SPAUG President Index  

This is a review of the past years’ tutorials because the same questions keep coming up repeatedly.  Alongside many references is the Google search term for accessing the item on the SPAUG website.  The Google Search is designed to allow you to click the "I’m Feeling Lucky" box.  There are also direct links from this page.

 

Links	Synopsis of Topics	Google search terms
	2012
January_12	SPAUG History; Computer History Museum; SPAUG Clinic; MS Bing search engine; Win 7; laptop vs desktop.
February_12	Backups and Acronis.
March_12	Antivirus programs; Microsoft Essentials; MalwareBytes; CCLEANER; automate maintenance; password safety; extended warranties; solid state drives (SSD).
April_12	XP, Office support ends 2014; MalwareBytes; Mailwasher; email hijacking; automatic computer maintenance.
May_12	Password security.
June_12	Acronis backup technique.
July_12	Win 8; Tablet PCs.
August_12	Long passwords; Micro center; Win XP.
September_12	Windows upgrade; Microsoft Word versions.
October_12	Babylon toolbar; RSS feeds; organizing programs; SYSTRAY.
November_12	Invasion of the Handhelds;system upgrades.
	2011
January_11	Essential utilities; ERUNT Registry backup; UNLOCKER; AUTORUNS; MSCONFIG; CCLEANER; SNOWBIRD file manager; MALWAREBYTES; SUPERANTISPYWARE; AVIRA ANTIVIR; FIREFOX; ACRONIS.
February_11	Classes; Little House, Menlo Park; Avenidas, Palo Alto; SPAUG clinic; XP or Windows 7; email security; fast Internet; Comcast; Hughes Satellite; IE vs Firefox.
March_11	Fast downloading; Sonic.net; DSLreports; AT&T.
April_11	Win 7 tools; backup; IP address availability; ICANN-IPv6.
May_11	Acronis 2011; Acronis True Image backup; Gene Barlow; UGR User Group Relations.
June_11	SPAUG aims and goals; Windows 7; backup; Acronis; defragmenting; MS updates; capacitor plague; SPAUG laptop; Belarc Advisor; Dropbox.
July_11	Trojan Win32/FakePAV; Windows 7, new computer or upgrade from XP.
August_11	Windows 7 upgrade; upgrade from XP; defrag - PerfectDisk; Acronis backup; anti-virus, social engineering.
September_11	Dragon Naturally Speaking; Virus Recovery.
October_11	SPAUG History; Failure risk; XP and Win7; data communications, fiber, and Sonic.net.
November_11	Elections; futurology; XP; MS security & viruses.
	2010
January_10	patches, security, backup, Acronis, CrossLoop.
February_10	phone, AT&T, Comcast, portability.
March_10	video, LCD, twisted nematic, in-plane switching (IPS), vertical alignment (VA).
April_10	Planning Committee; netbooks; upgrade to IE8; go to System 7; Acronis for backup; malware; Secunia; MS update vs Windows update.
May_10	computer maintenance clinic; backups; Acronis.
June_10	maintenance; startup sequence; managing backups; adding RAM; managing hard disk drives; using event viewer.
July_10	system 7; laptop vs. desktop; how to unscrew XP; standalone virus removal
August_10	Operating System choices: Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows 8; bleeding edge PC user; backup strategy; file transfers; virtualization; prepare: service call or clinic visit.
September_10	potpourri; Paste Buffer; URL in browser; Ctrl+ combo; The Cloud; Crossloop; junk email; Mailwasher
October_10	This month's newsletter has no Prez letter.
November_10	Reimage; backup; CCLEANER; virus; HDD alternatives.
Dec_10	no newsletter
	2009
January_09	new computer, legacy software, bloatware, DeCrapifier, CHM, Babbage, voice recognition, OS reload, blacklist, file convert.
February_09	Unscrew XP; MSCONFIG; defrag; Secunia; CCLEANER; Avast; ERUNT; overhead.
March_09	Domain; ISP.
April_09	ERUNT; Biases; Scanner; WINDOWS LIVE SAFETY SCANNER.
May_09	drivers.
June_09	RAID.
July_09	RAID.
August_09	RAID; CrossLoop; Vista; Secunia; Malwarebytes.
September_09	WIN7; Windows 7
October_09	Java; JRE; Secunia; DEP; data execution prevention.
November_09	windows live safety scanner, security, trojan, virus.
Dec_09	no newsletter
	2008
January_08	Prez index; Prez letters index.
February_08	antivirus.
March_08	Internet speed; QoS.
April_08	EULA; automatic renew.
May_08	remote access; Cross Loop; Windows secret news letter.
June_08	ISP; DSL modem.
July_08	Hank; XP SP3; Secunia; CrossLoop; capacitor; BSOD.
August_08	Vista; XP SP3; Secunia; virus.
September_08	XP SP3, CrossLoop, MS Office
October_08	audio; antivirus; noscript; opendownload; adblockplus; flashblock.
November_08	patch; homebrew; Avast; Win 7.
Dec_08	no newsletter
	2007
January_07	Remote computing, Vista arrival, Beginning of 25th year.	Google:  SPAUG Vista USB PcAnywhere
February_07	Upgrading paths to Vista and costs; list of shortcomings.  How to prepare for a Clinic visit.	Google:  SPAUG Vista XP +$200 bare-bones
March_07	Predictions on Vista and what has to be done to it.	Google:  SPAUG  Dell Worthington
April_07	SkipRearm to run Vista for a year without registering.	Google:  SPAUG skiprearm
May_07	XP and Vista co-existence;  moving to new computer; rootkit removal; Microsoft Scanner	Google: SPAUG OEDB "spaug cd"
June_07	Vista SP1; Slipstreaming.	Google:  SPAUG slipstreaming
July_07	MS Live Scanner to control the registry, some virus and some dead files.	Google: SPAUG "service scan"
August_07	How/Where to get help.	Google:  SPAUG "additional help aids"
September_07		Google:  SPAUG Microsoft office patches
October_07	Routine Maintenance you need to do on your computer.	Google:  SPAUG Red Calub HDD 35,500
November_07	How to unscrew your computer and take all day at it.	Google:  SPAUG anniversary 25 disk cleanup
Dec_07	no newsletter
============	2006	============================
January_06	Media Computer, Media SIG	SPAUG Media Computer
February_06	How to run HijackThis	SPAUG HiJackThis
March_06	Enable Automatic Update and Why.	Google: SPAUG Auto Update
April_06	Tons of little tweaks and tips.	Google:  SPAUG NTFS trumps FAT32
May_06	XP vs. Vista - who loses?	Google:  SPAUG XP worked somewhat SP1
June_06	Hutchings on scanners.	Google:  SPAUG Hutchings scanner Picasa
July_06	Why not to buy Dell; Fixing Dell software; what documents to assure are available; Recovery Console.	Google:  SPAUG recovery console
August_06	How to buy a computer, set it up properly, and prepare to handle problems when they arrive.	Google:  SPAUG how to buy a computer in today market
September_07	Recycling computers, Windows Live One Care	Google:  SPAUG 600million dumps
October_06	What Hank Skawinski said about the state of the market.	Google: Skawinski talk
November_06	The supplier from Hell - Earthlink documented.	SPAUG Supplier from Hell
Dec_06	SPAUG members' computers much more current.  Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 has problems.	Google:  SPAUG Clinic Firefox SP2 IE7
=============	2005	============================
January_05
February_05
March_05	Dell computers virtually unmentionable because of missing information.  Smart Computing has lots of goodies - examples included.
April_05	Books you should have bought to support your computer.
May_05	Use of HijackThis to clear your computer of malware.  Instructions included.  Microsoft efforts to control malware.
June_05	Wireless protection, encryption, WPA2, self protection.
July_05	ERUNT, Acronis, backup dispersal discussion.
August_05	Two types of color printers, dried ink recovery, exercising printer.
September_05
October_05	Help:	Google, Microsoft, Experts Exchange, HijackThis
November_05	The use of GPS in Pennsylvania.
Dec_05	Microsoft pricing vs. Linux.  CDs with new computers.  Vonage vs. Skype.  Fax spam.LogMeOn.
	2004
January_04
February_04
March_04	Virus removal, Wi-Fi in the 2.4 GHz range along with other devices, Acronis.
April_04	Reload options and restore CD capabilities, IE vs. Mozilla, WiFi parabolics.
May_04	Shuttle computers, Maxtor vs. Western Digital, Apple Trojan Horse, MailWasher.
June_04
July_04	MSBA, Zombies, wireless integrity.
August_04	Removal of a virus that Symantec could not remove, Trend Micro Housecall, 1146 viruses on one computer.
September_04
October_04	Computer from Hell: Compaq Presario with lock-ins, SP2 effectiveness, Ariel typeface.
November_04
Dec_04	RAID1 actual failure, SPAUG CD, diagnosing hardware.
	2003
January_03
February_03
March_03
April_03
May_03
June_03	Earthlink vs. spammers, spam legalities.
July_03	Spam control via MailWasher, Zone Alarm,  CD printing, Computer Museum.
August_03	Zone Alarm vs. SpeedStream, SPAUG member suggestions for speakers,
September_03
October_03	Upgrading to XP including transferring data.
November_03
December_03	AOL problems, .NET problems and big brother.  DSL ordering.
	2002
January_02
February_02	Random Access criteria, Triple booting, putting together your own computer.
March_02
April_02
May_02
June_02
July_02
August_02	Making CDs, backups, second HDD, PartiHDtion Magic,
September_02
October_02	XP penetration, 20th anniversary, PcAnywhere.
November_02	Ghost, USB speeds, review of anti malware techniques.
December_02	CD/RW supported by Symantec is inop..
	2001
January_01	Significant non-working hardware/software setups.
February_01	The demise of an ISP, dealing with a virus on a computer.
March_01	March_01 Firewalls, intrusion detection, and control.
April_01
May_01	Criterion for purchasing a computer.  GPS systems.
June_01	The release of XP and its problems.
July_01
August_01	Where to get help.
September_01
October_01	Keyboard tricks.
November_01	CD announcement and party arrangements.
December_01
	2000
January_00
February_00	administrivia.
March_00
April_00
May_00	Melissa Virus narrative.
June_00	Speakers, Microsoft, viruses.
July_00
August_00	Backups, women members, retention backups.
September_00
October_00	Whether to upgrade to XP, how to speed up disk accesses.
November_00	Biographies.
December_00
	1999
January_99
February_99	Roster of coming speakers.
March_99	Nummi arrangements.
April_99
May_99
June_99	Personnel needs.
July_99	Potential trips, video projector purchase.
August_99	Recount of Computer Museum trip.
September_99
October_99	Speaker schedule, personnel assignments.
November_99	Administrivia.
December_99
	1998
January_98
February_98
March_98
April_98
May_98	New officers, lots of talent in the Club.

October_03 Where to get help, Woody's Windows, Abris, Windows Annoyances.