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TIP OF THE MONTH At the request of a member I have changed the size of the text here.See....... if you talk to me I will respond!!! Tip-Of-The-Month (September 2009)
I recently had a problem with installing my modem drivers which I needed to do after re-installing Windows XP.The installation kept giving an error message saying a ".dll" file had a problem followed by another window telling me I needed administrators rights!I went online with another set up and found the answer was Internet Explorer 8!I therefore uninstalled IE 8 and downloaded IE 7 and BINGO I was able to get the modem installed!
Tip-Of-The-Month (April 2009)
I recently received an email with an attachment that I could not open.
It was a WORD document with a “.docx” extension.
The reason I could’nt open it turned out to be because I did not have the
latest WORD program. I searched on the internet putting in Google:-
“can’t open .docx attachment”.There I found the answer was easy.
Microsoft have a free download that will allow you to open WORD 2007 with a
previous version.
I downloaded it and Hey Presto it worked!
Tip-Of-The-Month (March 2009) Web
Design............ was
the subject of this last Monday 24th
March and I would like to cover a few points for those interested. The tools you
need are either a good knowledge of HTML (unlikely) or a good wysiwyg program
like Dreamweaver (complex and expensive) or Frontpage (cheap and simple). Do not
be tempted to use Word or Publisher or the like because they are just rubbish at
it. Once you have got into learning about the need for a HOME page (always the
INDEX page) and linking other pages to it you are half way there. Decide
what you want your Web Site to achieve, design your pages for each
category/information, include a Contacts page etc. You will need a DOMAINE name
and a HOST to get your web site up and running. It can cost as little as £6 for
a domain name and hosting can be free with your ISP. It is not easy but we can
help you and there is help on the internet if you are keen to learn HTML and
even CSS and more.
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March's (2006) Tip-Of-The-Month
Outlook Express
folders can bulk up fast, increasing OE's load time and slowing its performance. But keeping folders trim means more than deleting messages. When you delete a message, it's simply tagged for removal the next time OE performs a process known as compacting. By default, compacting is automated, happening every now and then in the background. But the process takes a while and can slow down your PC's performance at an inopportune time . Instead, compact manually. First, go to Tools | Options, click on Maintenance, and remove the check next to Compact messages in the background. Then, once a week, go to File | Folder | Compact All Folders. (If you get an error message, close OE, then open it and try again.)
February's (2006) Tip-Of-The-Month Never never ever give up
January's (2006)
Tip-Of-The-Month If you want help with PAINTSHOP PRO 6- try this tutorial
www.baycongroup.com November's (2005)Tip-Of-The-Month OK You have looked at security and hopefully you will have now installed a firewall such as "ZONEALARM" (free download from Computeractive) and you have it up and running.Good.BUT have you remembered to disable Windows XP's own firewall.If you have'nt do it now!
You may know this already but if you don't I think you will find it very useful.
The scenario is you are clogged up with files and folders and want to do a clean up job.
You can of course highlight each one ,one by one and delete them but……….
If you want you can highlight ALL the files at once by holding down the CRTL key.
Right click on the highlighted area and click on delete.
Or if you have a block of files to delete…hold down the SHIFT key-highlight the 1st file
-arrow down to the last file- left click to highlight all the files in between and again right click on the highlighted area and click on delete. September's (2005) Tip-Of-The-Month
Thinking of going over to Broadband.The latest Which report best buys' make interesting reading with METRONET as Number One,FREEDOM2SURF(2),ZEN INTERNET(3) and Waitrose as Number 5.Waitrose was Number One of the Dial Up
August's (2005)Tip-of the Month
Want to see your emails while on your holiday or away from home?
Wake up to WEBMAIL.Go into any computer(Cyber cafe/Hotel/B&B)and use it's web browser like Internet Explorer/Netscape/Avant/Mozilla Firefox and search for your Internet Service Provider(ISP)I.E.Wanadoo/Tiscali/Madasafish/IC24/Waitrose etc. and look for the link to Webmail/Email.Just enter in your user name and password and you should be able to see all your emails you have'nt seen yet. July's (2005)Tip-Of-The-Month
Rogue Diallers --Have you studied your telephone bill lately!? I had a shock when I discovered I had been hit by these ROGUES last year!? We meet every Monday evening from
7.30 till 9.30 at The Jubilee Hall
South Portland Working Men's Conservative Club, Easton, Portland,
Dorset, England . New
members welcome Admission (incl.raffle tickets) £3
Children free (accompanied by an
adult) There is a raffle
held each week.
Contact us at :-
How many times have I heard
the phrase "I can't send and/or receive emails!"
Here's a pdf file to help you.Email help
Tip-Of-The-Month (Jan.09)
There has been a scare concerning Microsoft's Web Browser Internet Explorer recently which could have been a cause for alarm but swift action from Microsoft has solved the problem with an update which you should have downloaded either automatically or manually.If you have'nt updated your operating system ...DO IT NOW.The consequenses of failing to do this may be a very expensive lesson.If you wish to know more go to the Microsoft Web Site.
The subject of BBC Iplayer is a welcome addition to our world and we were shown an insight into what can be done and how to do it last evening (14th Jan.08).If you need a reminder of the nuts and bolts to Iplayer then here's a small guide:-
1) Find the BBC web site-find the Iplayer section (roughly in the middle)-click on it-this should give you a new page showing the options-choose a program you want to watch and click on it-this will automatically open Windows Media Player(most likely you won't have the latest version and you will be asked to upload this).Once you have the latest verson of WMP you should now be able to watch the program-pause it to make a cup of tea- at your leisure .This is called "Streaming"(NO not the tea!!??!)
2) To be able to download a program you will have to instal the software.This takes a few minutes but is well worth doing -just follow the instructions to do this.Now you can watch it when you like and the quality will not be broken as it was on Monday. (This was due to great activity using he internet and "Streaming").Good luck-any problems give me a ring (John Tetzner).
The subject of SPAM is a current concern to us all.To help reduce the amount of SPAM we need to change the way we forward emails.When you recieve an email that you want to pass on to others,we normally don't realise that there are numerous email addresses contained within that email,that can be used by the "SPAMMERS" for advertising or worse!
The way to avoid these addresses being sent out again is 1) DELETE All NAMES and ADDRESSES showing in the email and 2) when sending "TO"- choose BCC to place all the addresses you want to send to.This hides the addresses from everyone.
Another tip for simply backing up your files, photos, music, documents and folders is to use a scheduled daily backup using a simple piece of software called KAREN'S REPLICATOR
obtainable from Computeractives download site www.computeractive.com
and it is FREE.
If you then find the need to re-instal your Operating System(hopefully Windows XP) or a fresh start using your GHOST backup you will have all you need to get back to normal.(Except for your emails which require a little more effort but can be done).More on backing up emails later.
This may month 's tip has come from monday evening 13th Nov.John Holt showed us how to get help from the Microsoft Help Web Site to restore lost address books in Outlook.The link to the site has been added to the list on Useful Web Sites page.
July's
Click on this link to find out about BLU-RAY-the latest advance on
DVD/CD www.blu-ray.com
ONCE IS GOOD - TWICE IS NOT
Each time you save a file as a JPEG you lose some data to compression.This can create artifacts-blocky areas of colour bands in your picture.NEVER save a file as a JPEG a second time.If you make a conversion to JPEG and then decide to make changes,go back to the original PHOTOSHOP FILE.Don't make changes and resave the previously saved JPEG.And if your digital camera produces JPEG files be sure to resave them in PHOTOSHOP format before making any changes.
This month I have received a tip from our honourable member
Dave Wallis who sent me this web site www.flickr.com
It's an excellent site for photo's which I really enjoyed.Thankyou Dave, your contribution is very welcome.
Another web site you can all enjoy sent to me by Mike Gallagher is a local guy
who sometimes writes in the Echo.The web site is www.geoffkirby.co.uk
Thanks Mike.
Using the + Symbol when searching the web.
Sometimes, you want to make sure that a search engine finds pages that have all the words you enter, not just some of them. The + symbol lets you do this.
For example, imagine you want to find pages that have references to both Tony Blair and George Brown on the same page. You could search this way:
+blair +brown
Only pages that contain both words would appear in your results. Here are some other examples:
+windows +98 +bugs
That would find pages that have all three of the words on them, helpful if you wanted to narrow down a search to Windows 98 bugs, rather than on Windows 98 in general.
+star +trek +insurrection
That would get you pages about Star Trek that also specifically mention "Insurrection," the title of a Star Trek film.
The + symbol is especially helpful when you do a search and then find yourself overwhelmed with information. Imagine that you wanted to reserve a camping space in the New Forest. You might start out simply searching like this:
new forest
If so, chances are, you'll probably get too many off-target results. Instead, try searching for all the words you know must appear on the type of page you're looking for:
+new forest +camping +reservations
This month I have searched other computer clubs on the Net and came up with a tutorial for you on layering/blending two images in Photoshop. I think you will be excited when you see it!
Here is the link:-
http//:www.wvcc.org.uk/tutes/psblend.htm
October's (2005)
Tip-Of-The-Month
At that time BT were insisting it was the customers' responsibility to guard against this problem!!!!I was not pleased!!!
BT have now come up with their own piece of software to protect us and you can get it free by downloading it from their web site or easier than that(for you non broadband folk) you can get a copy
from me - John Tetzner at the club
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