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KILANFest v1.0 Wrap Up
by Brian Miller

Hostaroo would like to thank KIPCUG for their sponsorship and support of KILANFest v1.0. We held our first ever LAN Party on October 20th and 21st and it was a great success. We had 30 gamers playing for 30 straight hours. There was approximately $2,000 worth of door prizes given out to the gamers. High volumes of caffeinated drinks were consumed. Everyone had a great time and we have had a lot of interest in the event. That is one reason why we are planning to do it again. We hope you will register and join us for the gaming fun on March 8th and 9th of 2008 at KILANFest v2.0. You can find more information as we get closer to the date on our website at http://www.kilanfest.com. We want to give a special thanks to the KIPCUG members who volunteered to work the snack counter during the KILANFest event.

KIPCUG Networking and Change in General Meeting Time

Beginning in December, the meeting time will be changed to 7:00 pm, with a 6:30 pm start time for networking.  In an effort to encourage the networking portion of the night, there will be SIG tables set up, along with an informal user-to-user forum table, located at the far end by the refreshment stand.  We encourage you to come at 6:30 pm, find your seat, get up and mingle with fellow members and guests, while enjoying some refreshments supplied by the church.  Proceeds from the refreshment sales will be used by the church for the computer area.  Please note that the general meeting time has been moved ahead by 30 minutes to ease the travel congestion encountered by many of our members, but KIPCUG will continue to end the meeting on time.

 

  “The Network is the Computer”

Jeff Harvey, Business Consultant from CBTS, was on hand at our November meeting to present the virtual desktop infrastructure developed by Sun. Jeff referred to this new networking solution as a return to the days of a data center, where all applications and data would be stored on a central server, enhanced by the internet and the newest technology.  Some of the major points covered by this new system (3 systems with a price range from $200 to $800 with a 17" display) included:

• Security
  • No local data
  • No viruses
  • Smart Card enabled; leaves no information on the desktop
• Manageability
  • Plug-n-Play
  • Centrally deployed applications
  • No local install, updates or patches
  • No local OS management
  • No local memory upgrades required
• Reliability
  • Mean time before failure estimated at 200k hours or 22 years
  • Solid state with no moving parts
  • Applications and data centrally managed and backed up
  • No local memory crashes
  • "Green" machine
• Value
  • Up to 70% ROI on desktop solutions
  • Focus IT dollars on new services, not maintenance
  • 3 systems, priced from $200 to $800

Jeff provided us with a customer example of a medical facility in which the doctors go from exam room to exam room, insert their smart cards (which has 2 forms of password encryption) into the terminal, and access the patients records including history.  The doctor can treat the patient, update records, and then afterwards, remove their smart card and go onto the next exam room and next patient, without ever having to log off and on.  There is no information left on the display, nor any means to gain access to the application or data.  Sun's virtual desktop reduces the maintenance, upgrading and operational costs associated with most PC environments.

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Other Meeting Notes:

• John Henderson passed out the Apress Fall Catalog 2007, and made the announcement that KIPCUG members are entitled to a 25% discount.
   
• Please take advantage of this and the other discounts offered to KIPCUG members, including Corel's ongoing offer by visiting the members page.
   
• SIG Director, Charley May, announced that future meetings of the Hardware SIG will be moving to the 3rd Saturday of the month (3:00-5:30pm), while a new SIG, the Security SIG, will be taking over the 1st Monday of the month (6:30pm). Come to the Security SIG to get your computer cleaned up and guarded, as well as to discuss the relative merits of the various malware and virus programs available to the public.
   
• Volunteer Director, Tom McArdle, will have the Fall Utilities CD's ready for the December 2007 meeting.
   
• Special thanks to member Tom Scanlan for donating multiple copies of Ubuntu 32 & 64, and Suse 64 linux-based operating systems as door prizes for our November meeting.

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

December Meeting

Presenter:  Computers Plus                       Randy Smith, Store Manager Topic:  "Gee Santa, I've been really good this year!" Computers Plus will be our presenter at the December 4th general meeting. Randy Smith, the manager for Computers Plus, will talk with KIPCUG about the latest in technology as well as the hot new items available for Christmas this year. Come listen to the experts in their field speak about the technologies you love. Randy will also give information on how Computers Plus can help with your computer service needs. Of course there will be time for a Q&A session after the presentation. Computers Plus has recently opened their third store in the Louisville area. Computers Plus is taking a new approach with retail computer industry and it is obviously hitting the mark with customers. Join us at the December KIPCUG general meeting and hear the genius of technology.

January Meeting Presenter:  To Be Announced                     Topic:  Tax Auditing Software

February Meeting Presenter:  Wayne Perkey ll, Brian Miller Topic:  2008 APCUG and CES Convention Highlights

March Meeting Presenter:  Dave Whittle (tentative presenter) Topic:  To Be Announced

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

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Additional Meeting Information

Meeting Location:  CCUM Assembly Hall, 4614 Brownsboro Rd, KY
                                    Corner of Brownsboro & Blankenbaker

Directions

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We have 7 Special Interest Groups meeting in the next 3 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 Note: NEW Security SIG beginning in December!  Hardware SIG has moved...

Highlights of upcoming SIG meetings :

Access Basics SIG:  12/8/2007  - Tables, Forms and Simple Queries – Finis Gentry

Tables are where data is stored. Forms are used to display information or to enter data. Queries are a way to select and combine data from the tables that you want to display or report. Create a form to enter data in a table. Build a query to select the data to display. Build another form to display the results.

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

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[Note from Editor Sue Foulks:  As I was blessed with the receipt of similar topic articles this month, I thought I would share them all with you.  Special thanks to Judy Taylour for her PUSH Articles.]

Backing Up Your Hard Drive

By Gene Barlow
User Group Relations
Copyrighted January 2002
Revised July 2007
Obtained from author with the author's permission for publication by APCUG member groups.

Your computer hard drive is very important: Your hard drive is the heart of your computer system. It contains your Windows operating system, which is the master control program of your computer. It also contains all of your application programs that help you do productive things with your computer. But, most importantly, it contains all the data files that you create using your application programs. These data files are the most valuable part of your computer and the hardest to replace if something should happen to your hard drive.... more

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Additional Backup Approach Comparisons

By Gene Barlow
User Group Relations
Copyrighted July 2007
Obtained from author with the author's permission for publication by APCUG member groups.

Last month I highlighted four of the most common backup approaches used today and compared them to show you why the Perfect Backup Approach is the best way to do backups. You can read that article titled, Backup Approaches Compared on my web site at www.ugr.com/nl0507b.html . As soon as I sent this article out, I got messages from users asking why I had not included other backup approaches in my article. So, this month, I will add two additional backup approaches and try to explain where they fit in the comparison....more

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Using Imaging Software For Backup

by Brian K. Lewis, Ph.D., Member of the Sarasota Personal Computer Users Group, Inc., FL www.spcug.org email: bwsail(at)yahoo.com
Obtained from APCUG with the author's permission for publication by APCUG member groups.

There are many hard drive backup programs on the market that tell you that they can make an "image" of your hard drive. This allows you to restore your programs and data in case of a hard drive crash. They also will transfer everything on your hard drive to a new drive. Among these backup programs are well-known names such as Symantec Ghost, Acronis True Image, R-Drive Image, Image for Windows, Paragon Drive Backup and a host of free imaging applications. In terms of making a complete backup of your hard drive (operating system, applications and data), they are very successful. However, what happens when your hard drive crashes or you decide you want a new computer? Will these applications solve the problem of restoring your applications and data quickly and easily? Let's look at the generic methods they use for these situations....more

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Vista Backup and Shadow Copy

by Lynn Page, Editor, Crystal River Users Group, Florida
www.crug.com
newsletter(at)crug.com
Obtained from author with the author's permission for publication by APCUG member groups.

Windows Vista helps easily back up computer settings, files, and applications. The new Windows Backup feature provides more choices for storing backed information. You can choose to back up to CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, external hard disk, another internal hard disk, or to another computer or server connected to your network. Automated scheduling allows for backup when and where you choose. Just use a wizard to schedule when and where you want to backup. If a disaster strikes and you need to recover a wizard helps select the files or folders to restore and prompts you for restore media. Then it restores the selected files.... more

The Phenomenon of Facebook-Redefining Social Networking

By Courtney Jewett, a member of the Alamo PC Organization, Texas
www.alamopc.org
Courtney_Jewett(at)baylor.edu
Obtained from author with the author's permission for publication by APCUG member groups.

What do Hillary Clinton, Tony the Tiger, and millions of college students have in common? They all have profiles on the contemporary social network known as Facebook.

As a college student, and avid Facebooker, I intend to share my knowledge and experiences with the site in order to uncover the reasons behind Facebook’s widespread success....more

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The Phenomenon of Facebook- Part II: Facebook and The College Student

By Courtney Jewett, Member of HAL-PC, TX and a Senior English major at Baylor University is pursuing a career in Journalism
www.alamopc.org
Courtney_Jewett(at)baylor.edu
Obtained from author with the author's permission for publication by APCUG member groups.font>

Today’s college student is as familiar with Facebook as they are to types of Starbucks coffee, episodes of Grey’s Anatomy, and the rising cost of their university tuition.

Students, who comprise the majority of Facebookers, are obsessing over the popular social networking site. In order to gain a clearer understanding of how students are utilizing the site, let’s examine the role Facebook plays in the life of the typical college student...more

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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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November Presenter - Jeff Harvey from CBTS for