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General Discussion / Updating to Windows 11 - My Experience
« on: November 02, 2021, 12:34:40 PM »
Hello All,
Today, I updated three of my computers to Windows 11 when that option was offered through Windows Update.  I had previously updated another computer; same scenario.
All of the updates installed without incident.  However, in all cases, more Windows 11 updates appeared after the installation.  The second updates also installed without a hitch.
Below, I have listed my computers that are now updated to Windows 11. 

Dell 8930:  Windows 11 Pro Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8700 CPU @ 3.20GHz 32Gb RAM

Lenovo X1 Yoga: Windows 11 Pro Intel i7 8650U 1.90Ghz 16Gb RAM

HP Pavilion Laptop 15-eg0xxx: Windows 11 Home Intel 11th Gen Core i7-1165G7 2.80 gigahertz 16Gb RAM

Intel NUC: Windows 11 Pro Intel i5 8259U CPU @ 2.30GHz 16Gb RAM

Ralph Sutter

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General Discussion / Questions about Upgrading to Windows 11
« on: October 23, 2021, 02:06:08 PM »
Hello All,
Judy Taylour, SLO Bytes' APCUG Regional Officer, just sent out an informative e-mail that answered many questions about Windows 11 and upgrading to that platform.
Since it contained graphics that I couldn't paste into this post, I copied that information to Microsoft Word and uploaded it to the SLO Bytes web site at the following address
https://www.slobytes.org/documents/Upgrade-to-Windows-11.docx
Ralph Sutter

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General Discussion / Three Batches of APCUG PUSH Articles Uploaded
« on: October 18, 2021, 03:01:48 PM »
Hello All,
I recently uploaded three batches of PUSH articles from SLO Bytes' parent group, APCUG, to our web site.
They are intended to be used as filler material in affiliate club newsletters.  I don't do that.  Instead,
I upload all of them to the SLO Bytes web site.
They cover a wide range of computer-related topics
View them at the following locations
https://www.slobytes.org/push/1021/index.html
https://www.slobytes.org/push/1021-security/index.html
https://www.slobytes.org/push/1021-1/index.html
Ralph Sutter

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Hello All,
Here are my Notes for the SLO Bytes Photo Group meeting of 10/10/2021

TOPIC: Each One Teach One; Share with others a program that you use or a technique that you practice
In the First Segment, Ralph Sutter called attention to the recent items appearing on the SLO Bytes Photo Group Links Page; https://www.slobytes.org/digital/links.html

The Second Session opened with Ralph sharing a slide show that he created from a story board.  He then showed how to create a halo around the mouse cursor.   He later demonstrated several recent purchases; a rotating platter and a light box. 
Learn more at https://www.slobytes.org/digital/documents/sutter-notes-11-21.docx

Alan Raul presented images shot with his new iPhone 13 camera, including numerous seascapes and low light images  Learn more at
http://www.365.acdsee.com/folders_public.php?profileid=1618852&folderid=2207030

Kaye Raul explained how she used two photo editors, Aurora HDR and Adobe Lightroom, to convert color photos to black and white.  She also showed the technique known as Targeted Adjustment to refine the switch from full color to minimal color.

Connie Sutter shared multiple image pairs.  The first was taken with a Canon Rebel T7 camera fitted with a 18-55mm 3.5-5.6 lens then with a 75-300 4.0-5.6 lens


The Third Session continued the discussion of photo techniques and software, closing out with Bob Styerwalt’s photos of The Birds of Avila.

Our next meeting will take place on November 14th
The topic is once again Each One Teach One; Demonstrate a program or a technique that you use
The meeting will take place via Zoom

The last meeting of the SLO Bytes Photo Group this year will take place on December 12th 2021

A Zoom invitation will be e-mailed to Photo Group members shortly before the meeting
See the Links page ; https://www.slobytes.org/digital/links.html for tutorials and other resources

Ralph Sutter


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Hi Doug,
Nope... water-cooler philosopher
Ralph

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If a coffee table were to turn into a tiger, many households would be in peril

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General Discussion / October APCUG Workshops
« on: October 09, 2021, 07:57:56 AM »
Hello All,
This is a re-post of a message regarding the free October webinars offered by SLO Bytes' parent organization, APCUG
Ralph Sutter

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WEDNESDAY WORKSHOPS
October 13
Complete Robocall Defense, John Krout
October 20
Learning Linux with Orv Beach and John Kennedy
October 27
Windows 11 Presentation & Demo
Tom Burt
 
9 am PT, 10 am MT, 11 am CT, 12 pm ET
 
10/13 – Complete Robocall Defense, John Krout, Presenter & Newsletter Contributor, Potomac Area Technology and Computer Society
Register Here https://forms.gle/ppnY9ooVVL3hFtqD9
Registration closes at 11:30 ET on October 12.
 
This presentation will show you:
•   How to prevent your smartphone from ringing when someone outside of your Contacts list calls.
•   How to create and install a custom voicemail greeting that includes the Special Information Tones (SIT) to convince robocaller systems that your number is not in service.
•   How to use the free Audacity app to create a custom voicemail greeting, including the SIT recording posted online by the presenter.
•   How a free app for Android enables the installation of a custom voicemail greeting via Wi-Fi.
•   Learn how simple cables allow iPhone users to install a custom voicemail greeting. 
In 2019, John’s smartphone received about 25 robocalls per week and recorded nearly ten robocall voicemails per week. He applied deterrence techniques to his phone in mid-2020. Using the custom voicemail greeting technique, as of April 2021, the presenter's smartphone now receives an average of 2 robocalls per week and no robocall voicemails.
 
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10/20 - Learning Linux with Orv Beach and John Kennedy, Linux Evangelists
Register Here    https://forms.gle/FGgzQNDLiHpgEpCF9
Registration closes at 11:30 ET on October 19.
 
Join us this month as Orv will start things off by reminding us "Why Linux is So Secure." He'll follow that review presentation with information about vi/vim, nano, ne, and tilde? Say what? He'll tell us what they are, why we would use them, and how to use them.
 
Then John will tell us about another feature of Linux in a presentation entitled "User Groups in Linux: Another Layer of Protection and Security."  Following that, he will be sharing with us "Workspaces and Virtual Desktops." What are they and the benefits of using them? And how do you set them up and use them efficiently?
 
And maybe, if there's time, a few keyboard shortcuts to head you down the road to becoming a "power user" (this is for beginners as well as experienced users). We'll also look at how you can create custom keyboard shortcuts that add to what's available in your Linux distro. Finally, of course, we'll have time for Q&A and some lively conversation.
 
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10/27 - Windows 11 presentation & demo with Tom Burt, Vice President, Sun City Summerlin Computer Club, Nevada 
Register Here   https://forms.gle/YGn4qCfGaTXg67eK9
Registration closes at 11:30 ET on October 26.
 
Tom will give us a tour of Windows 11 with what's new, what's changed, and more. If your computer is Win 11 ready, you have a notice in Settings>Update & Security letting you know if your computer is ready for the download, mine is but….

 
We will need to decide if we want to upgrade or keep Windows 10 for a while longer, try Linux, or even WindowsFX, or there might be a Chromebook in our future.

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Hello All,
For those who are hesitant to use a password manager because (insert concern here), consider Leo Notenboom's article where he tries to dispel some common fears regarding password managers
https://askleo.com/responses-to-your-three-common-password-manager-objections/
Ralph Sutter

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Hello All,
When viewing on line video tutorials, I often notice that many screen captures directed my attention to a particular tab or icon by using an enhanced cursor
The normal cursor was surrounded by a large halo making it easier for me to follow.
I wondered how I could add that feature to my own tutorials using free, safe software.
I found out one way to do so at https://youtu.be/kwSqtNvT7tohttps://youtu.be/kwSqtNvT7to
After following the directions presented, I succeeded.
I then created my own simplified how-to version of what I learned.
View my offering at https://www.fullbean.com/tutorials/cursor-highlighter.html

Ralph Sutter

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General Discussion / Passing of Earl Kaplan
« on: October 01, 2021, 03:13:02 PM »
It is with great sadness that I announce the passing of Earl Kaplan
Earl was a long-time SLO Bytes member and served as the group’s President beginning in 2013 until his death on Saturday, September 25th 2021
At this time, I have no information regarding any planned celebration of his life. 
Ralph Sutter

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Hello All,
Frustrated that Google Chrome often didn't remember to open full-screen, I searched for a solution and created a video screen capture of the solution
View it on YouTube at https://youtu.be/SAouG5ylSoA
I also saved it on my personal web page at https://www.fullbean.com/tutorials/chrome-maximized.mp4

NOTE:  Yes, I always clicked on the Maximize icon in the upper right hand corner of the Google Chrome Screen.  However, the browser usually didn't remember that setting.
That's why I searched for a long-term solution as shown in the video screen capture.
Ralph Sutter

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General Discussion / Re: Word Options by Kim Komando
« on: September 25, 2021, 02:20:36 PM »
Remember that Microsoft Office on-line is available for free.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/free-office-online-for-the-web
As the name indicates, you use it on line just as you would Google Docs
Ralph Sutter

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General Discussion / Free APCUG Wednesday Workshops for September 2021
« on: September 18, 2021, 11:38:07 AM »
Hello All,
What follows is a re-post of information regarding the September Wednesday Workshops offered by SLO Bytes' parent organization, APCUG
Ralph Sutter

September Wednesday Workshops.
 
September 22
Encryption Software & Safety for Seniors
These workshops start at
10am PT, 11am MT, 12pm CT, 1pm ET
 
Click here to Register  https://forms.gle/NHSTLqCSuJhd7Xsh6
Registration closes on 9/21/21 at 11:30 ET
 
Encryption Software, Mark Schulman. Losing a laptop or flash drive might mean you're out some money, but it doesn't have to mean that your private data leaks out into the world. Learn how to use encryption software to protect your private data on a PC, laptop, external hard drive, or USB flash drive.
 
Safety for Seniors, Lieutenant Kim Lopez, Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office, Oklahoma. This presentation is for senior adults who may not be able to protect themselves, yet it is applicable for all ages as violent crime occurs every 24.6 seconds. Attendees will learn why they should have a plan, what plan they should have and the tools to carry out that plan; how to avoid becoming a financial victim; the most common human response to violent crime; and it will answer questions like: which purse to carry, which purse NOT TO EVER CARRY, how men should carry wallets and why parking lots are so dangerous. Participants will leave knowing which method is the safest and why you should always get a shopping cart and never push it through the checkout line!
 
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September 29
VirtualBox and Custom Linux Installation
9am PT, 10am MT, 11am CT, 12pm ET

Click here to Register  https://forms.gle/gkkZmYWsKK9RnKSf7
Registration closes at 9/28/21 at 11:30 pm ET
 
VirtualBox and a Custom Linux Installation with John Kennedy. At past Learning Linux workshops, we talked about using VirtualBox to test out Linux.  But VirtualBox can also have other uses. We will talk about getting, installing (on both Windows - since most new users will be using Windows to test Linux, and Linux), and then using VirtualBox to create a "virtual machine" (actual operating systems that aren't really there).
 
Then we will use VirtualBox to do a custom install of Linux Mint-MATE (John’s choice). A good while back we did a standard install and let the installation program handle everything.  This time we'll show you what options you have when you do a Linux install customized for what you want to be able to do.
 

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General Discussion / Notes from the Photography Group Meeting of 09/12/2021
« on: September 13, 2021, 10:40:49 AM »
Hello All,
Here are my Notes for the SLO Bytes Photography Group Meeting that took place on 09/12/2021

TOPIC: Each One Teach One; Demonstrate a skill that you have learned regarding image editing, whether on a computer or on a smart phone.

In the First Segment, Ralph Sutter described two features of Techsmith Snagit. The Simplify tool is used to blur out certain portions of a text document while displaying others. The Magnify tool allows the user to create an enlarged section of a page that pops out from the rest of that page.

His presentation was followed by a lively discussion of how to perform screen captures and using a camera to video the start up sequence of a computer so as to be able to read an error message that disappears before the user can read it.

The Second Session opened with Ralph speaking once again spoke about filming with a drone. Sutter showed the Circle mode in which the drone shot a 360° video of a house from 200 feet above. He then used the Time Remapping feature of Adobe Premiere Elements 2021 to display the footage in slow motion. He also shared a video of the Rohr Marble Run machine. Ralph assembled the laser-cut device over several days to the delight of his grandson.

Alan Raul followed with the striking image of a young man practicing rock climbing on a Shell Beach sea wall. Alan then demonstrated how he manipulated the image of a scrub oak tree, mirroring and inverting it to give the impression that it was beside a pool of water.

Kaye Raul explored some of the capabilities of her iPhone 11. She showed how to quickly snap an image from the home screen without opening the Camera App. Kaye then demonstrated how Portrait mode blurs the background and sharpens the foreground, whether the subject is a person, a flower or a small object. The group learned that Night Mode automatically lowers the shutter speed to capture more light. Auto Blur selectively focuses the image.

John Waller explained how he created a preset in Adobe Photoshop and then applied it to automatically to multiple images. Waller shared images that he shot with his new full sensor Canon R5 camera. He was particularly impressed by its capabilities to autofocus on the eye of birds in flight, resulting in a sharpness that couldn't' be achieved traditionally.

Stanford Brown
re-introduced us to Win 10 Video Editor, a program included in Microsoft Windows 10. Stanford commented on the program's simplicity in trimming video footage.

The Second Session moved seamlessly to the Third Session when we discussed the different ways to clean a digital camera sensor, both manually and via the auto-cleaning function of some cameras.

During the Photography Session, several members posted links in the Zoom Chat Window. 
View those links at https://www.slobytes.org/digital/links.html

Our next meeting will take place on October 10th
The topic is once again Each One Teach One; Demonstrate a skill that you have learned regarding image editing, whether on a computer or on a smart phone.
The meeting will take place via Zoom

The meeting schedule for the remainder of 2021 is as follows
November 14
December 12

A Zoom invitation will be e-mailed to Photo Group members shortly before the meeting
See the Links page for tutorials and other resources

Ralph Sutter

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General Discussion / Links to Video from APCUG August Webinars
« on: September 10, 2021, 07:42:08 AM »
Hello All,
Here are the links for videos of the APCUG workshops presented in August 2021
Ralph Sutter

Computers to the Moon, Mark Schulman, Member, Central Florida Computer Society, an author, speaker, web designer, software designer, and technology enthusiast
https://youtu.be/yj5jRssAn2g
 
Genealogy Road Trip: It's All About the Prep Work
Sue Mueller, Genealogy SIG Organizer, Computer Users of Erie
https://youtu.be/gC1lwnHZ8_0
 
Introduction to Geocaching, John Krout, Presenter & Newsletter Contributor, Potomac Area Technology and Computer Society
https://youtu.be/3RMmx9nFJZE
 
Make your vacation photos look better with GIMP, Art Gresham, Editor, Under the Computer Hood User Group
https://youtu.be/4CfEFA4p5-E
 
Making Your Own Travel Maps with Google's MyMaps
Chris and Jim Guld, Geeks on Tour
https://youtu.be/Im2eKqlafYU
 
The State of Electric Vehicles, Michael Young – Electric Vehicle Professional
https://youtu.be/j_WvBWp75C0

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