Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
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- In order to obtain remote access to programs or computers from
outside the UCHC, you have to establish a Virtual Private Network (VPN)
connection. With a VPN connection, you become literally part of the
network even though you are not physically located at the Health Center.
This allows you to do everything you can normally do while at the Health
Center, remotely. VPN works by creating a secure, encrypted connection
through the internet between your computer and the Health Center
network. Therefore, your computer must be connected to the Internet
before you can establish a VPN session. To obtain the VPN
software, call the UCHC Help Desk at 679-4400 or
complete the UCHC Employee Remote Access Request Form
and email to the Help Desk at
HelpDesk@uchc.edu. To
install and use VPN, read the
UCHC IT instruction manual on installing and using VPN.
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How can I access or get a copy of SPSS or
other statistics program?
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- UCHC has a license for SPSS 17 (now called PASW
Statistics 17 as the vendor is changing their name to
Predictive Analytics Software – a division of IBM) that
allows us to install on 100 PC’s. We have a few licenses
left. This is a yearly license that will expire at the end
of April, 2010; IT may or may not renew the license at that
time.
If you would like an install done please contact the help
desk at 679-4400 to request an install. You will need to
supply the computer name, serial number and UCHC asset tag
for the install (we have to track where we are installed
from year to year). We can only install on UCHC owned assets
and installation can be done remotely or we can visit the
PC.
If we choose to relicense at expiration time we will create
an install for the latest version of PASW Statistics that is
currently available. This may cause you to move to a new
version (which could be problematic if you are in the middle
of a study).
If you prefer, there are licenses available through the
UConn Software Licensing group
at Storrs for either SPSS 16 or PASW Statistics 17 for $275
per computer. This license is slightly different than
ours in that includes a module that ours doesn’t and
includes an ancillary graphing package called AMOS. The
Storrs license is a perpetual license that you can install
on your office PC and a home PC or laptop (to be used by the
same individual only and not simultaneously). It includes
support from SPSS (while they offer support for the product)
and maintenance releases. It does not, however, allow you to
upgrade to a newer version. For example, if you install SPSS
16 you are entitled to the maintenance release to SPSS
16.0.2 but you are not entitled to PASW Statistics 17. If
you desire the upgrade to the newer version there would be
an additional $275 license fee that you would have to pay
Storrs. Since it never expires you will have the benefit of
having a stable statistics platform (until which time the
software is no longer compatible with current operating
systems and hardware).
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