July-August-September 2012
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1. 50 which will prevent a power loss from causing a read writer operating to fail or worse a hard drive to not return its write head to the resting position Most modern hard drives automatically return to rest when there is a power loss but why tempt fate The third step is to replace your hard drive before it dies This is easier than you might think and you can use modern drive cloning programs such as Laplink Diskimage to make an exact copy of your hard drive On a desktop computer it is as easy as plugging in the second hard drive into your machine making a copy then removing the old hard drive The process is much the same for a laptop except that you would need an external USB adapter to load the second hard drive to make the copy IDE Hard Drive Once the copy is done you remove the old hard drive and connect only the new one and your computer should be none the wiser happy with a brand new hard drive in it Note Upgrading your hard drive is a great time to consider faster bigger hard drives Many desktops come with 5400 RPM drives and while being cheaper they do not offer the performance of 7200 RPM drives or 10 000 RPM drives Does leaving my flash drive plugged in all the time wear it out quicker or should I be plugging it in only when I need to copy something to it The wear and tear on flash drives comes from when data is being written to or read off of the device not sitting idle One re2. Windows Vista XP class Chapter 37 pages 627 653 Exploring the Internet with Vista amp Internet Explorer Paul Parker Instructor Windows 7 class Chapter 6 continuation of Email Danny Moragne Instructor One on One session Meet with Shirley Sharpe for individual help Shirley would like you to prior email or call her with your questions or problem area you want to cover sharpel08 att net or 285 3810 2 Tuesday This is our General Meeting night The subject Managing Digital Photos is a free photo editing organizing printing and sharing program being presented by Shirley Sharpe Note Please come early to get signed in obtain your blue red tickets and be seated by 7 o clock start time a Tuesday Bring your questions for answers Danny Moragne Instructor One on One session Meet with Shirley Sharpe for individual help Shirley would like you to prior email or call her with your questions or problem area you want to cover sharpelOS att net or 285 3810 Genealogy sig Roberta Stepan or Leonard Middlebrooks will lead the discussion Roberta will email you details 4 Tuesday Windows Vista XP class Chapter 37 pages 627 653 Exploring the Internet with Vista amp Internet Explorer Paul Parker Instructor Windows 7 class Chapter 6 continuation of Email Danny Moragne Instructor One on One session Meet with Shirley Sharpe for individual help Shirley woul
3. change syster power update device dr Click the Detect button in the top right corner of the window to detect your connected television as an external monitor Open the Display drop down menu and select the option for your connected television Open the Multiple Displays heading and select which of the four previously mentioned external display options you want to use such as extending the display across both monitors or only using the external television m Display 1 Mobile PC Display Resolution f ae z ee Orientation Landscape v Connect to a projector or press the amp key and tap P Make text and other items larger or smaller What display settings should I choose Open the Resolution drop down menu and select the new resolution you want to use on your external display if your laptop s standard resolution doesn t look good on the TV Click OK to save your changes to the monitor settings When you are ready to switch back to your laptop screen either use the previously mentioned keyboard shortcuts or return to the Connect to an External Display window and select your laptop s screen in the Display drop down menu Hey Windows 7 users Have you ever lost your volume icon You go to change your volume by using the little icon that sits in the bottom right hand corner of your desktop right next to your clock and it s nowhere to be fou
4. which is useful if you have many icons that need to be positioned on the desktop or if you need to be able to view several different windows at once In the event that your laptop doesn t have a keyboard shortcut or you have changed the shortcut settings you can instead manually change the external monitor settings by opening the Start menu and navigating to the Control Panel Control Panel K Adobe Photoshop 7 0 Cc Google Chrome s Dropbox Devices and Prin asg Chane Default Programs gt All Programs Help and Support Shutdown gt Inside the Control Panel window click the green Hardware and Sound heading listed below the Network and Internet Heading INCLYVVUIK ANIU LIILCIIICL s network status ane Choose homegroup and shar opptions Hardware and Sound View devices and printers dd a device rdware and Sound Adjust commonly used mo cs play CDs automatically yy Programs T a more Uninstall a program Locate the green Display heading listed above the Windows Mobility Center heading Click the blue link below the Display heading labeled Connect to an External Display EA Change battery settings Require a password when the computer wakes Change what the power butt Chanc Adjust screen brightness Adjust scr Adjust commonly used mobility settings SmartAudio Add or remove printers i hardware
5. Contents Meeting Programs p l Meeting Schedule p 1 Class Schedule p 2 iPad Quick Mute p 2 Preloaded Flash Drive p 3 Remove Password p 4 DVD Blueray Discs p 6 Hard Drive Dying p 4 Flash Drive Plugged p 6 Laptop To A T V p 7 Missing Volume Control p 9 God Bless America July Program Windows 7 and Glimpse on Windows 8 Don Hames PRA peor nin mlk a Mla al inal August Program What s Inside your PC Paul Parker Did you ever wonder what is actually inside your PC Have you heard the terms Hard drives DVD drive memory video card mother board USB ports sound card and power source but wondered what and where they were Paul Parker is going to take all the mystery out of the inside workings of your computer September Program How to Maneuver Around a Website All meetings are held at the St Tammany Parish Military Complex old Levee Board Building located at 61134 North Military Road in Slidell Meeting Schedule Tuesday July 9 2012 Meeting will start Promptly at 7 p m Please arrive by 6 45 Sign in at the door Get your Freebie Ticket Buy your 50 50 Ticket Questions will be addressed and answered 7 15 p m Old and New Business Windows 7 amp Glimpse on Windows 8 Don Hames Following the program will be the Drawings For the Door prize amp 50 50 Raffle Refreshments Dae o Marlene Gonzales Joyce Ferrara Diane Walther 1 Saturday
6. If you know the password but don t want to have to enter it when you log in you can easily remove it Click on the Start button then control panel Now click on Add Remove User Accounts and then click on the account name you want to remove the password from Click Remove the password type in the password and click Remove password Next time you log in when you click on that user it will log you right in Px Many flash drives come pre loaded with a small amount of software Is it safe to delete this if you plan to use the flash drive only for storage That really depends on the kind of software on the flash drive If the flash drive comes with free applications games trials This kind of software is ok to remove since it s not directly tied to how the flash drive functions The best way to remove this software is to reformat the flash drive before you begin using it Step 1 Plug in the flash drive and open My Computer or Computer for Windows 7 users and right click on the flash drive Usually drive letter E or higher in this example it s drive F and left click format ooo 3 Compress to Archive rar and email El Shared Folder Synchronization gt work drive Open Control Panel Format Eject Cut Copy Create shortcut Rename CORSAIR F Ep ee 4 41 GB free of 14 9 G Properties Step 2 You can change the drive s label the name that comes up next to drive let
7. ason that it might be a good idea to disconnect the drive is in the event of electrical surge If a surge is powerful enough to damage the components inside of your computer it may also damage anything connected to the computer at the time If your hard drive is fried in a lightning strike and your flash drive goes with it you may have no backup left 4 vs Ste i Connecting Your Laptop To A T V Screen 1 How can I hook up my laptop to my big screen TV so that I can talk to we someone in another state I have acquired an HDMI cable for this purpose 3 but I have no idea what else is needed or the steps to follow to make this A happen With the prices on huge HD enabled flat screen TVs always tumbling further down you may want to connect your laptop to your TV when at home to have a bigger viewing area Using your TV as an external monitor is a handy way to show something on your laptop to your whole family to view computer games in a much larger format or even to see video chat sessions on a bigger screen Connecting a laptop to your TV requires using the correct type of video cable as not all TVs or laptop models support all cable connections Attach the cable whether it be S Video HDMI DVI or even VGA from the port on the side of your laptop to the corresponding port on the back or side of the TV If you aren t sure what ports your television has check the manual or swivel the TV around to visually
8. check the ports Most new television models available support connecting S Video cables at the least to offer connectivity with mobile devices like laptops Keep in mind that S Video cables only allow the transfer of images and not sound so any audio or video file you play on your laptop will play through the computer s internal speaker and not through the television s sound system Many laptop models include a built in shortcut for switching over to another monitor detected by the operating system After connecting the cable tap the shortcut key combination which is generally the FN and F8 keys pressed simultaneously If this combination doesn t work check your laptop s user manual or head over to the support website for your computer manufacturer to find out the key combination your computer model uses The Windows 7 operating system also has a built in shortcut for switching between external monitors by tapping the Windows key the key with the Windows picture positioned to the left of the Alt key and the P key together Tapping either the FN and F8 or Windows and P shortcut combinations more than once lets you cycle through the monitor options which are Laptop screen only Duplicate image on both screens Extend image across both monitors External monitor only Extending the image across both monitors means your desktop will be half on your laptop s screen and half on the TV
9. d like you to prior email or call her with your questions or problem area you want to cover sharpel108 att net or 285 3810 STCA Mailboxes stca information gmail com stca webmaster gmail com stca newsletter gmail com kg S TCA isa non profit organization The goal of the association is to share information and to help educate the public in the use of personal computers Members range from experienced to beginners Programs feature topics and subjects of interest to the general membership with emphasis on basic computer skills Member and guest speakers provide demonstrations lectures questions answers and on occasion hands on experience Ko PY pel BIRTH DJe America iPad Quick Mute Did you know that there s a quick way to mute all sound on your iPad All you need to do is press and hold the Volume Down button on the side and it I mute the sound completely in two seconds a to mute It s much faster than rapidly pressing volume down lowering the volume one tick at a time So next time you re playing a game or watching a movie and someone comes up and starts talking to you you have a quick fix for silence Give it a try i P ASTETE pea gt ee Maggy aon lt e i se a i 5 aad meee If you know the password and don t want to use one or if you ve forgotten the password here are the directions for removing both
10. desperate The old guy says Well maybe I can help you find her what does she look like The young guy says Well she is 27 yrs old tall with red hair blue eyes is buxom wearing no bra long legs and 1s wearing short shorts What does your wife look like To which the first old guy says Doesn t matter let s look for yours Is Your Hard Drive Dying Should You Replace It Since hard drive failure is one of our greatest fears does it make any sense to routinely replace a primary hard drive in an otherwise well functioning computer If so when and how Hard drive failure is a great fear especially when you have thousands of photos documents and songs that you can t easily replace The first step to good hard drive maintenance is to use a S M A R T short for Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology reading program which can give you an indication if your hard drive is experiencing errors or being exposed to very high heat which is known to shorten the lifespan of the hard drive Active makes a great utility called Hard Disk Monitor which allows you to read the S M A R T status and it even tells you what the numbers mean and which numbers you want high or low This utility is available as a 14 day free trial at http disk monitor com Value Rew Value Worst Threshold 114 3DB9CF2 97 0 108 00 0 74 19CCB30 uncorr 199 D UDMA c RCe d Mealth att
11. nd Well If you re using Windows 7 the fix is easy First click the Start orb and in the search box which appears directly above type System icons This should populate a list Click the one that says Customize icons on the taskbar if 3 Click this iJ Remove icons from notification area system tray on the deskt Control Panel 11 EJ Show or hide inactive icons on the taskbar wh uto hide the taskbar wh Customize the taskbar 2 Type system icons D See more res in the search box Suton i Click Start In the next window click Turn system icons on or off Uny show notiticabons ee ee Hide icon and notificati Only show notifications Restore default con behaviors Always show all icons and notifications on the taskbar Long ago when men cursed And beat the ground with sticks It was called witchcraft Today it s called GOLF Now in this final window make sure the dropdown box next to Volume is set for On Turn system icons on or off Turnin 9 Off pylem icon removes the icon and turns off notifications System looms Behaviors Clock n Jan a ts it on Net woti p Un Click OK when you re finished and your volume icon should be restored Es Let there be PEACE on Earth and let it begin with me
12. ribute gt T Hea Perfomance sttrbute gt Perfomance attrbute Information sttrbute Desorption 6 Count g e Thera of this attriute shows of hours heining eimen depending on manufacturer i power on state A dere f this strbute s lajia ve bres dates Arren of the MTBF ounce es tote bire Howe reality even if the MTBF value falls to zero it does not mean the MTBF resource is completely exhausted and the drive wil not function normally O bacio FE SMART info ki Temperature Graph Dick Status flast Checked 2012 05 01 15 53 33 Modet ST950056 20AS E amy Leary 3 Gays 10 hours 1066 hours 4 Health Status OK AE the Earth AR a a r m pe p B i 7 i te one we have ts The only The second step is to try to fix anything that may be shortening your hard drive s lifespan The big enemies of a hard drive outside of inherit mechanical failure are heat and power loss Heat can be a result of a case that s filled with dust animal hair and other things that have built up over the years The easiest way to clean your system out 1s to use compressed air and spray the fans boards and components off If you re doing this make sure not to spray any of the liquid compressed air and take care to discharge any static on your body before touching computer components You can fix the power loss issue by owning a high quality battery backup power protector available in most office superstores starting at
13. ter and click Start This will reformat the drive and wipe out everything on it Once it is complete the drive will be ready to use without any software wasting o DVD CD bBluerz Optical Media DVD CD Bluray store information by burning or pressing very tiny pits on the surface of the disc Your computer or player then shines a very narrow laser beam up at the disc and reads where a pit exists and where one doesn t and translates that into the 0 s and 1 s Binary that a computer or electronic device can understand In order to read just the right pits your computer or player wants Like a specific Song or part of a movie the laser needs to move to just the right part of the disc Just like a record player the creators of optical media realized that if you spin the disc around you can move the laser up and down a track and be able to read every part of the disc as it spins around This spinning optical media allowed players to be much smaller and allows the information to be encoded in circles on the disc to be read very quickly as it passes over the laser Two guys one old one young are pushing their carts around Wal Mart when they collide The old guy says to the young guy Sorry about that I m looking for my wife and I guess I wasn t paying attention to where I was going The young guy says That s OK it s a coincidence I m looking for my wife too can t find her and I m getting a little
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