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3435 Main Street
Buffalo, NY 14214
716.829.2537
Welcome to UB-ONE: Online Nursing Education. The resources listed on this page will help you get started learning about our program requirements from a technical perspective. Questions regarding these links and the content can be directed to nur-web@buffalo.edu.
Student Orientations
Getting Started Using your Computer at UB
If you are setting up your home computer or a laptop to use with course work for the first time, this site has important step-by-step information on how to set up your computer and where to find useful UB resources.
Minimum Hardware and Software Requirements for Polycom PVX
Windows Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4 or later
Windows XP with Service Pack 1 or later POLYCOM PVX is NOT SUPPORTED with Windows Vista at this time
CONTACT the School of Nursing BEFORE you purchase a computer!
USB Support USB 1.x or 2.x webcam, ViaVideo I, or ViaVideo II
Processor ViaVideo I and ViaVideo II camera, People only:
• 800 MHz Intel® Pentium® III compatible with SSE
• AMD Athlon™ XP and later
ViaVideo I and ViaVideo II camera, People+Content:
• 1.2 GHz Intel Pentium 4 compatible with SSE
• AMD Athlon XP (1800+ and faster)
Third-party camera, People only with H.263:
• 1.0 GHz Intel Pentium 3 compatible with SSE
• 1.2 GHz Intel Pentium 4 compatible with SSE
• AMD Athlon XP (1800+ and faster)
Third-party camera, People+Content:
• 2.2 GHz Intel Pentium 4 compatible with SSE
• AMD Athlon XP (2200+ and faster)
RAM 256 MB
Video Memory 16 MB
Hard Drive Space 62 MB available (for PVX software)
Display Resolution SVGA (800 x 600)
Network Access Broadband IP (64 Kb and above) Microsoft® Software
Internet Explorer, version 6.0 or later
Windows Media Player®, version 9.0 or later
Microsoft DirectX®, version 9.0b or later
Our distance education classes require you to have a personal computer.
The minimum hardware requirements for computers as defined by the
University at Buffalo are explained in a brief online video that can be found below NOTE: Polycom PVX is not yet supported for Windows Vista...
An agreement between the University at Buffalo and Microsoft puts into the hands of every full-time and part-time UB student, who has paid their technology fee. Microsoft software, such as Windows and Office XP, for both the MAC and Windows operating systems are available. While most of these software titles are available to students at no cost, some titles do have a minimal cost.
See the link below for more information.
Remote Library Access
Some UB Libraries resources, including those marked "UB Only", are provided for academic research to current authorized University at Buffalo faculty, students and staff only and require a login when accessed from off the UB computing network. Read about how to access these resources:
