Windows starts up when laptop lid lifted...

On my new Toshiba Satellite L955 Windows 8 laptop I would life the lid and it would
immediately start up Windows.  This is fine if I had put it to sleep and was coming back.  However after going through the shutdown process it would still do this.
I figured there was some tweak I needed to make in the Power Option area of the control panel.  After several frustrating attempts I decided to call Toshiba and ask them.
The first tech told me he'd never heard of this problem...we got disconnected so I called back.  The second tech told me to hold down the SHIFT key while I shutdown the computer and it will stay powered off.  Apparently if you just go through the process of shutting down the pc as we're used to doing..it is actually putting it to SLEEP even though I was not making that selection.
Go figure!

Take a close up look at Windows 8

I will be previewing its few features and talking about what to look at before you upgrade  your existing systems.

This is a free show and tell -- walk in--- class being held at the Medina County District Library.
No registration required.

Come on Wed Dec 5   at 10:00 am or at 6:00 pm

You can take a look and see what you think of it!

Those of you having issues with McAffee antivirus program there was  a situation where the updates were
downloaded and then you were not able to access the Internet.

McAffee  asked customers to uninstall the program, restart computer, then log into your McAffee account
to reload the software.

Several of you had success and some did not.  A call to McAffee was then needed.

Let me know if you still have issues this apparently has happened more than once with this program.

Another Phishing Email ---

Several reports received from users receiving an email claiming to be from Microsoft and talking about the Microsoft Services Agreement...and asking users to click on links.

This article from Computerworld has more details:

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9230858/Rogue_Microsoft_Services_Agreement_emails_lead_to_latest_Java_exploit


If something looks suspicious, never click on a link. Research it, ask someone or call the source but do not email back or use the phone numbers listed on the email and do not log into your account from within a suspicious email.

Fix available now for Java

There's a new download that will now address the issues reported last week on Java version 7 product.

See the article here for more info
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9230786/Oracle_s_emergency_Java_patch_blocks_zero_day_exploits_researchers_confirm?taxonomyId=17

Here's a link to the download of the latest version of Java which is now available :
http://java.com/en/

when you download this please watch for OPTIONAL programs wanting to download and UNCHECK those boxes if you do not want to download them.

To disable JAVA on an iPhone here's a link with pictures to help:




http://browsers.about.com/od/allaboutwebbrowsers/ss/iphonejava.htm


To disable it in the iPad:
Go to Settings then Safari then slide the button next to JAVA SCRIPT  to OFF

Java Security Alert - NEW

You might have heard about this ..it was in the news very recently. Java

vulnerabilities found that might allow malware viruses into your computer.

The company that issues Java updates (Oracle) does not have a "fix" for

this yet.

Many technical websites are recommending we disable it from our computers.

 

It will mostly affect the online experience of those that play online games

 

Good web articles to read.. some a bit technical ..scroll down for the fix that is easiest to do:

 

http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2012/08/29/java_zero_day_vulnerability_why_you_should_disable_java_on_your_browser_right_now_.html

 

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/261562/six_ways_to_protect_against_the_new_actively_exploited_java_vulnerability.html

 

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/636312

 

 

http://securitywatch.pcmag.com/none/302019-security-warning-disable-java-now

 I've read up on this and there's a way to disable it in every browser such

as Internet Explorer, Safari, Foxfire, Chrome

 

Of course Internet Explorer...the most widely used is the most complex to

disable. So a recommendation is to uninstall it to be on the safe side.

 

 

 First you have to find out if you actually need to do this or not.

*NOTE for Work Computers* ******Talk to your IT Dept*---Do not make changes

yourself.

 

One quick way is to go to your Control Panel and in the area where you

Uninstall Programs scroll down and find JAVA

 

*if it is a version 7 then yes..uninstall that program*. If it is an older

version...you can leave it in. *Only the most recent version 7 is posing a

risk.*

 

 Here's the info for the other browsers:

 

 

In Firefox, select "Tools" from the main menu, then "Add-ons," then click

the "Disable" button next to any Java plug-ins.

 

 

In Safari, click "Safari" in the main menu bar, then "Preferences," then

select the "Security" tab and uncheck the button next to "Enable Java."

 

 

In Google Chrome, type "Chrome://Plugins" in your browser's address bar

then click the "Disable" button below any Java plug-ins.

 

 

In Opera. First, enter about:config in the address bar. Click the Java

heading to expand that section, un-check the checkbox, and click the Save

button.