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Just a reminder that KIPCUG's January General Meeting will be held on January 8, 2008. 

We are also pleased to present a new meeting format, allowing for better networking among members and guests.   Here is a look at the new agenda:

 

Start Time	Topic
6:15 pm	Doors Open
6:30 pm	Networking: SIGs - located at the back tables User-To-User Forum - located at the back table with one or more of our in-house experts Newsletter - sign-up or feedback Converse with fellow members
7:00 pm	Introduction & Announcements Back-to-Basics User-to-User
7:30 pm	Main Presentation
8:30 pm	Question & Answer
8:40 pm	Prize Drawings
9:00 pm	PIG SIG (December's was held at Fridays, all are welcome)

Please come early to mingle, enjoy the refreshments sponsored by the church, listen to our presenters, and don't forget about the membership drawing and raffles - the winner could be you! And don't forget to join us afterwards at the PIG SIG, for good food and good conversation.

 

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

Membership Drawing

Just a reminder to all that there was no winner for our membership drawing at the December meeting.  Thus, the prize is now up to $50.  To be eligible, a member must be a paid-up member, who is present at the time of the drawing.  We look forward to you being with us, and good luck... this could be a great way to kick off the New Year for you!

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Listed below is a glance at the upcoming SIG's in January. 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 :

NEW Security SIG:  1/07/2008 - Get your computer cleaned up and guarded! Discussion on relative merits of various malware and virus programs available to us. First meeting was in December, 2007.

Windows OS SIG:  1/11/2008 - Starting up again.  Please contact Bob Rose at britdude(at)techemail.com if interested in attending.

Acces Basic SIG - 1/12/2008  - Creating Reports and Mailing Labels
Reports are the way to convert data to information. For example the data could be a list of names of the people running the Derby Half-Marathon and the time they finished. It is probably sorted by the number on the tag that they wore. If you want to find out how you or your friend did, a printout of that list doesn’t help much unless you have the tag number.  With a query and a report this raw data can be converted to a list sorted by last name with the calculated time elapsed for the race and what place the person got. Now it is useful information.

Learn to create a report and also create and print mailing labels from a membership database.
 

C'MON SIG LEADERS

Here's your opportunity to help us help you promote your SIG meetings.  Post announcements of upcoming topics.  Highlight and recap past meetings here.  Send your submissions to Sue Foulks, editor.

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By Lou Torraca, President MOAA Computer User Group, HI
www.the-tug.org
Af06hi(at)gmail.com

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

Last week, I was explaining to a friend that I am a quick launch toolbar afficionado {:-)

What the heck is that he asked. I said I was just referring to the fact I use it instead of the desktop to keep all my shortcuts, actually, lots of shortcuts, at least on my main PC. As we continued to talk about this I found myself explaining a lot of stuff I have done with my PCs and notebook in the past 6 or 8 years! An obvious question came up: “where do you come up with these things?” At that point I explained I call these “things…tweaks” and they come from dozens and dozens of places including many newsletters, also some regular blogs, newspapers, radio shows, other PC users I talk with and of course, the real biggie, MICROSOFT! Yup, their knowledge base contains millions of tips, solutions and you guessed it…TWEAKS! Our conversation ended with a suggestion that I put some “tweaks” in my column, so what follows are some that I like. But first, a reminder, whenever you decide to play, experiment, alter, or as I say, “tweak” an otherwise functioning computer, either do a backup first, or at least, set a restore point you can return to if what you do doesn’t work out for you. If you don’t know how to do that, click on start and then help and support and then choose index and type in system restore..... more

by Neil Stahfest, Shareware Librarian, Tacoma Area PC User Group, WA
www.tapcug.org
ncstahfest(at)msn.com
Obtained from author with the author's permission for publication by APCUG member groups.

[Note from Editor:  This article is a continuation of the article, "Moving On to Vista" which appeared in the November 30, 2007 e-Newsletter.]

One of the most irritating things about Windows Vista is the repetitious messages that appear whenever you attempt to install a new program. First you see a box with that asks, “Are you sure you want to run this program?” Once you get past this point, you see another box which says, “Unidentified program wants access to your computer”, “Allow” or “Cancel”. In some cases, once the program is installed, every time you attempt to run it you see a warning, “A program needs your permission to continue”... more

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

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     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.

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Special thanks to our recent Presenters:

December Presenter - Randy and Jeremy from Computers Plus, Hurstborne Lane

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November Presenter - Jeff Harvey from CBTS for