1. August 26, 2015

2. 05/27/10 Even duct tape cannot stop stupid … But it can muffle the sound.

3. 05/27/10

4. Agenda Welcome to Meeting & Meet New Attendees 5 What we will be talking about tonight 5 Brief Business Meeting – 5 Picnic - Win 10 experiences70 What’s New in the Technology World15 Things to Discuss10 Member Questions 15 My Comments & Questions 5 Raffle & Give-Aways 5 http://mcc.apcug.org/piper/ http://mcc.apcug.org/piper

5. Past – Future Topics Sep 15Windows 10 ? Aug 15Picnic Jun 15How to Geek May 15Learning Online, Free Opportunities Apr 15AV & Diagnostic Boot CDs Mar 15Remote Assistance, Routers, Projector Feb 15Skype & Team Viewer Jan 15What’s in Your Tool Bag Dec 14Holiday Party, Videos? Nov 14Chromebook, Run Chrome OS on Win 8.1 Oct 14Windows 10, O’Reilly Books, Social Media Survey Sep 14Windows 8 Aug 14Picnic Jun 14Browsers May 14HGTV, How stuff Works, How-To, eHow Apr 14 Joe on Budgeting with Technology Mar 14Linux on XP Feb 14Gadgets Jan 14Privacy Dec 13Christmas Party Nov 13Windows XP: What To Do Oct 13What’s Your Passion 5 min for each person Sep 13Culinary Delights Aug 13Picnic Jun 13Internet: Good, Bad & Ugly 5 min for each person May 13BackupsCarol, Laura, Howard, Larry, et. al. Apr 13Favorite 5: Websites & Apps/Programs Mar 13email scamsJoe, Howard & Larry Feb 13LibraryAnn Jarvis Jan 13Win 8 Howard Dec 12Christmas Party (3 rd Wednesday) Nov 12Latest Gadgets Joe (4 th Wednesday) Oct 12APCUGGreg West Sep 12Fav. ProgramsBoard Members Aug 12Picnic Jun 12YouTubeLarry, Carol, Howard May 12LightroomBill Apr 12Disaster PlanLauraDisasterPlan Mar 12RoutersHowardRouters Feb 12CloudLarryCloud 5

6. Board Meeting (June 1, 2015) Treasure Report: $1,545.42 Now 27 members June – How to Geek Sept – Windows 10

7. General Comments Membership Report Treasurer’s Report Status of Individual Members Other business to discuss Lab, I’m always there Tonight’s Raffle Drawing: On with the show …

8. General Questions New Hardware? Tablets New Software? Win7, 8.1 Upgrades Newsletter or Web Site? Microsoft Updates? Other Updates ? News: Technical? Personal Experiences? Computer Repairs?

9. Club Website http://mcc.apcug.org 1 – added meeting agendas /piper/piper 2 – tonight: http://mcc.apcug.org/piper/MCC-Dec14.ppt http://mcc.apcug.org/piper/MCC-Dec14.ppt 3 – newsletters: 2007 to present 4 – may add 2000-2006; pub format 5 – also have a utilities list /utilities/utilities

10. Current Newsletter http://mcc.apcug.org/newsletters.html http://mcc.apcug.org/newsletters.html Pipers Ponderings: Win 10 Articles Listen to Your Movies Interesting Internet Finds – RSS Feeds Preserving Your Ancestral History Review: SanDisk Ultra Dual USB Drive CEAInovate Memory Cards Websites Love of LibrariesLibraries FirstBook eJury Financial AdvisorAdvisor Library of CongressCongress

11.  Seagate has 5 Tb drive for $128  Keep old email accounts ? (AOL) 05/27/10

12.  Found.000  Charter.net upgrade, Aldi’s,  Dishwasher incident, Matt’s PC, Vishu sound  Dean Kamen at MCFTA tomorrow  Dow in-home AETNA offer ?  48G Dropbox, 2 yr with Samsung tablet  Stephen Colbert 1 st weekweek  Carol: non-contract phone  Fermi ParadoxParadox  Normalization of data, Net Worth, Resolutions Normalization of data 05/27/10

13.  Product key gone  Win 10 patch bundles  Going back to Win 7 or 8.1  Myths: (Preston Gralla) Myths  WiFi sharing of passwords  Automatic updates  Peer-to-peer network slows you down  Privacy nightmare  Compucon upgrade experiences:  $50-$100, nearly 100% success rate  Others not so good an experience  Go back to Win 7 or 8.1 cost ~$50  Seems very busy with 3 guys working 05/27/10

14.  PC World – MarkMark  10 Best New FeaturesFeatures  Tips & TricksTricks  10 Best Hidden FeaturesHidden  20 Free PC Programs the Ease Daily TasksTasks  How to enable Cortana C/NetCortana  Your Guide to Windows 10 C/NetGuide  A Closer Look at Windows 10 C/NetLook 05/27/10

15.  HP laptop, Win 7  Seemed to be in install loop for 3-5 days  Took 1:49 total time  Uninstall Macrium Reflect ?, rest was no brainer  13 min download; 13 min to upgrade  11 min to complete setup  Problems: One Drive, black back ground, Edge  Lot of “opportunities” to pay Microsoft  LibreOffice, VLC, Spotify, GIMP, Chrome 05/27/10

16. U.S. cable slow & costlycostly Why you believe in conspiraciesconspiracies Find your birthday-wordbirthday-word Meaning of your namename 3D Printing on a budget $350, not a good dealbudget 10 Best Pieces of IT adviceadvice 10 Richest people of all timetime Liquid BonderBonder 25 Maps that describe AmericaAmerica X-Prize, $10M Real-Life Medical TricorderTricorder

17. Win 95 20 years ago; Win 95 soundagosound Password protect USB flash drive - you don’tdrive Music Software Package ($24 for free)Package NumbeoNumbeo - largest database Free lesson plans for teachersteachers Really, really basic computer tutorialstutorials Painful Lesson in Digital Security (USA reporter)Security

18. Other News Items What good deals have you found ? Any new or different scams ? Larry: Medical Phishing via email from FedEx carrier Ashley – Madison Stock Market Obama coffee: Israel IM wife

19. What I Have Learned

20. What I Have Not Learned Use my new Chromebook Use my new Envirens ROKU 3 – not used yet Lynda.com – Dreamweaver CS6 Chromecast to work with JPG, DOC & PDF Chromebook to work with Epson projector Plug PC into TV: VGA, HDMI, S-video, USB ?

21. Interesting Videos & Books The Wright Brothers by David McCullough, 2015 Windows Through The Ages (21 slides)Ages

22.  Anybody have a drone? Solve Rubik's cube ?  Apple watch ? Nexium  Run DOS commands  What’s your net worth? Weight? BP? BMI? Sugar?  Right-click, context menus  By-Laws How to remove obsolete link from Network (print)link  Remove MS Word blocks, sections, lines

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24.  PresidentLarry Piper  Program Coord.Bill Tower  Program Coord.Howard Lewis  TreasurerJan Ensing  MembershipGary Ensing  NewsletterCarol Picard  WebmasterCarol Picard  PublicityAl Adams  At LargeJoe Lykowski 05/27/10

25. Membership List - 27 Al AdamsJerry Arch Gus KookootsedesLynn Walker Larry AultHoward Lewis George BinderJoe Lykowski Roger BohlRobert Miller Mary BransonHarry Morton Terry BrownFrank Neeb Jim CarrierCarol Picard John DashnerRon Picardi Gary & Jan Ensing Larry & Judy Piper Laura Hammel Bill Tower Debbie ToddBill Kocher Rich HolbrookAlan Reisig Ted Hummel

26. Time for the Raffle Drawing ?

27.  Jackpot fever (story of Ohio guys)  Cannot get 5.25” floppy as an USB extension  Sneezy vs. Sneaky 05/27/10

28. 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

29. Piper’s Home Network Asus-LarryLenovo-JHP-1-LHP-2-Test Galaxy Tablet HD Inkjet Dell, Optiplex & Judy Modem RouterSwitchServer Cloud HD Color B/W 9-28-13 Charter Phone

30. Questions for Individuals Jan: Al: Howard: Carol: Gary: John:

31. Membership List - 27 Al AdamsBill Walton Jerry ArchGust Kookootsedes Larry AultHoward Lewis George BinderJoe Lykowski Kathy & Roger BohlRobert Miller Mary BransonHarry Morton Terry BrownFrank Neeb Jim CarrierCarol Picard John DashnerRon Picardi Gary & Jan Ensing Larry & Judy Piper Laura Hammel Shirley Schmidt Rich Holbrook Debbie Todd Bill Kocher Bill Tower Lynn Walker

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33. Ads – What’s The Catch Send in your gold Free credit scores Professor & free CDs Geiko & Progressive Car Insurance Body Building Weight Loss Pay shipping on 2 nd item Carnival Games – Magic Illusions –

34. What I Have Learned My tool bag My hooked rug of squares yudkowsky.net/rational/bayes Bayes TheoremWason & Stroop Tests yudkowsky.net/rational/bayesWasonStroop How to convert PPT to DVD’s to play on your TV? CamtasiaXilosoft Wink MovieMakerWink

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