JANUARY 2, 2008 Besides a great question and answer session, Jake discussed the installation of a wireless router.

DECEMBER 5, 2007 This time Jake came loaded with great and valuable information. He not only explains, demonstrates and answers questions about hardware and software, he brings on cd copies of the programs he discusses. Following is part of what he shared with us: a free unzip program, a dvd playing program similar to power dvd, a computer software cleanup program, a program to play back movie files, a program to download tv programs to be seen later, a funny screen saver, a utility program to find out what is running in your pc and what might be slowing performance, a program for turning on of off programs at star-up, a utility program for keeping a backup copy of documents and the link from a file folder from a usb flash drive, an on-line tv-radio music player and recorder, and many other things which I forgot and/or probably didn't understand. He also demonstrated Microsoft's Virtual PC, which enables you to have a computer within your computer which you can use and not affect your computer in any way. Pretty powerful.

NOVEMBER 7, 2007 Our new member, Jake Martin, had another very informative question and answer session. In addition to that, he introduced us to "Open Office", which is a free-ware equivalent of Microsoft Office. On top of that he brought a few cd's containing seven very useful and entertaining programs, which he discussed and demonstrated. In general, the programs were freeundelete, a media player, a computer process explorer, a screen saver site, a program that enables you to see live tv throughout the world, a highly entertaining "stress" reducer, and Open Office. WELCOME TO OUR GROUP JAKE.

OCTOBER 3, 2007 A guest to our meeting, Jake Martin, conducted a great question and answer session. He works for Mary Ellen and he is highly knowledgeable in the computer field.

SEPTEMBER 5, 2007 Mary Ellen Marshall demonstrated loading XP Professional onto the new computer that was built during the June meeting

AUGUST 1, 2007 An informal "non-technical" discussion was held on the parking lot, because we were locked out of RTI.

JUNE 6, 2007 Mary Ellen and George, en amployee of hers, put together, from scratch, a pretty powerful computer. It worked !

MAY 2, 2007 Mary Ellen discussed all the components that make up a computer and their cost. All these components will be put together during our next meeting

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