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Club news & what's on at the club / 24th June
« Last post by Intelinside on June 20, 2016, 04:04:29 pm »
A short introduction to some of the features of Photoshop, this will just be a general overview of this software as it is a very involved professional program but i will hope to show what an amature can acheive with even the base level of knowledge and where you can obtain free instruction from.

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General Discussion / Poster
« Last post by PuffTheMagicDragon on June 20, 2016, 12:13:37 pm »
I believe, in passing, I saw a poster for the ‘Open Day/Beginners Course’, If so, could this poster be sent out to the members, to re-post, or print off and put up where they think fit, alternatively could it be posted into the ‘Posters’ section of the website, again for members to access?

Alan
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Club news & what's on at the club / June 17th
« Last post by Intelinside on June 15, 2016, 10:45:20 am »
This will be a hands on help session, come and discuss all your problems. (computer related only)
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Club Recommended Software / Recommeded Programs for general use
« Last post by BobR on June 09, 2016, 03:37:29 pm »
Please click on the website link below to download OR bring your club USB stick along on Friday to get the latest copy

Anyburn                            Version     3.5                 17/03/2017      http://www.anyburn.com/index.htm
AnyBurn is a light weight but professional CD / DVD / Blu-ray burning software that everyone must have. It provides a free and complete solution for burning. It is completely free.

Audacity                           Version     2.1.2              07/05/2016       http://www.audacityteam.org/download
Audacity is a free, easy-to-use, multi-track audio editor and recorder for Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux and other operating systems. The interface is translated into many languages. To convert any sound tracks or sound effects you produce in Audacity that you wish to save in mp3 format, you will need to download the following software and add into Audacity as follows:- "Edit" - "Preferences" - "Libraries"
ffmpeg      Version      2.2.2      07/05/2016      http://www.audacityteam.org/download/windows
Lame        Version      3.99.3    07/05/2016      http://www.audacityteam.org/download/windows

Axcrypt                            Version     1.7.3156         07/05/2016        http://www.axantum.com/axcrypt/Downloads.html
AxCrypt is free and easy to use open source strong file encryption for Windows 2000/2003/XP/Vista/2008/7/8/8.1/10, integrated with Windows Explorer. Encrypt, compress, decrypt, wipe, view and edit with a few mouse clicks. Cryptographic primitives are AES-128 and SHA-1.

Firefox Browser 32 bit     Version     52.0               17/03/2017       http://www.filehorse.com/download-firefox-32
Firefox Browser 64 bit     Version     52.0               17/03/2017       http://filehippo.com/download_firefox_64
Mozilla Firefox is a fast, full-featured Web browser. Firefox includes pop-up blocking, tab-browsing, integrated Google, Yahoo and Bing search, simplified privacy controls, a streamlined browser window that shows you more of the page than any other browser and a number of additional features that work with you to help you get the most out of your time online.

Google Earth                   Version     7.1.8.3036      24/03/2017        https://www.google.com/earth
Use Google Earth on the desktop to travel anywhere without leaving your desk. For additional advanced tools, use Google Earth Pro for no extra charge.

In My Diary Setup           Version     323                 07/05/2016        http://www.inmydiary.c.uk/download.php
In My Diary is an easy to use, traditional looking, free, multi-language, personal diary application to help you organize all your upcoming tasks and events, store your passwords, keep track of notes and manage your contacts.

Libreoffice                       Version     5.3.1              17/03/2017        https://www.libreoffice.org/download/libreoffice-fresh
LibreOffice is a powerful office suite – its clean interface and feature-rich tools help you unleash your creativity and enhance your productivity. LibreOffice includes several applications that make it the most powerful Free and Open Source office suite on the market: Writer (word processing), Calc (spreadsheets), Impress (presentations), Draw (vector graphics and flowcharts), Base (databases), and Math (formula editing).

Moz Backup                     Version     1.5.1              05/05/2016        http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com
MozBackup is a simple utility for creating backups of Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird, Mozilla Sunbird, Flock, SeaMonkey, Mozilla Suite, Spicebird, Songbird and Netscape profiles.
It allows you to backup and restore bookmarks, mail, contacts, history, extensions, passwords, cache etc. It's an easy way to do Firefox backup, Thunderbird backup ...

qbittorent                        Version     3.3.11           24/03/2017        http://www.qbittorrent.org/download.php
An advanced and multi-platform BitTorrent client with a nice Qt user interface as well as a Web UI for remote control and an integrated search engine. qBittorrent aims to meet the needs of most users while using as little CPU and memory as possible.

Thunderbird                    Version      45.8.11          24/03/2017        https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird
Thunderbird makes email better for you, bringing together speed, privacy and the latest technologies.

SendtoKindle for PC-installer  Version   1.0.1.241   07/05/2016      http://www.amazon.com/gp/sendtokindle/pc
With Send to Kindle for PC, you can send personal documents to your registered Kindle e-readers, Fire tablets, and supported Kindle reading apps, and to your Kindle Library in the Manage Your Content and Devices page.

VLC                                 Version      2.2.4             24/03/2017      http://www.videolan.org/vlc
VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.
                               

As there are no more updates for "Picasa" and "ABBYY Finereader" the older versions are only available on the club memory stick.

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Club Recommended Software / Safe and cleaning software
« Last post by BobR on June 09, 2016, 01:15:51 pm »
Please click on the website link below to download OR bring your club USB stick along on Friday to get the latest copy


AWD Cleaner                           Version     6.0.21             Date   19/10/2016      http://adwcleaner.en.uptodown.com     
An easy-to-use security utility that allows you to get rid of all the adware on your computer within a matter of seconds by performing a quick scan.

Anti Exploit free                       Version     1.8.1.1196     Date   24/03/2017      https://www.malwarebytes.org/products     
Provides four layers of protection that work together to block exploits instantly. This happens in both the first stage of the attack, preventing shell code execution, and the second stage, memory calls and sandbox escapes, and memory mitigation bypasses.

Belarc Advisor Installer           Version     8.5c                 Date   07/05/2016      http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html   
Builds a detailed profile of your installed software and hardware, network inventory, missing Microsoft hotfixes, anti-virus status, security benchmarks, and displays the results in your Web browser. All of your PC profile information is kept private on your PC and is not sent to any web server.

Ccleaner                                 Version     528                  Date   24/03/2017      https://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download     
Is your computer running slow? As it gets older it collects unused files and settings which take up hard drive space making it slower and slower.
CCleaner cleans up these files and makes it faster instantly.

DNScrypt-win-client-master     Version     1.6.1                Date   07/05/2016      https://dnscrypt.org
DNSCrypt is a protocol that authenticates communications between a DNS client and a DNS resolver. It prevents DNS spoofing. It uses cryptographic signatures to verify that responses originate from the chosen DNS resolver and haven't been tampered with.

EaseUS Partition Manager       Version     11.10                Date   24/03/2017      http://www.easeus.com
EaseUS partition manager software to resize, move and merge partitions for home & home office users.

EaseUS Total Back-Up Free     Version     10.0                  Date   24/03/2017      http://www.easeus.com
Affordable back-up software for laptops and desktops. Backup and restore system in just one click for home and office workers.

Junk Removal Too                    Version      8.0.9.0            Date    19/10/2016     https://www.malwarebytes.com/junkwareremovaltool/
Is your PC running slow? It could be infected with potentially unwanted programs (PUPs), adware, or other junkware. Junkware Removal Tool (JRT) by Malwarebytes sweeps up and removes all traces of irritating hitchhikers.

Keypass                                   Version      2.34                Date    19/10/2016      http://keepass.info/download.htm
Today you need to remember many passwords. You need a password for the Windows network logon, your e-mail account, your website's FTP password, online passwords (like website member account), etc. etc. etc. The list is endless. Also, you should use different passwords for each account. Because if you use only one password everywhere and someone gets this password you have a problem... A serious problem. The thief would have access to your e-mail account, website, etc. Unimaginable.

Malwarebytes                         Version      3.0.6.1469       Date     24/03/2017      https://www.malwarebytes.org/products
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware's industry-leading anti-malware and anti-spyware scanner detects and removes malware like worms, Trojans, rogues, spyware, bots, and more. Anti-rootkit technology drills down and removes deeply embedded rootkits, one of the most dangerous forms of malware.

PSIS Setup                             Version      3.0.0.11005     Date      07/05/2016   http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/secunia-personal-software-inspector-psi/

Secunia PSI is a tool that can be used to monitor your installed applications for new updates.  When started, Secunia PSI will scan your computer for applications and install any updates that are available for them. This allows your computer to remain secure from possible vulnerabilities in your installed programs.

Revosetup                             Version       2.0.2                 Date      24/03/2017     http://www.revouninstaller.com/revo_uninstaller_free_download.html   
The Revo Uninstaller tool lists the installed programs and components for all and current user. With a choice of views, as well as a context menu, information on program components is available: program properties, their registry entries and links to manufacturer's web site, for a start. The "Search" option finds installed applications just by typing the first few letters of their name. Revo Uninstaller Pro scans for leftovers with even more advanced algorithms that are so precise, fast and very effective in search for leftovers of Windows Services, Drivers, File associations, Shell Extensions, COM components, Windows Installer components, program settings and more!

Recuva                                   Version       1.53.1087           Date      26/08/2016      http://www.filehippo.com/download_recuva/
Recuva (pronounced "recover") is a freeware Windows utility to restore files that have been accidentally deleted from your computer. This includes files emptied from the Recycle bin as well as images and other files that have been deleted by user error from digital camera memory cards or MP3 players. It will even bring back files that have been deleted from your iPod, or by bugs, crashes and viruses!

Sumo                                     Version       4.4.0                  Date      09/06/2016      http://www.kcsoftwares.com/?sumo
SUMo (Software Update Monitor) keeps your PC up-to-date & safe by using the most recent version of your favorite software !  Unlike built-in auto update features, SUMo tells you if updates are available before you need to use your software.

Super Anti Spyware              Version      6.0. 1236          Date      24/03/2017      http://superantispyware.com/download.htm
SUPERAntiSpyware Free Edition is 100% Free and will detect and remove thousands of Spyware, Adware, Malware, Trojans, KeyLoggers, Dialers, Hi-Jackers, and Worms. SUPERAntiSpyware features many unique and powerful technologies and removes spyware threats that other applications fail to remove.

Wise Disk Cleaner                Version      9.44                  Date      24//03/2017       [url]http://www.wisecleaner.com/wise-disk-cleaner.html[url]
Over time, junk files, temporary files, all kinds of system files and other items you do not need at all accumulate on your Windows Computer. Those useless files take up valuable hard disk space and slow down your computer. Wise Disk Cleaner can delete these unnecessary files on your hard disk to free up disk space and make your computer run faster. It also provides many custom options to allow advanced users to clean up more files they don’t need. Equipped with advanced algorithms, Wise Disk Cleaner can scan and remove them within seconds, making it one of the most efficient disk cleaners out there.




 
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General Discussion / backup photo's
« Last post by YvonneC on June 08, 2016, 03:07:14 pm »
I backed up my photo's before changing from windows 7 to windows 10.
Is there a way I can roload all my pictures without duplicating them. I just want the ones that may be missing.
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The Microsoft Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) device driver interface is supported on Windows ME and Windows XP systems. If a WIA device driver is available for your scanner and you are using Windows ME or Windows XP, it is recommended that you scan using the WIA interface instead of installing the TWAIN driver. For win &, 8, 8.1, 10 the TWAIN driver/interface is fine.
The word TWAIN is not officially an acronym, but it is a backronym. The official website notes that "the word TWAIN is from Kipling's The Ballad of East and West — '...and never the twain shall meet...' — reflecting the difficulty, at the time, of connecting scanners and personal computers. It was up-cased to TWAIN to make it more distinctive. This led people to believe it was an acronym, and then to a contest to come up with an expansion. None was selected, but the entry Technology Without an Interesting Name continues to haunt the standard."

This is a link to the Microsoft page where the SCAN APP for windows 10 can be downloaded and installed.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/store/apps/windows-scan/9wzdncrfj3pv

Look at this page for info on downloading without an MS account. http://www.guidingtech.com/49336/install-windows-10-apps-local-account/

Here are some tips if you are scanning documents with optical character recognition (OCR) technology:
•   Scan the documents at 300 or 600 DPI; 300 is usually fine for text.
•   Scan documents with 10-point text size or larger if possible.
•   Use gray-scale instead of black and white.
•   Verify that the lines of text are parallel with the bottom of the page.
•   Make sure the document is located in the scanner properly.
•   Documents should be on clean paper, without lines or ink blotches.
•   Screen captures (images generated by pressing the Print Screen button on your keyboard) and then printed do not scan well with OCR.

Troubleshooting

If the OCR technology cannot read the document, it may be because:
•   The document was scanned at a low resolution and the words are blurry. Scan documents at a higher resolution, e.g., as a gray-scale TIFF file with 600 DPI.
•   The document was scanned upside down or sideways.
•   The document has lines that cross out or stains that cover the scanned words.
•   The font spacing in the scanned document is tight and the letters run together.
•   There is a language option in your software and it is set incorrectly.
•   Check you are not scanning a picture of text rather than actual text!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Club news & what's on at the club / June 3rd
« Last post by Intelinside on June 01, 2016, 02:40:24 pm »
This will be the scanning basics tutorial postponed from last week. Also our monthly free raffle/draw/prize/giveaway will be held as it is the first friday of the month. the prize this week will be a new Mercedes/AMG S63 Coupe
UPDATE........sorry but due to Mercedes not being able to deliver on time it wil have to be something else now................!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! think i have an old pen here somewhere that is not used any more.
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Club news & what's on at the club / Re: May 27th
« Last post by Intelinside on May 25, 2016, 08:16:32 pm »
This is now changed to an android session
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Club news & what's on at the club / Monthly raffle / free prize draw
« Last post by Intelinside on May 20, 2016, 09:19:51 pm »
It was agreed today (20th May) that the free prize draw will be held on the first Friday of each month. There will be a different item each month as the prize probably up to a value of around 10€. Yvonne has agreed to take charge of this and the next draw will be on 3rd June 2016.
You will need to have your membership card with you to be eligible to take part.
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