Victoria Computer Club

On January 16th at 10am at the Seniors SIG, George will lead a workshop on using LastPass, a password manager you can use from multiple computers, including those at the clubhouse.

To prepare for the workshop, please bring

• your email login and password,
• plus a different password of more than 14 characters to be used as a LastPass master password.  Test its strength here .
• plus a couple of other account logins and passwords, like facebook, gmail, yahoo, shaw or telus,  or someone you have online accounts with, like BC Hydro,

We will be installing the LastPass extension in your browser, preferably Chrome.  You can do this on a club computer, and use LastPass later at home, or bring your laptop to the SIG.

What fraud and cybercrimes will 2017 present?  IT Canada offers this prediction, that most hacks will originate from phones. But what can our members with smart phones do?

• Require a pattern or code to open your phone.
• Add an app to completely wipe your lost phone from your computer.
• Put a bluetooth lost connectivity alarm on your keychain like trackr

https://www.rsa.com/en-us/resources/2017-global-fraud-and-cybercrime-forecast

Here is the link to Rich’s presentation on strategies for backing up your computer so that documents and photos don’t get lost, whether by accidental deletion, hard drive failure, or natural disaster. Talk is intended for non-technical computer users.

Presented by Rich McCue of UVic, Tuesday November 22nd, 2pm at Silver Threads, Les Passmore 286 Hampton Road, Saanich.  Here is a MAP

Optional lunch of soup and sandwhich for $7 is at 1pm.  Choose which sandwich (salmon, egg, or chicken salad)  in your RSVP to BigBlueSocial@gmail.com for lunch and/or presentation.  

Even if you are only coming to the presentation please RSVP by Sunday, November 20th so that we will know which room to set up.

 All tickets have been sold. Please arrive before 12:45. All must be seated before 1:00 pm.

The Club’s December 13th lunch will be Turkey & stuffing, Mashed potato & gravy, Brussels sprouts & carrots, Toffee cake with shortbread, Tea & Coffee.

The lunch will be served at Silver Threads Passmore Center, followed by a presentation of the club’s plans for 2017.

Here’s the link to Microsoft’s end of support for Essentials 2012

From teaching the class, I realize one must separate and identify the independent parts of email systems.

First is the server of the sender’s email service provider and the server of the recipient’s provider.  These are contained in the internet, and not on your computer.  Second, and independent, is your method of accessing your email: Continue reading →

A chromebook is an inexpensive, simplified laptop.  It runs one program, the Chrome browser, plus a file manager for local file management.

A chromebook has removed the ability to run other installed programs, like Microsoft Office, other browsers like Firefox, bad virus programs, antivirus programs to fight the bad virus programs, backup programs, crap cleaners, printer drivers, installed Adobe programs like Photoshop, etc. etc. Continue reading →