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August 2012 The Outer Edge Page 1 | The Outer E August 2012 Vol. 26, No. 1 d Whole No. 303 ISSN 1055-4399 g e The Friendly Computer Club Helping Make Computers Friendly. On the Web at www.cipcug.org COMMAND.COM Attendance at the By Jim Brown, President July general meeting: “Promoting the Harmony of Computer Education, and Camaraderie” 44 members and guests. t is true: “Time Marches On,“ and we are going to celebrate it. At our To Contact CIPCUG September regular meeting (Sept. 22, 2012), we will celebrate our The Outer Edge......................805-485-7121 computer club’s 26 th birthday. General Information………...805-289-3960 Mailing Address...P.O. Box 51354, Oxnard, CA The planning for the celebration is ongoing, and we plan to have fun Iwith a look to the past, reconnecting with longtime members, especially 93031-1354 On the Web: cipcug.org those who were instrumental in the establishment of this club, and honoring On Facebook: Facebook.com/groups/cipcug their dedication and sacrifices. Following the meeting we plan to have a social lunch at the nearby Texas Cattle Company restaurant, which has a moderately priced ($10-$15) menu, which we all can afford. Costs might force The planning committee does have a few requests for our membership- changes in TOE Please sign up for the luncheon. We just need to know how The time has come to do some seri- many people plan to attend (we encourage you to bring your ous thinking about our newsletter, The Brown significant other) so that we can give an approximate count to Outer Edge. In all probability, we are the restaurant. You can sign up at our August meeting or use the CIPCUG.org website to let us know your intention. going to have to cease mailing copies We also ask that if you have photos of the club (especially photos of to members. the beginning years) you share them with us. Putting the photos on a disk In order to qualify for second-class would be great; however if you have individual photos we would like to dis- postage rates, we need to mail 200 play them and we promise to return the photos quickly. copies per month. Unfortunately, our Your help in these matters is greatly appreciated!! As a reminder — the club members post a lot of information on Face- membership has fallen to 178. We ex- book. We encourage you to log on change newsletters with several clubs So keep cool during the summer months and we will see you at our Au- and organizations, so we are still mail- gust meeting (Aug. 25, 2012). ing out 203 copies per month, but that is (Continued on page 12) Page 2 The Outer Edge August 2012 Channel Islands Root Directory PC Users Group CIPCUG mailing address: CIPCUG NEWS P.O. Box 51354, Oxnard, CA Benefits ......................................... 19 93031-1354 Bits & Bytes .................................... 9 CIPCUG is a member of APCUG, Board minutes ................................. 8 Executive Committee The Association of PC Users Groups Coming CIPCUG events ................. 3 (Elected members of Board of Directors) Contributors to TOE...................... 13 President……..………………...Jim Brown Command.com ................................ 1 .………….…………[email protected] The Outer Edge Costs might force changes in TOE .. 1 Vice President/Program Chairman Editor……………………..John Weigle Map, schedule ............................... 20 ………………..………………..Craig Ladd P.O. Box 6536, Ventura CA 93006 Membership report ........................ 13 ………………[email protected] 485-7121………[email protected] Program: Office 2013 ...................... 7 Secretary……….………..Diane Mortensen The Outer Edge is published monthly by Channel Q&A session ................................... 4 ……………………[email protected] Islands PC Users Group (CIPCUG), P.O. Box 51354, Treasurer’s reports ........................ 10 Oxnard, Calif. 93031-1354. an independent, nonprofit Treasurer…………..….……....…Art Lewis corporation. Contents of The Outer Edge copyright …………………...…[email protected] 2001 by Channel Islands PC Users Group. GENERAL Immediate Past President Permission for reproduction in whole or in part is …………………………......…..Rick Curry granted to other computer user groups for internal Certificate authorities help ……...……………[email protected] nonprofit use provided credit is given to The Outer make you secure .......................... 11 Edge and the authors of the reproduced material. All Penguin’s Lair: Open source other reproduction is prohibited without prior written software for Windows users ........ 17 consent of Channel Islands PC Users Group. (Appointed members Opinions expressed in this journal are solely those of Rick’s rant: iYogi .......................... 14 of Board of Directors) the authors or contributors, and do not necessarily Secure your router ......................... 18 Technical Adviser…………..Toby Scott represent those of Channel Islands PC Users Group, its officers or membership as a whole. The Web Page Editor….………..Andy Toth information provided is believed to be correct and ADVERTISEMENTS ………………[email protected] useful; however, no warranty, express or implied, is Creative Technology ..................... 15 TOE editor.…….………….John Weigle made by Channel Islands PC Users Group, its officers, Members’ classified ads ................ 15 ……………………[email protected] editorial staff or contributors. This disclaimer extends O’Reilly ........................................ 15 Membership Chairman.…...Ken Church to all losses, incidental or consequential, resulting from the use or application of the information provided. Ventura County Computers ........... 14 ………………[email protected] Channel Islands PC Users Group does not endorse or recommend any specific hardware or software products, Ex-officio members of Board of Directors dealers, distributors or manufacturers. All trademarked CIPCUG ISP Signups………..Art Lewis or registered trademarked names are acknowledged to be the property of their respective owners, and are used Sound Equipment Technicians for editorial purposes only. ………..David Minkin and Curt Davison Program Chairman………..…Craig Ladd Advertising in The Outer Edge Publicity Chairman...……...…Rick Curry Advertising is accepted for computer-related SIG coordinator…..……....Larry Hudson materials, businesses and services only. Rates are for Camera-Ready copy (clear, clean black and Past Presidents white masters). Typesetting and graphics are Walt Yates………………………1987-1989 available at an additional fee. Lois Evans de Violini…………...1989-1991 Terry Lee………………………..1991-1993 SIZE Cost/Issue Jerry McLoud…………………...1993-1995 FULL-PAGE (9½”H x 7¼”W)................$50.00 Robert Provart…………………..1995-1997 HALF-PAGE (4½”H x 7¼”W) Toby Scott………………………1997-1999 or (9½”H x 3½”W )....….........................$30.00 George Lakes …………………...1999-2001 THIRD-PAGE (3”H x 7¼” W)………….$25.00 Andy Toth……………………….2001-2003 QUARTER-PAGE (4½”H x 3½W)..........$20.00 David Harris…………………….2003-2005 BUSINESS CARD ad...............................$15.00 Lois Evans de Violini ........ ........ 2005-2007 Discounts for multiple issues (3, 6, 9 and 12 Paul Westefer…………………….2007-2009 months) Rick Curry………………….…….2009-2011 Ad copy deadline is the 5th of the month of (With the exception of the immediate past publication. president, past presidents are not board members.) Make all checks payable to CIPCUG . Life members Frank Segesman* Members’ classified ads are free but are limited to Toby Scott 105 characters, including spaces. Lois Evans de Violini Art Lewis 2006 Southwest User Group Helen Long Conference: second place in both the *Deceased newsletter and Web site contests. August 2012 The Outer Edge Page 3 CIPCUG news and events Paper copies of TOE Coming events Security programs to be might disappear discussed this month orrection: The developers of FileLocatorPro noted an error in my review of the program in the Programs last issue. I said FileLocator Pro hadn’t been up- David Perry of Comodo has agreed to present our Aug. 25 C dated since March 29, 2010, but that is actually program. Comodo offers a variety of computer security products Agent Ransack's last update date. FileLocator Pro was up- for home and business users. More information about Comodo dated (at the time of the review) on Nov. 1, 2011, and was products can be found at the company’s website at http:// just re-updated. My apologies for confusing the two dates. www.comodo.com. meeting * * * Editor’s The meeting starts at 8:45 a.m. in the Camarillo Boys & Girls CIPCUG faces a problem that many other corner Club, 1500 Temple Ave. (Ponderosa Drive and Temple Avenue), groups, families and individuals do — in- Camarillo (see the map on the last page.) creasing costs and declining income — so the The doors open at 8 a.m. The pre-meeting SIGs starts at 8:45 possibility of ending the printed version of a.m. TOE is again on the table. While the annual Other meeting dates for this year: cost of TOE is about half of what it was in Sept. 25th anniversary event 1998-99, the number of members has also Oct. 27 Weigle dropped. To keep our bulk mail permit, which Nov. 17 ( third Saturday ) cuts mailing costs to just over $50 per month Dec. 15 ( third Saturday ) in most months, we must mail 200 copies. Our current SIGs membership is 178; the balance of the mailing consists of The Special Interest Groups (SIGs) are sponsored by CIPCUG copies sent to libraries, schools, former speakers and other and led by volunteer club members. They are free to CIPCUG user groups. (Continued on page 4) We face several options, with the most attractive