Jan 28, 2015

05/27/10

Agenda Welcome to Meeting & Meet New Attendees 5 What we will be talking about tonight 5 Brief Business Meeting – 5 Members & Treasurer Report What Is In Your Tool bag 45 What’s New in the Technology World15 Things to Discuss10 Member Questions 15 My Comments & Questions 5 Raffle & Give-Aways

Past – Future Topics 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 13 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

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 …

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

Actual Tools Cables Internet access Brain Dedicated to tool bag 05/27/10

Software Boot Discs StartUp: Falcon 4, Hirens 13.0,Memtest86+, BartPE Antivirus: Win Defender 32/64, System RescueCD Diagnostic: Knoppix, Tails, Memtest86+, SpinRite, Part. Magic 8, DataLink Gui Linux: Puppy, Xubuntu, Ubuntu 32/64, DSL, PCLinuxOS, Lubuntu Operating Systems Win XP, Win Vista, Win 7, Win 98, Win 95, Win ME, Win 2K, Office Diagnostics: Malwarebytes, CCleaner, Recuva, Speccy Presentations: 50 th anniv, 50 Class 1958 SWAT Discs: a-programs, b-MIDIs, c-mp3, d-pdf & ppt, e-mp3 & 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 (D25-Centronics), printer USB, power cord, extension cord, 3-prong adapter Miscellaneous cards, business cards, pens & pencils, notepad

LeoLeo: PW & Registry Editor Reset Windows PasswordPassword Create USB bootable drivedrive 05/27/10

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?

Club Website 1 – added meeting agendas /piper/piper 2 – tonight: – newsletters: 2007 to present 4 – may add ; pub format 5 – also have a utilities list /utilities/utilities

Current Newsletter Pipers Ponderings: sound, updates, VP Articles Tips: Never give up Accessing Charter When Traveling Google Voice OTG Cable Save by Changing Fonts ? Hidden Tabs in Microsoft Office Websites hal TeacherTeacher resource Google DoodlesDoodles LawmakerLawmaker scorecard DIY videos Chess

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

Patch to remove Microsoft UpdatePatch Toys for 2015 Christmas (London Show)2015 Winston Churchill deathdeath 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 repositoryrepository 100 best android appsapps 3 tools to reveal your PCs deepest detailsreveal 6 favorite utilitiesutilities dozen free programs to install on new PCsprograms 5 apps for degunking your PCdegunking

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 YikYak

What I Have Not Learned Use my new Chromebook Use my new Envirens VPN Virtual Box (install Win 10, Fred Langa) Microsoft Surface Pro 3 Microsoft Office: 365 paid, mobile free

Interesting Videos & Books iPad replacement ?replacement

 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 ?story  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

 Run DOS commands (concatenate success ?)  Remote for TV Remote !  Chinese doc station  Getting oldold  Enviren 9” tablet  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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 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

Membership List - 25 Al AdamsJerry Arch Gus KookootsedesLynn Walker 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 Bill Tower Debbie ToddBill Kocher Rich Holbrook

Time for the Raffle Drawing ?

 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

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 Charter Phone

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

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

05/27/10

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 –

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