Restart your Surface for testing updates

Email sent 11/17/17
​It looks like a full fourth of students have not been restarting their 1:1 devices. Not restarting their devices will affect everything on the devices from wireless to testing.
 
Something students and staff need to remember is that the surfaces are not like other computers when it comes to turning it off and on again.  A shutdown will not actually refresh the device like a regular computer. They require a restart
 
Things that do not Restart the surface

• Sleep
• Shutdown
• Pushing the power button
• Holding the power button and swiping down
• Closing the keyboard

 
The only way to actually Restart surface is to Start menu > Power > Restart

*If you have not restarted your surface since the beginning of school it could result in hours of updates*


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Matthew Russell
School Technology Specialist