We are moving. As of the month of October, 2016, our meetings will be taking place upstairs - still in the Bayfield Mall, somewhere in the area of Henry's old store and the paint store. More precise information will be forthcoming shortly, so please stay tuned.
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Review our Constitution to see how club business is conducted.
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Please review the new constitution 2015 to be voted on at the first meeting in May.
This goes along with our recent meeting on security..... We regret to have to inform you that one of our members, Gunter, passed away peacefully on June 15, 2014 at the age of 87.
The Funeral was held at ADAMS FUNERAL HOME on Saturday, June 21, 2014 from 1:00 pm - 2:45 pm. In lieu of flowers memorial donations to Hospice Simcoe or the Alzheimer’s Society would be appreciated. Messages of condolence may be forwarded through adamsfuneralhome.ca The Barrie Computer and Technology Club will miss Gunther very much. He always provided great questions and information. Thank you, Gunter for sharing your knowledge and skills with us. The Club has moved to a new twitter account that follows our branding: @Barrie_Computer Please be sure to follow the new feed, and we'll try to keep you up to date with the latest in Club news. Please note that the date for the Lab has been changed to the correct date of the Thursday, May 1st, 2014. Time and Location remain the same. We hope to see you there!
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www.barriecomputerclub.org our old address of www.barrieusersgroup.org will soon be out of service XP is now unsupported by Microsoft for personal users of this 13 year old Operating System (OS). Any one using this OS needs to install the last update to XP and then plan upgrade to Windows 8 or move to a different operating system, such as Linux.
The first thing to do is to determine whether you can upgrade to Windows 8 Here is a summary of the system requirements:
If you want to upgrade to Windows, check out their tutorial http://windows.microsoft.com/en-ca/windows-8/upgrade-from-windows-vista-xp-tutorial If you are moving to Linux, you may want to read the following: http://www.zdnet.com/why-linux-mint-is-a-worthwhile-windows-xp-replacement-7000027858/ http://betanews.com/2014/01/30/windows-xp-home-users-should-upgrade-to-linux-not-windows-8-1/ http://www.zdnet.com/running-windows-xp-programs-on-linux-mint-with-crossover-7000028162/ And to download Linux Mint (our members like this version): http://www.linuxmint.com/ or Ubuntu: http://www.ubuntu.com/ |