eHow To Do It EASY

Posted on October 31, 2009 by Gregory West

Here is a website that shows you HOW TO in many areas.
GREAT HOW TO DO THINGS WEBSITE

I find this site http://www.ehow.com/guide_5-computers.html very useful in the latest computer tips in PLAIN ENGLISH.
If you like video tutorials this site has them too:
http://www.ehow.com/videos.html – scroll down where it says: More Featured Videos and use the slide bar on [...]

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NEW: YouTube – How to Use It

Posted on October 11, 2009 by Gregory West

YouTube has made a major change in that you can now have your own channel and watch what you pick without all the other junk.
Getting ready for when TV goes online and away from the old way of viewing a show via TV set. Imagine the landfill sites with old TVs?

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Problems Playing Some Video?

Posted on October 11, 2009 by Gregory West

NO MORE PROBLEMS on your Mac or PC while wanting to view a video…
Join the over 52 million other people who have downloaded the FREE video player called: VLC
When I was trying to play one of my hundreds of videos on my Windows machine I came across several that Windows Media Player and Quicktime would [...]

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Computers “USER FRIENDLY”?

Posted on January 9, 2008 by Gregory West

Far from it!

Back in the “day”, when DOS was alive and well, computers were scary creatures and only a few could operated those vehicles without accident or incident. Then along came the 90’s when the PCs and Macs were made available and workable for the so-called “average” human, with projected promises of making these machines: [...]

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Thank you Sponsors!!! – APCUG Convention 2008

Posted on January 8, 2008 by Gregory West

A Reiteration of Thanks from the Sarnia Computer Users’ Group in Ontario, Canada
APCUG wants to thank all of the vendor sponsors that made the event the success it was:

Gold Sponsors

AMD Corporation
Corel Corporation
Microsoft Corporation

Vendor Fair

Acoustica Software, Inc.
Ai Squared, Inc.
Alpha Software, Inc.
Andy Marken Communications
Pinnacle Systems
Raxco Software, Inc.
Reallusion
Roxio
Smart Computing, Inc.
TechSmith, Inc.
Trend Micro
User Group Relations

Welcome Bag, Tech Session, Other

Culminis, [...]

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Las Vegas Computer Convention

Posted on January 2, 2008 by Gregory West

I hate winter & I love computers.
I know, I can hear ya all now; those of you, that is, that are winter lovers. To be honest I never have liked winter. As most Canadians without choice, I have grinned and “beared” it over the past 50+ years. But I do swear this is my last [...]

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