Random Access

32 Pages·2016·1.44 MB·English

Pine Rivers Computer Club Inc.
Random Access
www.prcc.asn.au
Next Meetings:
Monday Night
01 August 2016
TOPICS TBD
August 2016
7.30pm - 9.30pm
Sunday Workshop
28 Aug 2016
9.00am - 3pm
Newsletter 308
Inside this issue:
Editor’s 34 cents p2
PC Maintenance Software Tools p7-10
7 Hidden Gems From Google p11-18
The 5 PC Parts Tend To Die p19-24
Cartoon Gallery p30-32
And more !

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Editor’s 34 cent’s worth
Welcome to the August edition of Random Access.
This month’s theme is what to do when things go wrong.
BTW the free Windows 10 upgrade offer expired 29 July.
So…. enjoy the newsletter.
Thanks to Jim Gooley and Michael Dodd for input this
issue.
ABM [email protected]
Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to
alter it every six months. – OSCAR WILDE

To give real service you must add something which cannot be
bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and
integrity.—DOUGLAS ADAMS
Michael J Dodd
COMPUTER SERVICING
PC AND MAC
Northern Suburbs
[email protected]
0410 545 029
07 3092 0171
MCS
Free Local Pickup & Delivery

Virus Removal & Prevention / Upgrades / Repairs / Data Recovery
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Club Raffle Winners
Raffle winners details 1st 461, 2nd 101, 3rd 460
Tickets for the next raffle went on sale at the Sunday
Workshop on 24 July and the raffle will be drawn at the
club meeting on 1 August.
Ticket price still $2.
ABM
Monday Night Meeting
A good crowd attended the club meeting on 4 July.
Subject was Latest Linux Release Mint 18 was
presented By Geoff
Leonie invited the meeting to email any suggestions for
future topics to [email protected]
ABM
The Monday night meetings are a long term feature of this club's activities.
Unusually among other clubs we have kept having a night time meeting. To
keep this feature the club needs your ideas about what you would like to have
presented. If there’s any topic you want to see a presentation on then please
suggest it. If you know someone who would make a good guest speaker for an
upcoming meeting please put the committee in touch with ‘em.
Email Club President Michael Dodd at [email protected]
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The Do Not Call Register
What is the Do Not Call Register?

The Do Not Call Register is a secure database where individuals and
organisations can register, check or remove their Australian
telephone, mobile and fax numbers to opt out of receiving most
unsolicited telemarketing calls and faxes.

Registration is free and you only need to do it once.
Once registered, a number will stay on the register indefinitely

unless the number owner or their representative removes the
number.

Telemarketers and fax marketers have 30 days from the date you

register to stop contacting you.

Unsolicited telemarketing calls and marketing faxes must not be

made or sent to a registered number.
ON DO NOT CALL REGISTER YOU CAN:
REGISTER YOUR AUSTRALIAN NUMBER/S http://tinyurl.com/zebap6h
CHECK YOUR NUMBER/S http://tinyurl.com/js7pnl2
REMOVE YOUR NUMBER/S http://tinyurl.com/hrh525k
LODGE A COMPLAINT http://tinyurl.com/zhkp7u8
LODGE AN ENQUIRY http://tinyurl.com/zzlcxbd
Need help?
Call Monday to Friday
8:30am to 5:00pm
Consumer Contact Centre: Ph. 1300 792 958
http://donotcall.gov.au
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Telecomms Industry Ombudsman (TIO)

If you are having trouble with a telephone bill or an internet
installation then don’t forget to consider trying this:
CONTACT LIST Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO)
MAIN PAGE www.tio.com.au/about-us
MAKE AN ONLINE
www.tio.com.au/making-a-complaint
COMPLAINT
TELEPHONE [phone]
WRITE TO PO Box 276
Collins Street West
Melbourne VIC 8007

TTY 1800 675 692
NATIONAL RELAY SERVICE Call 1800 555 677 then ask for 1800 062 058
FAX OUR CONSUMER
1800 630 614

COMPLAINT FORM TO
Cartoon http://tinyurl.com/gvltdx5
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External Classes for Beginners
U3A:(Redcliffe)
“Learning for Leisure and Pleasure”
Classes at U3A are available to members aged 50 years and older.
Annual membership is $20. There’s additional costs of $2 per class.
Courses for over 90 different subjects are offered covering a diverse
range of topics including: Computers, Creative Arts and Crafts,
Music, Languages, History and more. See website for the full list.
Venue: Contact:
Redcliffe U3A Campus Phone [phone]
Sutton Centre Fax [phone]
157 - 159 Sutton Street, Web www.u3aredcliffe.org.au/

Redcliffe email [email protected]
Website: www.mrcdr.com.au
Email: [email protected]
Northside: Southside:
Unit 3, No. 3 - 5 Deakin Street, Unit 2, No. 9 Stockwell Place, Archerfield
Brendale QLD 4500 QLD 4108.
Phone: [phone] Fax: [phone] Phone: [phone] Fax: [phone]

New Home & Office Computers Upgrades & Repairs
Network & MYOB Specialist MS Small Business Servers
Please call US for all your computer needs
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PC Maintenance Software Tools
This is a list of the programs that I use to
maintain computers with tips for using them.
Jim is a club member who
I have each of these programs on a flash drive has dedicated many hours
and can copy to member's own flash drives at
to helping others keep
no cost. Please ask me at a club meeting.
their PC’s running well
Speccy.exe http://tinyurl.com/yf8urpa both at this club and in
other community
Analyses the computer to indicate what is
organisations such as
working in the computer. This will now have to
be run in compatability mode as if it were
Pine Rivers Mens’ Shed.
running on Win 7 if you want to run it in Win
www.pineriversmensshed
10.
.org.au/
S.I.W.exe http://tinyurl.com/jnr46nd
He is keen to find out
I have a copy of this program to download to
what other software is out
flash drives for anyone that wants it.) The
there for PC maintenance
current one on the internet now has to be paid
for. The old one I have will work up to Win 7 and why you think it
but will not work in Win 10. works better. Look out for
an upcoming club project
SysSpec.exe http://tinyurl.com/dcm8t
that will address this
This is a program that shows the technical data
topic.
of how your machine is configured.
We want to hear what
Ccleaner.exe http://tinyurl.com/czoemb
each of us relies on and
This is a popular cleaner program and can be why.
install to run each time a computer is started.
ABM
Incorporates a registry cleaner in the same
program.
PCcleanup452.exe http://tinyurl.com/yuuqkg
When this is installed check the options before running the program for the
FIRST time to make sure that you only delete the items you want to get off your
computer. Clicking on the "clean" option deletes the items BEFORE you see what
is gone.

Article by Jim Gooley
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PC Maintenance Software Tools (cont.)
Eusing Free System Cleaner EFSC.exe http://tinyurl.com/ade7tqo
Recently improved to version 4.7, works on XP. and all the way through to Win
10 and will incorporate EDGE and Other Win 10 programs. This also includes a
registry cleaner as well. This can also be used to Defrag the registry if needed (but
not often).
This replaced two older utilities: Eusing free registry
cleaner.exe, Eusing free registry defragment.exe
Driver booster.exe http://tinyurl.com/q7wjk3m
Loads and installs drivers automatically.
Driver easy.exe http://tinyurl.com/z72ozth
This takes a bit of learning to get it to work so I would
not suggest that the average user attempt it.
Malwarebytes.exe http://tinyurl.com/j32jr94
Popular program and a must for every computer.
Superantispyware.exe http://tinyurl.com/
ox7un
On demand Virus checker that is to be used when you
want something checked. Not to be used as a daily
antivirus program.
ADWcleaner.exe http://tinyurl.com/ju32noe
and JRT.exe http://tinyurl.com/jsukffk
These two are the common programs that keep the computer running clean of
bugs and many problems. BUT then I bring in the EXTRA ones if the computer is
"screwed up". These will scan the computer and will need a restart to complete
the cleaning process.
PatchmyPC.exe http://tinyurl.com/p3g69ud
Used to update the software programs that you have installed.) and others that
you may want. A bit like NiNite http://tinyurl.com/yeeyb2y
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PC Maintenance Software Tools (cont.)
Should I remove it.exe http://tinyurl.com/ms53266
Reports on what programs are likely to cause problems in the computer.
Revo uninstall.exe http://tinyurl.com/2dscjg
A thorough way of uninstalling programs AND LEFTOVER ITEMS. If this program
does not recognize the icon of the program that you want to get off your machine
then it will have to be uninstalled through Control panel and "programs and
features".
Search everything.exe http://tinyurl.com/6md2x8
Runs in either 32 bit or 64 bit format. Sometimes called "everything". This acts
as a "dictionary" and will itemise all the entries in the computer { often
numbering in the thousands})
Easeus partition master.exe http://tinyurl.com/nkc3avh
This helps manage the hard drives in machines. Useful for "cloning " your hard
drive to another hard drive before a computer crash occurs. This also includes a
TODO back up program but I do not use that part of its options.
Team Viewer.exe
http://tinyurl.com/zya9oz5
This allows a technician to repair a
computer remotely over the Internet from
home.
HIjack this.exe
http://tinyurl.com/j5e7qjp
This is a program not often used which
analyses a computer to measure the
quality of the programs on it.
This compares programs with the view of
public opinion on the German website that
manages it and rates the results and
allows deletion of that part of the program
that should not be installed.
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PC Maintenance Software Tools (cont.)
Defrageler.exe http://tinyurl.com/q2mtamt
This is a defragment program from Periform which shows a visual display of the
defragment procedure.) I prefer not to use the one from Auslogic. The disk
defragment from Microsoft can run and say that there is "0%" fragmented,, then
Defraggler gives a totally different result when it is run immediately after Disk
defragment.
Double driver.exe http://tinyurl.com/avez56
This Auto selects the third party drivers in the machine which are NOT available
from Microsoft. Drivers from Microsoft can be manually selected if the computer
shows signs of malfunction.
Then there are the programs already in Windows operating systems (i.e. in the
computer already.)
Disk cleanup. ...The path for this is .... Start button, all programs,
Accessories, System Tools, Disk Cleanup.)
Disk defragment… (The path for this is... Start button, all programs,
Accessories, System tools, Disk defragment.
Cartoon http://tinyurl.com/jb2tdub

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