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Showing posts with label windows updates. Show all posts
Showing posts with label windows updates. Show all posts
Thursday, May 1, 2014
Internet Explorer Fix - Article
Here is a LINK to an article from ABC News about the "Fix" for the Internet Explorer Security Issue.
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Tuesday Tips: Nothing much today
OK, so I'm changing the name of my weekly blogpost to Tuesday Tips!
Instead of Tuesday Technology Tidbits.
And, of course...this week... I'm super busy, and haven't had much time to sit and write anything.
However...here's a good reminder....
Run windows update when you shut down your computer.
You know how, you're working along and see this warning?
You don't have to immediately shutdown and restart the computer...but as soon as you can.
Updates are little "fixes" that microsoft makes to it's programming to help windows run smoother, prevent viruses, that kind of stuff.
When you go to shutdown your computer...if there are updates that need to be installed, you will see an exclamation point on the shutdown screen...
When you see this, you need to be patient, and allow windows to install the updates before it shuts down...If you close the lid, and unplug it while these are still running...depending on the update, you could actually hurt your machine...because if an update is partially installed...it could be damaging to have it stop in the middle.
Instead of Tuesday Technology Tidbits.
And, of course...this week... I'm super busy, and haven't had much time to sit and write anything.
However...here's a good reminder....
Run windows update when you shut down your computer.
You know how, you're working along and see this warning?
Updates are little "fixes" that microsoft makes to it's programming to help windows run smoother, prevent viruses, that kind of stuff.
When you go to shutdown your computer...if there are updates that need to be installed, you will see an exclamation point on the shutdown screen...
When you see this, you need to be patient, and allow windows to install the updates before it shuts down...If you close the lid, and unplug it while these are still running...depending on the update, you could actually hurt your machine...because if an update is partially installed...it could be damaging to have it stop in the middle.
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
A Guest Review and update
First of all, a quick review of the Nexus 7 Tablet from our own Ag. Sciences Teacher...Dan Robbins!
(applause)
Over the Christmas/New Years Break I was able to do some updating to the student's netbooks.
A quick rundown of what was done:
1. Installed Windows updates on all computers...this took a long time, several hours for some of the netbooks.
2. Installed iTester on each of the netbooks.
3. Made some tighter restrictions on the Cybersitter program. This isn't something I really wanted to do, however, we had a handful of students (less than 10, more than 4...) install some "chat" clients on their netbooks, and so I had to tighten the restrictions on social networks and chat, and that type of thing. So if you hear the students whining about more things being blocked, this is why.
If you find the students computers are blocked from going to a site that you need for educational purposes... I can "whitelist" any sites...although that would need for me to come to the room, and put them on each individual computer.
Which is a pain, but if we are going to have illegal chat clients installed (which leads to malware and viruses...of which we did have some)... I have to tighten the bottleneck.
(applause)
FYI… gave my kids their own nexus 7, can setup
other users which is nice so the wife and I steal them too and have our google
accounts/apps/backgrounds all ready to go as well!
Here was a review I pretty much can agree with…
Went w/ the 32gb as thinking more media/movies get loaded on
them.
Also set went to our library for the kids’ account numbers
up the SD online library for ebooks and that works nicely.
Been hunting for educational apps, they are there but,
really have to hunt for good stuff.
Over the Christmas/New Years Break I was able to do some updating to the student's netbooks.
A quick rundown of what was done:
1. Installed Windows updates on all computers...this took a long time, several hours for some of the netbooks.
2. Installed iTester on each of the netbooks.
3. Made some tighter restrictions on the Cybersitter program. This isn't something I really wanted to do, however, we had a handful of students (less than 10, more than 4...) install some "chat" clients on their netbooks, and so I had to tighten the restrictions on social networks and chat, and that type of thing. So if you hear the students whining about more things being blocked, this is why.
If you find the students computers are blocked from going to a site that you need for educational purposes... I can "whitelist" any sites...although that would need for me to come to the room, and put them on each individual computer.
Which is a pain, but if we are going to have illegal chat clients installed (which leads to malware and viruses...of which we did have some)... I have to tighten the bottleneck.
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Tuesday Teacher Tidbits: Windows updates
Just a real, real, short "Tidbits" for today.
One thing that happens to computers, especially when they have not been used for a while, is that they haven't been "updated". Microsoft Windows run frequent "updates" to their programs, and typically try to install them in your computer about once a week or so. (It can vary)
You may have seen something like this pop up on your computer from time to time:
One thing that happens to computers, especially when they have not been used for a while, is that they haven't been "updated". Microsoft Windows run frequent "updates" to their programs, and typically try to install them in your computer about once a week or so. (It can vary)
You may have seen something like this pop up on your computer from time to time:
While you don't have to run the updates immediately, it is good practice to do them when you have time, or at least when you shut down for the day.
The reasons for the updates are multiple, but without going into too much detail...they help your computer run better and faster.
If you haven't run your computers for awhile, you may have several updates that need to be installed on your machine. This can take as little as 10 minutes, or as long as several hours.
Sometimes you might see a little yellow exclamation point when you go to shutdown your computer.
This means that updates need to be installed, before the computer shuts down. When you see this, it is important that you do NOT close the screen until the updates are complete. It is not necessary to close the lid anyway, as the machine will shut down when finished.
So...things to remember:
1. Run your windows updates (as often as you can)
2. Restart your computer when you can..when you see the warning box.
3. When you see an "update warning" when you shut down... DO NOT close the lid until the updates are complete.
Have a great school year everyone!
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