Don Miller's Web Site

For those who know, Don Miller was a long time member of the Great Tampa Bay PC User's Group and has had a very informative web site for over five years. Obviously, he is not going to be able to maintain that site any longer so I have agreed to post the information from his site in a folder of my site. The link to his site; which will also be on the club's website; will be http://www.dmanns.org/dmiller

Windows SIG for 5-4-2010

For the Windows SIG on 5-4-2010 I will again be discussing passwords, their importance and how to generate new ones. A program that allows you to create passwords and test their strength, or test the strength of current passwords, can be downloaded from http://www.pctools.com/guides/password/

Windows SIG for April 20, 2010

For the Windows SIG for April 20th, 2010 I will be presenting a free graphics program called Irfanview which can be downloaded here. Any plug-ins needed can to be gotten from the Irfanview home page.

Windows SIG for 11-17-2009

For the Windows SIG for November 17th, 2009 I will be presenting several free utilities dealing with file recovery for the times that we accidentally delete files. FreeUndelete, Recuva, UndeletePlus, PC Inspector File Recovery and Zero Assumption (For Digital Cameras)

Windows SIG for 10-13-2009

I will be going over the different options in CCleaner. CCleaner is a tool for cleaning your Windows PC. It protects your privacy online and makes your computer faster and more secure, getting rid of temp files, unwanted cookies, etc. And also can remove some invalid registry entries.

Windows SIG for 9-1-2009

I will be bringing in my external hard drive and using the clubs laptop computer and the Acronis imaging software already installed to demonstrate how easy it is to back up your computer for when your computer needs to be restored. Either because of a software or hardware failure.

Possible CSS coding for personal web page

I was thinking about converting my personal page site; www.dmanns.org to CSS coding. From the research I have done so far, it looks like a rather large undertaking. If anyone has any books or programs; freeware; that would make this easier, it would be greatly appreciated. Otherwise, I will probably just leave the site as it is.

Update: 8-20-2009 - I have just downloaded a few freeware CSS editors. I will try installing one or two tomorrow and see how they work.

Windows SIG on 6-23-2009

For the Windows SIG on 6-23-2009 I plan to demonstrate two small programs. One is Easy Read, which attaches to Internet Explorer and can change the zoom of a web page making it easier to read. The other is Magnifier which can magnify and screen capture different parts of the screen. These programs can be downloaded from http://iconico.com/easyRead/ & http://iconico.com/magnifier/, respectively.

Windows SIG for 5-12-2009

For the Windows SIG on 5-12-2009 I will be discussing passwords, their importance and generating new ones. A program that allows you to create passwords and test their strength can be downloaded from http://www.pctools.com/guides/password/

Windows SIG for 3-31-2009

For the Windows SIG on 3-31-2009 I will be presenting a program called Karen's Computer Profiler. This program allows you to learn more than 200 interesting facts about your computer. Details about your CPU, memory, operating system, even your computer's power source, can be displayed. You can also copy the information to the Windows clipboard, and paste it into a document for permanent storage. This program can be downloaded from
http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptprofiler.asp

Windows SIG for 3-3-2009

For the Windows SIG on 3-3-2009 I will be presenting a program called Virtual Drive Creator. This program allows you to create virtual drives, that are really only a folder but appear and act as if they were an additional hard drive. The program is easy and simple to use: Just enter the drive letter to create and the folder to substitute and click OK to create the virtual drive. To remove a virtual drive, click the Drive Letter and Click the Remove Virtual Drive button. This program can be downloaded from http://www.snapfiles.com/get/vdrivecreator.html

Acronis True Image

I have now actually used Acronis True Image 2009 to recover my hard drive. I had done a full image on Saturday morning and during the day, in changing some of the partitions, I changed something (in other words, messed it up). So I used Acronis True Image 2009 to restore the image I had made and verified that morning. It works great. With all the authentication and verification that I had the software do it took several hours, compared to days, weeks or possibly never to get my machine back where it should be.

Windows SIG for 2-3-2009

For the Windows SIG on 2-3-2009 I will be presenting a program called Taskbar Shuffle. This program can be used to shuffle the icons on the task bar. In other words, change the order on the task bar. For example, if you always want your icon for OE on the left side of the task bar and the program closes for some reason, when you reopen it, by default it will be on the right. This program can be downloaded from http://www.snapfiles.com/get/TaskbarShuffle.html

Windows SIG for 01-06-2009

For the Windows SIG for the GTBPCUG, on 1-6-2009, I will present a program called Easy Duplicate Finder. This program is designed to allow a user to find duplicates files; by content not just by name. You can then choose to delete all of them or only selected files. Other features include exclusion of system files and folders, as well as filtering by file mask and size. You can also move or rename selected files. Anyone who wants to download this program, can do so at http://www.snapfiles.com/download/dleasydupfinder.html

Blog & Home Page

I have now been able to host this blog on a sub-domain of my web page. Click here for Darrell's Blog or here for Darrell's home page.

Windows SIG for 12-02-2008

For the Windows SIG for the GTBPCUG, on December 2, 2008 I will present a program I found called Volumouse. The program is designed to allow a user to control the sound volume by using the scroll wheel on the mouse. Anyone who wants to download the program, either before or after the Windows SIG can go to http://www.snapfiles.com/get/volumouse.html