Updates and Google Remote Printing

Microsoft Updates

First off, another second Tuesday of the month has past and Microsoft has release a slew of updates for it's products. This month saw 16 patches released, nine of which are critical. So be prepared to update your computers this month.

While talking about updates, I've noticed the following issue when updating Windows 7 computers. After a reboot, but prior to getting to a logon screen, I've witnessed more than once a situation where a Windows 7 system will seem to hanging, stating that it's applying the updates and that you should not shut down the computer. If your computer seems to be taking way too long, try pressing the Ctrl + Alt + Delete delete keys all together. In my experience this took me directly to the logon screen. Essentially, there some sort of screw up and the system is not automatically displaying the logon screen.


Google Remote Printing

If you use Google's Chrome browser, you can enable it to allow you to remotely print that computer from basically anywhere. By going into Chrome's preferences into the section "Under the Hood" you will discover a section titled, "Google Cloud Print." Here you can enable Chrome to allow remote printing to any printer that is enabled on that computer. So let's say you want to print up some documents on your home or work computer. Provided you have left Chrome open on that computer and have enabled the cloud printing feature, you will be able to send those documents for printing to that computer from your Google account. This means you must be logged into Google and printing something from your Google account. This can be particularly helpful if you need to print something from a cellphone or a tablet.