No connectivity to wifi on machines pre 2017

[ando]

has anyone heard about the turning off of the system that runs pre 2017 internet connections on 30 september 2021

 

[muckshifter]

Yes, I believe the Australian government are responsible for that ... it's to stop Covid spreading around the country.



THE ABOVE STATMENT IS A JOKE

 

[nivrip]

Something here........

Get help with technology for remote education

Support available for educational settings and local authorities who are using laptops and tablets for remote and face-to-face education, and access to social care.

get-help-with-tech.education.gov.uk

but I'm not at all sure what it's all about. This link seems to be concerned with education.

 

[Taffycat]

More on Tom's Guide which goes into quite a bit of detail.

 

[ando]

thank you Taffycat that explains it for me

 

[Taffycat]

thank you Taffycat that explains it for me

Happy to help @ando

 

[Ian]

More on Tom's Guide which goes into quite a bit of detail.

Thanks for this @Taffycat, I wasn't actually aware of this - glad you posted this link!

 

[nivrip]

No crunching stats today. Hope it's not due to the contents of this thread.

 

[Ian]

No crunching stats today. Hope it's not due to the contents of this thread.

Hopefully not! I've had a look and all seems ok, so I'm going to see what happens tomorrow as will hopefully just a bug .

 

[nivrip]

As to this thread, all seems to be Ok with PC, fairly ancient laptop (although updated fully to Win 10) and iPhone.

So far...........

 

[Taffycat]

No crunching stats today. Hope it's not due to the contents of this thread.

Stats are back now - must have just been a hiccup