The end of the year is quickly approaching and it’s time to start thinking about your end of year PC orders. This is a reminder not to wait too long to place those orders. Friday November 8th will be the final day to place an order through SCLS that will guarantee an invoice in your hands before the end of the year. If you are able to receive an invoice in mid to late January with a 2019 date, then you can place an order all the way up to December 13th.
Also, take a look at your Workstation Status Reports to see if you have any Windows 7 PCs at your library. This would be a good time to think about replacing as many as you can. Microsoft will end support on Windows 7 January 14th, which means we will no longer be pushing out Microsoft updates to Windows 7 PCs after January 14th. When you have a system that’s no longer supported by Microsoft on our network you not only risk compromising your PC, but you also put the whole network at a much greater risk of being compromised.