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EIC Workstations

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Saving to a CD

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Using Headphones

Recovering Lost Files

Installed Applications

Using and Testing Installed Applications


The Library's Electronic Information Center (EIC) workstations provide library patrons with a number of applications to use. This page lists these applications with a short description and a test link for each program.

Program Description Short Description of Program Test Link
Adobe Acrobat view and print Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files ...more info about Adobe Acrobat test me
Alternatiff Tiff File Viewer view files with the .tiff extension inside an Internet browser (when testing Alternatiff, please check if it works both in Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator) test me
Flash Player Internet browser plug-in player used to deliver rich graphics content.... ...more info about Flash Player test me
Shockwave Player Internet browser plug-in player used to deliver rich graphics content ...more info about Shockwave Player test me
Authorware Internet browser plug-in player used to deliver rich graphics content test me
QuickTime Player media player that plays a wide variety of audio and video files (when testing QuickTime, a QuickTime update window may pop up; please click "Later" in the window to ignore the popup) ...more info about Quicktime Player test me
RealOne Player media player that plays a wide variety of audio and video files (test link in the rightmost column shows a UTNetCat introduction video: if you can view the video, hear the sound and no error/update messages appear, then RealOne is working properly) ...more info about RealOne Player test me
Stuffit Expander file compression/uncompression utility ...more info about Stuffit Expander test me
Microsoft Windows Media Player Windows XP's built-in media player that plays a wide variety of audio and video files...more info about Microsoft Windows Media Player test me

Additional Features of EIC Workstations Subject to Testing:

Java Script in Internet Explorer and Netscape test me
Java Virtual Machine test test me