The XP to Ubuntu Workshop was held on Saturday, June 14th, in the DACS Resource Center. Bruce Preston led the workshop by starting with a presentation on why it is dangerous to operate an XP machine with internet access, and on the available upgrade options. He demonstrated how to disable internet … [Read more...]
Ask DACS April 2014
Q – After receiving and installing a software program, I can no longer get on the Internet. My system is running Vista. Other computers in the house have Internet access. Can I download a new update to fix this? A – The first step is to determine what is broken. A member asked if the problem … [Read more...]
March 2014 Meeting Review: Xbox One and the Termination of Windows XP Support
By Richard Teasdale The main topic of the evening at the DACS General Meeting for March 2014 was Microsoft's new entertainment offering, the Xbox One. Staff members from the Microsoft store in the Danbury Fair Mall described and demonstrated the product. Although somewhat unstructured, the … [Read more...]
Ask DACS, February 2014
Q – I noticed recently that FT Downloader is running on my WinXP machine. The search results on Google gave a mixed opinion on whether it is malware or something from Microsoft. A – Jay Ferron, our speaker for the evening, said that FT Downloader (ftdownloader.com) is a download manager that comes … [Read more...]
XP: The End Is Near. What are you doing about it?
By Bruce Preston As of April 8th, 2014, Microsoft will cease all support of the Windows XP operating system at the SP3 level, having discontinued support for SP2 some time ago. Microsoft is also discontinuing support for Office 2003. This means that there will no longer be 'Critical Updates" … [Read more...]