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1. Battery from the DC voltage on the battery This does mean that the AC Out voltage is zero during the time it takes for the relay to complete its operation but this time is short compared to the 1 60 second period of our power system and it doesn t affect a computer s opera tion Although not shown in the block diagram most UPS devices have additional outputs that are connected to the AC In port through a surge protector Some iMacs are incompatible with some popular UPS units They work fine when the ac power is good but the UPS will refuse to switch to battery when it fails If you have an iMac do your homework Try to buy your UPS from a supplier that offers a No ques tions asked return policy on PS purchases not all do in particu lar Amazon As soon as you have everything connected and the battery is fully charged pull the ac power plug to see if the unit switches to battery power If it doesn t you should trade it for a compatible one A UPS is designed to provide power when that from your power company fails In particular it assumes that commercial power is available when it s first turned on and it may not start if this isn t true This means you may not be able to use a UPS to provide power on a camping trip You also may not be able to turn it on after the power fails Most UPS manufacturers specify the maximum output of their units in both Watts and Volt Amperes with the latter being larger You should buy one2. Reset button Click that and follow instructions This may give a start at getting control of the computer Since all browsers are affected this is not really a solution Malware detection programs like Malwarebytes are more effective when run in Safe Mode Prior to Win8 you enter Safe Mode by hitting the F8 key during the boot up process just before Windows actually starts to load In Windows 8 x starting in safe mode requires a series of steps 1 Open the Charms menu and pick Settings 2 Click Change PC Settings 3 On the PC Settings screen click Up date and recovery 4 On the Update and recovery screen click Recovery 5 Look for Advanced startup and click the Restart now button 6 The computer will reboot and enter the preboot environment 7 Set the computer to boot into Safe mode When the computer boots into Safe mode you will need to know the password for an administrator account Safe mode loads only the most basic device drivers and services Hopefully the malware will not be loaded and thus will be easier to find If Malwarebytes still fails to find the malware check to see if the definitions file has today s date If not repeat the advance boot process and chose Safe Mode with Networking which will allow Malwarebytes to install the latest definitions The Wikipedia article on browser hijacking wikipedia org wiki Browser_hijacking 1s re
3. need to press the flesh However we decided to table this as get ting sponsorship should be secondary to building membership 2 Publicize that Microsoft and Apple are sponsors e g on our website 3 Directors Targets for next year a Increase membership specifically via social media e b fix first hour of General Membership 1 Sign in Welcome at front make side door available and prominent i Start at 7 30 no more than 10 minutes of business such as SIG announcements tii No break iv Featured presentation starts immediately at 7 40 v AskDACS might take place after presentation Motion New General Meeting Format Meetings start at 7 30 Business amp SIG Announcement Introduction to be no more than 10 minutes Presentation to start at 7 40 Optional open ended AskDACS after presentation Optional open ended Networking Vote 7 Yes 2 Abstain 4 GM Visitors need a proper person alized welcome letter See Old Business 2c Meeting Adjourned 10 00PM Ongoing Discussions listed in agenda were tabled Bruce Preston Shop at Amazon Smile and Amazon will make a donation to the Danbury Area Computer Society Inc amazonsmile w You shop Amazon gives pir i Do the General Meetings leave you thirsting for more Find all that after the meeting at the DACS Pig SIC Jan 2015 15 dacs doc Danbury Area Computer Society 65 Legion Rd New Milford CT 06776 KT D
4. ing both reliable and affordable She set it up on the stage front and center and it wasn t long before we saw itin action While Julia spoke she passed around a handful of examples of what she has created with her 3D printers one of which was a lithograph of her parents wedding photo Julia is an electrical engineer and has been designing consumer products since 1976 but she confessed that deep down she is an inventor Julia is president of Pragmatic Designs and over the years has been involved with working on many in teresting products including the first mu sical greeting cards and one of the first digital picture frames She spends the bulk of her time nestled in her office in Sandy Hook prototyping new products for her clients which is what she enjoys doing the most Many of her clients can t tell what a product is going to look like from a 2D drawing Over the years Julia has brought to market over 1 000 products and has been granted several U S patents Julia has had so much fun both using and learning about 3D printing that she con siders it to be more of a hobby than work Julia told us that there is something magical about an object being created layer after layer out of a simple material like plastic The two types of plastic that dominate the market are ABS and PLA which are both known as thermoplastics because they become soft and moldable when they are heated and return to a solid when they are cooled
5. sented to local networking groups most recently including The Northern Fairfield Profes sionals recruiter panel The Schegg Group and Right Man agement DACS meetings are held at the Danbury Hospital auditorium DACS General Meetings are free and open to the public Members and prior attendees are encouraged to extend in vitations to anyone interested in this topic The January 6 presentation will begin at 7 30 p m Bucky Milam 2007 ir 7 Do you have a special tech nology interest you would like to share or learn more about Join a DACS SIG or start one You don t have to be a nerd or a guru just have a curiosity for what s out there and an in terest in sharing or discov ering with others like you Send an e mail to dacsprez dacs org or talk to one of our officers at the next meeting and say something like l want to start a SIG or Wouldn t it be nice if we hadaSlGon http www dacs org sider getting the Zortrax M200 which retails for 1 990 on zortrax com After you ve settled on the 3D printer you want the next step is figuring out what to print Thingiverse com and MyMiniFactory com both have repositories of models that can be printed some are free and some are for sale With a little digging you can even find websites that give you the ability to recreate famous renaissance sculptures Before the evening was over Julia had created another 3D printout to add to
6. Linux SIG meetings are for the beginner intermediate or advanced user and topics vary considerably depending upon the interests of the attendees We cover software and hardware issues of individual attendees Check the DACS Forum Linux or the DACS Meetup at http www meetup com DACS Danbury C T Com puter User Group for updates http www dacs org Dave Mawdsley There are Many Ways to Join DACS Individual Family Memberships Annual membership dues are 30 00 for individuals or for each family living at the same address Annual memberships which include a printed newsletter are available for 45 00 a year Corporate Membership Corporate membership which includes ten 10 electronic memberships costs 150 per year Additional electronic memberships are available at 15 apiece Nonprofit Corporate Membership is discounted to 75 per year For member counts over ten 10 add 7 50 each Electronic Membership An electronic membership includes all the privileges of a regular membership except for a hard copy of the dacs doc newsletter One copy of the newsletter will be mailed to the principal contact but digital versions may be downloaded via the DACS Website Corporate Sponsorship Our Corporate Sponsorship program couldn t be simpler Any advertiser who commits to a 2 9 of a page or larger ad in our newsletter dacs doc for a period of no less than six consecutive months qualifies The names of our corpo
7. PRESIDENT Richard Gingras dacsprez dacs org VICE PRESIDENT PROGRAMS vpoprograms dacs org SECRETARY Bruce Preston e TREASURER Bert Goff Directors dacsboard dacs org 203 203 Richard Corzo 797 1518 rcorzo dacs org Richard Gingras Bert Goff 203 203 426 1780 rgingras dacs org 860 355 8895 bgoff dacs org Lisa Leifels 203 416 6642 lleifels dacs org Bruce Preston 203 431 2920 days bpreston dacs org Jim Scheef 860 355 0034 jscheef dacs org Bill Saturno 203 203 203 203 437 0611 wsaturno dacs org Richard Teasdale 794 6170 rteasdale dacs org Andy Woodruff 744 9588 awoodruff dacs org Committees NEWSLETTER Richard Teasdale dacseditor dacs org PROGRAM vpprograms dacs org WEB MASTERS Richard Corzo rcorzo dacs org 203 797 1518 Annette van Ommeren avanommeren dacs org 914 232 0149 PRESS RELEASES Richard Teasdale pr dacs org APCUG LIAISON Bill Saturno 203 437 0611 MEMBERSHIP COORDINATOR Charles Bovaird aam mags net RESOURCE CENTER 203 748 4330 WEB SITE htto www dacs org HelpLine Directors Notes meeting of your board of directors was held on Wednesday December 3 2014 Dick Gingras Lisa Leifels Jim Scheef Bill Saturno Bruce Preston Bert Goff Ri chard Corzo Andy Woodruff Guests Cathy Quaranta term begins Jan 1 2015 The meeting was called to order at 7 25 PM The minutes of the last meeting were accepted Treasurer s Report Beginning B
8. Copy Cloner or SuperDuper We also reviewed how to boot from an alternative boot drive by restarting your Mac and holding down the option key until a list of bootable drives is revealed You can also use the Startup Disk system preference After creating the bootable backup if you boot from the backup copy of OS X on the exter nal drive you can format the Mac s main drive Then if you have downloaded the OS X Yosemite installer from the Mac App Store you can start the install recommended that the member migrate just his data from the Time Machine backup or his bootable backup but not to migrate his applications He should install those from the original install media down load or disc DCS Another member mentioned that he was going to buy an iPad mini for his mother suggested not getting the cheap est iPad mini but to spend the extra 50 to get the iPad mini 2 which has a Retina display and a much faster processor did not recommend spending still another 100 for the iPad mini 3 which is identical screen processor etc to the mini 2 except for the addition of Touch ID to the home button Touch ID is convenient in allowing you to use your fingerprint to unlock the iPad certain apps and to make online purchases but for most people this will not be worth 100 Richard Corzo Linux December Report of the Meeting at the DACS Re source Center Next Linux SIG meeting Jan 21st at 7 30 PM Our meeting on D
9. Julia prefers using ABS which is a stronger material and is recommended for beginners ABS is an oil based material that requires a printer that has a heated bed PLA is a plant based material that is biodegradable and can be made from corn potatoes and sugar beets and melts at a lower temperature As far as 3D printers go the first deci sion point is whether to get a printer that comes with integrated software or to use a printer that relies on open source soft ware there are pros and cons to each The open source software isn t designed to http www dacs org open source software since it usually comes with a manageable number of set tings such as letting you pick photo paper or plain paper and choose how thick each of the layers are Julia likes to use an Inte grated cloud based software called Tinkercad she said it s fairly simple and easy to learn and once you get over the learning curve you can use it to create very complex objects She explained that a 3D printer first reads the industry standard STL file that gets processed by the slicer pro gram which divides the model into print able layers and plots the path to fill them in Now incase you d like the ability to cre ate something on a 3D printer but perhaps don t feel the need to own one yourself Julia said that there are a few big companies that have very large 3D printers and offer the ability for you to use their printers for a fee Shapeways
10. Pt enters a low power lalt ii galoegh ana Bee Tuin on abar tines whee power i restored Tumor ater 4aeca Set Power Consumption Threshold When fie power consumption of your blaster puiat drops below ies Wallage ihe Congolled quiets wil be syiched off Need halip with this Cick hers Tain Power an io our Contollnd Gnatts now Help and Support Ciri ailt Apy Cancel Hale Technical ua Energy Con Raiz y Extimated Rattery Time Power Source peer 0 23 per day lt 0 min AC Utility Power Abou j Your balier beckup io operating noamaliy By comparison the next screen shot shows the Linux monitor ing software which is not supplied by APC It shows only that the battery is fully charged and can power the computer for about 53 minutes There are no control features here up Details History Statistics Processor Attribute Value Type UPS Supply Yes Refreshed 2 seconds Present Yes Voltage oy Time to full Oseconds Time to empty 52 7 minutes TH OS Percentage Regardless of its features a UPS is a valuable peripheral that can save you much time and frustration especially of you work from home Dick MaysBacuis a member of the Brookdale Computer Users Group NJ This article from the October 2014 issue BUG Bytes is distributed through APCUG member groups www bcug com n2nd at att net Jan 2015 7 8 Jan 2015 Special Interest Groups SIG NOTES January 2015 Apple Foc
11. T3 75 75 Printed 12 12 12 Pages 59 59 59 mailed 5 5 5 mailed other 14 14 14 mailed free lib Old Business 1 PR status Ridgefield Press No Voices Yes New Milford area Spectrum Yes Newtown Bee Yes Danbury News Times No a We need to use CiviCRM to dis tribute press releases so we can track who is actually looking at them This needs to be set up by a CiviCRM expert to make this a turn key operation every month Jim Scheef Richard Corzo Set up a training session for Membership Committee to learn how to use CiviCRM b Establish a PR Committee to in clude all the talent we need for an effec tive promotion each month It should in clude someone to compose and distrib ute meeting event posters similar to what CiviCenter displays each week create promotional material such as new pamphlets look for ways to identify how to promote DACS and our activities evangelize at various merchant meet ups and similar venues capitalize on using social media and send compelling press releases to print and non print media I need someone to spearhead this activ ity Cathy Quaranta Chair Andy Woo druff Richard Teasdale Suggested Annette van Ommeren Sean Henderson Tom Zarecki as consultant 2 Membership committee a Current status of CiviCRM Drupal to WordPress is ready needs reconcilia tion of membership expiration dates b Roles and activities of the mem bership committee still open top priori
12. com iMaterialise com and Scupteo com are three companies that of fer this service and let you choose from a catalog of products created by third party designers and will also let you upload your own digital design typically in the standard ized STL file format Julia said that there are too many 3D printers on the market now to go over all of them but a few she liked in the under 1 000 category were the UP Mini 3D Desk top printer which retails for 599 on Octave com She also recommended the XY Zprinting Da Vinci 1 0 3D printer which retails for about 449 on Amazon com If you have over 1 000 in your budget she suggested getting the Afinia H480 3D printer that she brought with her which retails for 1 149 on Octave com Julia men tioned that the Newtown Library is using this printer If the Afinia H480 isn t big enough for your needs you could con your 3D printer knowledge with all of us Single Board Computers Workshop SBC SIG Single board computers going back to the Apple 1 have always meant a small relatively simple device that had the func tionality of a simple computer The Rasp berry Piruns flavors of Linux and fits this description well Devices like the Arduino are more basic and better fit the defini tion of a controller like those embed ded in everything from automobiles to washing machines Examples include Netduino Cotton Candy Linino ONE Nanode and more Raspberry
13. do this improper shut down unless you have no other choice but it should not harm your computer if you do If your computer takes a long time to start up it could be due to a virus or some thing else wrong it could be a hardware or a software problem It would be wise to have it checked out by someone who knows what they are doing and getting it cleaned up so that it starts quickly and cleanly Always do a good backup of all your im portant files first Laptops have even more power options than desktops because they use a battery Even if you do not have a laptop checkout the Control panel then click on Hard ware and sound and then Power op tions You will be amazed There are op tions to control how much battery your laptop or tablet uses under various condi tions an important consideration if you are using the battery Some of these condi tions may include how long the computer should stay on when it is not being used and what power options happen when you close your laptop You should at least view these options so that you know what set tings you may wish to change Note that some settings affect the screen brightness and if passwords are required when wak ing up your computer from a sleep or hibernate mode If you have a tablet device you will also have several power settings and op tions Most people only use tablets when they are NOT connected to external power that is they are used after t
14. the then new microcomputer Such notable indi viduals as Apple founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak Lee Felstenstein designer of the Osborne 1 were mem bers At these meetings a popular component was called Random Access Even that name needs to be put into context At that time the most common method for entering pro grams into a computer s memory was from paper tape or later by using an audio cassette tape For ex ample the Tandy RadioShack TRS 80 Trash 80 used a cassette for loading pro grams and reading or writing data files Author s note My original IBM PC even had a port for connecting to a cassette recorder I never used it This feature was discontinued with the introduction of the PC XT To access a program on the tape you had to position the tape serially 1 e Skip through other files until you got to the one you wanted With the introduc tion of floppy disk hardware and operating system support it became possible to po sition to an arbitrary that is random loca tion to read or write a file Steve Wozniak co founder is best known for his design of the DOS II disk controller and software that gave the Apple II floppy disk capability So the question and answer sessions held at computer meetings became popularly ET S GO BACK IN TIME to March 14 Jan 2015 known as Random Access as a member would toss out a question and hope that a random participant would come up w
15. with a maximum Wattage equal to or larger than the rating of your computer power supply We re discussing here only the total power supplied by the battery backup connec tors we can ignore the power supplied by the surge protected connectors I m assuming that you purchased your computer system and that the manufacturer properly sized its power sup ply Make appropriate adjustments if you know you have a larger than necessary supply which is usually the case if you built your own system The average power consumed by your computer will be significantly less than its maximum power supply rating We have to be concerned about the maximum because the UPS will shut down if you try to draw more than its rated power from its battery backup connectors To estimate how long you can run on battery power you have to know the average power consumption of your computer My desktop uses about 100 Watts which is probably a good starting point although I would double this for a game machine with a high power display driver If you re still using a CRT monitor you should probably add 25 to 50 Watts for that Some manufacturers including APC have graphs on their Websites that show run time http www dacs org vs load although these are valid only for new batteries Lacking this estimate five minutes of battery run time at maximum load For example my UPS 1s rated at 600 Watts at 100 Watts it should last six times as long as it would if supplyin
16. 4 ay Voice or S Help give the gift of speech Call Frank Ruiz at 2083 770 6203 and become 4 Voice for Joanie volunteer www voiceforjoanie org When you come to the next DACS meeting why not bring a friend Future Events January 6 February 3 John Barry Tom Joyner Jobs and Video Streaming Technology Technology
17. Center adja IN THIS ISSUE PRESIDENT S FILE Directors NOTES HELPLINE PREVIEW THE IT JoB OUTLOOK Buckt MILAM CARTOON Review 3D PRINTING amp DESIGN UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SUPPLIES PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE NOTES Sic News amp NOTES JANUARY CALENDAR WINDOwsS 7 POWER AND ON OFF Options 10 Ask DACS 12 END OF FILE AND REWIND 14 FUTURE EVENTS 16 SCA NANINAN SB BH WwW WwW WN 2 Jan 2015 cent to the Public Library because of our close association with the Danbury Hackerspace Please stop by and help or just say hello and enjoy the First Night fes tivities 25 anniversary Very few groups sur vive as long as we have That s what makes our 25 anniversary a special occasion I am looking for more of you to work with Cathy to plan and make this yearlong cel ebration a success This will create a much broader awareness of DACS as we partici pate in new activities and create collectables of interest to DACS members and the general public Bruce Preston has been hard at work indexing past newsletters going as far back as January 1998 when they were first published as PDF files This is an incredible and greatly appreciated effort that may lead to its distribution on physi cal media such as DVD or thumb drive Thank you Bruce Perhaps this will in spire others to transform the remaining 7 years of printed newsletters to elec tronic format New activities SCORE Service Corps of Retired Executives i
18. Next Event January 6 Can Information Technology Hitch a Ride on the Road to Recovery President s File WANT TO WISH everyone a wonder ul Holiday season and a healthy prosperous and happy New Year 2015 is shaping up to be a banner year for DACS and I hope it is for each of you 4 As we wrap up may 1 2014 there are 3 ew things to consider doing id Give a gift of DACS membership Just send an email to membership DACS org with your name the name and email address of the person receiving your gift and when you would like them to receive a welcome letter from DACS e Be sure to use our Amazon Smile link when shopping e Take a year end tax deduction by click ing our Donate link I welcome Cathy Quaranta as our new est member of the Board of Directors She brings with her many fresh ideas high en ergy and a strong commitment to DACS She is organizing a new Marketing Committee for a coordinated effort to publicize DACS events and increase awareness participation and membership with a renewed public relations effort She is in touch with area leaders and experts for guidance and will be looking into different ways of creating more public awareness and interest in DACS events She wants your help and ideas Two activi ties Cathy is focused on are First Night Danbury December 31 from 5 to 9 PM and also celebrating their 25 anniversary DACS will have a pres ence at the new Innovation
19. PDF file may be editable to some extent Nevertheless there are programs that claim to edit PDFs A quick search with my favorite search engine found several PDFescape pdfescape com is a free web based service PDF XChange Viewer tracker software com product pdf xchange viewer performs several edits While not free Microsoft Word can import edit and export PDF files although technically this is not editing a PDF I was surprised to learn that OpenOffice and its derivatives still lack the ability to import a PDF Q When no one offered a question I asked if there were people in attendance who are using a MoCA device or running their network over their television cable coax We discussed this last month and with quite a few new people I asked again to get additional input D MoCA is an acronym for Media Over COAX Alliance a trade group AMoCA adapter is a bridge that allows network traffic data packets on your home network that runs on CATS twisted pair cabling to a specific frequency band carried over the coax The current MoCA specification provides a very fast network capable of Gigabit speeds The downside of MoCA is that it is shared media like all Ethernet networks were before switches replaced hubs Newer television set top box devices likea DVR DCS from Charter or Comcast or from TiVo all have MoCA built in This includes what used to be called a cable modem but is now a residential g
20. Pi Banana Pi Beaglebone Cubieboard Arduino We ll look at the capabilities of these devices and explore how they can be pro gramed and connected to real world ob jects Note that the name includes the word workshop Members are encouraged to build and demonstrate their own projects using the device s of their choice This is how we all will learn what works and maybe what doesn t The exact direction of the SIG over time will depend on the interests of the members As the SIG starts I want to emphasize that I am not an expert in any of this We will all learn as we go along Contact Jim Scheef Meets on the 3rd Thursday of the month at 7 00 p m at the DACS Resource Center Jan 2015 5 6 Jan 2015 Hardware Essentials Uninterruptible Power Supplies By Dick Maybach N UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SUPPLY UPS is a box Ace plugs into a power outlet on a wall and into which you plug your computer and its key peripherals You con nect it the same way you connect a power strip Inside the box is circuitry that monitors the ac voltage a lead acid storage battery a charger a power supply that converts the battery voltage to 60 Hz ac line power and a switch that selects whether your computer is powered from the wall or from the battery Most units also include a surge suppressor Normally your computer and its pe ripherals are powered from the wall and the UPS battery is being charged but if the ac
21. Time Power Sauris 0 24 per day X 0 min AC Unitiny Power Heip and Support Your bathers beckup i operating noitmalhy The second shows the voltages that cause the UPS to switch over to battery power http www dacs org DSS PowerChute Monitor System Paertonmanca Your bakar kacip will intervene When thie AC utility voltage falls Below 80 vois or rises above 147 volts Thre nimal A Valit wattage i TAU wats Mhe current vitage 16 td vits Cument Status Run Set Test Eneng Uige Your batery backup will interene TAS utili eollage gors above 447 volts Configuration AC utili voltage goes below ES woes Dpto E yiu would Bite jour banery backup bo iene bess giin Gud To Over and Under voages Inca ien Runtime upper Genil or decrease the lower imil vollage elecion This will consent ronlime for successive powet OURS ges Note ior sense electronic equapment H your equipments ateced by high or low inp AT LD vonage POU May decreas Tie WDH imi aiaa increas Tie lower init wiltage EHe Help and Support Cancel H lp Techineced Data Contact Arc Abou Yoo batiery backup i operating normally The third shows the power drawn from the master outlet that results in the other connectors being shut off Moniter Syatem Performance Run Sed Tect Energy Usage Tun ot ster 4 atts Configuration Dphors Rurtene Hoironi Your plan sets the Turn of she me of pour Controlled diin wien pour
22. ad each leader give a 5 minute presentation about her his group each month In past years we have had general meetings where several SIGs shared the time of the general meeting presentation which is what the audience member was suggesting We try to present as much variety as possible in the general meeting presentations so it will be a while before we repeat these formats In the meantime each SIG has a page on the website and some have descriptions of the topics of the monthly meetings If you have more questions please email the SIG leader who will be happy to provide more information QO My daughter s laptop has been attacked by the Browser Warden browser hijacker malware that continually opens annoying advertising We have run her anti virus program and Malwarebytes several times without success How can we remove this It has attached to all browsers A One member had a similar experience and downloaded a removal program from the Norton website The bigger anti virus companies offer removal tools or sometimes a set of instructions that allow removal of specific infections Malware programs are designed to be hard to remove so the procedures can be intricate There is a way to reset Internet Explorer to default factory http www dacs org new settings Do not open Internet Explorer instead open Control Panel and then click the Internet Options applet At the bottom of the Advanced tab is a
23. alance on Hand 11 1 2014 3 487 33 INCOME Dues Check Cash 2x 30 1x 45 105 00 PayPal 3x 30 2x 45 180 00 less PayPal fees 5 46 Dues Subtotal 279 54 TOTAL INCOME 279 54 EXPENSES CT State Registration annual 20 00 Newsletter Our former telephone HelpLine has been replaced by our web based DACS Community Forum at http forum dacs org We have topic specific forums where DACS members can post questions Questions may be answered by SIG leaders or other DACS members If none of the categories fit your question just post it to the Ask DACS forum Topic Forum NET Programming ASP Net and C VB Net SIG Digital cameras scanners image processing Digital Imaging SIG Content Management Systems Drupal SIG Linux Linux SIG Mac and 1Phone iPad iPod touch Apple SIG PC maintenance PC Maintenance SIG Smartphones amp Tablets Mobile Devices SIG Virtual machine software Virtual Computing SIG Desktop publishing and website design Web Site Design SIG Windows Windows SIG http www dacs org DCS Postage amp Supplies 42 70 Printing 78 00 Newsletter Subtotal 120 70 Renewal Postcard Postage amp Supplies 3 54 Resource Center Phone amp Internet 72 03 Security 4x yr Keys 74 85 Resource Center Subtotal 146 88 TOTALEXPENSES 291 12 Ending Balance on Hand 11 30 2014 3 475 75 Bank Balance 3 370 04 PayPal Balance 105 71 Confirmed Balance 3 475 75 Membership Report Charles Bovaird Genera
24. are and OpSys maintenance and use Contact Charles Bovaird 203 792 7881 aam mags net Go to DACS Community Forum http forum dacs org Server Explores Back Office server and client applica tions including Win NT Servers and MS Outlook SIG is on hiatus and presently merged into the Drupal SIG Contact Jim Scheef jscheef telemarrksys com or go to the DACS Community Forum http www dacs org fo rum within the Members only area Web Design and DTP Learn how to work with HTML CSS CMS Systems WordPress SEO and more Contact Annette van Ommeren avo annagraphics com Meets 3rd Tuesday 7 9 p m at the DACS Resource Center Next Meeting Jan 20 Apple One of our members was still planning his upgrade from OS X Snow Leopard to OS X Yosemite Since he was skipping a few releases Lion Mountain Lion and Mavericks suggested it would be a good idea to do a clean install rather than upgrade his existing Snow Leopard installation A search on OS X Yosemite clean install will turn up a number of results including this one http osxdaily com 2014 10 18 clean install os x yosemite It warns that a clean install in volves formatting your Mac s hard drive so that all data is re moved so you will first want to make sure you have a backup Time Machine is a good backup but you will also find it conve nient to have a bootable backup on another external hard drive which can be created with programs like Carbon
25. ateway that often includes both Internet service and voice over IP VoIP telephone service If you have one of these new gateway devices from Comcast do two things even if you believe you are not using MoCA 1 change the network address in your router to 192 168 x 0 where x is any number from 2 to 254 The DHCP server in your router will automatically change to the new address so that your devices will reconnect properly when they reboot 2 Install a MoCA POE point of entry filter where your cable service enters the house Do this even if Comcast will not supply the filter If necessary buy the filter yourself 12 on Amazon through DACS AmazonSmile Be careful with this link as it identifies DACS to Amazon QO The network where I work ts large and they have several DNS servers Recently one of these DNS servers has started to return computer names in upper case when queried rather than the lower case that we have always seen and that the other servers still return Does anyone have any ideas on why We do this lookup using Java APIs but the result is the same when using the nslookup utility A This question generated some discussion Someone asked if the server in question was Windows or Linux based They are Windows One member said that the RFC request for comment the documents that define how Internet services work specifies that computer names like domain names should be handled as case insen
26. d the like The announcements shouldn t be unexpected as we have the DACS website updated in a timely fashion a forum for user to user interaction we publish weekly broad cast messages via email and we have mul tiple social media accounts such as Facebook Meetup and LinkedIn 3 There may be a short presentation again held to 5 minutes duration that de scribes the activities of a SIG 4 The featured presentation will start at 7 40PM There will NOT be an interven ing break Presentations are expected to last about 60 minutes with perhaps 15 minutes for Q amp A follow up 5 After the featured presentation there may be a general Q amp A session of a Random Access flavor It will last only as long as there are questions and responses 6 After the featured presentation attendees are encouraged to participate in networking with other attendees SIG leaders are encouraged to be present to promote their group This may take place within the auditorium subject to hospital curfew or move to the traditional Pig SIG held at a local restaurant We realize that this may come as a sur prise to many members but the board feels that it is time to acknowledge that times have changed and while Random Access AskDACS was an important component of the DACS community it has been replaced by other technologies and it is time to re tire it http www dacs org _ Directors Notes Cont from page 3 DACS DOC stats
27. ecember 17th included two presentations Multiple Passwords With A Script along with a demo and a demo of the Bash command Isof Report on Multiple Passwords With A Script Multiple Passwords With A Script was an article that sub mitted in May but which finally appeared in the November issue of the free Full Circle Magazine 91 on pp 16 17 that can be found at hittp dl fullcirclemagazine org issue91_en pdf The article refers to my menu driven Bash script which gives simple options for encrypting and decrypt http www dacs org January 2015 Danbury Area Computer Society Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Membership Committee Board of 7 00 PM General Meeting Directors Jim Scheef 7 00 PM 860 355 0034 1d 7 00 PM Saturday Single Board Computers 7 00 PM on DACS DOC Richard Corzo Jim Scheef Deadline macsig dacs org 860 355 0034 Web Design amp DTP Annette Mobile Devices van Ommeren Linux 7 00 PM 7 00 9 00 PM 7 30 9 30 PM Jim Scheef amp avanommeren dacs org Dave Mawdsley Richard Corzo Cancelled linuxsig dacs org mobilesig dacs org Digital Imaging 7 00 PM Ken Graff 203 648 9747 thedigitalwiz gmail com Cancelled Jan 2015 9 http www dacs org Basic Operations Windows 7 Turning Your Computer Off or On and Power Options By Jim Cerny turning your computer on or off but unfortunately there is just a bit more to
28. er paying jobs i e formal training on line classes self study certifications volunteer work or something else What are some of the pros and cons of choosing between contract part time or full time employment opportunities How to best use job boards such as Career Builder Monster ZipRecruiter com and others Should resumes be publicly available for all recruiters to scrutinize mass marketed should contact informa tion by hidden so they will contact you through the job board or should candi dates review job postings based on key word searches and initiate contact with re cruiters What is the role of networking such as LinkedIn business mixers local Chambers of Commerce seminars user groups and others What is the best way to respond to a recruiter with a job opportunity What should be in a cover letter Should mul sk ECONOMIC RECOVERY is 4 Jan 2015 tiple resumes be used emphasizing differ ent skill sets and experience based on dif ferent opportunities What is the role of career counselors and when should you consider using one As a former IT professional John Barry founded ITech in 1998 He is an expert in the field with over 15 years of experience placing candidates and has built a solid reputation with both clients and candidates He is involved in several professional organi zations having been an active member of the Society of Information Management since 2003 He has also pre
29. g maximum load or 30 minutes In fact APC s chart shows 60 minutes at 100 Watts so the rough estimate is comfortably conservative and allows for battery aging Decide what you want to keep running when the power fails Your goal is to keep your computer running long enough so that you can save your work and power down normally You may be able to work for a little while but once the battery is exhausted you re done At minimum you need to back up your system unit and display If you are visually impaired you should also include your powered speakers Everything else should have just surge protection this includes your printer scanner and network equipment It is especially im portant that you not try to back up a laser printer as they draw so much current that your UPS may not turn on even when your house power is normal Some UPS units have a master outlet if the current sup plied by it falls below a threshold it will shut off the power to all the outputs labeled switched or something equivalent If your UPS is so equipped I recommend you connect your equipment as follows the computer system unit to the master outlet the display to switched backup the speakers and scan ner to switched surge protected and the printer to unswitched surge protected The last is because many printers should be powered down only with their own control switches After everything is connected be sure to test the operation to be sure that the des
30. he battery has been charged If you are going to use a tablet or a laptop on its battery you should know and adjust the power settings These settings determine how long your battery will last Also for tablet devices such as 1Pads pressing the power button briefly does not really turn your device completely off The screen goes blank and your device is in a very low power state but it is not com pletely off To turn my iPad completely off I hold down the power button for a couple http www dacs org of seconds and then I see a finger swipe box which will completely shut down the device To turn it back on after this requires me to hold down the on button for a couple of seconds as well In normal use you do not need to completely turn your iPad off It seems that technology has taken over the simple on and off functions of our devices so that even these very basic steps have many options and settings to con sider And I think even more options will come in the future more than we will ever need to use Remember when TVs had two SIG Notes Cont from page 6 ing files knobs One to turn the set on and adjust the volume and the other to select the sta tion Now my living room has four remote controls each with fifty buttons Welcome to the future Jim Cerny is 2 vice president Sarasota PCUG FL This article was published in the June 2014 issue Sarasota Technology Moni tor and is distributed for rep
31. her col lection This time it was a spoon rider one of those plastic figurines that used to be found in cereal boxes back in the 1960 s Julia said an acetone vapor bath would clean up the bumps in your 3D object After Julia s pre sentation was over she answered questions from the audience and many people took ad vantage of the opportunity to see what a 3D printer looks like up close Thank you Julia for a very informative night and for sharing Meeting Review 3D Printers Julia Truchsess by Lisa Leifels OR THOSE OF US WHO ventured work witha specific printer which means F it needs to be all things to all printers and Julia felt that this could present a problem for you since it is harder to set up If you really want the ability to play with all the different options then she said it would make sense to use open source software There are more open source printers on the market a few websites Julia recom mended going to were the Makergear com which sells the Makergear M2 3D printer or if you need more material flexibility you may want to take a look at the 3D printers on the Ultimaker com website Julia prefers using integrated over out into the cold on Tuesday night December 2 to hear Julia Truchsess talk about 3D Printers I m sure most would agree that the time was well spent Julia brought along with her an Afinia H480 one of her favorite 3D printers which won a number of awards and is known for be
32. hly general meetings will change It has been fun moderating and writing Ask DACS for the past few years I learned some thing new every month Ask DACS was originally called Ran dom Access after the similarly named ses sions run by Lee Felsenstein at the Homebrew Computer Club Homebrew was where Steve Wozniak showed off the board that became the Apple I Lee Felsenstein designed both the SOL Processor Tech nology computer and the Osborn I the original portable The Osborn I was the basis of the Danbury Osborn Group DOG which became the Western Connecticut Microcomputer User Group WCMUG which merged with two other groups to become DACS It all ties together as you will learn in the coming year as we celebrate the Danbury Area Computer Society s 25th anniversary Disclaimer Ask DACS questions come from members by email or from the audience attending the general meeting Answers are suggestions offered by meeting attendees and represent a consensus of those re sponding DACS offers no warranty as to the correctness of the answers and anyone following these suggestions or answers does so at their own risk In other words we could be totally wrong Jan 2015 13 User Group News End of File and Rewind By Bruce Preston 1975 and the Homebrew Computer Club that met in Silicon Valley CA This is generally acknowledged to be one of the first computer clubs that focused upon computer hobbyists and
33. ired devices remain powered when the power fails and if your UPS has a master feature that the desired devices turn off when the computer does Many UPS units have associated software that allows you to configure them and monitor their operation It may also include a provision to shut down your computer if the battery becomes depleted during a power outage However UPS manu facturers are Microsoft centric their software may be Win dows only and if it does have Mac or Linux software it prob ably has fewer features than the Windows version Some higher end units include front panels that provide much of the monitoring that the software does which makes them less reliant on your operating system The following screen shots are from the APC PowerChute Windows program The first shows the current status Power Chute AC Udy Power 2 440 kV per day Periareng paner chante bs 1i s Becca power i being supplied by Performance Energr Usage Mal Currant Situs Run Sel Test Baflery is cureniy Changed Energy Usage Flactrical nabsa on TOOTS Configuration Options Ruime Hoihtita Rensilrety votsga Energy Management Ladi transfer to hater was caused iy Ressut of test manual salf testis Mot Re norded Input Voliag 127 voiis Lowd on Battery Rackmp Watts 0 300 600 Your baSey Garcoup is Curent providing 103 Watts of power You can connect mone equipment io pour battery baciap Lhergy Coss Rate iv Dinimi Bine
34. ith an answer As with other computer user groups DACS adopted the concept and started its monthly meetings with a Random Ac cess component later renamed to Ask DACS It usually lasted about 40 minutes I moder ated this session for many years and wrote them up asacolumnin DACS DOC Eight years ago when I be came vision impaired such that I couldn t see attend ees or work with the podium s screen Jim Scheef took over and has run it since But times have changed Personal comput ers have become commodities open the box and the machine works They typically have all of the things you want or need If you can spell Google and know how to pose a question by judicious use of just the important words you can probably find an answer to your question on the first page of your search results installed already The machines are a lot smarter now in that they can self config ure In the old days you had to understand interrupt vectors and port numbers to in stall hardware Technologies such as Plug and Play or in its really early days Plug and Pray or IBM s MicroChannel Archi tecture led the way and now devices often have a USB interface and the system que ries the device and determines how to sup port it within seconds of the device being attached Operating systems and applica tions have become more sophisticated containing Wizards etc to guide you through c
35. l Meeting Stats Oct 7 Internet of Things Steve Posick Nov 4 Secure Digital Communications Bruce Preston Dec 2 3D Printing Julia Trucses Attendance OCT Nov Dec 34 31 34 seat count 25 28 23 members signed in 9 3 11 visitors signed in Enrollment OCT Nov Dec 113 115 113 Paying Members 109 111 104 with e mail 2 1 1 New Members Directors Notes Cont on page 15 Jan 2015 3 Meeting Preview The current job outlook and how to land the best job By Dick Gingras Presenter John Barry Date Tuesday January 6 7 30 p m Location Danbury Hospital Auditorium progressing and IT hiring is up according to many industry observers Finding a job appears to be getting easier especially for IT professionals with certain skills This is encouraging news for some but if you are stuck in a dead end job using the same old skill set under employed or worse how do you get started with an effective job search What skills are in high demand now and in the foreseeable future John Barry Owner and President of Tech Consulting Partners http www itechcp com will be our speaker at the January 6 general meeting He will answer these and other concerns that many of us have in this informative and timely presentation that will answer the following questions What computer and technology jobs are trending now and into the foreseeable future What is the best way to obtain those in demand skills for bett
36. omplicated operations Vendors have moved to online support often with links to YouTube video tutorials Vendors support user to user support forums etc And these things are available 24 hours a day 7 days a week rather than the 40 min utes or so Once a month at a user group meeting The Internet never sleeps If you DCS can spell Google and know how to pose a question by judicious use of just the im portant words you can probably find an answer to your question on the first page of your search results End Of File and Rewind As aresult over the years we have found that there is a great reduction in the volume of questions posed to Ask DACS with the result that there are often deadly silences during the session After much consideration the DACS Board of Directors has decided that it would be best to realign our monthly general meeting and we have come up with this revised schedule 1 The meeting will start at 7 30PM We will not publish a doors openat___ in our publicity it is confusing to say Doors open at 6 30 and no one is there and reference casual networking and then say the meeting starts at 7 00 but it doesn t re ally and the presentation starts at 8 00 etc Broadway Theaters movie theatrers etc don t publish a doors open time you are expected to be there and be seated at curtain time 2 There will be about 5 minutes allotted for DACS business announcements an
37. quired reading Searching for the name of the browser hijacker will find numerous solutions Beware of programs from sites you have never heard of before Look for removal tools from reputable companies only such as Sophos sophos com Kaspersky kaspersky com VIPRE vipreantivirus com ive Norton Norton com etc Download any removal tools using an uninfected computer and transfer it to the problem machine on a USB thumb drive DCS An audience member suggested making frequent backups His solution is to make images of the hard drive that can later be restored While this may remove the malware it also removes any work completed since the image was taken In cases of truly severe infections I recommend reinstalling Windows which is beyond the scope of this discussion The discussion then turned to partitioning strategies which is also beyond our scope Whatever strategy you use in the short term remember that once bad people have run code on your computer you no longer own that machine the bad guys own it Even if you remove all visible traces of this infection you can never be sure you have removed everything The only sure way is to copy your data off the computer wipe the hard drive completely clean and reinstall Windows and all of your programs Farewell This will be the last Ask DACS for some time As you will read elsewhere in this is sue Starting in January the format of the mont
38. rate sponsors are listed in our newsletter and on our Website Where possible we will link to the sponsor s Website If joining or renewing your membership by mail the address is DACS Inc c o Bert Goff Treasurer 65 Legion Rd New Milford CT 06776 Jan 2015 11 Ask DACS December 2014 Moderated and reported by Jim Scheef Meetings The role of moderator is to try to guide the discussion to a likely W WELCOME QUESTIONS FROM the floor at the start of our General solution to the problem In addition members who are not able to attend the General meeting may submit questions to askdacs dacs org We will ask the question for you and post the reply in dacs doc and on dacs org Please provide as much information as possible since we can t probe during the session Q Does anyone have experience with PaperPort for document scanning and archiving This is software that runs your scanner does optical character recognition then saves the result so it can be indexed and searched I would like to feed it all my old documents and be rid of all the paper A One person at the meeting reported using a previous version that produced a proprietary file format Currently in version 14 newer PaperPort versions save the documents as Acrobat PDFs The basic version of the software is often bundled with scanners The Pro version is more capable tinyurl com 7177mtp The list price of 200 seems high but righ
39. rint by other PC user groups Contact www spcug org jJimcerny123 at gmail com lt uses a Linux program called ccrypt that employs a symmetric key using a 256 bit Rijndael block cipher to do the encryption Symmetric keys are simpler and more appropriate for individuals not sharing their files with another person Asymmetric keys such as those used by PGP are meant for a number of individuals sharing files Asymmetric keys consist of a private one kept safe by the originator of the file and a public key that is shared among all of the individuals needing to decrypt the file A typical example of a page needing symmetric key encryption would be a text or spreadsheet page in clear text that contains a simple listing of passwords made by a user for their own use Ccrypt takes that page and makes a new one that is fully encrypted Once done the clear text page is deleted Decrypting the new page reverses the process giving back the original clear text page while deleting the encrypted one The only wrinkle of course is that the master pass word to use with ccrypt operations must be never be forgotten However the process of encrypting and decrypting files is made easy using this method Some of the readers of my Full Circle Magazine article needed some addi tional hints to get started with their personal situations I ve since fielded some of the items and hopefully copies of those hints will also appear in letters to the edi
40. s a non profit association assisted by the SBA Small Business Association dedicated to helping small businesses get off the ground grow and achieve their goals through education and mentorship They have a regional office at the Innovation Center adjacent to the Danbury Library They have asked us and I have accepted their request to sponsor a series of work shops in February and March that will be of interest to many of you The top ics will include Your Marketing Tool Kit Branding Keys to a Great Website and SEO Deep Dive Addi tionally we are partnering with SCORE and Microsoft to launch a series of work shops about effectively using the Microsoft Office suite We will have more information on these workshops next month on our website and newslet ter Keep posted SIG signup sheets will again be avail able at our general meeting If you can t make it to the general meeting but you have a suggestion for a new Special Interest Group please send an email to NewSIG dacs org Please indicate what days and times are best for you Don t forget our new meeting time is now 7 30pm and starts with our main pre sentation Don t be late From mobile to desktop we inform enlighten and educate Dick Gingras President DCS Membership Information dacs doc ISSN 1084 6573 is published monthly by the Danbury Area Computer Society 65 Legion Rd New Milford CT 06776 Annual s
41. sitive This would mean that an upper case response is allowable At the meeting I thought that DNS returns the machine name in the Same case as it was entered on the machine Now I see this is not true on my Active Directory domain network running Win2008 and Win2003 servers The nslookup utility on a Win8 1 machine displays names in lower case even when the name on the computer is upper case I have no way to test the Java API There is one network name service that always returns upper case and that is WINS Windows Internet Name Service A direct query to WINS requires NetBIOS and the Java API is http www dacs org PS certainly not doing that However DNS servers on Win2008 and earlier no Win2012 available can be configured to use WINS WINS is obsolete and enabling WINS and NetBIOS over TCP IP is no longer encouraged in best practices If a DNS server was so enabled it would explain the upper case If that turns out to be the case somebody owes me coffee and for a week A member suggested that perhaps one server received a software update and the others did not While this scenario seems benign it is unlikely any Microsoft update would change this behavior in DNS My bottom line is the change in behavior is likely a misconfiguration of that DNS server Q A member asked if DACS could have a general meeting presentation about the various SIGs A Earlier this year we cycled through all the SIGs and h
42. t now it is offered at 100 on the Nuance website Nuance is the company behind Dragon Naturally Speaking which works quite well so PaperPort is likely to as well At the meeting I suggested contacting the people who run the Bitsavers document archive bitsavers trailing edge com The Bitsavers archive As of November 2014 there are over 32000 documents containing over 3 2 million pages in the archive I did not appreciate the scale of the Bitsavers project or that they do not attempt to OCR every document They give a brief description of their archival process on their index page Bitsavers is the world wide go to place for documentation on obsolete 1 e collectable computer hardware and software For those interested in IBM mainframes from the 1980 s the archive has an index to manuals on IBM 370 MVS tinyurl com ofohbkn where you will find the manual Program Product MVS System Product Version 1 General Information Manual as a searchable text PDE I believe this is the desired result in the question 12 Jan 2015 Q Is there a free program that can edit a PDF file A Directly editing a PDF is somewhere between easy and impossible depending on how the PDF was created Generally if you scan a document into a PDF the PDF contains an image of the original document rather than the text These cannot be edited but a PDF created by Microsoft Word or by printing a document to a
43. t want it connected to the internet when I am not using it and I just don t want to use the electricity to keep it on even in a low power state It is just my personal choice but I just feel better know ing my computer is completely off when I am not using it You probably know that you do NOT turn your computer off by pressing the on button For a Windows computer prior to Windows 8 you should close all your windows first This lets you see if you for got to save something that you have been working on Once all your windows are closed then click on the start button or 10 Jan 2015 the start orb to get the start menu at the lower left corner of your desktop screen On the start menu will be the command shut down at the bottom click on it and wait until your screen goes blank and the lights on your computer go off If you have a laptop computer a light may stay on to show you that your laptop is connected to your electrical outlet Now you may close your laptop and if you are going to be away for a while unplug the power cord and phone cord if you have it connected to your computer During the time your computer is shutting down it is i checking itself mak ing sure all is neat and tidy inside You do have other power down op tions available to you on the Start menu If you click on the little white triangle just to the right of Shut down you will get a list of these options Some of
44. the voltage low until the surge is over Most such devices will protect against one surge but in doing so they burn out which is why many surge protectors have an indicator that is illuminated if the device is good Of course since most of us locate our surge suppressors on the floor with the dust bunnies we can t see their indicators By the way neither surge protectors nor UPS units provide any defense at all against a direct lightning strike which will vaporize the wiring in your house as well as equipment connected to it The voltages are high enough for lightning to arc hundreds of feet from a cloud to the ground and the currents can be a million Amperes or more Fortunately direct strikes are rare How ever when there is a lightning strike to the power grid it can cause a momentary rise in the voltage which is what a surge protector tries to prevent Most consumer UPS devices have the architecture shown in the block diagram below In normal operation the AC Out socket is connected to the AC In cord that is inserted in a wall outlet At the same time the input power is applied to a battery charger that keeps a lead acid battery which uses the same chemistry that starts your car fully charged Finally control circuitry monitors the AC In voltage and if it departs from what is acceptable a relay switches AC Out to a DC to AC converter that generates a 125 volt 60 Hz waveform DCS eee eee ewes eee eee AC Out AC In
45. these options are Switch user Lock Sleep and Hibernate Hovering your mouse over them will tell you briefly in a small text box what each one does If you want to learn about these different options and perhaps use them go to Google and enter the exact phrase of the option and you can get many detailed explanations I almost never use these op tions When not using your computer for a day or longer it is usually wise to discon nect the power cord A lightning strike near your home may get in and damage your computer even with a good surge protec tor connected This is a good idea for your TVs too I had one client that had a surge protector in place but their phone cord was connected directly to the computer A light ning bolt hit the utility pole outside their home and the surge came in through the phone line and destroyed their C drive DCS completely even though in this case the surge protector worked fine Here are some helpful things to con sider about turning your computer on or off If your computer is not working i e is stuck and you cannot use the mouse at all you can force a shutdown by holding down the on button for one or two sec onds Your computer will almost immedi ately go blank and shut down but it will NOT do all the checking that it would do in a normal shut down Then when you turn on your computer again it will do all kinds of additional checks before it starts up You should not
46. tor in next month s Full Circle Magazine A visit to the download section of http fullcirclemagazine org also allows ways to obtain past issues of the magazine Demo of the Bash Command Isof The Bash command on the command screen of lsof without the quotes allows the user to study what s happening behind the scenes in a Linux computer by looking at listings of open files Typically one would like to know what ports are open what network activity is happening and all the dependent library files that are in use Jim Ritterbusch demonstrated a number of examples showing various cat egories of files that might need further study This way to study the activity going on in acomputer is a nifty way to validate some of the security choices that have been made with that computer It is also useful for determining what might be slowing the performance of the computer The command man Isof without the quotes gives the users manual description of the options available when using Isof Next Linux SIG Meeting At the January 21st meeting in the DACS Resource Center of Ives Manor no new presentations are scheduled at the moment However attendees can raise topics and issues as they feel the need to do so We will continue to help with individuals migrating their older Windows computers to Linux This is the Linux community s normal way of sharing and using open source software which we mirror when we meet for our SIG
47. ty was getting everything out of MS Access c Need a warm and fuzzy welcome letter personal not automated confirm your e mail address message d Expand our CiviCRM mailing list to as many as 2000 recipients from Access database for GM announcements Dick will filter and test 3 Web site status a SSL certificate Jim has yet to cre ate self signed SSL certificate committing to have it in February 4 Program committee a Upcoming events Jan Jobs amp Technology John Barry Preview Review http www dacs org Feb Video Streaming Andy Woodruff Preview Richard Teasdale Review Mar Apr May John Patrick State of the Internet b Discuss the suggestion of trying a short special meeting or technical discussion prior to the main presentation in place of AsSkDACS occasionally This might be on a topic that leads to a new SIG workshop Any sug gestions 5 PayPal status Bert has donate but ton working we are now non profit as well so we get discount on processing 6 Insurance status Bert has changed policy will be getting a rebate check be cause of reduced rate 7 Microsoft Matching Gifts status feedback from Microsoft Bert Microsoft needs 501 c 3 status list New Business 1 Discussion on how to attract spon sors and how they can help us Why would an organization want to sponsor us Possible sponsors are Danbury Sav ings Bank Union Savings Bank SCORE etc Bill S
48. ubscription rates 45 to regular members 30 electronic ac cess included in dues Postmaster Send address changes to Danbury Area Computer Society Inc 4 Gregory Street Danbury CT 06810 4430 Editorial Committee Managing Editor Production Editor Richard Teasdale Allan Ostergren Contributors Charles Bovaird Richard Corzo Drew Kwashnak Lisa Leifels Rob Limbaugh Dave Mawdsley Bruce Preston Bill Saturno Jim Scheef Annette van Ommeren Andy Woodruff DACS its officers and directors as sume no liability for damages arising out of the publication or non publica tion of any article advertisement or other item in this newsletter The editors welcome submissions from DACS members Contact Richard Teasdale dacseditor dacs org Ad vertisers contact Charles Bovaird at 203 792 7881 aam mags net Copyright Nonprofit groups may request permission to reprint articles from dacs doc or http www dacs org by sending e mail to dacseditor dacs org Reprinted articles shall credit the copyright holder and a copy of the final publica tion shall be mailed to Danbury Area Computer Society Inc 65 Legion Rd New Milford CT 06776 Momber af Xk i be apcu ug s k ai pia Group m be rises ae AR Intemational ae A i f Techrmeal a arpia ear Grape yx Bill Saturno APCUG Liaison wsaturno dacs org r a Apple User Group http www dacs org Officers DACS GENERAL NUMBER 203 744 9198
49. uses on all aspects of the Mac and iPhone operating systems Contact Richard Corzo macsig dacs org Meets 2 Tuesday 7 p m at DACS Resource Center Next Meeting Jan 13 Digital Imaging All about digital cameras retouching and printing using various programs Note Ken Graff is relocating in Florida We are considering options to continue the SIG as a virtual video connection Please check in for updates Drupal Covers all things on Drupal the open source content management system CMS Contact Jim Scheef scheef dacs org Meets on the second Thursday at 7 00 p m at the DACS Resource Center or go to the DACS Community Forum htto www dacs org forum within the Members only area Next meeting Look for future announcements Jobs Networking and jobs search Contact Charles Bovaird 203 792 7881 aam mags ne Go to DACS Community Forum htto forum dacs org for job listings Linux Helps in installing and maintaining the Linux operating system Also of interest to Apple owners using OS X SIG News amp Events Contact Dave Mawdsley linuxsig dacs org Meets 3 Wednesday 7 30 p m at the DACS Resource Center Next Meeting Jan 21 Mobile Devices Windows 8 Focuses on smartphones tab lets and e readers of all makes and models Contact Richard Corzo and Jim Scheef Mobilesig dacs org Meets 4 Thursday 7 p m at the DACS Resource Center Next Meeting Jan 22 PC Maintenance Review of PC hardw
50. voltage becomes too high or too low the battery powers your devices Power companies in the U S provide reliable service but some times this is difficult For example they use the earth as part of their circuit partly for safety reasons to avoid high voltages building up on their wires Service is difficult to maintain if the resistance of the earth is high as is the case in the Freehold New Jersey area where I once was responsible for a lab We routinely ran tests lasting 24 hours or more jointly with other companies from England France and Japan Our schedules were tight and if we experienced a power hit a test was ruined As a result we had UPS cabinets the size of home freezers powering the entire lab Partly as a result of this experience I always used a UPS with my work computer More than once I saw the lights blink followed by streams of profanity from nearby offices where computers had crashed because they weren t UPS equipped Although there may be no economic impact resulting from a power glitch while working on a home computer it is most frustrating to have an editing or photo retouching session ruined Modern UPS units are cheap and life is short which often makes investing in one well worth its cost A surge protector has a device that is connected across the power line If the voltage rises above a certain value the resis tance of the device becomes low The hope is that the device will survive long enough to keep
51. your computer than a light switch I hope this article will make this most basic choice a lot clearer to you as well as tell you a little about the power options you have for your computer or tablet I have to admit that turning your com puter on is pretty easy You press the on button on your computer a light or two may come on and then you wait What s going on when your computer is going through all the steps to start itself up Well the computer is checking itself making sure SOUNDS LIKE IT SHOULD be easy the main disk the C drive is working 4 and then it must load the operating system or main program before 4 you can do anything In yg other words it must start the Windows program on a win dows computer or the Apple f Operating system on an Apple computer etc Only when it completes all these startup steps will the screen brighten up with your familiar desktop i You may also see a message or two that your computer wants you to know about such as a new update avail able for one or more of your programs If you do get such messages it is always wise to download and install the latest updates for any programs or apps that you have There that wasn t so hard was it Now how about turning your computer off Many businesses tell their employ ees not to turn their computers off at all but I always turn my computer completely off if I am not going to use it for a half hour or longer I don
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