ

Many technology courses have computing requirements above and beyond other online courses you may have taken. Please review this page to insure you have the computing power to successfully start the course.

Internet Connection

• A stable internet connection is required
• An e-mail account that your can access and check on a regular basis is required. You should be able to send and receive mail and attachments from this account. The lakelandcc.edu domain should not be blocked or deemed junk mail or spam
  • Most email will be send to your mail.lakelandcc.edu account. Please make sure you have this account set up.
• A 56Kbs or faster connection. For some courses, DSL, Cable modem or LAN may be needed for larger files.
• ISP Note: If your ISP provides a customized browser (for example: AOL), you should download a new, non-customized version for your online course work.
  • We have found that customized browsers can cause many problems in the online course environment, including properly submitting exams & assignments.
  • We have found that browsers other than the current versions of IE (6.x) and Netscape (7.x OR 8.x) do not always work correctly in the online course environment
• Anti-virus software and a personal firewall.
  • It is strongly recommended that you install and maintain this software on your home computer to avoid infecting yourself and others with computer viruses and worms.
  • Please install updates for your virus definitions and firewall protection often.

Computer Literacy

Students are expected to have some degree of computer literacy to succeed in an online course. These tasks include (but are not limited to)

• word processing
• a sound knowledge of the procedures for sending/receiving e-mail, including e-mail with attached files
• a sound knowledge of navigating and conducting information searches within the World Wide Web
• a fundamental awareness of common computing terms
• general familiarity with their own hardware, software, and operating system environment
• general familiarity with creating files and folders/directories

Technical Support

Technical support will be provided for issues relating to the Blackboard Course Management System (logging in, passwords, and so forth). You are encouraged to call/e-mail the help desk (see the main LKN page for current numbers) and your instructor if there are problems.

No technical support can be provided for virus software, firewall installation and configuration, operating system, optional software, home networking, or non-course related hardware/software issues. Your instructor may provide help as appropriate for course-related software. Please note that any information provided by the instructor is advice only. This is simply because we don't have your computer in front of us, and don't have control over other technological elements (networks, routers, printers, peripherals) that you do. So as with any advice -- don't follow it blindly. Be careful. Use common sense. If you are not sure about something, ask. You may need to "rent-a-geek" to help with installation. If you still aren't sure, you may need to find a class that doesn't require software to be installed on your computer.

Developer Academic Alliance (Developer AA), formerly referred to as MSDN Academic Alliance: MSDNAA FAQ

Note the following requirements for specific software platforms

All Microsoft Office courses use Office 2007. The "Outlook" and collaboration functionality will not be used in online sections. If you have questions, please contact your instructor.

Office Professional Edition 2007 System Requirements (http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/suites/HA101668651033.aspx#5)

• Computer and processor
  • 500 megahertz (MHz) processor or higher
• Memory
  • 256 megabyte (MB) RAM or higher (1 gigahertz (GHz) processor or higher and 512 MB RAM or higher recommended for Business Contact Manager. Business Contact Manager not available in all languages, 512 MB RAM or higher recommended for Outlook Instant Search. Grammar and contextual spelling in Word is not turned on unless the machine has 1 GB memory)
• Hard disk
  • 2 gigabyte (GB); a portion of this disk space will be freed after installation if the original download package is removed from the hard drive.
• Drive
  • CD-ROM or DVD drive
• Display
  • 1024x768 or higher resolution monitor
• Operating system
  • Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack (SP) 2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, or later operating system (Office Clean-up wizard not available on 64 bit OS.)
• Other
  • Certain inking features require running Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition or later.
  • Speech recognition functionality requires a close-talk microphone and audio output device.
  • Information Rights Management features require access to a Windows 2003 Server with SP1 or later running Windows Rights Management Services.
  • Connectivity to Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 or later is required for certain advanced functionality in Outlook 2007.
  • Instant Search requires Microsoft Windows Desktop Search 3.0. Dynamic Calendars require server connectivity.
  • Connectivity to Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with SP1 or later running Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services is required for certain advanced collaboration functionality.
  • Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 is required for certain advanced functionality.
  • PowerPoint Slide Library requires Office SharePoint Server 2007.
  • To share data among multiple computers, the host computer must be running Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows XP Professional with SP2, or later. Internet Explorer 6.0 or later, 32 bit browser only.
  • Internet functionality requires Internet access (fees may apply).
  • Additional Actual requirements and product functionality may vary based on your system configuration and operating system.

Office Professional Edition 2003 System Requirements
Published: August 15, 2003
To use Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003, you need:

• Computer and processor
  • Personal computer with an Intel Pentium 233-MHz or faster processor (Pentium III recommended)
• Memory
  • 128 MB of RAM or greater
• Hard disk
  • 400 MB of available hard-disk space; optional installation files cache (recommended) requires an additional 200 MB of available hard-disk space
• Drive
  • CD-ROM or DVD drive
• Display
  • Super VGA (800 × 600) or higher-resolution monitor
• Operating system
  • Microsoft Windows® 2000 with Service Pack 3 (SP3), Windows XP, or later
• Internet Connection
  • Internet functionality requires dial-up or broadband Internet access (provided separately); local or long-distance charges may apply

Visual Studio .NET

• Are you running Visual Studio .NET on Vista? Please check here (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/aa948853.aspx) for additional information provided by Microsoft to make your experience better. You will need to have Visual Studio Service Pack 1 installed.
• Processor 600-MHz Pentium III-class processor
• Operating System
  • Visual Studio® 2005 Professional Edition can be installed on the following operating systems:
    Microsoft® Windows® 2000 with Service Pack 4,
    Microsoft® Windows®XP with Service Pack 2
    Microsoft® Windows®XP Professional x64 Edition (WOW)
    Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003 with Service Pack 1
    Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003, x64 Editions (WOW)
    Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003 R2
    Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003 R2, x64 Editions (WOW)
    Microsoft® Windows Vista™
• Memory
  • 192 MB of RAM
  Hard Disk
  • 2.0G of Hard Drive space
• Drive DVD-ROM drive
• Display 1024x768 or higher-resolution display with 256 colors
• Mouse Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device

Netbeans IDE

Minimum Hardware Configuration

• Microsoft Windows operating systems:
  • Processor: 500 MHz Intel Pentium III workstation or equivalent
  • Memory: 384 megabytes
  • Disk space: 125 megabytes of free disk space
• Solaris^TM operating system:
  • Processor: 450 MHz Ultra^TM 10 workstation or equivalent
  • Memory: 384 megabytes
  • Disk space: 125 megabytes of free disk space
• Linux operating system:
  • Processor: 500 MHz Intel Pentium III workstation or equivalent
  • Memory: 384 megabytes
  • Disk space: 125 megabytes of free disk space

Recommended Hardware Configuration

• Microsoft Windows operating systems:
  • Processor: 780 MHz Intel Pentium III workstation or equivalent
  • Memory: 512 megabytes
  • Disk space: 125 megabytes of free disk space
• Solaris^TM operating system:
  • Processor: 500 MHz Ultra^TM 60 workstation or equivalent
  • Memory: 512 megabytes
  • Disk space: 125 megabytes of free disk space
• Linux operating system:
  • Processor: 800 MHz Intel Pentium III workstation or equivalent
  • Memory: 512 megabytes
  • Disk space: 125 megabytes of free disk space

Operating System

NetBeans IDE runs on operating systems that support the Java^TM VM. Below is a list of platforms that NetBeans IDE has been tested on.

• Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP1
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP3
• Solaris operating system (SPARC^® Platform Edition), versions 8, 9, and 10
• Solaris operating system (x86 Platform Edition), versions 8, 9, and 10
• Red Hat Linux 9.0
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
• Sun Java Desktop System

NetBeans IDE is also known to run on the following platforms:

• Various other Linux distributions
• Mac OS X 10.1.1 or later
• Open VMS 7.2-1 or later
• Other UNIX^® platforms, such as HP-UX

Operating Systems

Windows 2008 Server System Requirements
( http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/system-requirements.aspx )

• Processor
  • Minimum: 1 GHz (x86 processor) or 1.4 GHz (x64 processor)
  • Recommended: 2 GHz or faster
  • Note: An Intel Itanium 2 processor is required for Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-Based Systems
• Memory
  • Minimum: 512 MB RAM
  • Recommended: 2 GB RAM or greater
  • Optimal: 2 GB RAM (Full installation) or 1 GB RAM (Server Core installation) or more Maximum (32-bit systems): 4 GB (Standard) or 64 GB (Enterprise and Datacenter)
  • Maximum (64-bit systems): 32 GB (Standard) or 2 TB (Enterprise, Datacenter, and Itanium-Based Systems)
• Available Disk Space
  • Minimum: 10 GB
  • Recommended: 40 GB or greater
  • Note: Computers with more than 16 GB of RAM will require more disk space for paging, hibernation, and dump files
• Drive
  • DVD-ROM drive
• Display
  • Super VGA (800 × 600) or higher resolution monitor
• Other
  • Keyboard and Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device

Windows Vista Business Recommended system requirements (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/editions/business/default.mspx)

• 1 GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
• 1 GB of system memory
• 40 GB hard drive with at least15 GB of available space
• Support for DirectX 9 graphics with:
  • WDDM Driver
  • 128 MB of graphics memory (minimum)
  • Pixel Shader 2.0 in hardware
  • 32 bits per pixel
• DVD-ROM drive
• Audio Output
• Internet access (fees may apply)
• Additional requirements to use certain features Windows Tablet and Touch Technology requires a Tablet PC or a touch screen
• Actual requirements and product functionality may vary based on your system configuration.
• While all editions of Windows Vista can support multiple core CPUs, only Windows Vista Business, Ultimate, and Enterprise can support dual processors.
• Windows Vista Business Minimum supported system requirements
  • Certain product features are not available with minimum supported requirements.
  • 800 MHz processor and 512 MB of system memory
  • 20 GB hard drive with at least 15 GB of available space
  • Support for Super VGA graphics
  • CD-ROM drive

Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition System Requirements

• Minimum CPU Speed: 133 MHz
• Recommended CPU Speed: 550 MHz
• Minimum RAM: 128 MB
• Recommended Minimum RAM: 256 MB
• Maximum RAM: 4 GB
• Multiprocessor Support: Up to 4
• Disk Space for Setup: 1.5 GB

Windows XP Professional System Requirements

• PC with 300 megahertz or higher processor clock speed recommended; 233 MHz minimum required (single or dual processor system); Intel Pentium/Celeron family, or AMD K6/Athlon/Duron family, or compatible processor recommended
• 128 megabytes (MB) of RAM or higher recommended (64 MB minimum supported; may limit performance and some features)
• 1.5 gigabytes (GB) of available hard disk space
• Super VGA (800 x 600) or higher-resolution video adapter and monitor
• CD-ROM or DVD drive
• Keyboard and Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device

Here are the minimum system requirements for running the Windows® 2000 Professional operating system.

• Computer/Processor 133 MHz or higher Pentium-compatible CPU.
• Memory At least 64 megabytes (MB) of RAM; more memory generally improves responsiveness.
• Hard Disk 2 GB with 650 MB free space.
• CPU Support Windows 2000 Professional supports single and dual CPU systems.
• Drive CD-ROM or DVD drive.
• Display VGA or higher resolution monitor.
• Keyboard Required.

Below are the system requirements for Windows NT® Workstation 4.0 on Intel-based computers.

• Pentium or faster processor 16 megabytes (MB) of memory (RAM); 32 MB recommended
• 110 MB of available hard disk space
• CD-ROM drive or access to a CD-ROM over a computer network
• VGA or higher-resolution display adapter
• Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device

Minimum Hardware Requirements for a Windows 98 Installation

• A personal computer with a 486DX 66 megahertz (MHz) or faster processor (Pentium central processing unit recommended).
• 16 megabytes (MB) of memory (24 MB recommended).
• A typical upgrade from Windows 95 requires approximately 195 MB of free hard disk space, but the hard disk space may range from between 120 MB and 295 MB, depending on your computer configuration and the options that you choose to install.
• A full install of Windows 98 on a FAT16 drive requires 225 MB of free hard disk space, but may range from between 165 MB and 355 MB, depending on your computer configuration and that options that you choose to install.
• A full install of Windows 98 on a FAT32 drive requires 175 MB of free hard disk space, but may range from between 140 MB and 255 MB, depending on your computer configuration and the options that you choose to install.
• One 3.5-inch high-density floppy disk drive.
• VGA or higher resolution (16-bit or 24-bit color SVGA recommended).

Older Software Versions

Microsoft Office XP

• Computer/Processor: Computer with Pentium 133 megahertz (MHz) or higher processor; Pentium III recommended
• RAM requirements depend on the operating system used:
  • Windows 98, or Windows 98 Second Edition
    • 24 MB of RAM plus an additional 8 MB of RAM for each Office program (such as Microsoft Word) running simultaneously
  • Windows Me, or Microsoft Windows NT®
    • 32 MB of RAM plus an additional 8 MB of RAM for each Office application (such as Microsoft Word) running simultaneously
  • Windows 2000 Professional
    • 64 MB of RAM plus an additional 8 MB of RAM for each Office application (such as Microsoft Word) running simultaneously
  • Windows XP Professional, or Windows XP Home Edition
    • 128 MB of RAM plus an additional 8 MB of RAM for each Office application (such as Microsoft Word) running simultaneously
• Hard disk space requirements will vary depending on configuration; custom installation choices may require more or less. Listed below are the minimum hard disk requirements:
  • Office XP Standard
    • 210 MB of available hard disk space
  • Office XP Professional and Professional Special Edition
    • 245 MB of available hard disk space
  • An additional 115 MB is required on the hard disk where the operating system is installed. Users without Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows Me, or Office 2000 Service Release 1 (SR-1) require an extra 50 MB of hard disk space for System Files Update.

If your course is not specifically listed or additional information is needed, please contact your instructor.

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