| Subject/Title |
Meeting
& Date |
Submitted
by |
| "WildCharge" is an easy-to-use way to charge small electronic devices |
Windows/Hardware
SIG
on 07-01-2009 |
George Harding |
| Speed test of Internet access |
Windows/Hardware
SIG
on 07-01-2009 |
Dennis McCormick |
Use free, portable software applications to make your computer run faster. See:
http://onlinecollegedegree.org/2009/,
http://downloadpedia.org,
and
http://www.techsupportalert.com |
Windows/Hardware
SIG
on 07-01-2009 |
George Harding |
Speeding up Windows Vista
or
Make Vista Look Like XP
Speeding up Windows XP
|
Windows/Hardware
SIG
on 07-01-2009 |
Les Stein |
| Use "Keepvid.com" or "Kissyoutube.com" to grab and save YouTube videos to the hard drive of your computer. See Brad Becker's description of "kissyoutube.com" |
Windows/Hardware
SIG
on 07-01-2009 |
Myron Dungey |
Use the free version of the
PDF995 printer application to make PDF files instead of buying "Adobe Acrobat Professional" just to get it's "Adobe PDF" printer
|
Windows/Hardware
SIG
on 07-01-2009 |
Robert Thompson |
"VMWare Server 2" is another free "Virtual Machine" application that can be installed into either a Windows or Linux host.
Installation guides for installing into a Windows host can be found at:
http://www.virtuatopia.com
and
http://www.petri.co.il
Instructions for installing "Windows 7 RC" as a "guest" of "VMWare Server 2" can be found at
http://www.petri.co.il |
Windows/Hardware
SIG
on 07-01-2009 |
Robert Thompson |
| Marcia Roberts of the Tucson Police Department stated that the Athletic League of the Tucson Police League needs technical assistance/support for a future computer room for youth/children that will be built at 1001 N. Main Ave. This building is currently occupied by "Miss Cecilia's Child Care".
|
Linux SIG
on 06-28-2009 |
Les Stein |
| "Picasa" is a free program for improving and organizing your digital photos
|
General Meeting
on 06-15-2009 |
Ed Maxwell |
Installing "Windows 7 RC" as a guest in "Virtual PC" running in a Windows Vista or XP host
Installing "Ubuntu" Linux as a guest in "Virtual PC" running in a Windows Vista or XP host
|
Windows/Hardware
SIG
on 06-03-2009 |
George Harding |
Installing "Windows 7 Release Candidate" as a guest of "VirtualBox" hosted in "Windows Vista"
(html format)
(PDF format)
(.doc Word format)
|
Windows/Hardware
SIG
on 06-03-2009 |
Myron Dungey |
| SpinRite v6.0 is a great software application for hard drive repair, maintenance, and data recovery |
Windows/Hardware SIG
on 06-03-2009 |
Steve Billheimer |
Before making hardware upgrades to your computer, use a free diagnostic called "Belarc Advisor" to analyze your computer.
Then, visit the following places to learn more technical details about your computer:
your computer manufacturer's Web site,
your motherboard manufacturer's Web site,
a free diagnostic called CPU-Z,
Wikipedia's List of Intel Microprocessors",
Intel's "Processors" pages,
and
Google |
Windows/Hardware SIG
on 06-03-2009 |
Robert Thompson |
HowTo: Using CUPS-PDF Printer Driver to Create PDF Files in Ubuntu Linux
HowTo: PPP Dialup Internet in Ubuntu Linux
Use "OpenDNS" for Safer Internet Access in Ubuntu Linux
Free Antivirus Software for Linux
|
Linux SIG
on 05-24-2009 |
Les Stein |
Analog-to-Digital Conversion of Audio
Additional Hints
|
General Meeting
on 05-18-2009 |
Dennis McCormick |
| YouTube
videos of George Harding's presentation about "Google Earth" |
General
Meeting
on 05-18-2009 |
Les Stein |
| YouTube
videos of Dennis McCormick and Bill Brownlee's presentation about "Ripping with Audacity" |
General
Meeting
on 05-18-2009 |
Myron Dungey |
| Free and Low-Cost Training for Digital Photographers |
Digital
Imaging SIG
on 04-27-2009 |
Carter Harrison |
| HowTo: Using Samba in Ubuntu to Share/Serve Files to Windows Computers |
Linux SIG
on 04-26-2009 |
Les Stein |
| Notes
Taken At Meeting |
Linux SIG
on 04-26-2009 |
Myron Dungey |
The "HowTo"
for upgrading from "KDE 3.5" to "KDE 4.0" for Sidux is located at http://sidux.com/Article501.html
However this upgrade often fails and a workaround is located at
http://www.freelists.org/post/hllug/Sidux-with-KDE-4-looks-great-but |
Linux SIG
on 04-26-2009 |
Dennis
McCormick |
| MacBook
laptop procurement, configuration, and interoperability with Windows
via virtualization |
Computer
Professionals SIG
on 04-17-2009 |
Harry Elver |
Video
clip (6 meg. wmv) with consultant Peter
Ireland explaining the "Conficker Worm" (KOLD Channel 13
"News at 5", March 31)
Please
read consultant Daniel M. Vance's
advice on the
Conficker Worm threat and use OpenDNS, a free
service that blocks the activity of computer worms.
Steve
Billheimer says: "OpenDNS
is configurable. Follow the directions and put it into your computer as
your DNS and then create an ID/password; then you can set the level of
filtering.." |
Windows/Hardware
SIG
on 04-01-2009 |
Myron Dungey |
| Tucson SeniorNet
needs volunteers to teach and tutor computer skills. Please contact
Kent Phillips at (520)546-5888 for information. |
Digital
Imaging SIG
on 03-23-2009 |
Kent Phillips |
| Notes Taken At Meeting |
Digital
Imaging SIG
on 03-23-2009 |
Liz Orban |
| Information
about solar
position calculation, a graph of solar
position for Tucson, and instructions for
its use for improving your photographs |
Digital
Imaging SIG
on 03-23-2009 |
Carter
Harrison |
| Notes Taken At Meeting |
Linux SIG
on 03-22-2009 |
Liz Orban |
| Microsoft's Virtual
Earth 3D (Beta) and Street
and Trips 2009 are great ways to add mapping and GPS
functions to your computer |
General
Meeting
on 03-16-2009 |
Rick Rolland |
| YouTube
videos of Rick Rolland's presentation about "Virtual Earth 3D
(Beta)" and "Streets & Trips 2009" |
General
Meeting
on 03-16-2009 |
Myron Dungey |
| Members of
computer user groups can buy "Acronis True Image
Home 2009" and "Acronis Disk
Director Suite 10.0" at deep discounts at our online "User Group Store" |
General
Meeting
on 03-16-2009 |
Gene and
Linda Barlow |
Notes Taken At Meeting
Carter Harrison
shows his photos of the Pima Air & Space Museum (jpg)
Attendee Practices
Setting of White Balance (jpg)
|
Digital
Imaging SIG
on 02-23-2009 |
Liz Orban |
| Harry
Elver's Blog contains his no-nonsense advice about computer
and networking issues. It contains information about the "Windows 7
Beta", computer virus infections, and backup strategies including
"Clickfree", "Moxy", and "Acronis". |
Computer
Pros SIG
on 02-20-2009 |
Myron Dungey |
| In January
2009, TCS entered its web site in the Association of Personal Computer
User Groups (APCUG) web site competition. TCS shared 3rd place in with
2 other user groups. There were 20 web sites entered into the
competition. Some details
are available. More details will be available soon |
Computer
Pros SIG
on 02-20-2009 |
Myron Dungey |
The "CoolHotNot" Web
site provides you a chance to participate in meaningful evaluations of
computers and other electronic equipment.
"Home muvees"
software provides you with a low-cost, easy-to-use way to create and
edit home videos. |
General
Meeting
on 02-16-2009 |
Dave Whittle |
| Video clip
of Dave Whittle starting his demonstration of "muvee Reveal"
software. |
General
Meeting
on 02-16-2009 |
Liz Orban |
| Corel's "Wordperfect
Office X4" software suite is a "best of breed" office suite
that includes "Wordperfect X4" for word processing, "Quattro Pro X4"
for spreadsheets, "Presentations X4" for slide shows, and "Paradox" for
database management. |
General
Meeting
on 02-16-2009 |
Ken Sandock |
Openoffice.org is
a free, open source office suite consisting of a word processor called
"Writer", a spreadsheet called "Calc", a presentation application
called "Impress", and a database system called "Base".
"Writer"can open, create, and modify *.doc and *.docx files.
"Calc" can open, create, and modify *.xls and *.xlsx files.
"Impress" can open, create, and modify *.ppt and *.pptx files.
|
General
Meeting
on 02-16-2009 |
Ken Sandock |
We have a
very positive initial impression of the
"Windows
7 beta". It runs well in "netbook" laptops and other low-end
computers that Windows Vista is unable to install into. The download is
no longer available but you can still get up to 5 product keys at
Microsoft's Web site. |
Windows/Hardware
SIG
on 02-04-2009 |
Harry Elver |
| "ClickFree" can be
used to perform automated backups of your computer's data files. Their
system does not load any software onto the hard drive of your computer. |
Windows/Hardware
SIG
on 02-04-2009 |
Harry Elver |
"Synchromat","GoodSync", and "ViceVersa" are three
additional ways to perform automated backups of your computer's data
files.
"Synchromat"
offers a free 30-day fully-functional trial of their software.
"GoodSync"
offers a free reduced-capability version of their software, which is
adequate for many computer users.
"ViceVersa"
offers a free 30-day fully-functional trial of their software. |
Windows/Hardware
SIG
on 02-04-2009 |
Myron Dungey |
| You can use "Helicon
Focus" and "Helicon
Filter" software to merge multiple photographs into an
improved one. |
Digital
Imaging SIG
on 01-26-2009 |
Steve Dell
and
Carter Harrison |
| eWeek
article about Ubuntu |
Linux SIG
on 01-25-2009 |
Paul Scott |
You can use
a Sidux Live CD to
run the GParted
("gee" "part" "ed") hard drive utility to repair or modify the hard
drives on any Linux or Windows computer.
The "Distrowatch"
Web site provides hyperlinks and general information about the more
popular distributions of Linux. |
Linux SIG
on 01-25-2009 |
Dennis
McCormick |
