Larry Finger presented a program on Wi-Fi Security - click here to view his Power Point Presentation

Click here for Larry Finger's power point presentation on Networking.  Larry also uses an "automatic defrag" program called magical defrag 2 which runs in the background - click here to review the program (it is the second item under system utilities)

Darel presented this Power Point Presentation on Home Finance Tracking with Quicken.

Here is a link to Larry's Presentation on Open Source Software and Linux. Here is a link to the Virtual PC Program that allows you to load another operating system on the PC - We have loaded Vista as a virtual System on the Club XP machine.   I have loaded Linux on my laptop and here is the link to download Linux.  (This is a 695 mb download, which takes a while).

A Demo on Buying a Computer  using Microsoft Power Point and you can view it here 

Lee attended the Pomona Rally of the FMCA including a computer seminar given by Steve Bass of Pcworld Magazine - Steve was kind enough to email the Seminar notes to Lee and you can see them here  P.S.  I used Snagit to capture all the Email, including the links and paste them into a blank page to reference here - isn't snagit a great tool. 

Darel presented a Power Point Presentation on "how to speed up a slow computer" click here to download/view the presentation (remember to press the spacebar to advance the slides) this is a big file, will take a while to download so be patient.

Gordon Presented several tutorials on the finer points of Photoshop Elements - Here are the links to the referenced websites:

Darel presented a Power Point to the "Beginners Group"  - as with all power points you must have downloaded the power point viewer and be sure to hit the space bar to advance the slides - click here to view the slides.

Howard presented a "shortcut" List - click here for his list.  He also scanned and sorted the Sun Vista TV Guide - click here for the Guide

Lee discussed the "forwarding of Emails"  here is the link to his discussion.

Don found the Email Program Thunderbird here are the links to setting up the program.

Howard Demonstrated an email handling program called Eudora - click here to explore the program

Click here for a Power Point Presentation on generating a DVD in the 16 x 9 format using Pinnacle Studio 12

Darel demonstrated the free Avery Print Program called Design Pro - click here for the link to the free download.   Darel also found a program to convert the "comma delimited" files created by the Yahoo Mail Contacts "Export" program to a Data base file compatible with Avery Design Pro - here is the link. (this download is for a 30 day trial only)http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html

Lee Presented a program which lists all the programs on your computer, including the keys-- it is called belarc advisor and click here for the link to download this free program

Mahlon Stacy (Friend of Howard's) is a professional Photographer and he gave us a presentation on the finer points of photography - here is a link to his Power Point Presentation.

Darel presented a demo of the Video/Slide Program called Pinnacle (Version 14) - click here for the link to the Power Point Presentation.

Sheila found a program which allows one to take over a remove computer and troubleshoot programs, transfer files, etc.  Lee and Darel demonstrated this program (which worked great) and here is the link.

Rick gave a Presentation on the Free Picture Editing/etc. Program from Google called Picassa- click here to the link to his Power Point Presentation.

Rick gave a Presentation on "photo storage Philosophy" - click here for the link to his power point.  Also he prepared a power point on "Picassa Tags" - click here for this one.

Rick presented a  demo on the Geneology program "Family Tree Maker" - click here for the Power Point.

Rick Presented a program on the GPS capabilities - click here for his power point.

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Rick found a new Publishing Program called Page Plus--   here is the link

Darel found a program (Free) which allows downloading Youtube (and other) Video/Audio - the program is called Freecorder 4, click here for the link - there is also a Video at this link to see what the program can do.    The Program records any Video you view to "Temporary Internet Files - Click here for the procedure on how to avoid that  (Word file  doc format). 

Darel found a Device to Transfer Video/Audio from any analog source (like VCR, CamCorders, etc) to a DVD it is called "SIIG USB 2.0 Video Capture Device - It is available from Fry's Electronics at this link.

Rick demonstrated "google phone", which allows free phone calls to any phone (landline or cell) in North American - (that includes Canada) - Signup for Google mail and then the phone is an option (free)

Darel demonstrated Skype - which allows Video Conferencing with another party on Skype and also includes the capability (at a charge) to call any phone in the world.  Click here for the Skype download.

Darel and Howard Demonstrated High Def TV using an antenna - click here for a power point on the exponential growth of technology

Carol made a presentation on how Computers are used in the Classroom - click here (Word File . doc format)   Carol also demonstrated a defice from Pandigital (panscan05) which can be used to scan slides, pictures, negatives, etc without being connected to a computer - click here for the link to Pandigital.

Lee talked about a program to validate your software drivers called Drivecure - click here for the link to the site. The program will perform a free check of your Drivers, but charges to update them. 

Don found a way to set your default email address to a Web Based email (Like Gmail, AOL, Yahoo) - It turns out there are different procedures for each email type and also each operating system (XP, Vista, 7) so the best way is to use a google search  titled "Change Default Email to xxx" and select the correct option. 

Gordon Found a Website that has "plug-ins" for Elements and he Generated a Picture of Darel in the Light Bulb - Click here for Panosfx

We had a discussion about keeping Passwords Safe - here is a link to IDvault and click here for another called Roboform

Click here for a partial list of favorite sites submitted by Club Members.

Rick showed a Web Site that shows Satellite tracking (heavens-above.com)  click here for the link.

Rick demonstrated a website which will identify the name of a song and the artist (tunatic.com) click here for the link.

Rick demonstrated a small IPOD device (samsung) and a program to edit audio called Wavepad and here is the link.

Don Peterson demonstrated two Linux programs (puppy Linux) and Linux Mint.  I received an email from Larry Finger ( a former member) who said that he uses Linux version called OpenSUSE - (click on "Get it" and choose the version for your hardware)  

Bill Ringrose found a site which shows the Front Page of many newspapers across the country - click here for the link.

Most Emal Programs limit the size of a file that can be attached to an Email; however, Don found a FREE website called Wetransfer.com which allows you to upload a file (up to 2GB) and then add up to 20 email addresses who can download the file from their website.  You also receive a notification that your addressee(s) have downloaded the file.   Here is the link: 

Ed found a FREE site called "Dropbox" which is really a winner for sharing files, et all between computers.  You register and download a program on each computer which creates a folder called "dropbox" - The website then keeps all files in the dropbox folder in sync with other computers that have registered under that name.  You can also log-on to Drobox.com and view/download your files.  Click here for the link to the dropbox website.

We have all had problems remembering log-in's and Passwords - Ed found a website callced "SplashID"  which has software to safely store your passwords - the company also offers a hardware version (which is a 4GB) flash drive shaped like a key and contains the spashID software to keep your passwords safe - here is the link to the site.

Here is a link to a video uploaded to "Youtube", and here is another one.

Here is a link to pictures uploaded to Google.

Click here for the link to the free program from Avery called Design Pro for generating all sorts of things, including business cards, labels, cards, etc. 

A software publisher called Piriform has a suite of programs (all of which have free versions) to manage and cleanup your system - click here for the link to their site (Ccleaner, defrag, computer info, file recovery)

Rick found a publishing company where the editing is done on-line - the site is called Mixbook and here is the link.

Don found an "add in" to internet explorer which prevents sites from tracking your activity - it is called "do not track plus" and here is the

link.

Darel presented a Power Point on some of the finer points of Computer Backup, including files folders and a system image - click here to view the "Backup Powerpoint"

Darel presented a free Media player called VLC - click here to review the program and download.