Computer Info
This Weeks Meeting
The topic will be miscellaneous topics such as checking to see that your firewall is turned on in Windows XP (and customizing it if needed) looking at RoadStor (a hardware device for storing your digital photos while on the road) Using the Automate feature in PhotoShop Elements. And as always, question and answer session.
The next meeting will be June 2nd.
Where to put camera pictures
while you
travel
Digital cameras --- what should we do with all of the pictures that we take while on vacation? It seems that we are always filling our memory cards before our trip is finished. Do we have to haul our laptop computer with us or view and delete the pictures on the camera that we dont think we will want to keep?
We read about these gadgets and they would solve all of these problems.
RoadStor
It can view your digital photo on your television (with the included remote control). It will read many flash memory cards (such as SD, Sony Memory Stick, Compact Flash, MultiMedia, Smart Media ---- for the xD card you will need an adapter). You can zoom, rotate and create thumbnails of your digital photos. It is a portable, one-touch copier of your digital photos to CD.
It can read a DVD disc.
You can burn a CD of your pictures without the use of a computer. It will allow you to do multisession (this allows you to add pictures to a CD that you have already written to).
It is a high speed USB 2.0 device. It is capable to attach to both a PC (running Windows 98, ME or XP) or a Mac.
You can watch your DVD movie on a TV anywhere supports both NTSC and PAL formats.
You can download MP3s from your flash memory and burn to a CD without a computer.
It has its own snap-on rechargeable Lithium Ion battery that delivers two hours of continuous play time. It is about the size of a VHS tape. It is simple to operate and connects directly to a TV and works as a stand-alone device.
Kanguru FC-RW
Portable Flash Card Burner
( http://www.kanguru.com/fcrw.html)
This is another version on the market. Just plug your Flash Memory card into it insert a blank CD press COPY. In just minutes, your pictures are copied to it.
Works as a CD-RW drive and a card reader when hooked to your computer.
The cost is about $189.00
Firewall in Windows XP
Check to see if you have your firewall turned on. START SETTINGS CONTROL PANEL NETWORK CONNECTIONS. Right click on your connection to the internet (it might be a dialer or a LAN connection depending on whether you are on a dialup connection of a cable/DSL line). Choose PROPERTIES. Click on the ADVANCED tab and be sure there is a checkmark by PROTECT MY COMPUTER AND NETWORK BY LIMITING OR PREVENTING ACCESS TO THIS COMPUTER FROM THE INTERNET.