Windows Update A Brief History of Windows & Personal Computing.

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Windows Update

A Brief History of Windows & Personal Computing

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Windows Update

Windows Update

Why do Windows users need to update their operating system?

How many ways are there to get our Windows updated?

Where can we change the update settings in Windows 7?

Where to change Update settings

Windows Automatic Update

The four options decide when and how updates will be delivered to your computer.

Deliver the mailDeliver the project

Automatic (recommended)

Windows finds and downloads updates

in the background.…behind the scene 在后台…

1.The user will not be notified or interrupted…

2. The updates do not interfere with other downloads.

the default schedule…

3 A.M.


You are never notified or interrupted when you select Automatic Update mode.

or

1. To accept an End User License Agreement.2. To restart the computer.


Download …for me, but let me choose…

1. Updates will be downloaded automatically.2. The Windows Update icon appears in the notification area.

3. An alert pops up.

4. Click the icon/alert to install the updates.

To receive alerts, you must be a member of the Administer group for you computer.

User Accounts 用户账户

User Groups 用户组


Administrator privileges 管理员权限


The Notification Area

… also sometimes called the system tray (or

just tray). Many of the programs running in the

background have tray icons here that you can

use to open their window or to configure them.

Notify me, but don’t automatically …

Updates will be downloaded and installed manually.1. Windows checks for updates on the Internet.2. Windows notifies the user. [icon] [alert]

3. The user decides to download updates.

4. Downloading is complete… Windows notifies the user. [icon] [alert]

5. The user can choose to install the updates.

Turn off Automatic Updates

You will never be notified to download or install updates.Your computer will be vulnerable to viruses and security threats.

Viruses can spread over the Internet.

1. Exchange e-mail.2. Share files3. Collaborate on a network

Protecting your computer is an ongoing process.

New viruses and

security threats are

continually

developed.

Turn off Automatic Updates

Summary of modes of getting updates

Modes When to notify users

download mode

Installation mode

Automatic during installation (not always) Automatically Automatically

Download for me… Before installation Automatically on request

Notify me… Before downloadBefore installation On request On request

Turn off Automatic Never Manually Manually

It is strongly recommended that ——

you log out of the administrator account when you are

not performing tasks that require administrator

privileges.

退出…Log off 注销

管理员账户管理员权限

Administrator or Limited User?

Administrator or Limited User?

Administrator

1.Administrator privileges2.Make system-wide changes3.Reformat your hard disk4.Delete all your files

Limited User

1.Limited privileges2.Better security

Reading B

A brief history of Windows and personal computing

A Brief History of Windows and Personal Computing

256KB RAM 1GB RAM

2 floppy drives （ 2.8MB） 160GB hard disk

8MHz processor 2.8GHz processor

1985 2006 22 years

3900 times

57100 times

350 times

KB=KilobyteMB=MegabyteGB=Gigabyte

1MB=1000KB1GB=1000MB

Handheld; pocket PC; PDA; Palmtop


Tablet PC 平板电脑


A Brief History of Windows

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Windows Update

A Brief History of Windows & Personal Computing

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Windows Update A Brief History of Windows & Personal Computing.

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