Teaching Centre Configuration for Academic Year 2012/2013

Why Must I Do This?

Every year, we receive panicked phone calls from lecturers who are trying to use an application in a class, only to find that the application is not working. It unfortunately seems to be quite common for lecturers never to test their applications before trying to use them for real in a class. It seems to be commonly assumed that if an application is working on one's own computer, or if it worked in Teaching Centres last year, that it will continue to work this year. These are not safe assumptions. Teaching Centre computers are very different from staff computers; also, even if your particular application is the same version as it was last year, many other things will have changed. Applications, and Windows itself, interact in unexpected ways.

That's why, each summer, we set up a test Teaching Centre with next academic year's proposed configuration and ask you to go there and test the applications you use. This testing period is a chance to discover any problems early, so that there is time to resolve them before the start of the academic year.

What Must I Do?

  1. Check the lists. Look for each of your applications in the list of preinstalled applications below. If your application is in the table, you will learn important things like whether we think it is currently ready for testing (some applications aren't), and also which stations it is installed on (not all applications are installed everywhere). If your applications are installed only on limited stations, make a note of this, so that when you go to the test centres, you will know which stations to use.

    Also check the list of reported issues. Someone else may already have reported a problem with one of the applications you are interested in.

  2. Go to A2C1/A2C2. As early as possible during July, go to A2C1/A2C2 (on the second floor of the Abercromby wing in Sydney Jones library) to do your testing.
     
  3. Test. In A2C1/A2C2, test your applications. In your testing, please:
     
  4. Try your application in BOTH test Teaching Centres, A2C1 and A2C2, so that you have tested it under both 32- and 64-bit.
     
  5. Report problems to Lisa Nelson. We will note them in the list of reported issues.
     
  6. Test again. We will contact you when we think we have resolved any problems, and ask you to go back to A2C1/A2C2 to test again.

Status of Reported Issues:

ApplicationIssueReported ByDate ReportedFix Found?Fix Installed
ActivePerl Doesn't work under 64-bit Jones, Andy 01/08/12 02/08/12 03/08/12
Apache Complains about Perl under 64-bit Jones, Andy 01/08/12 02/08/12 03/08/12
Autodesk Simulation Crashes after requesting graph Calder, Andy 06/07/12 Awaiting valid license
BioPerl Doesn't work under 64-bit Jones, Andy 01/08/12 02/08/12 03/08/12
Canoscan Toolbox and drivers 64-bit driver didn't install Seddon, Michael 09/07/12 17/07/12 17/07/12
Ebrary Needs security exception in Firefox Bucknell, Terry 13/07/12
Mega Grabs extensions it shouldn't Vieira De Mello, Luciane 19/07/12 20/07/12 23/07/12
MGL Tools Doesn't work under 64-bit Rigden, Dan 19/07/12 02/08/12 03/08/12
Moviemaker Dies requiring updates after one hour Hocker, David 12/07/12
Modeler Doesn't start properly on 64-bit Rigden, Dan 19/07/12 02/08/12 03/08/12
SoftGrid Menu doesn't appear under Start Menu Rigden, Dan 19/07/12 20/07/12 23/07/12
Spartan Possible platform problem Rigden, Dan 19/07/12 20/07/12 23/07/12
Spartan Sometimes missing DLLs We noticed it ourselves 19/07/12 20/07/12 23/07/12
Windows itself Resuming from hibernation hangs for 60 seconds on a black screen We noticed it ourselves 27/07/12 01/08/12 03/08/12
Write-N-Cite Add-in not appearing in ribbon on 64-bit Rhodes, Carole 06/07/12 12/07/12 13/07/12
Write-N-Cite Operating very slowly Wolf, Martin 09/07/12 N/A Problem appears to be on the manufacturer's end

Changes to Windows:

Preinstalled Applications:

Important: Some applications are only installed on some computers. Applications with license limitations, and those which break other applications, are only installed on a few of the computers in A2C1/A2C2. In the list of applications below, check the "Installed on stations" column for details of where each application is installed.

Application Current Version Test Version Released for testing Installed on stations Tested? Owner(s) Comments
.NET Framework4.0 no change 05/07/12 all 05/07/12 Lisa Nelson Nelson, Lisa  
3dsmax2009 no change 05/07/12 all 30/07/12 Dan Hibbert Hibbert, Dan
Short, Tim 		Now with a native 64-bit version. 
Acrobat10.1.1 10.1.3 05/07/12 all 11/07/12 Barbara Thew; 12/07/12 Terry Bucknell Bucknell, Terry
Thew, Barbara 		 
ActivePerl5.12.2 no change 03/08/12 all  Jones, Andy  
Agresso5.5 5.6? not yet   Williams, Philomena Upgrade materials not yet supplied 
Algor13.30 N/A N/A N/A N/A Calder, Andy Being replaced by Autodesk Simulation 
Amos20 no change 05/07/12 all  Conchie, Stacey  
Antivirus9.7 10.0 11/07/12 all  Derby, Tim  
Apache2.2.16 no change 03/08/12 all  Jones, Andy  
ArcView10 SP2 no change 05/07/12 all 27/07/12 Chris Belledonne Belledonne, Chris  
ATV1.92.1 no change 05/07/12 all  Vieira De Mello, Luciane  
AutoCAD2010 2012 05/07/12 all 27/07/12 Chris Belledonne Belledonne, Chris Self-healing entangled with Ease 
Autodesk SimulationN/A 2013 not yet all  Calder, Andy New this year; replaces Algor. No valid license yet. 
Autograph3.20 no change 05/07/12 A2C1 20-22; A2C2 15-17 17/07/12 Martin Bamber Bamber, Martin  
BioPerl1.6.1 no change 03/08/12 all  Jones, Andy
Smith, Ian 		 
Brazil2.0 no change 05/07/12 N/A [CAAD]  Winchester, Martin Not installed in the test center; only installed in CAAD 
Canoscan Toolbox4.9 no change 05/07/12 N/A [STM1-001 STM2-001] 20/07/12 Michael Seddon Seddon, Michael Not installed in the test center; only installed on STM1-001 and STM2-001 
CES EduPack2011 2012 11/07/12 all  Murphy, Matt  
ChemdrawUltra 12 no change 05/07/12 all 19/07/12 Nick Greeves; 27/07/12 Chris Belledonne Belledonne, Chris
Greeves, Nick 		 
Chime Pro2.6 SP6 N/A N/A N/A N/A Sandells, Michael This application will not be preinstalled next academic year; it does not work with modern browsers. 
Citrix Client12.1 no change 05/07/12 all 01/08/12 Ben Wagg Wagg, Benjamin  
ClustalX1.81 no change 23/07/12 all 02/08/12 Luciane Vieira de Mello Vieira De Mello, Luciane Not upgrading to Cluster! 
CoLinux0.7.8 no change 13/07/12 A2C2 [32-bit only]  Smith, Ian Not 64-bit compatible; will only be installed on 32-bit Teaching Centres until a replacement can be found 
Condor7.6.1 7.6.6 05/07/12 all 10/07/12 Ian Smith Smith, Ian  
CoreFTPLE2.1 no change 27/07/12 all    
CorelDRAWX5 SP3 X6 05/07/12 all 27/07/12 Chris Belledonne Belledonne, Chris  
Coventor2010 no change 05/07/12 all 23/07/12 Jane Bainbridge Bainbridge, Jane  
Creo ElementsN/A 5.0 05/07/12 all  Hibbert, Dan New this year; replaces Wildfire. ¿This version may change. 
Datastream4.0  N/A N/A N/A Blackman, Simon Not installed in the test center; only authorized to run from particular IP addresses 
Dendroscope2.3 no change 05/07/12 all 19/07/12 Luciane Vieira de Mello Vieira De Mello, Luciane  
DEOS VM N/A N/A N/A N/A Rietbrock, Andreas This will not be preinstalled next academic year. 
DEOS VM 2 N/A N/A N/A N/A  This will not be preinstalled next academic year. 
DesignBuilder3.0 no change 05/07/12 all  Winchester, Martin self-healing entangled with Witness 
Distal Limb no change 05/07/12 A2C1 20-22; A2C2 15-17  Duret, Denis  
DjVu6.1.4 no change 05/07/12 all 05/07/12 Michael Sandells Sandells, Michael  
DMC Practical1.0 no change 05/07/12 all  Hunt, Robert  
DosBox0.74 no change 05/07/12 all 26/07/12 Michael Sandells Sandells, Michael  
Dreamweaver4 no change 05/07/12 A2C1 20-22; A2C2 15-17  Petichakis, Christos  
EaseVol 1 no change 05/07/12 A2C1 20-22; A2C2 15-17 13/07/12 Timothy Allen Allen, Tim Not fully Windows 7-compatible; complains about ATL.DLL; self-healing entangled with AutoCAD 
Ebrary3.2.2 no change 05/07/12 all 12/07/12 Terry Bucknell McCready, Roy  
EndNoteX5.01 no change 05/07/12 all  Kennedy, Gavin  
EpiInfo3.5.2, 7 7.0.9.34 05/07/12 N/A [STM1 STM2 STM3] 09/07/12 Michael Seddon Seddon, Michael Not installed in the test center; only installed in STM1 STM2 STM3 
Equine Colic no change 05/07/12 A2C1 20-22; A2C2 15-17  Duret, Denis  
Eviews7 no change 05/07/12 all  Blackman, Simon  
Exceed14 no change 05/07/12 A2C1 [64-bit only] 12/07/12 Richard Holme Holme, Richard  
Expression Web3 4 11/07/12 all  Stam, Janet  
EZNEC5.1.5 no change 05/07/12 all  Shen, Yaochun  
FileOpen Plug-In no change 05/07/12 all 18/07/12 Helen Hall Hall, Helen  
Firefox8 12 05/07/12 all 05/07/12 Michael Sandells; 27/07/12 Craig Goacher Sandells, Michael  
Flash MX6.0 no change 05/07/12 A2C1 20-22; A2C2 15-17 23/07/12 Jane Bainbridge Bainbridge, Jane breaks flash plug-in-- but actually only on YouthMedia 
Flash Plug-In10.3 11.2 05/07/12 all 05/07/12 Michael Sandells Sandells, Michael  
gNMR5.1 no change 05/07/12 all 12/07/12 J Iggo Iggo, J  
Gpower3.1.3 no change 05/07/12 all  Chang, Franklin Franklin Chang still needs in ERTC 
Grasshopper0.8 upgrade?  N/A [CAAD]  Winchester, Martin Not installed in the test center; only installed in CAAD. Also note it is still the old version. 
Hanley3.0 N/A N/A N/A N/A Badcock, Ken This application will not be preinstalled next academic year [no response from owner]. 
IllustratorCS5 no change 05/07/12 N/A [CAAD]  Winchester, Martin Not installed in the test center; only installed in CAAD 
InterAgri no change 05/07/12 A2C1 20-22; A2C2 15-17 problem? Smith, Robert Problem when self-healing without admin privileges 
Internet Explorer9 no change 05/07/12 all 05/07/12 Michael Sandells; 27/07/12 Craig Goacher Brown, Duncan
Sandells, Michael 		 
Jalview2.6.1 no change 05/07/12 all 19/07/12 Luciane Vieira de Mello; 19/07/12 Dan Rigden Rigden, Dan  
Java Runtime6 U25 7 U3 05/07/12 all 05/07/12 Lisa Nelson Nelson, Lisa  
JAWS11 no change 05/07/12 odd-numbered stations 11/07/12 Barbara Thew Thew, Barbara  
JDK6 U25 7 U3 05/07/12 all  Butler, Ross Change Processing prerequisite when new version goes live 
Maple15 16 05/07/12 all 10/07/12 Ian Smith Hodgkinson, David Note that Classic Worksheet isn't available on 64-bit 
Mathcad14 N/A N/A N/A N/A  This application will not be preinstalled next academic year [not aware of anyone teaching it] 
Matlab2011a 2012a 05/07/12 all 10/07/12 Ian Smith Smith, Ian  
Media Player12 no change 05/07/12 all 05/07/12 Michael Sandells Sandells, Michael  
MEGA4 5 23/07/12 all; also STM1 19/07/12 Luciane Vieira de Mello Vieira De Mello, Luciane
Wagstaff, Simon 		 
MestReC2.3 no change 05/07/12 all 12/07/12 J Iggo Iggo, J  
MindGenius3.6 no change 05/07/12 all 11/07/12 Barbara Thew Thew, Barbara  
Minitab16 no change 05/07/12 all 26/07/12 Kamila Zychaluk Zychaluk, Kamila  
Modeler9.9 no change 03/08/12 all  Rigden, Dan Path problems on 64-bit 
Movie Maker15.4 no change 05/07/12 all  Hocker, David  
Muller-Lyer N/A N/A N/A N/A Welch, Ian This application will not be preinstalled next academic year [16-bit]. 
Muscle3.8.31 no change 05/07/12 all  Vieira De Mello, Luciane  
MyEconLab N/A N/A N/A N/A Fletcher, Gordon This application will not be preinstalled next academic year [unclear whether course will be taught]. 
MyStatsLab no change 05/07/12 all  Cook, Gary  
NetSupport School10.70 no change 11/07/12 A2C1 20-22; A2C2 15-17  Kennedy, Gavin  
No-Machine3.3.0-6 no change 05/07/12 all  Vieira De Mello, Luciane  
Notepad++5.8.1 no change 05/07/12 all  Jones, Andy  
NVIVO9.1 9.2 27/07/12 all  Thew, Barbara Now with a native 64-bit version. 
Office2007 SP2 2010 05/07/12 all  Kennedy, Gavin Outlook will not be installed in the test center; Outlook 2010 is not backward-compatible with 2007, which would break students using the test center 
Paint Shop ProX3 no change 05/07/12 all  Walker, Rachel  
Petrel2010 SP1 no change 05/07/12 A2C1 20-22 [64-bit only]  Hodgson, David  
PhotoshopCS5 upgrade?  N/A [CAAD]  Winchester, Martin Not installed in the test center; only installed in CAAD. Also note it is still the old version. 
PhotoshopElements8.0 no change 05/07/12 A2C1 20-22; A2C2 15-17  Winchester, Martin  
PhyML3.0 no change 05/07/12 all 19/07/12 Luciane Vieira de Mello Vieira De Mello, Luciane  
Poisonous Plants and Fungi N/A N/A N/A N/A Duret, Denis This application will not be preinstalled next academic year [16-bit]. 
PowerMan5.2 no change 05/07/12 all 05/07/12 Lisa Nelson Nelson, Lisa  
Premiere6.5 no change 05/07/12 A2C1 20-22; A2C2 15-17 30/07/12 David Hocker Hocker, David  
Primer6 no change 05/07/12 A2C1 20-22; A2C2 15-17  Frid, Chris  
Processing1.2.1 1.5.1 05/07/12 all  Brunsdon, Chris
Chang, Franklin 		Franklin Chang still needs in ERTC 
Productivity Suite2.1 no change 05/07/12 all 27/07/12 Chris Belledonne Belledonne, Chris  
Project2007 SP2 2010 N/A N/A N/A Kozlovski, Eugene
Vikram, Rakesh 		This application will not be preinstalled next academic year [no response from owner]. 
PSpice8 no change N/A N/A N/A Bainbridge, Jane Not installed in the test center; requires external hardware 
Putty0.60 no change 27/07/12 all    
Quantum GIS1.7.3 no change N/A N/A N/A Peterson, JR Not installed in the test center; may not be used next year. 
Quest 3D4.3.2 no change 05/07/12 N/A [CAAD]  Winchester, Martin Not installed in the test center; only installed in CAAD 
QuestionMark Secure Browser5  N/A N/A N/A Fallon, Mark This application will not be preinstalled next academic year [no response from owner]. 
QuickTime7.6.9 7.7.1 05/07/12  problems Nelson, Lisa Prompting for updates! 
R2.13 no change 05/07/12 all  Bonnett, Laura
Chang, Franklin
Marrs, Rob
Singleton, Alexander
Spencer, Matthew 		Franklin Chang still needs in ERTC 
Rhino4.0 no change 05/07/12 N/A [CAAD]  Winchester, Martin Not installed in the test center; only installed in CAAD 
RobotStudio5.13 upgrade? not yet   Fox, Peter Newer version, but materials not available yet 
SAP7.2 no change 13/07/12 A2C1 20-22; A2C2 15-17 02/08/12 Zenon Michaelides Michaelides, Zenon Requires older Java runtime, which may affect other applications 
Serengeti Plug-In2.5.0 N/A N/A N/A N/A Connor, Marie This application will not be preinstalled next academic year [no response from owner]. 
SharePoint2007 no change 05/07/12 all    
Shockwave11.6 no change 05/07/12 all 05/07/12 Michael Sandells Sandells, Michael  
SimVenture4.7 no change 05/07/12 all  Hartley, Daniel  
Situational Judgment Tests N/A N/A N/A N/A  This application will not be preinstalled next year. 
SketchUp8.0 no change 05/07/12 all 27/07/12 Chris Belledonne Belledonne, Chris  
Skype5.0 5.9 05/07/12 A2C1 20-22; A2C2 15-17 05/07/12 Lisa Nelson Nelson, Lisa Bring your own microphone 
SoftGrid Client4.6.0 no change 23/07/12 all 01/08/12 Ben Wagg Wagg, Benjamin  
Spartan8v120 no change 23/07/12 all 02/08/12 Neil Berry Berry, Neil Neil Berry still needs in MOTC 
Speech Recognition no change 05/07/12 A2C1 20-22; A2C2 15-17  Thew, Barbara Bring your own microphone 
SPSS20 no change 05/07/12 all 11/07/12 Barbara Thew; 26/07/12 Kamila Zychaluk Thew, Barbara  
STM Timetable no change 05/07/12 N/A [STM1 STM2] 09/07/12 Michael Seddon Seddon, Michael Not installed in the test center; only installed in STM1 STM2 
Supernova11 no change 05/07/12 even-numbered stations 11/07/12 Barbara Thew Thew, Barbara  
TQ Structures1.1 no change 05/07/12 all  Jones, Steve  
TRL4 N/A N/A N/A N/A Al-Khalid, Hussain This application will not be preinstalled next academic year [no response from owner]. 
Tsetse Files no change 05/07/12 N/A [STM2] 09/07/12 Michael Seddon Seddon, Michael Not installed in the test center; only installed in STM2 
VERICUT7.03 N/A N/A N/A N/A Hibbert, Dan Not installed in the test center; new version only supplied when needed by manufacturer 
Visual C++ Express2008 no change 05/07/12 all  Shen, Yaochun  
VMD1.8.7 no change 05/07/12 all 18/07/12 Martin Volk Volk, Martin  
VMware Player3.1.4 4.0.3 23/07/12 all  Smith, Ian There are no current VMs, but it may be used by Condor. 
VWD2008 N/A N/A N/A N/A Blackman, Simon This application will not be preinstalled next academic year. 
Webex8.5 N/A N/A N/A N/A Billington, Karen This application will not be preinstalled next academic year [not compatible with Office 2010]. 
Wildfire5 M020 N/A N/A N/A N/A Hibbert, Dan Being replaced by Creo Elements 
WinEpi2.0 Web-based 06/07/12 N/A [STM1 STM2 STM3] 09/07/12 Michael Seddon Seddon, Michael Not installed in the test center; only installed in STM1 STM2 STM3 
WinMDI2.9 N/A N/A N/A N/A Seddon, Michael This application will not be preinstalled next academic year [16-bit]. 
WireFusion no change N/A N/A N/A Hibbert, Dan
Short, Tim 		Not installed in the test center; license broker not visible on this subnet 
Witness2008  2012 not yet   Ismail, Hossam  
Write-N-CiteIII no change 23/07/12 all  McCready, Roy
Rhodes, Carole 		Back-rev to test, in case new version isn't fixed in time 
YouthWire2.1.9 no change 11/07/12 all 05/07/12 Lisa Nelson Nelson, Lisa  
ZoomText9.1 no change 05/07/12 all 11/07/12 Barbara Thew Thew, Barbara  
Ztree2.1.3 no change 05/07/12 A2C1 20-22; A2C2 15-17  Blackman, Simon Note that it will expect the server to be on A2C1-022, A2C2-017