The internet isn’t always a nice place to be and most people don’t fully protect themselves from the bad actors like Viruses, Worms, Trojans, Spyware, Adware, Hackers, Pfishing, Pharming and Evil Twin (identity theft) scams.

We’ll show you how. We’ll also show you how to use passwords and User Accounts to better secure your computer.

See the Beginners SIG page for location, contacts, etc.

Imagine sending letters, pictures and documents to people almost instantly and without ever touching paper. That’s E-mail and we’ll show you how to do it.

We’ll also show you how to find out about anything or anybody on the Internet’s World Wide Web. You’ll learn about Browsers, Road Runner, DSL and more.

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If you haven’t yet abandoned your old film camera for a new Digital camera you’ll learn why you probably should. And getting the pictures out of the camera and onto paper has never been so easy or fast. You’ll learn how to take better pictures and how to crop, enlarge and print them. You’ll learn how to email pictures to your friends or put large collections of photos on CDs for cheap and easy distribution to others.

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Spreadsheets for Number Crunching: We’ll introduce you to Spreadsheets which make working with numbers as easy as word processors work with words. You’ll want to throw away your calculator once you’ve tried spreadsheets. (Well, almost.) Spreadsheets are the easiest way to do income tax tallies, mortgage & amortizations, balance sheets, income statements, ledgers, small mailing lists, bids, invoices, graphs and much more.

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Windows Basics: We’ll review key concepts from the last meeting then explain the Windows user interface, aka “Desktop.” You’ll learn the meaning of Icons, what the Taskbar and Systray are telling you from the bottom of the screen, how to exploit the Quicklaunch bar and how to use the Start button to do most anything on your PC.

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The topic is TBA.

See the Beginners SIG page for location, contacts, etc.

The topic is TBA.

See the Beginners SIG page for location, contacts, etc.

The topic is TBA.

See the Beginners SIG page for location, contacts, etc.

The topic is TBA.

See the Beginners SIG page for location, contacts, etc.

The topic is TBA.

See the Beginners SIG page for location, contacts, etc.