Jan 28 2015 Past Future Topics

Jan 28, 2015

Past – Future Topics • • • Jan 15 Dec 14 Nov 14 Oct 14 Sep 14 Aug 14 Jun 14 May 14 Apr 14 Mar 14 Feb 14 Jan 14 Dec 13 Nov 13 Oct 13 Sep 13 Aug 13 Jun 13 What’s in Your Tool Bag Holiday Party, Videos? Chromebook, Run Chrome OS on Win 8. 1 Windows 10, O’Reilly Books, Social Media Survey Windows 8 Picnic Browsers HGTV, How stuff Works, How-To, e. How Joe on Budgeting with Technology Linux on XP Gadgets Privacy Christmas Party Windows XP: What To Do What’s Your Passion 5 min for each person Culinary Delights Picnic Internet: Good, Bad & Ugly 5 min for each person

Board Meeting (Jan 8, 2015) • Treasure Report: $1, 840 • Now 25 members • Jan – “What is in your tool bag ? ” Skype – can all members use it; will it work Adapters for projector: sound & HDMI; speaker $50 to APCUG; letter to Com. Center

General Comments • • Membership Report Treasurer’s Report Status of Individual Members Other business to discuss ? • Tonight’s Raffle Drawing Item(s) • On with the show …

You Have a Dead PC – What To Do POS ? Buy a new one Use ‘good’ power cord; charge laptop Try to boot: normal, safe mode, setup Try to boot with Anti Virus CD or USB Try to boot with Diagnostic CD or USB; Linux Remove HD and connect to 3 rd party PC Run AV, malware, Revo (to remove) Copy HD: backup, image, reload OS & programs Chip on a car analogy 05/27/10

Tool Bag - Hardware Actual Tools Cables Internet access Brain Dedicated to tool bag 05/27/10

Boot Discs Start. Up: Falcon 4, Hirens 13. 0, Memtest 86+, Bart. PE Antivirus: Win Defender 32/64, System Rescue. CD Diagnostic: Knoppix, Tails, Memtest 86+, Spin. Rite, Part. Magic 8, Data. Link Gui Linux: Puppy, Xubuntu, Ubuntu 32/64, DSL, PCLinux. OS, Lubuntu Operating Systems Win XP, Win Vista, Win 7, Win 98, Win 95, Win ME, Win 2 K, Office Diagnostics: Malwarebytes, CCleaner, Recuva, Speccy Presentations: 50 th anniv, 50 Class 1958 SWAT Discs: a-programs, b-MIDIs, c-mp 3, d-pdf & ppt, e-mp 3 & MIDIs 05/27/10

Hardware SD card reader, wireless USB adapter, thumb drive, 4 -port USB extension Tools flashlight, screwdrivers, pliers, misc. screws, Cables ethernet, phone, printer (D 25 -Centronics), printer USB, power cord, extension cord, 3 -prong adapter Miscellaneous cards, business cards, pens & pencils, notepad 05/27/10

Tool Bag - Software Leo: PW & Registry Editor Reset Windows Password Create USB bootable drive 05/27/10

General Questions • • New Hardware? Tablets New Software? Win 7, 8. 1 Upgrades Newsletter or Web Site? Microsoft Updates? Other Updates? News: Technical? Personal Experiences? Computer Repairs?

Club Website http: //mcc. apcug. org 1 – added meeting agendas /piper 2 – tonight: http: //mcc. apcug. org/piper/MCC-Dec 14. ppt 3 – newsletters: 2007 to present 4 – may add 2000 -2006; pub format 5 – also have a utilities list /utilities

Current Newsletter http: //mcc. apcug. org/newsletters. html Pipers Ponderings: sound, updates, VP Articles Tips: Never give up Accessing Charter Email When Traveling Google Voice OTG Cable Save by Changing Fonts ? Hidden Tabs in Microsoft Office Websites hal Teacher resource Google Doodles Lawmaker scorecard DIY videos Chess

Topics to Discuss Going out of business: Best Buy, Radio Shack, Sears CES Show Microsoft 10, Spartan, Acompli, Carol: non-contract phone OCR use and success Google’s revelation of Microsoft’s bugs Microsoft Surface dead? Compare 2 files for differences; Flow Charts Normalization of data, Net Worth, Resolutions Professions: licensing, regulation, control 05/27/10

Interesting Websites #1 Patch to remove Microsoft Update Toys for 2015 Christmas (London Show) Winston Churchill death Win 10: free? , Cortana (Siri), Spartan, 3 -5 mo, holo, dual path, # subsc, Mobile 1 st-Cloud 1 st Internet Minute: 2014 vs 2013 True Crypt repository 100 best android apps

Other News Items • By-Laws • Web Page – contacts • 3 inkjet, All-In-One printers • What good deals have you found ? • Any new or different scams ? • 2 routers in series: guest + working • USB floppy drive, USB CD/DVD drive; $10 -15

What I Have Learned PDF to Word, RTF, image Adobe Wondershare Nuance Aiseesoft Yik. Yak

A Funny Thing Happened on … Dizzy spells for 4 days, got appt. in 2 more days Passed on Midland Hospital ER; drove to Ann Arbor I had a loose lead on my pacemaker Urgency without panic Choices: Pacer, blood thinner, antibiotics, allergies Terre Haute story; hospital PCs were on Win XP ? 5 hrs later I was in surgery for 2 hrs Left hospital after 28 hrs 6 wks downtime, pacer set to ‘auto pilot’ 15 purple hearts, 23 deployment ribbons 05/27/10

My Personal Questions Run DOS commands Remote for TV Remote ! Chinese doc station Getting old Enviren 9” tablet (concatenate success ? ) Right-click, context menus By-Laws How to remove obsolete link from Network (print)

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Officers for 2015 President Program Coord. Treasurer Membership Newsletter Webmaster Publicity At Large 05/27/10 Larry Piper Bill Tower Howard Lewis Jan Ensing Gary Ensing Carol Picard Al Adams Joe Lykowski

Membership List - 25 • • • Al Adams Gus Kookootsedes Larry Ault George Binder Kathy & Roger Bohl Mary Branson Terry Brown Jim Carrier John Dashner Gary & Jan Ensing Laura Hammel Debbie Todd Rich Holbrook Jerry Arch Lynn Walker Howard Lewis Joe Lykowski Robert Miller Harry Morton Frank Neeb Carol Picard Ron Picardi Larry & Judy Piper Bill Tower Bill Kocher

Time for the Raffle Drawing ?

Comments Jackpot fever (story of Ohio guys) Cannot get 5. 25” floppy as an USB extension 05/27/10

Survey • • GPS in car. Use it? Backup Heating: fireplace, propane, etc Browser: IE, Firefox, Chrome, Other List of medications & doctors • Generator: hookup to home wiring

Membership List - 27 • • • • Al Adams Jerry Arch Larry Ault George Binder Kathy & Roger Bohl Mary Branson Terry Brown Jim Carrier John Dashner Gary & Jan Ensing Laura Hammel Rich Holbrook Bill Kocher Bill Walton Gust Kookootsedes Howard Lewis Joe Lykowski Robert Miller Harry Morton Frank Neeb Carol Picard Ron Picardi Larry & Judy Piper Shirley Schmidt Debbie Todd Bill Tower Lynn Walker

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