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OF CCMV MEETING Jim Richardson opened the meeting by discussing the Computer Classes. The room will be available as of August 9th and Jim will be going there this afternoon to work on the schedules. He announced that as soon as the schedule is available they will be posted on the CCMV web site. Jim demonstrated how to find them on the website. Jim discussed the Google Guide http://www.googleguide.com and explained some of the uses of the Guide. We discussed Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 and Jim explained about add-ons and how to delete unwanted ones. The next web site that we covered was “fix-it” http://support.microsoft.com/fixit#tab0 . Jim suggested that this web site can answer many questions when we are having problems with our computers. http://fixitcenter.support.microsoft.com/Portal. This web site is a Beta site and should be used for reference only. http://support.microsoft.com/gp/system_maintenance_for_windows This is a good site for system maintenance. Jim discussed the importance of making sure that your computer was update with Service Pack 3 and showed how to make sure your computer had it installed. We had a short Q&A and discussed what do to if you computer “locks-up”. Jim also discussed changing your “home page”. After the break Jim again went over SypBot Search and Destroy – how to install it correctly and remove things are not necessary. We had another demonstration of “wolframalpha”. Jim announced the KC is raising money through Flower Power. For anyone that is interested in “gardening” should check out http://www.flowerpowerfundraising.com/campaign?campaign_id=3114 The meeting concluded with Chet reminding members to be thinking about the upcoming elections.
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OF CCMV MEETING Jim opened the meeting and turned it over to Chet Hartley to do a demonstration on downloading/installing Microsoft’s free photo program. He opened Windows Live Photo Gallery and showed us various editing techniques. He made mention of Kodac Easy Share software and will do a demonstration of it at a later date. Jim showed videos on Microsoft Security. He discussed “rogue” pop-ups and what we should do when they show up on our computer. Reminding us never to click on the pop-up and in order to get rid of them you need to hit “alt F4”. “alt,control,delete” or use the Task Manager. You need to remember that if pop-ups do not have a title bar you can be sure that they are “bad”. Jim went over the Configuration Utility and MRT. Jim reminded us that we must always make sure that our ‘Windows Update’ is up to date. Jim did a search on the Internet of “Tim Conway.” We were able to view a funny video. Jim announced that we would have club meetings on July 13th and August 24th this summer. The club ended with a Q & A
session.
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OF CCMV MEETING Jim Richardson opened the meeting by doing a demonstration on how Power Point presentations can be made into screen savers. He explained that there are 2 ways to accomplish this. Also explaining the use of “print screen”. Jim announced that Verizon is again offering MSN. Jim did a demo on MSN e-mail and how to modify and change photos. How to forward messages emphasizing “cleaning” e-mails before sending them on. Also using BCC and how to add it to your e-mail. There was a question on saving Power Point presentations. Jim did a demonstration on saving U-tube video We saw videos on “Twitter” and “Wikis”. What they are and how to use them. Jim reminded us that “Social Networks” can be very dangerous. We had a Q&A session. Jim reviewed Belarc Advisor. Also
the use of Device Manager, Clean-up
and ChkDsk. A reminder that all
files need to be indexed before “defraging”.
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OF CCMV MEETING Jim opened the meeting discussing the June meetings. The church will not be available on the 2 nd and 4 th Tuesdays. It was decided to have the meetings on the 15 th and 29 th in June. Jim showed us a great scientific website WolframAlpha. We viewed the introduction video and we actually entered some questions and we were amazed at the knowledge that can be found on this website. Jim showed us how to add “favorites” to our home page Favorites Bar. We viewed a video on the security of Copy Machines. We learned that personal information is being stored on the hard drive of Copiers. Companies and organizations using commercial copy machines do not usually erase the machines hard drive when upgrading to newer machines. Therefore the information stored on the machine is maintained on the old machines hard drive and is easily recovered by new owners who purchased the used copy machine... Jim suggests that we all set up a “Junk Mail” account and use when we need to give out our e-mail to stores, etc….. He showed us how to get a Hotmail account access through MSN. We were also given “hints” on selecting passwords. A question was brought up on not being able to get on the Internet. Jim gave some tips to see if the problem is with Internet Explorer. We had a discussion on how to change your home page i.e. AOL, Yahoo, etc. He also showed us how to change and add search engines to our home page. In the Q&A session, it was discussed how to clean the computer when you want to change ownership. Another question was how to insert pictures into an email. Jim showed us two examples; Internet Explorer and MSN.
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OF CCMV MEETING Jim opened the meeting by saying that we will have a new computer for the club that is extra. He is going to load “Photo Shop” into it. Jim mentioned that Paul Cook would be giving a free seminar on Friday at 9:00 at Kay Cenerios on “Scams” that are currently plaguing our community. Jim shared a video on new concepts of Robotics Mobility. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuIJRsAuCHQ&feature=popt02us03 We were reminded of the Harvard Websites that were discussed at the last meeting. These website are on “Understanding Computers and the Internet” They can be found at www.computerscience1.org Information on this website is posted on the CCMV website from last meeting. Jim discussed several sites that can be found on PC World’s web site (i.e. How to Fix your Family’s PC Problems, The Best Free Software of 2010, and 52 Incredible Useful sites A member brought to our attention a website called “Reimage”. This website will show you how to reboot your machine. Jim will checkout the website in detail and report his findings at the next meeting. Jim called to our attention that some of the websites on our CCMV CD have changed. He suggested that we should check out http ://www.govbenefits.gov/ Jim brought up ways to speed up your Vista computer. First you need to check the number of processes that are running. To do this first go to “Task Manager”and then “processes”. Also go into the Control Panel and check in the “Problems & Solutions” icon. Double click and remove everything. We discussed using “Clean-up” and “CC Cleaner”. Remember when installing these, if you are going to be doing on-line banking, to go into “Options” and record the banks that you will be using. Next check your Hard Drive’s Files, Directory and Indexes.
After you make sure your Indexes are in order, it is safe to do a “Defrag” – REMEMBER it is recommended that one run Defrag in “Safe Mode.” To get into “Safe Mode” you “tap” “F8” key as the computer is starting up. Highlight the Safe Mode option using the arrow keys on your keyboard then hit the enter key on your keyboard. Do not select safe mode with Internet connection. To do a Defrag go to “All Programs”, “Accessories”, “Systems Tools”, and then to “Disk Defragmenter”. Jim reminded us again about checking what we have running when we startup our computers. Go to “Start-up”, “Run”. And then type in “MS Config”. Make sure everything is off except your security. REMEMBER the least amount of processes running the faster your computer will run! Before the break we saw a couple of short Video’s to make us smile. Baby Rock and Male vs Female. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BxckAMaTDc&feature=related, htt p://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQcVllWpwGs We had a lengthy discussion on “System Recovery” disks. Most important that we havethese disks available. Sometimes you can obtain them from a 3 rd party for around $30. Our “homework” assignment is to go home and make sure we have these desks available! If not, we need to report this at the next meeting. Newer computers provide a “1 time run” so you can make your own Recovery DVDs. There are 2 types of DVDs; +R and –R DVDs. +R is the newer technology. Jim took a question from a member
on how to get a motion graphic from
the A REMINDER – NEVER DOWNLOAD ANYTHING THAT POPS UP TELLING YOU THAT YOU HAVE A VIRUS OR A PROBLEM WITH YOUR COMPUTER.! Jim discussed “System Restore” and its importance. You need to go to “start”, “My Computer”, right click, “Properties”. “System Restore”. When you do this make sure that there is NO CHECK in the “turn off System Restore” box. A REMINDER – ALWAYS GO TO “SYSTEM RESTORE” AND INSTALL A RESTORE POINT BEFORE INSTALLING NEW SOFTWARE. The meeting was closed with a Q & A Session.
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OF CCMV MEETING Jim Richardson opened the meeting by giving an update on the Computer Classes. He announced that they probably would not be starting for another 2 months. Jim introduced us to a website www.butterscotch.com which gives information on such topics as How Computers work, Hard Drives, and How the Mouse works. Another website is www.us-cert.gov which gives more information on understanding your computer. Another website is www.howstuffworks.com was of interest and brought up information on making computers start us faster. This brought up “msconfig” and Jim did a demonstration on how that can help you computer. Jim recommends that you always go to ” system restore” and create a Restore Point before undertaking any major software installations, or system configuration operations. Jim also discussed “defragging.” He checked out a website www.tasklist.org and discovered a false representation of alg.exe as malware. Therefore, he stated the web site shoud not be used… www.answersthatwork.com is a good resource to identify programs running in the Task Manager. Jim reminded and demonstrated (for Verizon users only) to change the SMTP code form 25 to “587” in Outlook and Outlook Express. Again, Jim recommends Microsoft Security Essentials and went to the website in CCMV and demonstrated how to install it. He also demonstrated how to remove AVG and discussed “Cleanup”. There is a free on-line course on Understanding Computers and The Internet at This was followed by a Q&A session.
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OF CCMV MEETING Jim opened the meeting by showing the website of the World Clock and sharing information that can be found on the site. Jim showed us the Murrieta Public Library and how to enter the “Mango” site. This is a very entertaining site helping individuals to learn various languages. To reach this site you need to go into the Murrieta Public Library site then click on City Services, Public Library, Mango and Foreign language. Jim did a demo of the program so we could learn some German! Jim showed a web site on “buying laptops”. The website will be posted on CCMV, The next website we visited was on the future computers and printers. The 3D printers are amazing. Fios is changing their access information so Jim explained what we need to do if we have Fios service. Go to e-mail, tools, accounts, mail, properties, and advanced you need to change the number to 587. After the break we saw a great video of Red Skeleton doing the Pledge of Allegiance. Jim ask for Questions from the members. One member mentioned a site “slides.com”. Jim opened the site and showed us some basics on how you can create a slide show from pictures you have in your files. The questions arose on how to change the registration on your computer. Jim will email the info to members who desire a printed copy of the instructions, but warned that it can be very dangerous. Another question was printing in Adobe and Jim did a description for us. Jim discussed sending questions to the club. You can go to the CCMV web site and there is a link there for Q & A. Speeding up your computer was again discussed. Jim showed how to go to Kinston or Crucial to find out how to find out what your computer’s capability is for adding memory.
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OF CCMV MEETING Jim Richardson began the meeting by giving away a disk for Microsoft Office Basic 2003. A question regarding ”Magic Jack” was address by Jim. He presented the pros and cons of the service. He also discussed web cams and Skype. Jim discussed Phishing and showed a video on the subject. With on-line fraud becoming so prevalent it is important that computer users be aware of web sites looking to steal ones identity. Remember never give out personal info that ask for your personal information. Should you receive an e-mail from a bank DO NOT CLICK ON THE LINK THAT IS IN THE E-MAIL. Always go back to the site that you normally use. Sites that are secure will always have an “s” after http (https). To report instances of phishing there is a web site on CCMV and also you should report this to your bank and ISP We had a short discussion on g-mail. The subject of Virtual Memory came up and Jim gave a description of Virtual and Physical memory. Jim Semanek will be posting the way to check you Virtual memory on the CCMV website. Jim showed us how to export e-mail addresses into our address book. A few web sites (i.e. Fish & Game and Earthquakes) were discussed and will be posted on CCMV. The 2nd half of the meeting began with raffling off several flash drives which had been donated to the club. Again Jim discussed installing Microsoft Security Essentials. A reminder that there is a link on the CCMV website to view video instructions from Microsoft. Jim discussed doing a “disk check” to insure Hard Drive integrity prior to performing Defrag. The directions will be posted on CCMV. The meeting concluded with a Q & A session – Belarc’s compatibility with Windows 7 was confirmed. Removing Bookmarks/Favorites were addressed.
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OF CCMV MEETING Jim Richardson opened the meeting by addressing previously asked questions from members. The first question was on “Service Packs”. First he stated DO NOT DELETE THEM! He explained that they have an accumulation of Microsoft updates both functional and security. XP has 3 Service Packs. Should you not have these on your computer you need to download them through Windows Explorer. Next the question on “Compression”. He advised that it is advisable to do these compressions on e-mail and NOTING ELSE! This was followed by a discussion on resizing pictures. Using “*.JPG” you can search for duplicates. He then when over using the “shift” and “control” keys for selecting more than one picture or document to “copy”, “move” etc. Shift will do a series and control will do various selections. Another question was “How to move information from your computer to a flash drive”. He explained how to do this in 2 different ways, including “drag and drop”. He than explained that “move” will erase the item from your computer and “copy” will leave it on the computer while adding it to the flash drive. Jim then ask for Questions and Answer from the audience. One of the questions arose on the various Internet services that are available in our areas. Jim explained that DSL Verizon and DSL Extreme are available. These are cheaper. FIOS is also available through Verizon which is more expensive but much faster. There are also cable services available in our area. Another question came up about checking the speed of your computer. Jim explained how to go on CCMV to accomplish this task. There are various websites available i.e. PC PitStop (the one on CCMV) and speedtest.net.. We had a brief discussion on uploading videos. Jim brought up that LII web site is no longer available and has been replaced by Internet Public Library - IPL.org. You will need to have Quick Time 7 installed on your computer to run Museum 3D videos from IPL.org. A couple of other sites that he recommended were wildflower.org for those interested in re-landscaping or gardening with native plants, and ala.org is excellent for kids. These will be posted on CCMV. The session ended with a Q & A
session.
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OF CCMV MEETING
Jim then covered file extensions and show the club how to change the folder settings to display the file extensions when viewing files contained in the computer. Jim also reviewed the Club’s web site and showed attendees how to find the web sites covered in previous meetings. Following the break, Jim presented the web page covering Microsoft Power Toys for Windows XP. Jim explained that the power toy for Windows Vista (there is only one) was highly technical and would not be of interest to most club members. Jim downloaded and installed the Picture Resizer power toy. He then explained the importance of not sending massively large pictures via email. Jim show how the Picture Resizer could be used to shrink the size of large pictures to accommodate sharing them via email. He stated that pictures being emailed should not be larger then 800 x 600 pixels. Jim stated that the club was in
the process of developing goals
for 2010 and invited the membership
to visit the Club’s web site
and submit their suggestions and
desires for club activities and
presentations for 2010
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OF CCMV MEETING The meeting was called to order by Jim Richardson. Jim gave us the status of the next computer classes. I appears that Kay Cenerios will not have a room available until at least March. He stated that at the next club meeting Chet will report on the status of the clubs finances. It is difficult for us to stay afloat without the income of the Computer Classes. The Executive Board will meet after the next meeting to go over where we stand and they will accept requests from members as to suggestions on what they want from the club. (i.e. Special interest groups, etc.) Jim showed us a U-tube motivational video on what’s happening called “You Know”. He also gave us a website of Don Edrington’s where it is a good place to download music. These websites will be posted on ccmv.net Jim shared various tutorial websites that available for such things as Microsoft, Windows Explorer, Vista, Windows7 etc. He ran a video on making files and folders. Websites will be posted on ccmv.net. Jim answered questions and gave a discussion on getting rid of land lines – the pros and cons. He also discussed options including free services available for the hearing impaired. We went over the use of “ms config” to get rid of junk files that are being used when we startup the our computer. By removing them they will speed up our computer. Also mentioning the importance of not removing Windows Internet Explorer. Jim showed us how to have more than 1 search engine on our home page and how to get an Icon to shut down the computer. He also shared a website on several excellent power point presentations. This will be posted on the CCMV website. The meeting then was a Q & A
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Former Secretaries:
| Fran Nakayama | ||
| Jim Semanek | ||
| Russ Ellis | ||
| Georgiana Dols | ||
| Sharon Rea | ||
| Sandy Kandl | ||
| Kathy Togie |