Kia ora koutou

If your computer is NOT in Puaka-James Hight or MB :
Windows updates are due to be installed on Friday 29th Jan from 6pm.  Either install ahead of time from Software Center before Friday (instructions below) or leave your computer on but logged off for Friday evening.  Check any hot desk/info desk computers are also left on and logged off.

If your computer is in the Puaka-James Hight building or MB Library:
With a power outage scheduled for these buildings on Saturday 30th Jan we’d normally recommend you shut down your computer (if not required for remote access over the weekend) before going home before Saturday.   However, there are some windows updates scheduled to automatically install on Friday night and doing this may mean you miss the auto install of these and get hit with them and a restart when you get back in after the power outage.

The best course of action is to install the updates at a convenient time this week before you go home on Friday (they may take an hour to install – you can still use your computer while they’re installing but it’ll likely be slow).  Then shut down your computer before you leave work before Saturday.

You should find the updates in Software Center (16-18 of them) – if they don’t appear there you can go into the options menu and click on the Sync Policy button and they should come through about an hour later.

If you set them to install before you go home in the evening (you can lock or log off after setting them running) and then restart your PC when you arrive the next day that should complete the update install.  You can then go ahead and shut down your computer when you go home at the end of the week (unless you need it to be available for remote access through the weekend)?

If people are away this week we’d recommend making sure their computers are on and logged off on Friday evening (they should get the updates installed and PC’s restarted before the outage occurs and will save them having their computers locked up for updates/restart when they get back to work).

To avoid losing unsaved work (and missing the updates/auto restart) you should save all documents and log off your computer before you go home before Saturday.
Shutdown if you can, but only if you have already installed the updates.

Ngā mihi,

Romy (on behalf of Digital Services)