Past Meeting Topics
PCBUG meets on the 3rd Thursday of each month at 5:00pm
Naples Branch Library
650 Central Ave
Naples, Fl
Visitors welcome.
Minutes of the December 2009 Monthly Meeting PDF
Highlights of the PCBUG November 2009 Monthly Membership Meeting
President Bill Grieve opened the meeting by welcoming everyone. There were several guests and new members. The attendance at today's meeting was 57.
Charles Doebler, Chairman of the PCBUG Genealogy SIG, invited everyone to the next
monthly meeting on November 24th. Jeff Biluea from the Naples FreeNet's DPI SIG (Digital Photo Imaging) will present "Making your own family history slide show".
Charles, speaking as Chairman of the Nominating Committee, introduced the current PCBUG board members and stated what positions are up for renewal beginning next year and encouraged club members to volunteer or to nominate candidates to serve on the Board of Directors beginning January 1, 2010. Send e-mail to cdoebler@comcast.net.
Today's feature program was a presentation by Don Beach, PCBUG Webmaster and also a Microsoft Partner. Don gave an extensive overview of Microsoft's new operating system Windows 7, which was released on October 22nd. He discussed many of the new features and capabilities as well as comparing major improvements over the previous Vista operating system. Don also noted that because of the many enhancements in Windows 7 he will likely present new segments at upcoming monthly meetings in 2010.
Highlights of the October 2009 Monthly Membership Meeting
Vice President/Program Director Bob Graham opened the meeting by welcoming everyone and recognizing the guests and new members.
Charles Doebler, Chairman of the Genealogy SIG, invited everyone to the next
monthly meeting on October 27th. The program will include discussions on researching genealogy.
Today our speaker was Mr. Hank Ventry, a popular instructor with the Collier County Adult Education program. The topics of his presentation were Microsoft Word (word processing) and Microsoft Excel (spreadsheets). He demonstrated not only many of the basic features of both applications but also many tips and shortcuts. Basic formatting techniques for Word were included as well as Mail Merge using a data table from Excel. Frequent use of the mouse prompted him to demonstrate certain functions such as click (left click is understood unless specified otherwise), the difference between a double-click and two clicks. For the right click button, he demonstrated the common functions and the use of triple-click, a feature unknown to most computer users.
Mr. Ventry provided copies of the current catalog of Adult and Community Education current schedule of classes. Visit www.collieradulted.com for further information. Also available at this meeting were catalogs of the Collier County Public Library adult programs. Many free classes are offered on a variety of topics including computer related subjects. Visit www.colliergov.net/library for more detail.
Highlights of the September 2009 Monthly Membership Meeting
Vice President and Program Director Bob Graham opened the meeting by welcoming
everyone present including new members and guests.
Charles Doebler, Chairman of the Genealogy SIG, invited everyone to the next
monthly meeting on September 22nd. The program will include discussions on the
top ten genealogy websites and a blog presentation by Harry Hanbury.
The key event of today’s meeting was a presentation by Harry on Google’s blog
creation software program BLOGGER. By creating a test blog for PCBUG, he
showed how easy it is for anyone to create one. Visit http://pcbtest1.blogspot.com
Harry gave an overview of a blog that he created during his recent vacation, and
demonstrated entering postings, adding photos, updating, editing and other maintenance procedures. Visit http://harryandtheresa.blogspot.com
During the “Ask the Experts” session several attendees presented problems and questions. Experts Don Beach and Harry Hanbury and others provided solutions and suggestions.
Highlights of the Thursday Aug 20, 2009 Monthly Membership Meeting
Windows 7 Sneek Peek, Microsoft Security Essentials Beta, SyncToy and other Tech Wonders
Windows 7 - The upcoming Windows Operating System release due out on Oct 22, 2007.
Microsoft Security Essentials is Microsoft's free anti-malware program, currently in Beta release.
SyncToy is one of Microsoft's PowerToys series that synchronizes files and folders.
Presented by Don Beach
NFN and Social Networking Presentation by Birgit Pauli-Haack - July 2009
April 16th Meeting of PCBUG, by Jack Strom
1. CrossLoop -
A program which will permit two individuals to access each other’s computers. Great for those times when you are asked to solve a computer problem and can’t be there in person.
http://www.crossloop.com/
2.Google Earth -
A geographical mapping program which allows you to fly anywhere on earth to view satellite imagery, maps, terrain, 3D buildings, from galaxies in outer space to the canyons of the oceans. http://earth.google.com/
3.Secunia Personal Inspector -
A must for every computer user. Scans your computer looking for insecure and out of date software, missing Microsoft updates and provides easy access for correction of the problems. http://secunia,com/vulnerability_scanning/personal/
4.Belarc Advisor -
Creates a profile of your computer with both hardware and software. http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html
5.MalwareBytes (MBAM) -
A great program for finding and eradicating malware. http://malwarebytes.org -
And click on the CNET on the side of the web page.
Ritz Camera Club Presentation - February 2009
ritz1.pdf
ritz2.pdf
What is PCBUG?
PCBUG is the official acronym for the PC Business User Group of Naples,
the organization for users of "Industry Standard" (read: IBM Compatible")
Personal Computers. PCBUG has over 300 members with a wide range of
Professions, Businesses, Ages, Interests and computer experience. (We try
to accommodate the interests and needs of the "Expert" as well as those of
the "Novice.")
Genealogy Web Sites
April 16th Meeting of PCBUG, by Jack Strom
1. CrossLoop -
A program which will permit two individuals to access each other’s computers. Great for those times when you are asked to solve a computer problem and can’t be there in person.
http://www.crossloop.com/
2.Google Earth -
A geographical mapping program which allows you to fly anywhere on earth to view satellite imagery, maps, terrain, 3D buildings, from galaxies in outer space to the canyons of the oceans. http://earth.google.com/
3.Secunia Personal Inspector -
A must for every computer user. Scans your computer looking for insecure and out of date software, missing Microsoft updates and provides easy access for correction of the problems. http://secunia,com/vulnerability_scanning/personal/
4.Belarc Advisor -
Creates a profile of your computer with both hardware and software. http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html
5.MalwareBytes (MBAM) -
A great program for finding and eradicating malware. http://malwarebytes.org -
And click on the CNET on the side of the web page.
Ritz Camera Club Presentation - February 2009
ritz1.pdf
ritz2.pdf
Download News
This is a great week for new, interesting downloads. Google has
released its first browser "Chrome" which looks very good. They have
also released an update for Picasa. I am appending links below, first,
a "comic book" link describing "Chrome", followed by a download link
and lastly a download link for Picasa.
Google Chrome Comic Book - A fun but surprisingly complete look at the Google Chrome Browser
Google Chrome (BETA) for Windows
Download Picasa 3
Browser Downloads
Firefox 3
Internet Explorer 8
Safari 3.1.2
Opera 9.52
Google Chrome (BETA) for Windows
Meeting Links:
Office Suites Alternatives - Oct 2008
Windows Home Server
Marcus P. Zillman - The Future of the Internet
April 2008 Links
Microsoft Offer of Vista Instruction
Microsoft Accessibility CD Set Materials Available Online
These On-line Videos shows you how to make your
computer more comfortable and easier to use with accessibility settings
and programs.
The free Microsoft Accessibility On-line Videos includes:
Windows Vista
Accessibility Demonstrations and Tutorials On-line Videos featuring a video and
eleven demonstrations of accessibility. See the new Ease of Access
Center, Windows Speech Recognition, and Internet Explorer
7.
Accessibility Resources On-line Videos which features Windows XP accessibility
demos and tutorials, accessibility solutions, tutorials and training,
and resources for businesses. Learn about accessibility in Microsoft
products such as Office and Internet Explorer.
http://www.microsoft.com/enable/cd/online.aspx
OpenOffice.org Free Office Suite
News - Software
OpenOffice.org Office Suite
Free and Available without
registration
Components:
Writer - Word Processor
Impress -
Presentations
Calc - Spreadsheet
Base - Databases
Draw -
Graphics
Math - Equations and Formulae
http://www.openoffice.org/
Secunia Software Inspector
Submitted by jacksaul. News - Software
Many current adverse intrusions into our computers involve add ons to
browsers and other software. Examples are Adobe Acrobat Reader, Apple
Quickime, Macromedia Flash Player, Firefox.The following web site
enables a search of your computer for these add ons and locations for
finding updates for improving security. This tip is Via "Windows
Secrets" the former Fred langa list. Service is free and very
effective.
http://secunia.com/software_inspector/
Available on the same site is a "beta test progam" which I have not
evaluated.
3 D program
Submitted by jacksaul on Tue,
2007-11-13 02:17. News
- Software
Friends in Chicago have gone ape over this Google released program
for 3 D Computer assisted design.
Web site is:
http://www.sketchup.com/
Take a look at it!!
Marcus P. Zillman - The Future of the Internet
April 2008 Links
