Computer Info – July 10, 2002

This Week’s Meeting

                        What is the program for today????Could we have a discussion session (and computer topic) – question and answers – etc.Maybe someone would like to volunteer to bring in their computer for next week so we could see if we could solve some of your problems – while everyone watches or helps determine how to solve the problem.

Great Helper

            We would like to thank Jared Bertholf, Patty’s grandson, for helping Wes setup and test his Flight Simulator 2002 before the program began last week.Thanks, Jared.

Flight Simulator 2002

            There are over 21,000 airports around the world in this program – this includes many grassy airstrips and dirt runways.

            Your choice of aircraft goes from two seat Cessnas to the Boeing 777 or a helicopter.

            The details that this program has is unbelievable -- all major landmarks are included like the attractions at Disney.

            You can connect to the internet and download the current weather to make your flying have more realism.The weather can have you flying in a snowstorm, thunderstorm, overcast or sunny day depending on the season and the location where you are flying.

            During takeoffs and landings, you can talk to the control tower to get your instructions.

            The program cost around $50.00

Lost a Folder From Programs ????

            If you have somehow dragged your Accessories folder (or any other) from the Programs listing on your START button and found it now on your Desktop ---- how do you get it back

            Start by right-clicking on the icon that now appears on your Desktop and choose COPY or CUT (depending on whether you want to make a copy of it or remove it).Now, right-click on the START button and choose OPEN.You will now see a folder called PROGRAMS.Double-click on the Programs folder to open it.Right click on an empty area of the window and choose PASTE from the menu.

Dialer For Your Provider on Desktop

            From MY COMPUTER – in Windows 98, choose DIALUP NETWORKING – in Windows ME, choose CONTROL PANEL and then DIALUP NETWORKING.This should show you your dialer (or the connection to your internet provider).Right click on the icon and choose CREATE A SHORTCUT.You will be told that you cannot create it here—would you like it placed on your Desktop – answer YES.From your desktop, right click on the icon and drag it down to the Quick Launch area of your toolbar.When you release your mouse button, you will be ask if you would like to MOVE IT or COPY IT.The choice is yours.

Restore Deleted Pictures on Your SmartMedia Cart

Question:Help!I accidentally deleted all my vacation photos from my SmartMedia card.Can I get these images back?

Answer:You're not the first person to make this mistake.Luckily, there is a program that works well to recover files saved on media cards used by most digital cameras.It's Digital Image Recovery.The program will reconstruct deleted images, videos or audio files from your media.Best of all it's free.

                                    http://home.arcor.de/christian_grau/dir/index.html

No matter, if you deleted images, videos or audio files from your media, formatted the media, or pulled out the media during a write process, the program reconstructs the corresponding data automatically. 

The system requirements are: 

·         Memory card reader (the media has to be appear as a drive) 

·         Windows® 9X, ME, NT, 2000 or XP

Important Information About Your Computer

            This little program is a free download and provides a lot of good information about what is on your computer.It is the type of information that you should print out and store away.Besides providing you with information on the various hardware that is in your computer or attached to your computer – it gives you serial numbers of your computer, your motherboard and the software that you have installed.It tells you the amount of memory that is in your computer and how many chips (and their value) that make up this memory.  

            This message is given about your security – “Your profile information stays on your PC, and is not sent over the Internet to any servers, including Belarc's server”.

                                    http://www.belarc.com/Download-auto.html