Software Store Blog

Visit http://www.hpdirect.com/academy/Vanderbilt or call 800-632-8251 for pre-holiday offers from HP to the Vanderbilt community.

The Microsoft Holiday Store opens in the Green Hills Mall, Nashville today. Microsoft will showcase its Windows devices and Microsoft Surface.

Each Vanderbilt employee is eligible to buy one work at home copy of Windows 8 Professional Upgrade for $9.75 through the Vanderbilt Software Store. This is a benefit of Vanderbilt’s Microsoft Campus Agreement.

Vanderbilt students can get Microsoft Windows 8 Professional Upgrade through the Vanderbilt Software Store at no cost. Each student is eligible to order one copy of Windows 8 Upgrade. This is a benefit of Vanderbilt’s Microsoft Campus Agreement. See http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/release-preview for information on Windows 8.

There is a known issue related to running EndNote X6 for Mac under Mountain Lion 10.8.2. The issue causes Cite While You Write to either freeze while formatting, or give you a -1712 time out error. You can get rid of the error by logging off the computer and logging back in. See http://help.thomson.com/default.asp?portalid=TSCINT&article=123873 for more information. You can also force quit appleeventsd by: 1. Clicking on Go menu and choosing Utilities. 2.

Enterprise Network Security will upgrade the SSL VPN (https://vpn.mc.vanderbilt.edu) on Tuesday, October 23 at 8 PM and completing no later than 12 AM. There will be a 30 minute outage for the SSL VPN at some time during the upgrade window. Most users will be prompted to upgrade to the latest client the first time they connect to the SSL VPN after the upgrade. Only users with administrative rights can install the upgrade. Users who do not have administrative rights on their systems should check with their local support provider.

EndNote X6 for Mac is available through the Vanderbilt Software Store. Customers who purchased EndNote X5 for Mac through the Software Store on or after August 17, 2012 qualify for a free upgrade to X6. We placed a no charge download for X6 into the Software Store accounts of eligible customers.

Microsoft released Office 2013 to manufacturers October 11. We expect to offer Office 2013 through the Vanderbilt Software Store to departments by the end of November.

McAfee released ViruScan for Mac 9.2 to support Apple’s new Mountain Lion operating system. Vanderbilt departments and students are eligible to download VirusScan 9.2 for free through the Vanderbilt Software Store or from http://its.vanderbilt.edu/antivirus.

The Vanderbilt community qualifies for a $50 savings on HP Envy 6t Ultrabook systems through http://www.hpdirect.com/academy/vanderbilt. The offer is good through December 31, 2012 or while supplies last. Use coupon code NBEV83296 at checkout.