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District Standards

SVSD 410 is standardized on PC’s running a Hybrid of Windows 98 and Windows XP Professional. Our minimum specifications are:

  • Pentium II 350 Mhz or higher, 15” monitor or larger
  • Servers are Windows 2000 Server and generally are dual processor Pentium III 700Mhz or higher.
  • Printers: HP 4000 and HP 1100 or higher

Software used district wide is:

  • Databases- MS SQL or MS Access
  • Spreadsheets- MS Excel
  • Presentation- MS PowerPoint
  • Word Processing- MS Word
  • Desktop Publishing- MS Publisher
  • E-mail- MS Outlook
  • Antivirus- Network Associates
  • Web filtering- SurfControl on MS Proxy or ISA
  • PDF’s-Adobe Acrobat Reader
  • Student Information System –Skyward WESPaC
  • Web Publishing- MS FrontPage

In addition, a number of misc. and specialized software packages are used at specific grade levels and or in specific subject areas. A thorough analysis is performed prior to new software being adopted so as to minimize the number of unique software packages and reduce support