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The only
software the we recommend be loaded on a GEMS server is the following: The
software contained on the GEMS master CD GEMS Adobe Acrobat Reader GhostView PrintTool WinZIP MS Internet Explorer We also
will allow the following products on the server. These have been tested and pose no apparent problems for
GEMS. MS Office Adobe Acrobat Distiller Jeff
please pass this information along to Shawnee County. Larry J. Dix Global Election Systems (972)-542-6000 -----Original
Message----- I
received a written letter from Shawnee County today that reads in part: I was speaking with Jeff Hintz last week
and he suggested I contacted you with this question. Our Information Technology Department has
installed a new anti-virus program, Mcafee (Network Associates) NetShield ver
4.5. Would this be acceptable to use on our GEMS PCs, or does Global
recommend something else? I
guess Hintz didn't consider posting this question to the support list
himself, but that is another topic... Development's
position on this is simple: No software that is not provided by Global
should be installed on GEMS servers. If customers follow this policy,
they will not encounter any problems with viruses, or any other software
interactions support is not familiar with. If
support wants to install and test Mcafee NetShield 4.5, then put it on
some sort of "approved" list of software for use with GEMS, that is
really up to you guys to decide. There is nothing specific about Mcafee
that I am aware of that would cause problems with GEMS, but then no one in
development uses anti-virus software either. Read in to that what you
like. Ken |