HOW TO KEEP YOUR COMPUTER RUNNING SMOOTHLY EXPLORING EDTECH IRELAND - MARCH 2021
safe place, these devices can get damaged easily so replace them regularly. My advice would be to backup to the cloud or purchase a ‘NAS box,’ a Network Area Storage device and set to automatically backup at least once a day. Also make sure that you have an up-todate and suitable Anti-Malware, AntiVirus program running. Software Essential updates: If you don’t see a taskbar search box just to the right of the Windows key, it may be hidden, to show it ‘right click’ on the taskbar select search and click ‘show search box’ In the taskbar search box type ‘update’ and select check for updates or click Start button, then select Settings, then Update & Security, click Windows Update and finally ‘Check for updates’. This download may take some time depending on when you last updated but you must let it finish, even if the status says ‘You're up to date,’ check update anyway and restart. Note: Windows 10, version 2004 released May 2020 caused serious issues but because of the Coronavirus Lockdown, teachers only realised there were issues with their computers when 38
they returned to school and their computer systems automatically updated. There were problems with some Conexant ISST audio drivers, issues with Interactive drivers for some Whiteboards, Projectors and network printers, other issues caused computers to freeze when plugging in or removing Mini DisplayPort and Thunderbolt devices Some users had similar problems when using USB C devices and USB SSD drives not being recognised.
