| There
were 46 members attending this meeting. Hopefully
we will continue to a full house with new members. Bring your friends!
While surfing the internet this writer
came upon a web site ‘for seniors’: www.seniornet.org. This could possiblybe
of help to new computer users. There
is a free on-line tutorial plus more information.
Name |
Q&A |
Details |
OS |
| Wally Blouin |
Q |
Wally requested information on Zip Files for pictures. |
All |
| Bernie |
A |
>ZipGenius is the file
compression suite you were searching for: it is free and easy
to use, plus it supports more than 20 formats of compressed archives,
including RAR, ARJ, ACE, CAB, SQX, OpenOffice.org documents and
the excellent 7-zip. ZipGenius now can precompress executable
files going to be added to a ZIP archive through the UPX compressor:
www.zipgenius.it/index_eng.htm.
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| M.I.G.S. |
Q |
A member was not able to use printer. Received
a message that there was not a printer attached. |
All |
| Bob Young 2 & Sturg |
A |
We suggest to uninstall then reinstall. Also
to check USB cable connected to proper port and that there was not
damage to either. Also a web site to ‘fix your own printer’ may
help, go to www.fixyourownprinter.com/forums/inkjet/. |
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A member claimed he was
not able to complete a defrag. It was suggested to uninstall Zone Alarm, and screen savers.
Defrag then reinstall Zone Alarm.
It seems that Hot Mail blocks the opening of Langa List
The following site should explain why this is happening. See
(http://www.langa.com/about_site.htm). It
is advised not to use Hot Mail or AOL.
A member claims that with Zone Alarm his computer is getting much slower. It
was suggested that he do a complete clean up then reinstall Zone Alarm.
There apparently are a lot of free fire walls available such as Sygate Personal
Firewall or Kerio Personal Firewall.
It was announced with
sadness that the member Bill Hillman had
passed away. There will be a
celebration of his life at the Moose Hall Saturday, October 15TH.
Interlude
Question: What is a Service Pack
Definations of Service Pack on the web:
- A software patch that is applied
to an installed application. It is either downloaded from the vendor’s
website or distributed via Compact Disk-Read Only Memory (CD-ROM).
When executed, it modifies the application in place. See
www.labcompliance.com/glossary/r-t-glossary.htm.
- A Service Pack (more
commonly, SP) is a software program that corrects known bugs, problems,
or adds new features. Companies that produce large applications such
as Microsoft and their Windows NT-based operating systems typically
release a service pack when the number of individual patches to the
application becomes too large. Service Packs are easier to install
than groups of patches, especially with multiple computers that need
to be updated over a network. See
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Service_pack.
- Related phrases:
windows xp service pack 2.
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