IT:FAQ:software licencing
Software licencing
- Visit the Software Shopfor the latest information on what is available and how to acquire it.
- Regretfully the 'free' software downloads are not available for undergraduates. The current student price for Microsoft Office Standard is £57.03
- If you want to use a Microsoft product at home you must complete a Work at Home Licence which must be authorised by the Department. Again UGs are not entitled.
- Windows is provided as an upgrade only. If you buy a machine with no OS you must also buy a new copy of Windows. Please do not ask IT support staff to install Windows on a machine wich does not have a Microsoft sticker on the case.
- If you've got a Mac Tiger is available here for £50. There is no site licence
Specialist software for Chemists
- Archives of useful software are kept on deuterium.ch.ic.ac.uk for Macs and at \\chnts1\winfiles for Windows.
- Structural search software such as Crossfire Commander for Beilstein and SciFinder for Chemical Abstracts.
- Free drawing programs such as ChemSketch, IsisDraw
- A selection of other useful free software, and patches and updates for popular paid for programs.
- Note if you try to install something that asks for a licence key from these servers it means the software isn't free - you must acquire a licence key from the vendor first.