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Westside: Tuesday,January 17th
Steering Committee, 6:00 pm
Q & A, 6:30 pm
Presentation Follows Q & A
Maps and directions
Eastside: Wednesday, January 18th
Q & A, 6:30 pm
Presentation Follows Q & A
Maps and directions
Fountain Hills: Thursday, January 19th
Q & A, 6:30 pm
Presentation Follows Q & A
Maps and directions

2012 Computer Technology Conference Schedule

Thursday, March 22
9:00 AM 12:00 PM Registration Open
1:00 PM 2:00 PM Registration Open
1:00 PM 10:00 PM Hospitality Suite Open
2:00 PM 5:00 PM Microsoft Store Tours and Presentation
Tour 1: 2:00-3:30 PM
Tour 2: 3:30-5:00 PM
Dinner on own

Friday, March 2
Recycle day, courtesy of Westech Recyclers, Inc. of Scottsdale
(list of acceptable items)

Breakfast on own
7:00 AM 12:00 PM Registration Open
9:00 AM 10:15 AM Keynote Address
10:30 AM 11:45 AM Four Seminars
12:00 PM 1:30 PM Lunch with Presentation
1:30 PM 4:30 PM Registration Open
1:45 PM 3:00 PM Four Seminars
3:15 PM 4:30 PM Four Seminars
5:00 PM 7:30 PM Dinner with Presentation
7:45 AM 10:00 PM Hospitality Suite Open

Saturday, March 24
Recycle day, courtesy of Westech Recyclers, Inc. of Scottsdale
(list of acceptable items)

Breakfast on own
9:00 AM 10:15 AM Four Seminars
10:30 AM 11:45 AM Four Seminars
12:00 PM 1:30 PM Lunch with Presentation
1:30 PM 4:30 PM Registration Open
1:45 PM 3:00 PM Four Seminars
3:30 PM 7:00 PM Vendor Expo with dinner around 5:00
7:45 AM 10:00 PM Hospitality Suite Open

Sunday, March 25
9:00 AM 10:15 AM Four Seminars
10:30 AM 12:00 PM Digital Photo Contest Awards

Schedule is subject to change.

http://comptechconf.com/Schedule/schedule.htm
Breakfast at the Casino is $1.99.

Installing Avast! Anti Virus

Norbert (Bob) Gostischa outlines how to install avast! Anti virus
He suggests you start with a complete uninstall of your current
Anti virus Program and a fresh install of avast!.

A. Help in totally removing your current
Anti virus program can be found at:

http://mysharedfiles.no-ip.org/TipsTrick...

B. Download the latest version of avast! from:

http://www.avast.com/eng/programs.html

1. Uninstall avast from Control Panel first.

2. Reboot your system.

3. Run the Avast Uninstall program downloaded earlier
to remove all remnents.

4. Again Reboot your system.

5. Install the latest version of avast! downloaded in step B.

6. Get your Register Number for your new installation at:

http://www.avast.com/eng/home-registrati...

7. A tutorial on how to insert your registration key can be
found at:

http://www.avast.com/files/tutorials/ins...

Bob in his presentation of Avast! for the Eastside December
meeting created a lot of interest in this Anti Virus program.
For those of us who could not attend we decided to put his
recommendations here on the website.

Holiday Shopping Lists Galore

David Yamamoto recommends the following as great
sources of food shopping list ideas for the holidays.
Just print them and check items off at the grocery store.

Don't forget to Google online coupon sites as well.

http://tinyurl.com/237cgcp

http://tinyurl.com/274oknt

Dangerous Exploit in Adobe Reader

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InfoWorld

http://infoworld.com/t/malware/dangerous...

Microsoft Knowledge Base

Great support for Microsoft software

http://support.microsoft.com/search/?adv...

Be Careful What You Copy

Copy Machines Contain Hard Drives

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6...

Antivirus Comparison

In the January 2010 issue of PC World magazine
there is an article on the best antivirus programs.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/182539/

Security News and Reviews

See the latest security news and reviews

http://www.pcworld.com/topics/security.h...

IT Expert Voice

Interesting articles by experts

http://itExpertVoice.com/

Tip Jar

Tips, Tricks, Quips, Clips, Pix, Clix?
WebTour Links, Meeting Topics?

Links we saw in meetings?
Links from the newsletter?

Questions? Answers?
Ideas? Suggestions?

Drop them all in the Tip Jar:

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