Category: Software

Should I Remove It? In our meeting we often come accross machines running slow from bloatware and programs installed by other program sneakily and it is hard to know what to remove. Here is a solution even Kim Komando recommends. Something to discuss at the next meeting.    

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

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 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

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

The Windows 7 Guide: From Newbies To ProsThose of you at the meeting this week heard me tell you about an 'E-Book' I found from MakeUseOf.com's website for folks getting used to the new Windows 7. The book can be downloaded for use in a PDF reader but is also available at Scribd.com where you … Continue reading Free Windows 7 Guide

I'd like to recommend folks look at this article on MakeUseof.com7 Top Firewall Programs To Consider For Your Computer’s SecurityWindows built-in firewall is, in my opinion, lame compared to the free programs available to us and this article describes them well. If you don't understand what a firewall is or why you need one or … Continue reading Free Firewall programs

Keyboard shortcuts I know this has come up at meetings. Often when we are using the computer it can be quicker and easier to accomplish something without a mouse. Keyboard shortcuts let us use 'hotkeys' to do navigation and the link above is a page from Mozilla showing the hotkeys available in Firefox for any … Continue reading Firefox keyboard shortcuts

There is news today that Adobe Flash (that plays .swf files from the web) and Adobe Acrobat (which reads PDF files) may make our computers vulnerable to attack. There is no fix at the time of this posting so we should all be aware of the problem and watch for an upgrade to Flash and … Continue reading Adobe reports ‘critical’ flaw in Flash, Acrobat