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(BUSSLINE is the term for the complex multi- functional circuitry on a computer mother- Your technology helper for over 30 years. board, a PC’s heart.) Vol. 110 No. 11 Newsletter of the Central Florida Computer Society, Inc. [Non-Profit, 501(c)3] Dec. 2010 At- TECH/COMPUTER EVENTS STILL NOT TO BE MISSED! December 19 uct. This product provides the maximum flexibility Sean Kane. New things from Apple . Sean is a to ensure that your computer’s hard drive is ade- Mac Administrator and leads the CFCS/FLMUG quately protected and can recover from any unfore- iSIG. He will be presenting information about the seen events, such as hard drive failures, viruses or many products from Apple. He will show some of unstable software downloads. By having & imple- the many features of Mac computers, as well as the menting a well thought-out Backup and Recovery iPod, Apple TV, iPhone, & the iPad. Many of our Plan, you can put your system together again fairly members are multiple computer owners and may be quickly, instead of days or weeks. This is a most im- thinking about adding a Mac to their home or busi- portant type of program that every PC User should ness. This will be a good meeting to find out what consider for their computer. Gene will demonstrate the advantages will be. You will also see that the Acronis True Image Home, one of the most popular Mac is capable of running both Mac and Windows computer backup and recovery programs on the mar- operating systems. ket today. The last part of his presentation will focus on the best way to Organize Your Hard Drive. Acronis ENJOY the CITY - ORLANDO just released a new version of their partitioning prod The NEW 2011 Coupon Books are in! Good uct, Disk Director 11 Home with support for the through Dec. 2011 (Your 2010 Books are still good Windows 7 OS. With large terabyte hard drives to- through December 2010!) They still cost just $20! day, they need to be set up & organized to take ad HUNDREDS Of $$$$$ In Savings!! vantage of the additional space. This can be done Get one free Oil Change at Firestone, Value = $20 very easily. A special "partitioning utility" is needed ++!! And, 2 $10 off on your next two changes. And 4 $5 off $50’s at Albertsons or Publix. So that is $60 without ANY of the Restaurants, etc. Get one for Inside this issue: each car! See any CFCS board member or SIG leader to purchase one. Page 6 …………………. …………..…..Recycle Bin 9 …………………………….. Space Corner January 16 15 ………………….Hewie’s Views & Reviews Gene Barlow presents The Best Backup Plan 16 ………..Build Your Own Computer Photos to protect your System from Failure & Orga- 22 …………………….……………....Helpline nizing Your Hard Drive 23 ……………...…………..Calendar of Events Gene and Linda Barlow represent Acronis 24 ……...…. Map to General Monthly Meeting Software to the user group community. Acronis True Image Home is their backup and recovery prod Unless otherwise noted, all article continuations are to the page immediately following where you are reading. PAGE 2 CFCS BUSSLINE NEWSLETTER December, 2010 PRIMETime.cfm to make this organization process easy and simple to do. Gene will demonstrate the most recent re- · Northwest Florida Association of Computer lease of Acronis Disk Director Home at the pres- User Groups (NWFACUG) http://NWFACUG.org entation. The combination of one or both of these excellent hard drive utilities would give you the · Association of Personal Computer User Groups power to Protect Your Hard Drive from system failure and Organize Your Hard Drive for better (APCUG.) http://www.APCUG.org safety of your data files. Our organizations come together once a year to pre- Gene has been a presenter in the user group sent you with the best computer training in Northwest community for over 28 years. For many years he Florida. We will host the annual APCUG Meeting in managed IBM's user group support organization conjunction with Computer Tech 2011. We had 394 and has been called the Father of PC User computer enthusiasts attend Computer Tech 2010 and Groups. Now retired, Gene started his own com- expect to see more than 500 at Computer Tech 2011. pany called User Group Relations ( www.ugr.com ), providing support to the user group community for Come join us for this one day special event and dur- ing your free time take a walk on the No1 rated beach the software companies he represents. He is an informative and easy to understand pre- in the US. senter. Don't miss this important presentation. The conference is free and open to the military, sen- iors, snowbirds, students and user group members. All events through December are held at 2 pm You have 25 different technology workshops to in the Jackson Hewitt office on Lee Rd. and choose from. See a tentative list of workshops in our Turner Rd. See map on pg. 24. Jan. Feb. and Mar. Computer Tech 2011 flyer or visit http:// presentations will be at the University Club of NWFACUG.org . Winter Park. For details and maps, consult our website at cfcs.org . January 31 (Note: This event does not Also, earlier on the same day of each talk, take place in Orlando.) the Windows SIG* meeting is held. (*Special Interest Group) The WinSIG always Computer Conference at meets at 12:30 pm, just before the CFCS General Sea in 2011 Meeting. If you use or plan to use Windows, these Join us on next year's Florida Association of discussions, demonstrations, and Q&A sessions will Computer User Groups (FACUG) Technical Confer- be of immense value to you. Geared to intermediate ence @ Sea. For more information see FACUG.org level Windows users. Tips, tricks, and information 2011 FACUG Technology Conference Mex- on all versions of Windows are discussed. An e- ico Cruise January 27th through January 31st - newsletter is sent periodically with meeting infor- 2011 mation and links discussed at the meeting. You There is no better bargain vacation than a need not attend both meetings, but many members cruise, add to it a fully fledged Computer and Tech- do. Non members always welcome. Sign up for the nology Conference and it becomes an outstanding free e-newsletter at cfcs.org . event. Be part of the FACUG's second Confer- ence@Sea. Be with us for this will be another out- January 29 (Note: This event does standing Sail - Abration . not take place in Orlando.) You are invited to attend the 5th annual North- Special Interest Groups (SIGs) west Florida Computer Tech Conference (2011) on Saturday, January 29, 2011, at Northwest Florida The iSIG meets every third Monday at 7:00 pm State College, Niceville. Florida. The co-sponsors at Denny's on Lee Rd & I-4. The iSIG meetings cover are: the products that use the iPhoneOS, which includes · The PRIME TIME Northwest Florida State the iPhone, iPad, and iPod. This is a combined effort College http://www.nwfsc.edu/ContEd/ December, 2010 CFCS BUSSLINE NEWSLETTER PAGE 3 of the Central Florida Computer Society http:// www.cfcs.org and the Florida Macintosh Users Is This the Ghost of Group http://www.flmug.com . Other groups are in vited to participate. Attendees are consumers, devel- Christmas Future? opers, consultants, and publishers. The SIG leader is In his column last month, Bob Click mentioned Sean Kane, Certified Apple Technical Coordinator, that he had received a message from Lou Vitale, longtime Mac and iPhone user, and a technologist President of Macon Users Group in Macon, GA, in and consultant to Walt Disney Feature Animation which Lou told the members of the Macon User Florida. Group that their BOD had decided it was no longer Please note that the iSIG meets at the logical to keep the group alive. As Bob wrote: “It Denny's on Lee Rd. The Tech-SIG and the Board must have taken him a while to put that final letter of Directors meetings continue to meet at Denny's together, but I disagree that they no longer have any- on 436 & Oxford Rd in Casselberry. thing to offer the members. As usual, only a few peo- The ACCESS, MS OFFICE, and SECU- ple were willing to do the work and they probably RITY SIGs meet conjointly on the second Wednes- got tired of working while others simply enjoyed the day of each month from 7 to 9 pm at the New Hori- benefits. Yes, they do have almost nothing new to zons Learning Center at 1221 Lee Rd. Arvin Meyer, present that they haven’t already done, but nothing a Microsoft MVP, (and current CFCS president), can replace a member coming in with his machine in leads the SIG. http://groups. yahoo.com/group/cfcs- hand that has a problem, or stating his problem dur- access This is a combination of three separate SIGs ing the Q & A, and after a short discussion, his prob- which now meet alternately for the duration of Ar- lem is most likely diagnosed. The Internet might vin’s presidency. They will resume separate meet- have the answers, but who is going to explain it to ings when he leaves office and/or publishes his up- you, except, perhaps, your grand kids. In the mean- coming book. time, some malware or keyloggers might stop by, The GRAPHICS/PHOTO SIG meets on the and God help you if that happens. The Internet can third Wednesday of each month from 7 to 9pm at the only help if you understand what you’re reading and New Horizons Learning Center at 1221 Lee Rd.