December 2006 - BigBearCC.org

Volume 6
December 2006
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Award Winning Newsletter of Big Bear Computer Club
www.bigbearcc.org
In This Issue
December Meeting
Meeting Info November
Decembers BBCC Calendar
BBCC Club Information
Letter to the editor
Membership Report
Product Review
Discounts
Review Products
Drawing Winners
November Meeting Pictures
Word Tip
BBCC Help line
BBCC 2007 Elections
BBCC 2007 Elections
BBCC 2007 Elections
Free Up Disk Space
Membership Benefits
Membership Application
Map To Meeting
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BBCC Presents:
David B. Whittle
BIG Bear Computer Club is hosting
a presentation by David B. Whittle,
author of “Cyberspace: The Human
Dimension”. Dave’s been a leader in
the PC revolution since 1979,
Now he’s bringing to you his
favorite discoveries from recent trade
shows in order to show new products
that open up new horizons of possibility or solve problems you might be
facing.
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Next BBCC Meeting: Tuesday,
December 12, 2006 at 5:30 pm
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Big Bear Computer Club Holiday Potluck
Party Tuesday December 12, 2007 at 5:30.
At the Discovery Center 40971 North Shore,
Fawnskin, CA
Club will provide Ham and Turkey while you
bring the trimmings to go along with the
main course.
Our guest speaker, Dave Whittle is coming
from Utah to make presentation
Door prizes
BBCC GENERAL MEETING
November, 2006
Club President Yomar Cleary welcomed all of the members. Then she introduced the other board members in attendance:
Elaine Tennity – VP
Barbara Moore – Treasurer
Rosemary Lloyd – Secretary
Karen Tangeman – Director-at-Large and Reviews Director
Dorothy read names of nominees running for office in 2007.
Alex commented on the Club web site.
Kent reported on carpooling to meetings.
Individuals on the board gave brief reports as follows:
Barbara gave a short treasurers report.
Elaine talked about the Community Computer Lab. New class dates are planned for December and January.
Karen did review information on books and software and donated Microsoft programs for door prizes.
We did the RAM session before the presentation. Bob did a fine job leading it.
Some of the questions were about Windows Vista. Is it worth upgrading if Windows XP is running fine?
Will Vista run on the new Intel MAC’s?
Is XP now more secure than Windows 2000?
AVG free anti-virus has an update available.
Elaine introduced Alex Soliz, the Club webmaster. His presentation covered Microsoft Windows Vista, geared for people
who want to upgrade from previous versions of Windows.
Alex brought handouts. They addressed two questions. What is the upgrade process? What are the different versions of
Vista?
What do you need to do to upgrade? If you upgrade the OS, you may need to update your applications as well. It depends on the manufacturer.
There are two ways to upgrade to Vista. One is ‘in place’. Install it on top of the current OS. It has a file transfer process
built in. Secondly, you can do a clean install.
Vista will come in 4 editions: Home Basic, Home Premium, Business and Ultimate.
Buyers need to make sure that new PC’s are Vista capable. Larger hard drives are needed. Video cards need 32 MB
memory. 2 GB of RAM is good.
Alex talked about new Vista features.
The Windows Sidebar has icons that are small versions of actively running programs. Imaging, web development and
media in general are important. Media Player 11 is the latest and is already available. Media Center is integrated in most
of the Vista versions.
Parental controls are integrated. Lock down Internet Explorer for kids. Limit what can be seen and at what times.
Internet Explorer 7 is more secure and user friendly – similar to Firefox. This includes tabbed browsing. Search engines
are integrated. Print preview is improved. RSS feeds are included. Anti-Phishing is built-in. User security settings are
easier to work with. Vista will prompt the user for the administrator password, when necessary, to do certain functions,
like downloading some files. New toolbar tools streamline browsing.
Tab groups allow you to organize favorites. The browser tells what site you are actually on. Help is easier to use and ask
questions of.
Then Alex did a Vista demo and answered questions.
It was an enlightening and enjoyable evening.
Submitted by Rosemary Lloyd, Secretary
November 18, 2006
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BBCC Calendar
BBCC Events Calendar -- December, 2006
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Christmas
BBCC
Potluck
Dinner
Saturday
Hanukha
Begins
Winter
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BBCC Club Information
BBCC Officers
and Key Leaders
President............................................Yomar Cleary
878-5622 [email protected]
Vice President....................................Elaine Tennity
584-7158 [email protected]
Secretary.......................................Rosemary Lloyd
584-9358 [email protected]
Treasurer.........................................Barbara Moore
585-7981 [email protected]
Director-at-large (Reviews)............Kare n Tangeman
585-7413 [email protected]
Director-at-large YOUR NAME
COULD BE HERE
Publicity.............................................Yomar Cleary
878-5622 [email protected]
Equipment Director.............................Don Odekirk
585-6728 [email protected]
Technical Director......................................Jim Lloyd
584-9358 [email protected]
Webmaster....................................Alex Soliz
866-8446 [email protected]
Newsletter Editor....................................Sue Crane
(818) 609-0500 [email protected]
Membership Director............................Carole Allen
866-7677 [email protected].
Parliamentarian...............................David Philipson
585-9389 [email protected]
NmeTags...........................................Phyllis Jaeger
866-3895 [email protected]
Librarian-Historian........................YOUR NAME
COULD BE HERE
Letter to the Editor
Big Bear Computer Club Board members would
like to give a BIG thank-you to Patricia Kelly for
donating back to the club her 50/50 winnings.
Patricia won $17.50. Thank-you Patricia, what a
great way to support the club.
BBCC Board Members
Mebership Report
November 2006
Welcome New & Renewing
Members
Ron Fross #303
Grace Fross #304
Chaz Langdon #256
Jack McCarthy #289
BBCC members are encouraged
to attend Board Meetings and
make suggestions about member
benefits, events, services, etc. Please
join us and share your opinions.
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Carole Allen #69
Ruth Dobbs #100
Product Review
Adobe Dreamweaver 8
Reviewed By, Alex Soliz
[email protected]
When we talk about web editing and or web development there are only a few tools on the market today that are
even worth mentioning. Of these premier tools of the trade, one stands out as the over all predominate editor for any high
end web building. Dreamweaver now under the Adobe brand has had it newest release version 8 out for some time now.
We can characterize this new addition to the studio suite as in many opinions the most dynamic and feature rich piece of
software on the market today.
We have seen the former Macromedia giant since in the shadows of an old but faithful Microsoft’s Front Page for some
time now. Since then we have seen a completely new breed of editor emerge catering to the high end web developer
incorporating flash content creation to data center integration through cold fusion and hot swap design.
All in all, I believe we have a much long awaited development tool for users ranging from the entry level design
enthusiast to the complete other end of the spectrum. For those of you new to Dreamweaver, Adobe includes a complete
Studio suite now marked as version 8. This includes Flash of which we are all familiar with in one way or another through
Flash Player; used for creating interactive media rich animation and design. The Fireworks line and Contribute products
are also included in the full Studio 8 Suite.
In looking at Dreamweaver from the other end of the keyboard we find an artistic palette of modules which could make any web coder happy. We see that this version does stay consistent with today’s browser requirements. It
does this by focusing on live content, and dynamic page creation. As the Internet and web sites grow; so does our level
of expectations when viewing web content. Adobe has offered a competitive tool geared just for this and in the right hands
can deliver as needed. For those still on the fence just take a look at the most dramatic and interactive web site you know
of today and chances are it was built using Dreamweaver.
In this review we will look at four main factors which we can compare web editors on. These are ease of use,
cross platform compatibility, functionality, and the over all user experience.
When we look at how easily one can navigate within Dreamweaver; we look at the user’s workspace and how
easily we can manipulate and modify the experience to suit our level of knowledge. Adobe has done well to accommodate
such features by allowing users to toggle from design to code view by the use of tabbed indexes. We can also note that
we can open the site index on the right hand column and the property inspector down below our page by simply selecting
the arrows which will open or minimize the tools as needed. This along with intuitive selections from creating new sites to
adding CSS style pages has kept similar and true to past versions making it easy for veteran developers. One thing I do
recommend for newbie’s would be to check out the Adobe Dreamweaver Exchange site, from there one can download
plug-ins as well as view interactive tutorials while reading up on important security updates and collaborate with other
designers.
In reviewing the functionality aspect, I always go with “form follows function”. Now when comparing the flow of
tools navigational use; I don’t find any un-needed options and I always have the option to remove or minimize windows I
feel will not be needed when editing. This is combined with the integration of other Adobe suite products such as Flash
and Fireworks; you can easily import or export directly using the “Insert Media” options making it a smooth transition between products.
As for the over all experience, one may have mixed opinions depending upon how much time they have spent using other web editing products. For new users I can say there is a bit of a learning curve as one must already have a good
understanding of the elements involved in the design process prior to working with Dreamweaver. However once we get
over the new user experience I believe the entry level user can feel at home using the tools incorporated in this addition.
Also the advanced web builder will at the least be impressed at the level of power they have and multitude of options they
are presented with when working with this enterprise level development tool. In short, I can say with this new release, I
still see the roots of the Macromedia engine burning solid, but the new Adobe brand still holds ground in the web editor
arena. With that said I hope to see this continue and look forward to the next flavor of Adobe tools.
Adobe Corporate Headquarters
www.adobe.com
345 Park Avenue
San Jose, Ca 95110-2704
U.S.A.
Tel: 408-536-6000
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Adobe Dreamweaver 8
Web Developers Program
System Requirements
800MHz Intel Pentium III processor (or equivalent) and later
Windows 2000, Windows XP 256 MB RAM (1 GB recommended
to run more than one Studio 8 product simultaneously)
1024 x 768, 16-bit display (32-bit recommended)
650 MB available disk space
MSRP U.S. $399 Upgrade U.S. $199
$PECIAL DI$COUNT$
FOR BBCC MEMBERS
Laptop Offer from Dave Whittle
Laplink
Dave has arranged for 6% discount on genuine Thinkpads! IBM sold the division to Lenova but the
engineering, quality and service are still the same. They
have great human factors such as elegant design, are
lightweight, have long battery life and are very durable.
They offer features such as a spill-resistant keyboard
with built-in keyboard light, choice of a Trackpoint or
Touchpad mouse, the Active Protection System (which
prevents hard disk damage from shock or dropping),
dual antenna for better wireless reception, and a variety
of great system software to make life easier: ‘ThinkVantage Technologies.’ They even offer an integrated
fingerprint reader.
Thinkpads are more reasonable than you might
think for the quality you get (prices start at under $680),
especially considering you can get 6% off the website
prices (see below). What’s more, the Gartner Group
estimates that Thinkpads save you 20% to 30% compared to other brands on the total cost of ownership
over the life of the laptop, due to factors such as better
testing and easier maintenance, durability, and usability.
To obtain the special 6% discount on the
Thinkpad configuration of your choice, call Lenovo’s
user group inside sales rep, Isaac Williams, for help
in configuring your system, or to get answers to your
questions (1-877-338-4465, Option 1, Extension 6322).
Just tell him the name of your user group and give
him the discount code for user groups which is 42390.
Alternatively, for quicker response you can go to www.
lenovo.com/products/us/en and click on ‘Thinkpad notebooks,’ and then on the Series you’d like to configure.
After you choose all of the options you want, click Add
to Cart, and then click on E-mail this Page. E-mail it to
[email protected] and he will forward it to Isaac,
who will contact you to confirm the order, answer questions, and get your payment information. That’s all you
need to do to save between $40 and $210 on your new
laptop while ensuring that you get the very best laptop
available, customized just for you, and as quickly as
possible.
Note: If you are thinking about upgrading to
Vista in the future, don’t forget to ask if the model you
have chosen is ready for Vista.
Until November 28th, use coupon code 2EZ8F when
checking out and get Laplink Everywhere or PDAsync for
50% off the regular price!
Laplink Everywhere remote access and control
software lets you safely and securely use applications,
files and network resources, or view and update your
Outlook e-mail, contacts, calendar and tasks from anywhere - just as if you were sitting right in front of your own
PC. Various plans start at $8.95/month. http://www.laplink.
com/lle/
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emails, and notes information current. Physical version
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Review Products
A great way to receive free software is the BBCC product
review program. For more information contact:
Karen Tangeman 585-7413 [email protected]
One of the programs up for review this month is:
Advanced BKF Repair-Designed for the Windows platforms, this application helps its owner to recover damaged
MS backup files. Advanced BKF Repair restores corrupt
MS backup files and hands them to users on a silver platter. Easy restoration of badly damaged files is real and
users see it with their own eyes, once they have started
using the program. Advanced BKF Repair is able to restore Microsoft Backup (BKF) files created with Windows
95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP and 2003 backup utilities and
BKF files created with Backup Exec by VERITAS Software, under NT, Netware, OS/2 or Macintosh. Requirements: Runs under Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003
Server
MSRP: $149.95. For more information please visit us at
http://www.datanumen.com. For a trial download http://
www.datanumen.com/abr/abr.exe.
Drawing Winners
November 2006
Vista Product Guide by Microsoft Irene Naoum
Vista beta + Product Guide by Microsoft Dennis Brown
Vista beta + Product Guide by Microsoft Carole Allen
Titanium 2006 Antivirus + AntiSpyware by Panda Bob Kopolow
MovieFactory 4 Disc Creator by Ulead Phyllis Jaeger
Vista by Microsoft Gordon West (BIG WINNER)
50/50 $17.50 Patricia Kelly Donated back to club
Drawing Winners
BBC November Meeting
Alex Soliz
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BBCC
HelpLine
WORD TIP
When you first install Word, it asks you for your
name so it can personalize the registration for your program. It also writes your name into the user area. This
area includes your name and initials, and can include your
address. This information is used by various Word fields, in
the document summary information, in annotations, and in
the Envelopes and Labels feature. If you need to change
the user information (for instance, if your name or address
changes), follow these steps:
1.
Choose Options from the Tools menu. You will see
the Options dialog box.
2.
Make sure the User Information tab is selected.
The following members have
generously offered to help
you with your PC problems by
phone or by e-mail.
Windows Beginners.....................Carole Allen
866-7677 [email protected]
Windows 95,98,ME,XP..............Bob Kopolow
584-7747 [email protected]
Outlook Express.......................Joan Kiehl
585-7894 [email protected]
MS Outlook....................... Bob Kopolow
584-7747 [email protected]
MS Word........................Karen Tangeman
585-1734 [email protected]
3.
Change the information in the Name, Initials, and
Mailing Address boxes as desired.
MS Excel.............................Yomar Cleary
878-5622 [email protected]
4.
MSPublisher........................Yomar Cleary
878-5622 [email protected]
Click on OK.
Applies to Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003
Digital Photos....................Barbara Moore
585-7981 [email protected]
CD Burning.............................Larry Smith
584-1284 [email protected]
Don’t Forget!
Quicken...........................Michael Homan
584-2277 [email protected]
Bring your empty printer
cartridges to the meeting.
Hardware..............................Bob Kopolow
584-7747 [email protected]
The printer cartridge program is
a BBCC fundraiser that helps us
purchase supplies and pay for Big
Bear Computer Club expenses.
Thank you for your
participation.
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Join our HelpLine
Volunteers!
You don’t have to be an expert;
just help others find the
answers.
Contact any BBCC Board Member
to join.
BBCC Elections 2007
PRESIDENT
Yomar Cleary
I have worked with computers for the last 30 years and continue to do
so. My background has been in law enforcement for 17 years, ten of
those years were as a Deputy Sheriff. I have been married 47 years
with 3 daughters and 5 grandchildren.
It is my privilege to be a charter member of the Big Bear Computer
Club. I have seen it grow throughout the last ten years.
SOME OF MY ACCOMPLISHMENTS HAVE BEEN:
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I continue to do all the publicity i.e. radio, newspapers, internet, etc. for the club for the last 4 years
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Established the advertising procedures for businesses to
advertise which has brought in over $1,000.00 in revenues to our
treasury.
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Created and setup the, “Member Booklet” which was distributed to our membership
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Established “Guidelines” for the various computer club volunteer jobs assignments.
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In order to open new horizons for our club, I have attended the
Regional (San Diego) and National (Las Vegas) Computer Conferences for the last 2 years. I am registered for the January, 2007
conference in Las Vegas.
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Received National recognition (Jerry Award) in the amount of
$1,500.00 for our Education Program. We purchased the Computer
Club’s laptop with the monies.
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Coordinate the recycling of ink cartridges for the club as a
fundraiser
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I author the Microsoft Excel Tips in the Bearly Bytes.
THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO IMPLEMENT IF ELECTED PRESIDENT
The art of communication is very important to me, so you
would be kept abreast on things going on between computer club
meetings by emails, phone calls or by mail. In order to help those of
you who are new to computer technology, it is my intent to establish
a workshop entitled, “Beginner Computer Basics.” I plan on establishing a volunteer recognition program in order to thank those of you
who work so hard to make the Computer Club what it is. In order to
help those of you who volunteer to be part of the team, I plan to have
mentors help you as long as you need until you feel comfortable doing the job yourself. I am open to suggestions that will improve the
structure of the Big Bear Computer Club. My slogan this year will be
“T.E.A.M.” which translates to, “Together Everyone Achieves More”.
It is my hope that we can get more of our members involved in the
Computer Club board.
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VICE PRESIDENT
Karen Tangeman
My name is Karen Tangeman and I am
running for the position of Vice President.
My husband (Bob) and I moved to Big Bear
22 years ago to raise our family. We have 3
children, Robert, Taryn, and Scott. We also
have 1 grandchild named Ethan. I am a retired Registered nurse and am very active
in Shepherd in the Pines Lutheran Church.
I joined the computer club in March 2005
after taking a Word class from Sue Crane
at our local Library. I started attending the
clubs Board meetings in June 2005 due to
my increasing interest in the club. Last December I became a Director at Large and
took over as your Review Editor when Sue
Crane had to suddenly move off the mountain. I am also the clubs Vendor Liaison. I
work closely with our vendors in supplying
our club with drawing prizes and special
drawing prizes such as “Vista.” Maintaining
a good relationship with our vendors and
being able to bring you up –to-date review
programs and drawing prizes is something
I thoroughly enjoy. I have attended both the
APCUG & SWRUG conferences. I plan on
attending my second APCUG conference
in Las Vegas this January. I will continue
as Review Editor and Vendor Liaison and
at working to bring our members the most
up-to-date review products and drawing
prizes. If I am elected to the Board, I hope
to submit some new ideas along with other
board members in keeping the Computer
Club fun and interesting. I plan on fulfilling
any tasks that the President (and Board)
requires of me and I hope to work closely
with all Board members in maintaining the
Computer Clubs integrity and increasing
success.
SECRETARY
Rosemary Lloyd
DIRECTOR AT LARGE
Kent Gale
DIRECTOR AT LARGE
Elaine Tennity
My name is Rosemary Lloyd. My
husband of 14 years, Jim, and I
moved to Sugarloaf in October
2004 from Mission Viejo. We love
living in the forest and enjoy walking
on the trails, as well as cruising the
lake with our two doggies.
I started learning about computers
over 16 years ago when my environmental lab job required it. Jim
has taught me a lot, including much
about computers.
My experience includes software
training – from developing written
materials to designing and teaching
classes on many programs. This
year, I have been one of the people
working on the Big Bear Community
Computer Lab project.
Jim and I started SugarloafPC.
com at the beginning of 2005. I
do training, web design and help
people with sick computers, as well
as other hardware installations and
troubleshooting.
My goals for the Computer Club
include growth in membership
numbers and more community
My name is Kent V. Gale, 66 years
old, married, three children,and have
lived in Big Bear City for three years.
I was born in Utah, attended one
and two room Elementary Schools
in northern Nevada, Junior and
Senior High Schools in Eureka,
California. Attended Humboldt State
for semester then joined the U.S.
Army to satisfy my military obligation, served two years in Germany
with a Armored Cavalry Unit patroling the East-West Border, then one
and a half years at Dugway Proving
Grounds in Utah during the Cuban
Missile Crisis.
Attended Healds Engineering College
while working for the North-western
Pacific Railroad Engineering Department at San Rafael, relocated and
promoted four times, transfered to
Southern Pacific Headquarters in
San Francisco, then to Los Angeles
for twelve years, was downsized and
took buy-out after 25 years. Remodeled Whittier Home, worked for
twelve years as Packaging Designer,
then self-employed as construction
estimator for three years before retirement in Big Bear.
Elaine Holzer-Tennity was a teacher
for over 25 years with Los Angeles
Unified School District and had various positions with the school district
among them was a Computer
instructor for over 10 years. Elaine
has a BS in education/accounting
from UCLA and a MA in School Administration from Cal Lutheran. She
taught software applications, including Wordperfect, Lotus, Dbase, and
Microsoft Applications, i.e. Word,
Excel, Powerpoint, Access, etc. For
several years in the San Fernando
Valley she owned a business called
Computer-Aid. She offered classes
for children and adults and also did
consulting with businesses. During
the past year she has served as
Director of Events for the Computer
Club. Currently, she is a founder of
the Big Bear Valley Hummingbird
Project, Inc. and is in the process of
trying to set up a computer lab that
involvement in projects like the
Community Computer Lab.
I enjoy interacting with people,
whether the topic is technical or
not.
will be accessible for community
use.
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TREASURER
Barbara Moore
Free Up Megabytes of Disk Space
became a permanent resident of Big
Bear in April of 2001. I started by
working for Eminger’s Nursery as my
background was owning and operating a Nursery business in Canada
for 15 years. I also have about 25
years experience as a secretary for
various companies throughout my
life. I joined BBCC in May of 2003
and found it rewarding and challenging. When I was offered the opportunity to become BBCC Treasurer,
it gave me the chance to join the
others that work very hard to make
the BBCC what it is today. Keep in
mind that all of us that are involved
in the leadership do much more than
their titled jobs. So, along with devoting my time to the treasury, I also
volunteer many hours of my time to
designing and improving our forms,
making and printing the monthly
pamphlets, and teaching beginning
classes of various types to seniors
and members. I like to keep up with
technology so I usually buy a lot of
computer related gadgets just for
that purpose.I have been the BBCC
Treasurer for over two years and
have designed the bookkeeping system so that it is simple and complete.
I would like to continue keeping the
BBCC records.
Free Up Megabytes of Disk Space
By Vinny La Bash, a member of the Sarasota PCUG, Florida
vlabash(at)comcast.net
http://www.spcug.org
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Pull Quote – these folders could be the culprits that are chewing up
valuable storage area. Look in your Windows folder and count how many
folders you have that start with “$NtUninstall”. They are all related to various
patches, updates and service packs for XP. Those $NtUninstall folders are
created when you install a Microsoft Service Pack, a hot fix, or certain security updates. Some of these folders could date back almost to the day you
first installed your computer.
Their names are in blue, and they are all marked as hidden and read
only. If you don’t see them in the Windows folder, open the Tools menu, and
select Folder Options from the drop down menu. After the Folder Options
dialog box appears, activate the View tab, then left-click the Show hidden
files and folders radio button. Click OK to close the dialog box and the hidden
folders should appear. If nothing happens close down Windows Explorer
and restart it. You don’t need to restart your computer; simply open Windows
Explorer again.
Why should you do this? If you’re getting low on disk space and the
usual remedies haven’t freed up enough space, these folders could be the
culprits that are chewing up valuable storage area. If you have had Windows
installed for more than a year and you are conscientious about keeping your
system up-to-date, these useless folders are probably tying up gigabytes
of data. Enough of them can have the unfortunate side effect of noticeably
slowing down virus and spyware scans. It also takes longer to defrag your
disk drive. An accumulation of unnecessary or extraneous data on your system will eventually affect system performance and in extreme cases cause
drive errors.
The files within the $NtUninstall folder provide instructions on how
your computer uninstalls a Windows update. Each folder has a specific
name ending in the name of a particular Windows modification. If you were
to go to add/remove programs and select a Windows update to uninstall, the
information on how to run this process would come from the corresponding
$Ntuninstall folder.
You can safely delete all these folders if you have no plans to uninstall any of the related patches. As updates and patches accumulate, these
types of folders will continue to grow and take more disk space. One solution
is to delete only those folders older than three months. Chances are, if you
haven’t uninstalled a Windows update after three months, you won’t ever do
it. Alternatively, once you’ve made a backup or disk image of any “$NTUninstall” files, you can delete the files from the hard drive immediately, because
you can always restore them from backups, if you need them.
One thing Microsoft should have done is tuck these folders away in
a sub-folder someplace so you don’t have to scroll through them every time
you want to locate something in the Windows folder. I’ve seen machines with
over one hundred of these folders. Then again, you could always mark them
as hidden.
There is no restriction against any non-profit group using this article
as long as it is kept in context with proper credit given the author. The Editorial Committee of the Association of Personal Computer User Groups (APCUG), an international organization of which this group is a member, brings
this article to you.
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Members HelpLine
Members E-mail Notifications
Members only Discounts
Special Interest Groups (SIGs)
All this for only $25 per year!!
Mail your application and dues to:
BBCC Treasurer
PO Box 645
Big Bear City, CA 92314
or bring your application to a meeting
For information and directions phone
Yomar Cleary, President 878-5622
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BIG BEAR COMPUTER CLUB, INC. Membership Application
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Mailing Address_____________________________
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E-mail address______________________________
Area you live in ______________________________
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DEMOGRAPHICS
Student
Working Adult
BusinessOwner
Retired
FAMILY MEMBERS WHO WANT TO JOIN AS ASSOCIATES ($5/YEAR):
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Operating System(s)
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Apple/MAC
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Intermediate LINUX
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Advanced
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Desktop Publishing
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Web Design
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Other Interests:________________________________________________
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FRIENDS.
HOW DID YOU HEAR ABOUT US?__________________________________
Big Bear Computer Club Meetings are held at
Big Bear Discovery Center - 2nd Tuesday, 530PM
MEETING MAP
BIG BEAR COMPUTER CLUB, INC.
PO Box 645
Big Bear City, CA 92314
Where computer enthusiasts meet
to share knowledge and experiences
and have a lot of fun!
BBCC is a non-profit educational
community organization open to
everyone interested in computers
and how to make them more useful
and friendly.
To learn more about
BBCC:
Come to a meeting:
2nd Tuesday of the month, 530
pm, Everyone is welcome!
Visit our website:
www.bigbearcc.org
Contact our President:
Yomar Cleary
878-5622
[email protected]
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BBCC is a proud member of APCUG and
Southern California Regional User Groups