Maureen opened the meeting at 1:15 pm and welcomed two new members. She noted the $2.00 drop in fee which goes to the Seniors Centre and the $5:00 annual fee to the Club for new and returning members.
Announcements
Christmas Party – Next week December 10th beginning at 1:00 pm in the Audio Visual Room.
There is a sign-up sheet on the table at the front
Chris Lee – Maureen announced the death of Chris, a former member of the Computer Club, on November 27th
Photoshop Elements – Cathy has an unused copy of PS Elements for sale - $30.00 (or best offer)
Questions and Answers
Being the first Wednesday in the month and the question and answer meeting, Maureen introduced our moderator, Carl Taylor and asked if there were any more written questions to be submitted and said questions can be asked from the floor later.
A range of questions and answers were addressed on topics including:
- extracting single frame shots from videos
- techniques for copying DVDs using Windows utilities/Roxio/imgburn etc
- Clearing cookies from your computer
- Identifying ‘good’ and ‘bad’ cookies
- Security issues and good practice to protect your information
- Logging out from banking site after use
- Managing e-mails – POP Peeper a software package to notify of e-mails
- Use of CCleaner – a system optimization, privacy and cleaning tool.
- Passwords – care and feeding
- use of RoboForm (roboform.com) to manage passwords and security questions
- Anti-virus software – Options and alternatives for ‘free’ and ‘fee based’ software
- AVG antivirus software
- Avast antivirus software
- Panda antivirus software
- Threats from a pop-up malware – Antivirus 2009 (delete using Alt F4)
- Open Office – opportunities for using this ‘free’ software and compatibility with MS Office
Carl was thanked for his guidance and advice in answering member’s questions and concerns and the meeting closed at about 3:05pm
Next Meeting
Christmas Party – Wednesday December 10th at 1:00pm in the Audio/Video Room
Peter Thompson
