UW-Milwaukee Graduate School | WISPER School & College Instructions

Note: Graduate School and campus offices will be closed Friday, Nov. 27 as part of required furloughs for UW System employees.

Below is the list of recommended systems and web browsers for use with Shared Financial Systems (SFS).

Component	Required	Recommended
Operating System:	Windows 98, NT, 2000, XP, Vista Mac OS X (up to 10.5)	Windows XP Mac OS X (up to 10.5)
Internet Speed:	Dial-Up	DSL/Cable Modem

PeopleSoft certifies certain web browsers that work with their products.

OS	Compatible Browsers	Recommended Browser
Windows XP	Internet Explorer 6.0 SP2 or 7.0.x Netscape 7.x or 8.2 Mozilla 1.7.x Firefox 1.0	Internet Explorer 6 SP2 Firefox
Windows Vista	Internet Explorer 7.0.x
Windows 2003	Internet Explorer 6.0 SP2 or 7.0.x Firefox 1.0	Internet Explorer 6 SP2 Firefox
Windows 2000	Internet Explorer 6.0 SP2 or 7.0.x Netscape 7.x or 8.2 Mozilla 1.7.x Firefox 1.0	Internet Explorer 6 SP2 Firefox
Mac OS X	Netscape 7.x Mozilla 1.7.x Firefox 1.0 Safari 2.0.4-3.0	Firefox
Linux/UNIX	Netscape 7.2.x Mozilla 1.7.x Firefox 1.0	Firefox

The browser's default settings are compatible with SFS.

Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.0 or greater is strongly recommended. SFS does produce report output in PDF format.

The Safari browser will not work with Report to Window functionality in SFS.

SFS/WISPER users that use other PeopleSoft applications should open SFS/WISPER and the other PeopleSoft application in separate browser software.

Page last updated on: 09/26/2008

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