formerly University of Missouri-Rolla
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Distance & Continuing Education
Missouri University of Science and
Technology
300 W 12th Street
216 University Center
Rolla, MO 65409-1560
Phone: 573-341-6222
Fac: 573-341-4992
dce@mst.edu

System Requirements

PC

  • Windows 96/98, ME, NT, 2000, XP

  • Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher

  • Windows media player 9.0 or higher (this should have a link for them to download)

  • Realone player version 2.0 (with all updates) and higher –download free player (again link for downloading

  • Pentium 300 MHZ processor or higher

  • 128 MB ram

  • Sound card

  • Video card color 16 bit or higher

  • 28/56 kbs modem, cable modem, DSL, T1 (windows requires high speed of 281 kbs)

  • Capability of installing WebEX or Centra 1

MAC

  • OS 8.1 or higher

  • Netscape 6.0 or higher (WebEX and Centra)

  • Explorer not recommended (there are problems with opening files)

  • Capability of installing WebEX or Centra 1

  • 28/56 kbs modem, cable modem, DSL, T1 (windows requires high speed of 281 kbs)

     

Macintosh systems have some unique problems using the Mac version of Explorer. Netscape should be used. You may need to go into preferences on the browser and under “Helper Applications”, check for “video/x-pn-realaudio, video/x-ms-aff, and video/x-ms-wvx”. If there settings are not there, then you will need to make a “New Type” for each setting. Below is the info for each setting.

Video/x-pn-realaudio:

MME TYPE: video/x-pn-realaudio

Extension: rm

Open it with: realplayer.app (you will need to find the location by using the choose button)

Video/x-ms-aff:

MME TYPE: video/x-ms-aff

Extension:

Open it with: windows media player.app (you will need to find the location by using the choose button)

Video/x-ms-wvx:

MME TYPE: video/x-ms-wvx

Extension:

Open it with: windows media player.app (you will need to find the location by using the choose button)