Notes by ChemIT staff from when we updated computers. Nice reminders, gotchas, etc. related to updating computers.
Windows
Log out of user account and into Admin account
Run Windows Update (enter "update" in Run command, for example). Pull in just Important Updates, not Optional Updates.
- In Windows, this covers MS Office software updates and IE, too.
Run Apple Software Update. Pull in just Updates, not New Software.
(Alternative: Use File Updater from FileHippo.com)
Oracle Java
Go to Java.com. Press Free Java download. Click on "See all Java downloads." (Not the "Agree and Start Free Download" button!)
Select Windows Offline (32-bit). You may also ned Windows Offline (64-bit).
Adobe Flash
Control Panel -> Programs -> Programs and Features (click on Uninstall a program to get this last folder)
Control Panel\Programs\Programs and Features
Flash Player
http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
KEY: De-select software being pushed! (Chrome, McAfee, etc.). If do my mistake, cancel, then agree to continue just with application. Extra apps will cancel, but Flash Player resumes downloading/ installing.
Flash Plug-in
Adobe hard to deal with
Adobe's ideaof facilitating the deployment of installs and updates within an org. is licensing and local hosting if not using SCCM?! See:
http://www.adobe.com/products/players/flash-player-distribution.html
Adobe PDF Reader
=> Choose "Manually update (not recommended)". Otherwise user account bugged all the time and there is nothing that account can do about it!