Luther Seminary has entered an agreement with Microsoft that includes licensing for a package of MS software products for our faculty, staff, students and interns. It is an annual agreement and will renew each year until cancelled by either Luther Seminary or Microsoft.
Software Included
Deployment
Limits to Support
Terms of Use and Limits of Liability
System Requirements, Tips and Instructions
Software Included
Microsoft Office for Windows XP or Vista, Enterprise Edition 2007
Word 2007
Excel 2007
PowerPoint 2007
Outlook 2007
Publisher 2007
Access 2007
Infopath 2007
Groove 2007
OneNote 2007
Communicator 2007
Microsoft Office for Macintosh 2008
Word
Excel
PowerPoint
Entourage
We are using these products as our standard software throughout the campus.Faculty, staff and students are allowed under this agreement to install these products on one personal computer at home. This agreement allows us to upgrade to the latest versions at any time, both on campus and at home.
For students, a real benefit of this program is that when you leave Luther Seminary, the graduating Student Option allows you to convert the student use license to a permanent license forthe MS Office Suite on CD (PC or MAC).Make sure you don't leave Luther Seminary without your license certificate that will make the software legally and permanently yours.
Deployment
The software media can be purchased from Network Services for $10 plus $3 if we have to mail it to you.
Limits to support
There is no free Microsoft technical support provided with this agreement.The support from Luther Seminary is limited to the instructions and tips provided on this web site. Suggested resources are the Microsoft support web site (http://support.microsoft.com/directory/), the online documentation installed with the application, the Interactive Step by Step Learning CDs or books from local bookstores.
Terms of Use and Limits of Liability
Please review these Terms of Use of Luther Seminary’s Campus Agreement software. By accessing, installing, or using this software, you acknowledge that you (i) have read, (ii) understand, and (iii) agree to be bound by these terms and the Campus License Agreement. If you do not agree to these terms then please do not participate in this program.
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY
Luther Seminary is providing this software on an "as is" basis and makes no representations or warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including, without limitation, warranties or conditions of title or implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. Although Luther Seminary believes the content to be accurate, complete, and current, Luther Seminary does not represent or warrant that the software is accurate, complete, or current. Participation and availability is subject to change without prior notice.
DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY
In no event shall Luther Seminary be liable for special, indirect, exemplary, or consequential damages or any damages whatsoever, including but not limited to, loss of use, data, or profits, without regard to the form of any action, including but not limited to contract, negligence, or other tortuous actions, all arising out of or in connection with the use, copying, or display of the contents of this software. In an effort to provide our users with the most current information, Luther Seminary will, from time to time, make changes in the contents and in the products or services described relating to the Microsoft Campus Agreement. Luther Seminary is not responsible for typographical or photographical errors.
TERMS OF USE REVISIONS
Luther Seminary may revise these terms of use by updating this posting. You agree that in the event any portion of these terms of use are found to be unenforceable, the remainder of these terms and conditions shall remain in full force and effect. By using this Site you agree to be bound by any such revisions and should therefore periodically visit this page to determine the then current terms of use to which you are bound.
System Requirements, Tips and Instructions
All the following listed minimums are minimums for an existing computer you may have and may not give you great performance, but it will work. You will have better performance with higher specifications, especially RAM. If you are looking at a new computer, more or less all of the retail computers will have sufficient processing power, hard drives and CD-ROM. DVD is essentially for running movies and some games. The RAM should be at least 1 GB and 2 GB would be desirable if your are running Vista. A new computer today should serve you well for 3-5 years as long as you are not trying to keep up with new cutting edge game programs.
MS Windows VISTA OS Upgrade?
NOT RECOMMENDED - When you upgrade an operating system you in most cases have to locate new drivers to run the peripheral equipment for your computer. A known problem with Windows VISTA is being able to locate drivers for older equipment. You're probably going to have some headaches making things work. Windows VISTA also has more overhead and will require more RAM, like 2GB, to run reasonably with a few applications open. Other than some pretty things there is really not much reason to upgrade to VISTA. Buying a new computer with VISTA is OK since the manufacturer of the system will have already put the drivers together for everything in the computer. If you have a desktop and intend to add some equipment you already have like a second optical drive, be sure VISTA drivers are available before you commit to doing it. It is still possible to get new systems with the XP OS and that is our recommendation if you have the option.
E-mail your questions & comments to:
helpdesk@luthersem.edu