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Presentation Information
January 2010
Steering Committee & General Meetings: Westside: - Tuesday, January 19 - Steering Committee, 6:00 pm - Q & A, 6:30 pm - Instant Webpages - Why Backup? - Maps and directions Eastside: - Wednesday, January 20 - Q & A, 6:30 pm - Instant Webpages - Why Backup? - Maps and directions Fountain Hills: - Thursday, January 21 - Q & A, 6:30 pm - Instant Webpages - Why Backup? - Maps and directions SIGs (Special Interest Groups): All SIGs are on hiatus |
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Your Input is Needed
Links
Which links would you like to see? These could be links from the newsletter, links mentioned in meetings, or any links you find interesting or would like more information about.
Topics
What topics would you like to see presented in future meetings? These could be topics we have mentioned or topics you have read about or any topics that come to mind.
Questions
Do you have questions to discuss at the meetings or on the phone?
TipJar
All your links, topics, questions, tips, and other input are appreciated. Drop them in the Tip Jar:
Thank You
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Tip
"free apps you can’t do without"
(PC Magazine – Summer 2007)
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File Shredder
Overwrites a file up to 15 times to “shred” it
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Hijack This
A spyware method finder. Creates a log file of all processes. Useful to check for rogue apps running. Use this only if you know how.
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Blacklight
Malware/rootkit finder - use this in addition to others
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Belarc Advisor
Comprehensive list of everything on your machine. Also shows Install IDs for Windows and Office.
Tip by Marion Smith
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services.msc
For a list of Windows services and associate programs, click Start, Run, and enter services.msc For more information about a service, or services.msc itself, search in Google (Editing services can be dangerous)
Tip by Barry Rose
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Comodo
Having switched to Comodo Internet Security (see the August 2009 newsletter), I uninstalled AVG 8.5, as it is not good to run more than one virus scanner at a time, and found my computer boots in seconds instead of minutes, and seems to open programs faster
Tip by Barry Rose
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Clips
Google Data Center
Inside a Google Data Center YouTube Video Google's Web Servers, Revealed YouTube Video |
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Clix
ATM Skimming
and PIN Capturing How to Spot ATM Skimming and PIN Capturing Devices Lauren Bernat article ATM Card Skimming and PIN Capturing Awareness Guide Commonwealth Bank PDF |
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Cookies
What are cookies? Are they good or bad or both? Should I enable or block them? How can I control cookies? Tip by Kim Komando |
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Tip Jar
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Got a tip?
Tips, Tricks, Quips, Clips, Pix, Clix? WebTour Links, Meeting Topics? Questions? Answers? Drop them all in the Tip Jar TipJar@PhoenixPCUG.org |
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