Windows Special Interest Group
| Meeting Information Index | ||
| September 16, 2010 | October 21, 2010 | November 18, 2010 |
| January 20, 2011 | February 17, 2011 | March 17 2011 |
| April 21, 2011 | May 19 2011 | June 16 2011 |
| June 16, 2011 | |
| Program | The meeting has been CANCELLED. |
| Meeting report | No Report |
| May 19, 2011 | |
| Program | TBA |
| Meeting report | TBA |
| April 21, 2011 | |
| Program |
Dick Carpani will start off the meeting
demonstrating Total Commander, a Windows Explorer substitute which
can do so much more. Then Pierre will talk about his favourite Windows tips. Members will be encouraged to share their tips also. The last half of the meeting will be devoted to a computer Q and A. I hope to see you there. Pierre. |
| Meeting report |
Pierre started the Windows SIG meeting with a talk on basic windows and computer tips based on several websites. Members added their own tips which made the meeting more enjoyable and informative. For links to these webpages, please refer to the SCUG website under Windows SIG notes. Paul Witheridge was asked to talk about "Total Commander" which is a very powerful Windows file manager. Thanks Paul for stepping in at the last minute! TC is shareware and the link to the program is on the club site. The meeting was not well attended with only about twelve members showing up. Computer Tricks: http://thecomputertricks.com/ Best sites for Windows Tips and Tweaks: http://www.techsupportalert.com/best_tips_and_tricks.htm Speeding up XP: http://www.xptricks.net/windows/xp/2010/05/how-to-speed-up-your-windows-xp/ Win XP tips: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2308037,00.asp Computer Tips Windows 7: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9140414/Windows_7_tricks_20_top_tips_and_tweaks More Win 7 tips: http://gnoted.com/70-fantastic-windows-7-tips-tricks-for-better-functionality/ Total Commander: http://www.ghisler.com/ Link to Keepass password safe: http://keepass.info/ |
| Thursday March 17, 2011 | |
| Program |
Meeting cancelled - Construction at the Y
Dick Carpani will give a brief demonstration of his favorite backup program. Other topics will be discussed (yet to be determined). A computer Q and A will follow. |
| Meeting report | No report - no meeting. |
| February 17, 2011 | |
| Program |
We will continue with Backups. Pierre will demonstrate his favorite backup program, DriveImage XML, along with online storage sites, ADrive and Google. The second half of the meeting will be devoted to a computer Q and A. |
| Meeting report |
At this month's Windows SIG, Pierre continued his talk on Backups by demonstrating Drive Image XML, a free backup program. DiXML was found to have some drawbacks: Only the whole drive can be backed up, no incremental backup, the backup file is not self extracting. However, the program can extract single or multiple files from a backup. There was much discussion about backups and what would constitute a good backup program. There was some discussion about backing up and restoring email messages.
Refer to the links: http://www.runtime.org/driveimage-xml.htm http://liveunplugged.wordpress.com/2008/03/15/how-to-backup-windows-live-mail-accounts-contacts-and-messages/ http://www.mailnavigator.com/outlook-express-dbx-backup.html |
| January 20, 2011 | |
| Program | Backups. Something everyone should do! |
| Meeting report | After the meeting |
| November 18, 2010 | |
| Program |
The topics will be: 1) How to speed up your computer, and 2) Q and A. |
| Meeting report |
About 30 members were in attendance at last week's Windows SIG. Pierre led the group with a talk on "Speeding Up Your Computer". Pierre went through various tweaks to improve performance on various Windows platforms. There were a few tips on hardware also. Please visit the club website for links to the articles mentioned at the meeting. A few of the tips were: turning off Indexing, turning off startup programs, turning off window animations. A suite of programs by Sysinternals was mentioned, in particular "Autoruns" which shows all running processes in Windows. A link to these can be found below. There was a brief Q and A at end of the meeting. Some questions were even answered! The next Windows SIG will be in January because of Christmas: Thursday, January 20th, 7:00 PM at the ALC. The topic will be Backups. Something everyone should do! Tips for Windows XP: http://www.connectedinternet.co.uk/2005/12/03/10-simple-ways-to-speed-up-windows-xp/ Tips for Windows Vista: http://www.connectedinternet.co.uk/2007/10/19/10-simple-ways-to-speed-up-windows-vista/ Tips for Windows 7: http://www.connectedinternet.co.uk/2009/07/07/10-simple-ways-to-speed-up-windows-7/ Sysinternals programs. Autoruns appears on the left side menu. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/default.aspx Pierre |
| Thursday October 21, 2010 | |
| Program | 1) How to use Google 2) a general computer Q and A |
| Meeting report |
Pierre started the October Windows SIG by talking about effective Google search techniques (Links to these tips can be found on the website). Members suggested different search ideas which were explored. In the second half of the meeting, there was a computer Q and A with interesting questions and even a few answers! A good meeting with member participation. The next Windows SIG will be Thursday, November 18th, 7:00 PM at the ALC. The topics will be: 1) to be announced and 2) Q and A. http://www.google.com/support/websearch/bin/answer.py?answer=136861 http://google.about.com/od/searchingtheweb/ss/useefectivesbs.htm |
| Thursday September 16, 2010 | |
| Program | This month's Windows SIG will be a bit different! The time will be split between Linux, with Dave Bartlett, Windows with Pierre. At the Windows meeting Pierre had planned to ask for ideas for future meetings and then have a general Q and A session. Everyone interested in Linux should be sure to attend this Windows meeting. We will be taking a poll at the end of the Linux session to deteremine viability of starting a new Linux SIG. |
| Meeting report | A small gathering was entertained by Dave Bartlet and Pierre Houle. Dave gave an excellent talk about Linux with the purpose of generating interest for a Linux SIG. I believe that he was successful. Pierre finished the meeting with a general Windows Q and A as well as ideas for future Windows meetings. |