Hello All,
Here are my notes from the SLO Bytes Photo Group meeting of 01/20/2019

TOPIC: Doors and Other Portals
The meeting opened with Ralph Sutter calling attention to some recent links on the SLO Bytes Photography web site.
The links were
   www.audionautix.com/html/free_music.html
   www.freeplaymusic.com/
   www.incompetech.com/static/music/
   Suggested by John Waller
   Windows 10 Photos Application Tutorial;  http://www.fullbean.com/tutorials/windows-10-photos.mp4 by Ralph Sutter

Connie Sutter, unable to attend, nevertheless provided a series of door images taken at home as well as a poem about door.
Ralph followed with doors seen at his sister's Redding Alpaca farm, the town of San Luis Obispo and his own home.
Kaye Raul focused on doors and houses seen in Halcyon.
Alan Raul offered images of portals; the sea caves and shore lines of Shell Beach.
John Waller showed doors from Disneyland as well as entrances to native American structures and other historical buildings.
Bob Styerwalt chose doors from his neighborhood as well as many from England and Scotland.
Monica Tarzier shared images of doors and private spaces inside her San Luis Obispo home.
Due to a technical glitch, Bob Grover couldn't display his presentation of doors and entrances from around the world. The group looks forward to seeing his work at the February meeting.

Our next meeting will take place on Sunday, February 10th beginning at 2:00pm in the home of Connie and Ralph Sutter
The topic is Motion.  Please share images that capture or suggest movement.

Ralph Sutter

Hello All,
I have created a tutorial showing how I made a video slide show with Photos, a program included in Windows 10.
You will find it at http://www.slobytes.org/digital/tutorials/windows-10-photos.mp4
Ralph Sutter

Hello All,
My Dell 8930 desktop is still running 1803.
I followed the same steps that I used earlier to successfully update my Lenovo laptop.  However, when I downloaded and attempted to install 1809 manually, I got a message that the update wasn't the right one for my machine.  This happened twice.  The Dell 8930 is running Windows 10 Professional 64 bit.  On both occasions, I downloaded  2018-11 Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems (KB4469342)

If this isn't the appropriate file for this computer, which one is?
I can only conclude that the 1809 update is still flawed.

Ralph Sutter

Hello All,
Parted Magic just released a new version of its Linux based software.  Read more at https://partedmagic.com/downloads/
I find this product very useful in troubleshooting non-Linux operating systems.
At $11, it is a tool well worth having.
Ralph Sutter

Hello All,
I was finally able to update my Lenovo X1 Yoga laptop to Windows 10 version 1809.
Since the normal channels failed to install the update, I followed the steps at
https://www.drivereasy.com/knowledge/fix-potential-windows-update-database-error-detected-in-windows-10/ 
That process reported that I had a corrupted data base.
I followed all of the steps outlined at the link above.  All suggestions failed until I reached Fix Five

     Fix 5: Perform an in-place upgrade
     Performing an in-place upgrade may help resolve some troubles with the system. So maybe performing an in-place upgrade will fix this
     issue. Try downloading the Media Creation Tool and then follow the on-screen instructions to perform an in-place upgrade. Here is how to
     do it:

     Click https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10  to visit the Microsoft official website for downloading Windows 10.
     Click Download tool now on the web page to download the Media Creation Tool.

The in-place upgrade didn't remove any of my installed programs or data as far as I can tell

Thanks to all who have offered suggestions for updating to Windows 10 version 1809

Ralph Sutter

Hello All,
I place numerous icons in the Windows 10 taskbar, that area at the bottom of the screen.  I group the most often used icons to the left.  Icons for lesser used programs are on the right.

Two frequently used programs are Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Word.  Since the two icons are quite similar, I sometimes click on one when I really wanted the other. 

One obvious solution would be to separate them, placing several other icons between them.  What is the fun in that?
I decided to create my own icon for Word and substitute it for the default icon.
I then created a short video reminding me and others of the steps that I took.

View the tutorial at www.fullbean.com/tutorials/icon.mp4. 
It is also available on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bM_fDpSqmls&feature=youtu.be

Ralph Sutter

Hi Doug,
Thanks for your response.  I manually check for updates several times a week.  Version 1809 has never been offered to me in this scenario.  Often, my first check assures me that everything is up to date.  I immediately check again.  Often, this finds an update for Windows Defender.  It usually installs without incident.

Yesterday, I downloaded the 1809 update from the Windows Update Catalog, windows10.0-kb4469342-x64_7290815610ac4c3d657eb5ed6e4e92421fa8c29a.msu
Several distros are available depending on your processor.  Since I have an Intel Core i7-8700 CPU@ 3.19GHz, I opted for the 2018-11 Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 1809
for x64-based Systems (KB4469342) last updated on 12/04/2018
When I tried to install it, I got the following message The update is not applicable on your computer

This is speculation but I'm guessing that my computer has a combination of software and components whose compatibility for the current update, Microsoft has not yet resolved.
My plan is to continue to check for updates and update when 1809 is offered through the normal process.

Ralph Sutter

Hello All,
Here are my notes from the SLO Bytes Photo Group meeting of 12/09/2018
TOPIC: Images Suggesting the Approach of Christmas
The meeting opened with Ralph Sutter showing how he uses Irfanview's Thumbnail Viewer to show thumbnails for RAW images in Windows. Windows native program, File Explorer doesn't do this.
See the tutorial at Showing Thumbnails in Windows for RAW files with Irfanview and at https://youtu.be/__Yb-pYlcQ8
Ralph then shared a series of holiday images with Christmas decorations, figurines and street scenes.

Connie Sutter followed with similar choices, adding fancy food plates and festive outdoor scenes.

Alan Raul continued in a similar vein, using Aurora HDR to enhance photos of Pismo Pier.

Kaye Raul showed holiday ornaments and pictures of the family celebrating the season.

Bob and Linda Styerwalt chose light displays in their neighborhood and Christmas decorations

John Waller demonstrated how he used long exposure times to illuminate night scenes.
Like Alan, John used Aurora HDR and multiple exposures to bring out detail not seen in a single image.

Bob Grover offered daylight and evening shots of a neighbor's house, illustrating an impressive lighting project.

Our next meeting will take place on Sunday, 01/13/2019 beginning at 2:00 pm.  The topic will be Doors and Other Portals

Ralph Sutter