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Support Alerts

Any operating system UPGRADED with an upgrade CD installer is not supported, regardless of version. Customers are urged when upgrading their systems to purchase a FULL INSTALL version of the operating system.

Defining Support

For information on defining support and affecting factors plase see the Software Support Life-Cycle.

Supported Operating Systems

Note: Customers are expected to keep their operating systems updated with the latest patches. Support may not be available until all critical patches are installed. Visit CUIT Security for more information.

Operating System	Recommendation	Resources
Windows Vista		Documentation
Windows XP - Professional		Documentation
Windows XP - Home Edition		Documentation
Windows 2000		Documentation
MAC OSX		Documentation

Unsupported Operating Systems

Operating System	Recommendation	Resources
Windows ME	Unsupported as of June 2006	Retired Documentation
Windows 98/98 SE	Unsupported as of June 2006	Retired Documentation
Windows NT 4.x	Unsupported as of August 2004	Retired Documentation
Windows 95	Unsupported as of September 2003
Mac OS 9.x	Unsupported as of August 15 2005	Retired Documentation
Mac OS 8.6	Unsupported as of August 2004	Retired Documentation
Linux		Peer Community BBS at Linux CubBoard

Supported Web Browsers

Operating System	Recommendation	Resources
Internet Explorer 7
Internet Explorer 6
Firefox 2.0.x
Safari 2.x

Unsupported Web Browsers

Operating System	Recommendation	Resources
Netscape Navigator 7.x	Use Firefox	Retired Documentation
Netscape Navigator 6.x	Use Firefox
Opera
Netscape Navigator 4.7x	Unsupported as of December, 2004	Retired Documentation
Internet Explorer 5	Upgrade to IE 6.x
Lynx

Supported Email Clients

Operating System	Recommendation	Resources
Cubmail	Columbia's web-email client- Use anywhere!	Online Documentation
Thunderbird	Popular, easy to use interface. Replacing Netscape 7	Software and Documentation
Outlook Express 6.0		Configuration Documentation
Pine	Unix Email Client	Online Documentation
MacOS X Mail		Configuration Documentation
Outlook Professional		Configuration Documentation

Unsupported Email Clients

Operating System	Recommendation	Resources
Netscape 7 Mail	Unsupported as of July 2006 Replaced by Thunderbird	Retired Documentation
Mulberry 3.x	Unsupported as of May, 2006	Retired Documentation
Eudora 5.x
Entourage	Use MacOS X Mail
Netscape Messenger 4.7	Upgrade to Thunderbird	Retired Documentation

Security Software

Operating System	Recommendation	Resources
Symantec Anti-Virus	Site Licensed for Columbia and Barnard	Software and Documentation
Windows XP Built-In Firewall

Unsupported Virus Software

Operating System	Recommendation	Resources
PestPatrol 5.0	License for Columbia has expired	Retired Documentation
McAfee Anti-Virus	Licenses for TC ONLY; if not TC, use Symantec Anti-Virus 10.0	TC Security

Other Supported Internet Applications

Operating System	Recommendation	Resources
PuTTY	Secure PC telnet client	Software and Documentation
Stuffit Expander	Mac compression utility
Adobe Acrobat Reader		Documentation
QWS 3270	PC mainframe telnet client	Download
WinSCP	Secure PC FTP client	Software and Documentation
Fugu	OS X only	Software and Documentation

Unsupported Other Internet Software

Operating System	Recommendation	Resources
TN 3270	Mainframe telnet client for Macintosh OS 9 and earlier	Retired Documentation
Microsoft Office	Supported only for MALTS/Alpha customers
WS_FTP LE	PC FTP client
Fetch	Use MacSSH (OS9) or Fugu (OS X)
TeraTerm Pro	PC telnet client
Better Telnet
Nifty Telnet	OS 9 only
Windows Telnet
Firewall software