PRESIDENTS MESSAGE 

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

An important message to members – if you are not receiving e-mails from me on a regular basis then please contact either Ron or myself with your correct e-mail address.

It’s wonderful that Ron has turned the corner. He has received flowers from the club – and I have made a visit – and he looks great.  Visiting times – since he is on therapy several times daily should be after 4:00 PM.  Protective gowns and gloves need to be worn for everyone’s protection. I am sure he will appreciate some visitors after being in intensive care for about 30 days. 

Since I will not be attending the Windows SIG this Saturday I am going to print this early.  I have not been on the good side of health for a few months – so there are times releases may be late.  For the most part the web site with all the schedules are usually kept up and information is posted as soon as the corresponding members – Brent – Ray pass the information on to me.  I will be fine very shortly. 

Service Pack 2 for Vista is probably available.  Check the Microsoft website or www.download.com for a legitimate issue.  Make sure you read the fine print so that it is for your unit.  AND – back up your vital data before installing – who knows what surprises Microsoft has put into this issue. 

HAPPY COMPUTING

SEWWUG Meeting Minutes

June Meeting – 2009

Questions and Answers

On Wednesday Evening June 3, 2009, SEWWUG had a Q&A scheduled to allow our members to get answers to their questions and help solve some of their computer related problems.

We had 22 people present and no guests. Brent took over the laptop controls and answered questions on the following items:

Advanced System Care; Spybot, AdAware. He emphasized not to use System Optimization or Privacy Sweep in Advanced System Care for reasons he discussed.

He responded to questions regarding AVG Anti-Virus Program which updates itself and it is free. More discussion came about in regard to using Anti-Virus only programs versus Anti-Virus Suites. (Zone Alarm, Norton 360, McAfee, etc.)

Firewalls was discussed in detail.  You need both, a hardware firewall as well as a software firewall. Check your computer to see that you have both installed. IDS (Intrusion Detection System) is part of the firewall issues.

Photo Story 3 was discussed to further emphasis it's configuration for members who use this program. It is also free.

We had other questions relating to various subjects but those were answered without too much discussion.

Our usual door prizes were won by four lucky members. We had three Speedway $10 Gift Cards and one ream of 20# inkjet printer paper donated by George Moe.  Thanks again, George. It was an evening well spent with great members!

See you next month. 

Submitted by

Ray Jamroze, VP

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