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Would you like to be in Las Vegas in January?

You are invited to the Annual Conference:  Jan. 3 - 6, 2008

KIPCUG is a member of APCUG, Association of PC User Groups, the International Association that provides support, training, and information for user groups. Each year you, as a member of KIPCUG, are invited. Your costs are the registration fee, transportation and hotel cost. Most, or all, of your meals are covered by the vendors. Note: If you register before 11/1/07, you save $50.

Links:  The APCUG Convention Information   
            The Consumer Electronics Show (Separate Registration)

If you are interested please contact Bill Buzan or John Henderson  We can put you in touch will previous attendees, past APCUG Officers, perhaps a "roommate" to share hotel costs, coordinate your trip with other KIPCUG Members or general information. The rooms will sell out; the airline tickets will go up; the registration fee will rise as the convention approaches.

Reminder:  Corel's Users Group Offer!

Don't forget that Corel Corporation has offered PC users group members a 40% discount which you can find logging onto the Members Only page.  Then, go to www.Corel.com/estore and enter it in the promo code box.   If you are not a member, the savings alone could pay for your annual membership!

 

  “The Network is the Computer”

Please join our presenter, Jeff Harvey, Business Consultant from CBTS, who will discuss the virtual desktop infrastructure developed by Sun, that will change the way many networks operate.  All the applications and data will be stored on a central server. The user can log in from anywhere and their PC, Laptop, or mobile device will instantly perform as if the central server was their hard drive. The server will be more secure. Since all data and applications are not on the local hard drive, any compromise of a local device does not compromise the data. The local device runs quicker, lasts longer, and will be less expensive to purchase. Whether you run many applications with a large amount of data, or are an average user running many devices, Sun’s virtual desktop reduces the maintenance, upgrading and operational costs associated with most PC environments.

Come and bring a friend ...
 just forward this email with a personal invitation from you!

Take a peak at what we have in store for the upcoming meetings.  We hope to see you out there.

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We have 7 Special Interest Groups meeting in the next 2 weeks. Please check out our SIG calendar for directions and times. If you have any questions or would like to see us host a new or different SIG, please contact Charley May at sig@win.net

Highlights of upcoming SIG meetings :

Access Basics SIG:  11/10/2007  - "Normalization" - Alan Birch

This does not require removal of hair dye, piercings or wild clothing. Normalization is how you decide what data goes in which table in Access. If done right, this significantly reduces entering duplicate information. It can also reduce the chance of entering the wrong information, and make it easier to put data in.

It is common sense more than anything else, but it does require a little thought. Doing this before you start building your tables can save a lot of pain later. It is sort of like figuring out a route on a map. If you know where you’re going, you’ll get there.

SIG Leaders - Post highlights of your upcoming meetings or highlights of past meetings here.  Please contact the editor.

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By Ira Wilsker iwilsker@apcug.net 
Obtained from author with the author's permission for publication by APCUG member groups.

Imagine a free (for non-commercial use), full featured utility that can display and edit almost all known image formats, and convert from any one format to any other.  Imagine a utility that can play almost every known audio and video format with its free “Plugins” file, all in a small and very efficient software package.  Some skeptics may say that this sounds too good to be true, but lucky for us, it is indeed true.  The program that can do all of the above, and more is the very popular Irfanview, version 4.0 (www.irfanview.com), written by a Bosnian named Irfan Skiljan... more

By Elizabeth B. Wright, a member of the Computer Club of Oklahoma City; www.ccokc.org ; email: wright599new(at)sbcglobal.net  

Obtained from author with the author's permission for publication by APCUG member groups.

Have you accessed the WindowsXP “Restore” option to reset your computer to an earlier time? We often need to do this when things go haywire after installing some new software. Fiddling around with old programs or offbeat wares can sometimes land you in hot water operating wise. I found myself in just such a mess not long ago. Fortunately I had made a restore point prior to installing the renegade software, so I was able to use it to get things back to normal. Well, almost... more

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Too Bad That doesn't include adding memory chips!

Special thanks to Brookdale Computer Users Group, Lincroft New Jersey (www.bcug.com).

     The Kentucky-Indiana Personal Computer User's Group, from its beginning in the spring of 1983, has grown into a dynamic non-profit corporation, focused on educating and encouraging newcomers to computing as well as sharing technical information.

     KIPCUG is viewed as one of the leading groups in the nation by industry giants such as  Microsoft, Novell, IBM, and others. KIPCUG is a charter member of APCUG, the Association of Personal Computer User Groups, linking us with similar groups all over the United States.

Radio Tech Talk

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Special thanks to our recent Presenters:

October Presenter - Bill Carner, of the University of Louisville Photographic Archives  Department

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September Presenter - Evelyn Watts of the Corel Corporation