If you have an older computer or a computer without an operating system on it you may be a candidate for Ubuntu Linux. Makeuseof.com has made this e-book available free to help you learn more about it and your geekly company at EPCUG (me) recommends it. Click below and have a look: DOWNLOAD Ubuntu: An … Continue reading Ubuntu Linux Beginners Users Guide
How to Upgrade Your Memory
One "guru" I like to watch is Bob Rankin. He's been a geek since before the Internet and has a good online newsletter that includes this very good description of how to upgrade memory. How to Upgrade Your Memory. Have a look!
Finally starting the new year with EPCUG
After missing the last two weeks *I* will be at the cafe tonight. Hope to see many of you again and to find more value (topics) to attract even more folks to join us. -=Larry=-
$30 Shareware program now free
Multi Commander is for Windows what the old Norton Commander was for DOS machines. If you are unfamiliar with "File Managers" this may not be big news for you. But managing the files on your hard disk or periferals of your computer normally require using Windows File Manager. The Multi Commander is possibly more 'intuitive' to … Continue reading $30 Shareware program now free
Stuff Happens: The Backup & Restore Guide
Stuff Happen: Backup and Restore Guide In our last meeting john suggested we discuss again backing up and restoring, something we all mostly ignore,,, to our peril. Today I see one of my favorite websites has made available a free PDF book/guide on just this subject so I suggest you download it and read it. … Continue reading Stuff Happens: The Backup & Restore Guide
Windows 7 Hotkeys
If you use Windows 7 and are not a fan of the mouse knowing these 'Hotkeys' becomes a valuable parts of your computing. A complete guide to Windows 7 keyboard shortcutsThis is an article from Windows Secrets, a mailling I have received for years since Fred Langa joined them. I recommend it and this article … Continue reading Windows 7 Hotkeys
About keeping Windows fast
Makeuseof.com has made some wonderful informative publications for free over the years and they just did it again.Here is a link to an e-Book you can download or read online at Scribd. (We should have a post about Scribd soon.)MakeUseOf.com Windows on SpeedThis is a full search-able book for Windows 7 and XP that list … Continue reading About keeping Windows fast
Facebook Security
We've had discussions at our meetings about Facebook Security in the cafe and how anyone with the Firefox extension Firesheep could access our accounts while using Facebook in the cafe. Now there is news on the Facebook Blog about this:A Continued Commitment to Security (1)Apparently Mark Zuckerborg, Facebook's founder was hacked recently so now the … Continue reading Facebook Security
No EPCUG Meeting this week due to Football Game Conflict
I've been trying to get the Ducks to change the time of their little game but so far I have not heard back from them and it looks like they will be performing right when we should all be meeting.So I guess we'll just have to defer to football arrogance. We'll try again next week … Continue reading No EPCUG Meeting this week due to Football Game Conflict
Windows Secrets
Some of us in this group have been using PCs for decades now and from back in those early years were some writers/geeks who became well known for having great information. Among these was Fred Langa who kept the Langalist for years before he joined the Windows Secrets gang. Personally I have been using them … Continue reading Windows Secrets