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The Wonderful Oz Returns for a Reprise of his Always Enthralling Computer Tricks & Tips you can actually use!
Oz Rugless has provided many fun-filled, informational, and useful presentations to CFCS members before, and he plans on doing that again.
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He'll pique your interest with a pot-pourri of ideas, one of which is sure to be just what you were looking for, including:
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Freeware and shareware you can use, today, that you never knew existed.
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Where to find answers when you're stumped with a computing problem.
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How to automate routine computing tasks.
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Programming tips for the experienced pro-grammer and for the newbie.
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Lots more.
Be there. You'll walk away smiling, with a pocketful of new ideas you can use right away.
P.S. Oz has flown around the world to do this presentation for Microsoft. It’s free at our July Meeting ! |
Hewie Poplock leads this group with information about using the Windows Operating System. This includes all versions of Windows ,including XP, Vista and Win7.
Bring your questions about Windows or any computer questions to be fielded by a room full of computer enthusiasts. The questions will be answered during the Windows SIG or during the "Askit Baskit" portion of the main meeting.
Meeting Notes and Recordings.
Windows SIG Meeting June 19 - Links can be found at http://bit.ly/imW8o0
CFCS Main Meeting June 19 Presentation - Links and PowerPoint can be found at http://mark.schulmans.com and click on "Presentations" |
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CONFERENCES

2013 FACUG Technology Conference
Details on website
by Stan Wallner,
President Emeritus, CFCS
This a separate, continuing monthly column. Check here regularly for updates and new
infor. This a MOST important issue regarding our environment; and can't be over-
emphasized! It is changing frequently, so keep
reading! If you just have one or two items for any
of the following places, contact me. If I know well
in advance, I may agree to have you can bring them
to a meeting (especially out-of-towners, and I'll take
them from there. I DO need to know in advance so
there aren't too many items on any one day. AND, I
do plan do do less of this now that there are more options.
Southeastern Data, at 142 Park Road in
Oviedo, FL 32765 (Off Alafaya Trail, just north
of E. McCulloch Road); phone 407-971-4654
They've been very helpful in allowing CFCS
members to drop off most recyclables with no
service charge for quite some time; greatly
appreciated! (There ARE places that do have
fees to recycle all items - I am not going to include
them in this column) Offers free recycling to CFCS
members with the exception of CRT monitors, terminals,
and some TVs. CRTs and terminals are $3.00 each.
TVs need to be evaluated, but most are free. It is best
to call before you take items there to be sure you don't
arrive at a bad time, Also, do let them know you are
involved with CFCS. Southeastern Data is also a great
place to pick up parts and accessories, and they accept
trade ins against purchases. In some cases they will
even outright purchase your components. Their hours
are 8:00 am til 5:00 pm, Monday thru Friday, with other
hours available by appointment.
Goodwill
I was just told they have recently changed their policy,
and WILL now accept WORKING Monitors, Printers,
Scanners, PC's, DVD or CD or Hcrd Drives at all of
their locations, including the manned Trucks around
town.
Salvation Army
Not sure; contacting them; stay tuned.
Vietnam Vets
Not sure; contacting them; stay tuned.
Best Buy Stores
New to us! All local stores; no need to contact them first. All
items listed above; all at NO CHARGE, limited to
three items per visit.
The only exceptions here are
CRT Monitors or TV's.
First, there is a maximum
size of 32", and there will be a fee of $10.00 each.
However, they do immediately return the $10.00 to
you in the form of a Cash Card!
You can go to www.bestbuy.com/recycling for more info, or
'CALL - we're available 24/7' at
1-888-BEST BUY (1-888-237-8289)!
Earth911 is an accurate and comprehensive directory containing information for recycling over 240
different products that are free for consumers.
There are over 127,000 locations and programs
that people can search to find local recycling and
disposal resources. Thanks to Mike Ungerman
and Hewie Poplock for sending this to me - includes County Waste Collection places, AND, Staples; HOWEVER, what is NOT mentioned on this site is that Staples CHARGES $10 EACH for any PC, Printer, Scanner, Monitor (CRT OR LCD), even Hard Drive! Only small items, like mice & KB's are free! So, I'd say 'Buyer Beware' Applies! Call or Go First, as I did. However, there are many, many other listings, sorted by ZIP - VERY thorough, so it is worth a look!
We will be adding to this list. There are additional places, and we want as many listed here as
possible for our members’ convenience! If you
have suggestions or comments, send an email to presidentemeritus@cfcs.org.

Folding at Home distributed computing project -- people from throughout the world download and run software to band together to make one of the largest supercomputers in the world. The goal: to understand protein folding, misfolding, and related diseases.
CFCS is participating in this worthwhile project that uses the spare computer cycles of your computer when it's not doing anything as a member of the "super computer" team. Learn more about it at http://folding.stanford.edu.
If you decide to download and install the client, join our team to give CFCS credit for the work your computer accomplishes by entering in team number 70013.
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Hewie's Views and Reviews.
Each month Hewie Poplock writes for the CFCS Newsletter.
This is the link to his website where you can read his latest Edition.
You can follow Hewie on Twitter |
The solution to this disaster is to regularly backup your computer's hard drive. This is the most important thing that every computer user should do to protect their system and files. With a good backup, you can restore your hard drive to the way it was before the crash. You will have your computer running again in a matter of minutes. Your important data files are safe from being lost. What a difference having a backup makes when your hard drive crashes on you.
Running backups is not that difficult using the latest technology and following the right backup approach. Our presenter this month will show you a quick and simple backup process that is also the most effective. He has years of experience in this topic and will show you his Perfect Backup Approach that is used by thousands of users around the world. With it, you can also easily get a good backup system running on your computer or greatly improve the way you are currently backing up your system. This is perhaps the most important computer presentation you will hear this year, so don't miss it.
Gene Barlow has been a presenter in the user group community for over 25 years. He spent his career with IBM in various technical and managerial positions. Back in the 80's when IBM first introduced the PC, Gene and a small handful of others establish the IBM PC User Group program. He spent the last 15 years of his career with IBM working with user groups all over the world, supporting this effort from every aspect. Gene has since retired, started his own consulting business called User Group Relations, and now lives in beautiful southern Utah, close to Zion's National Park. His presentations are interesting and easy to understand. So, don't be left out, be at the meeting this month for some important information.
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