Friday, March 16, 2018

Class Notes 3-15-2018

Video of the new resort in Port Charlotte. More on their website. Thought you might be interested in a look at it. Nothing to do with computers.
https://www.facebook.com/SunseekerResort/

Bible Verse Desktop
Many people has the habit of reading a portion of the Bible daily or even several times a day. This little and free program allows you to do it in a very easy and convenient form.
http://tinyurl.com/ybo2phsc

Download YouTube videos
Add SS before YOuTube in the URL
Here is a URL to listen to a song on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKLQ1td3MbE click and it will play on your PC
Here is the same URL with the SS added. Click and it will let you to download it to your PC
https://www.ssyoutube.com/watch?v=cKLQ1td3MbE

Download Video and Audio from YouTube. Our you can copy and paste the URL into this site to download in various formats--audio only or full video
http://tinyurl.com/y9nxpad7

How To Stay One Step Ahead Of Hackers. A good article with a number of worthwhile suggestions.
http://tinyurl.com/ycwoqprl



There is a new version of CCleaner available at piriform.com. Choose Downloads > CCleaner

A new screen appears when the cleaner finishes. It shows how many tracking files it deleted (Privacy) and how much spaced was cleared by removing unnecessary files (Junk). To see the old list of files click Show Advanced Report.

For a complete set of instructions on running the maintenance programs see the link on the cccgc.info home page.




Bits and bytes and kilobytes and megabytes… We discussed what they are and what they mean. I found a great article that explains it as well…
http://tinyurl.com/y86von3o




Win+Q brings up the Search for box



Win+I brings up Windows Settings

Mozy for backup: http://www.mozy.com/free use code GFBU22

Mozy is an online cloud backup service that will automatically backup your data during the day. We spent a little time on this but I have written it up before and will be talking about it at the next general meeting. Back in April 2017 I wrote about it.
http://tinyurl.com/y8eor8cq

Mozy for backup: http://www.mozy.com/free use code GFBU22



You have heard of never ending stories? Well this technique lets you create a never ending password. All you need is the first and last letter of the website you need a password for and a 6 character phrase you will never forget. That phrase should contain at least one special character and one number. Pick something you will not forget like perhaps you first grandchild’s name. Say it was Steve. You might use $teve05 changing the S into a $ and adding the month he was born. Simply include that phrase sandwiched in to the first and last letter of the website. If the site were Amazon you would use the first letter of Amazon (A) followed by the phrase followed with the last letter of the site (n). Note the first is a capital and the last is lower case. So the password would be A$teve05n.

In addition to my own research, I want to give thanks to Harold at the Club, Ghacks.net Newsletter, AskLeo, and DavesComputerTips.com for the useful ideas we take a look at each week.

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