HI Trish, Please give the following a read and hopefully you will find the information worthy enough of implementing. This information I typed below applies to Windows 7 32bit and 64bit operating systems.
Windows Update is a service provided by Microsoft that provides updates for the Microsoft Windows operating system and its installed components. manually configuring the Windows Update utility can give you some control over how Windows informs you of and downloads these updates. While carrying out the steps in the tutorial below keep in mind that there are two major categories of updates presented on the Windows Update configuration screen: Important updates and Recommended updates. The combo box on this screen helps you configure how you will be notified about Important updates. Important updates are comparable to High-priority updates as in the familiar critical updates in Windows XP and provide significant benefits such as improved security and reliability. YOU WILL DEFINITELY WANT TO INSTALL ALL IMPORTANT UPDATES via one of the four options from this combo box. The second category of Windows updates is actually made up of 4 checkboxes which are used for enabling and disabling desired Recommended updates. Recommended updates can address many problems and help enhance your computing experience BUT ARE NOT "CRITICAL." There is a third type of Windows update which falls into the category of Optional updates. Optional updates are not downloaded or installed automatically and offer you such things as new or trial software and provide you device drivers from various Microsoft partners. The seven steps below will help you customize Windows Update to your liking. 1. Press the Windows key and in the Start menu search box type the following and hit enter: wuapp Note: you can also go to the Run dialogue type wuapp and hit enter. 2. Tab about 7 times and hit enter on "Change settings." 3. Tab about 5 times or until you get to a combo box with 4 options specifying how you want to use Windows Update to receive any updates that fall under the category of Important. You can simply up and down arrow through the combo box to make your selection. Note: Personally I do not like any Windows Updates whether important or otherwise automatically installed without my awareness. I choose to set this combo box on the third setting: Check for updates but let me choose whether to download and install them. 4. If you tab you will come across 4 different checkboxes. These checkboxes represent "recommended" settings as described above. You will have to decide for yourself if you want to make any changes here. Tab through these 4 items and press the spacebar to check or uncheck any of these items. 5. If you have made any changes tab to and hit enter on Ok to save your changes. 6. If there are any windows open simply hit Alt + F4 to close them. 7. Microsoft releases many Important updates on the second Tuesday of every month. You will know if you need to install any updates because there will be an entry on your Notification tray (formerly known as the system tray) specifying that there are updates to be downloaded. You can hit enter on this notification then tab to a type of list view containing the necessary updates. Down arrow through this list to review the updates. If you tab you will come across a download button. Hit enter or the spacebar to begin the downloading of any necessary updates to your computer. If you would rather check for Windows Updates manually do the following: 1. Press your Windows key and in the Start menu search box type the following and hit enter: Windows Update. 2. You will most likely land on a link informing you that X number of updates are available. If you do not land on this link tab until you get to an item informing you of this fact and hit enter on this item. 3. When your list of updates is presented, for example definition updates for Microsoft Security Essentials, you can press the spacebar to check the items you want installed. Always keep in mind that you can simply up and down arrow through this list and that this list is made up of checkboxes. Note: You will want to read through these items carefully as you don't want to install anything you do not really need which may negatively impact your use of Windows. This often happens when new drivers for soundcards or video cards are released and installing new driver updates of this kind might leave you with no sound output or can cause other undesirable effects. If you are confident the various updates you have checked will not interfere with your screen reader or performance of your computer then feel free to install any driver you wish. 4. If you wish to read details about any item listed here, simply press your Windows context menu key or press Shift F10 on the item then down arrow to and hit enter on: Copy details. This process places the details of the update in the Windows clipboard for pasting elsewhere. 5. You can open Notepad or WordPad and paste the copied information by pressing control + letter V. LS ----- Original Message ----- From: "Trish" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 4:06 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Optional Window's Updates The only thing I'm noticing with my keyboard is, If closing IE web page, or Facebook, etc. it seems like it always takes two times with the "alt f4" before it's all closed out.. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Ferrin" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 5:58 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Optional Window's Updates I was referring to keyboard and mouse drivers specifically. David Ferrin Compromise is never good if it means sacrificing a principle. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lauren Simmons" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 6:34 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Optional Window's Updates Trish, Regarding David's comment: "Keyboard software often conflicts with screen readers as a matter of fact, I have experienced this first hand." He did not make it abundantly clear if he was referring to software that comes as part of your keyboard, or is it a a windows update relating to your keyboard. this is important because the topic at hand is windows updates. His comment, taken together with some other comments may lead you to believe installing updates can cause problems. This is not necessarily true. It is important you talk to someone who can help you configure windows to install only critical updates (now called Important updates) and, in my opinion, never "all" updates. Microsoft doesn't know you are blind, so they will push lots of software towards you via Windows Updates, and these updates might cause some applications to no longer work or be useable by jaws as was the case with WLM some time ago. The main point here is one of critical thinking when it comes to something as important as individual windows updates. LS ----- Original Message ----- From: "Trish" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 11:42 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Optional Window's Updates I'm convinced ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Ferrin" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 1:32 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Optional Window's Updates Trust me that is no lie. David Ferrin Compromise is never good if it means sacrificing a principle. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Trish" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 2:31 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Optional Window's Updates can't have any of that. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Ferrin" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 1:26 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Optional Window's Updates Keyboard software often conflicts with screen readers as a matter of fact, I have experienced this first hand. David Ferrin Compromise is never good if it means sacrificing a principle. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Trish" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 2:04 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Optional Window's Updates oh I see, well thanks.. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Norman King" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 12:57 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Optional Window's Updates Hi. They are probably driver updates for the keyboard and the mouse. It's up to you if you want to install them. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Trish Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 11:32 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Optional Window's Updates Re: the keyboard/mouse, these are USB devices, no software has been installed. So just wondering.. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Justice" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 10:15 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Optional Window's Updates Hi Trish, If you let Jaws read about the MSE update, it will probably say that it is a definition update. As far as the keyboard and mouse updates, if you aren't having any problems, then you can disregard them. HTH, Rick Justice ----- Original Message ----- From: "Trish" <[email protected]> To: "Blind Computing List" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 10:04 AM Subject: [Blind-Computing] Optional Window's Updates I keep finding MSE in this optional update area, wonder why that is? Is it new updates or new version? Also, since I use a wireless keyboard, there's an update for it and the wireless mouse as well. Is this necessary to update? This is on a Window's 7 laptop. 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