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Windows 11 Blue Light Special
We have had a few of our users ask about purchasing a blue-light filter for their display recently, so we thought we might do a quick write-up on a feature in Windows 11 that might provide you with a solution without having to purchase additional hardware. Windows 11 includes a built-in blue-light reduction called Night
Goodbye Windows 10
The Windows 10 end-of-life (EOL) date is almost here. In just a few weeks on October 14th, Microsoft will cease to provide technical support, feature updates, or security updates for the 10-year-old operating system. To protect campus systems and data, any Windows 10 device will be blocked from accessing UF’s network starting in October. Over
Upgrading to Windows 11
We will be making Windows 11 available to machines capable of running it within the next few weeks. There will be an initial popup that lets you know the upgrade is available but, if you miss it, you will also be able to see if the upgrade is available under CLAS Software Center from the
Adding Languages in Windows!
By default, CLAS IT’s Windows machines come with only the English language pack preinstalled. However, you can still use other languages as your computer’s main display language—just remember to set it back to English while you’re receiving tech support! From the Settings menu, navigate to Time & Language. From here, you can set the operating
Quit a Hanging App on a Mac
If an application or program has become unresponsive, then there’s a good chance that trying to place your mouse pointer over the menu bar at the top of the screen will result in a spinning beach ball that doesn’t allow you to select any options. You can of course give the application some time to
Cloud Storage Options – Fall 2022
Available Cloud Storage Options As a faculty or staff member at UF you gain access to Dropbox, OneDrive, and Google Drive as cloud storage options. Each of these platforms have a slightly different layout, but they all share these three common benefits: Redundancy If your hard drive dies on you, not only do you have
Windows 11
Windows 11 is Microsoft’s newest operating system. Officially released in October of 2021, Windows 11 is the modern OS in the Microsoft lineup, however Microsoft will continue to offer support and security updates for Windows 10 until October 2025. In anticipation of the Windows 10 end-of-life, all new Windows computers that CLAS IT deploys will
License Agreements
Quiz time! True or False: A license agreement is a legal contract and because it is a legal contract, faculty and staff may not be allowed to accept the terms and conditions of some license agreements on behalf of the university without seeking approval from UF Procurement even when the software product or service is
Microsoft Teams
Skype for Business, which we have been using for Instant messaging, Screen sharing, and video calling is going away in summer 2021. The replacement for Skype For Business is going to be Microsoft Teams. Microsoft Teams is without doubt a great tool for collaboration. I have embedded a video that will give you some Idea
Adobe Flash Player End of Life
Three years after their announcement in July 2017, Adobe Flash Player is finally coming to an end on December 31, 2020. Now you may be wondering, “What is Flash and how is this going to affect me?” Adobe Flash is a free software that was extremely common a few years back. Flash allowed users to