{"id":507,"date":"2013-03-27T15:04:22","date_gmt":"2013-03-27T19:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/?p=507"},"modified":"2023-12-12T23:42:18","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T04:42:18","slug":"upgrading-simmons-computers-to-internet-explorer-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/?p=507","title":{"rendered":"Upgrading Simmons Computers to Internet Explorer 9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/windows_logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-519\" alt=\"windows_logo\" src=\"http:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/windows_logo.png\" width=\"308\" height=\"97\" srcset=\"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/windows_logo.png 570w, https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/windows_logo-300x94.png 300w, https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/windows_logo-500x157.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 308px) 100vw, 308px\" \/><\/a>This week, our Endpoint Systems team will be deploying Internet Explorer 9 to all Simmons-owned PCs. You won\u2019t have to do anything to initiate the deployment but you will see a message prompting you to restart your computer once the installation is complete.<\/p>\n<p>Upgrading to Internet Explorer 9 is necessary in order to comply with the requirements of integral systems, including Moodle. In addition, there are several major new features available in this version, including the ability to perform a search directly from the address bar and choosing your most frequently visited sites when you launch a new tab. Please note that, by default, Internet Explorer 9 hides toolbars (including Favorites). To enable these, right click next to the address bar and click &#8220;Favorites Bar.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Please visit Microsoft\u2019s official\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/windows.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows7\/getting-started-with-internet-explorer-9\">Internet Explorer 9 homepage<\/a>\u00a0to find out more about what is available in the newest version.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, our Endpoint Systems team will be deploying Internet Explorer 9 to all Simmons-owned PCs. You won\u2019t have to do anything to initiate the deployment but you will see a message prompting you to restart your computer once the installation is complete. Upgrading to Internet Explorer 9 is necessary in order to comply with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[264,270,271,67],"class_list":["post-507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technews","tag-264","tag-270","tag-computer-upgrade","tag-upgrade"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=507"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1580,"href":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507\/revisions\/1580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}