Indiana County PC Users Group


http://www.icpcug.com

Meetings

3rd Tuesday of each month 
 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
at the
Indiana County
Technology Center
Hamill Rd., Indiana, PA
Everyone Welcome

Tuesday, February 21, 2005
President Chauncey Ross convened the monthly meeting of the Indiana County PC Users Group at 7:09 p.m. at the Indiana County Technology Center, Hamill Road, Indiana, Pa. 

Treasurer’s Report
The treasurer’s report reflecting a checking-account balance of $667.75 as of this date was presented and approved on a motion by Donna McConnell, seconded by Ron McConnell. 

Program
Program Director Steve Higgins of Sassafras Forge distributed handouts identifying “five steps to protecting your system.” His recommendations for preserving critical data are 1) Security step one is a full backup; 2) Back up your software; 3) Make an emergency disk; 4) Defrag your hard drive; and 5) Block the bad guys.

 The most important data to back up are files created by the user, downloads, music, photos and any content not purchased from a dealer. 

Higgins described the steps for backing up data using Microsoft Windows XP and for preserving e-mail using popular e-mail programs. 

Higgins further recommended that business operators should keep copies of data off site, use hard disk drives for long-term data storage and CD-ROMs and CD-RWs for day-to-day backups. 

Further discussion in the program involved the advantages of keeping an operating system and program files on the same disk drive, integrity of hard disk drives, hard-drive imaging, booting to safe mode and adjusting a system BIOS.

 Old business, new business
Chauncey Ross briefly discussed an experience with a Sony ICD-P210 digital voice recorder and Audacity audio-editing software.  Jim Crissman related a positive shopping experience at Staples.

 Close
The next meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 21, 2006. With no other business to conduct, President Ross adjourned the meeting on a motion by Donna McConnell at 9:04 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Chauncey Ross, president

Who we are: A public educational organization open to all persons interested in computers
Our Mission Provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and information related to the use of computers; to provide assistance in solving hardware and software problems; to foster the development of computer-related skills.