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Maintaining Your GSD PC at Home

While you are plugged into the design network at the GSD, your computer is automatically maintained. If you away for a couple of weeks, you must perform the maintenance yourself.

These are critical updates that must be checked for and applied to your computer while you are away from school at least EVERY OTHER WEEK.

• Update Your Virus Definitions
• Install the Latest Windows Updates

Update Your Virus Definitions

The easiest way to run LiveUpdate is from within your Symantec program.

1. On the Windows desktop, click the Start button > All Programs > Symantec Client Security > Symantec AntiVirus Client.

   

2. When the program opens, click the LiveUpdate button.

   

3. Follow the prompts, and download all available updates. If the download includes program updates, you may be asked to restart your computer.

   

4. After doing so, run LiveUpdate again until you see the message that all programs are updated.

   

This information is from Symantec's Website. For more information on setting up and configuring LiveUpdate, visit Symantec's Website.

Installing Windows Updates

You can set your computer to automatically download and install Windows Updates (recommended):

1. Open your Control Panel (Start > Settings > Control Panel)
2. Double click the "System" icon
3. Select the Automatic Updates tab
4. Click the checkbox: Keep my computer up to date...
5. Select the settings option that you desire.
6. Click OK

You computer will notify you when an update is ready to be installed, at which time you should accept the installation.

You can also check for updates manually by visiting the Windows Update site at http://www.windowsupdate.com and clicking on the Scan for Updates button.