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Westchester PC Users Group

We are a non-profit computer club located in Westchester County, New York.
Our goal is to increase the computing knowledge of our members and our community.

In case of inclement weather call 914-227-2495 for schedule changes.

We want to make 98 donated laptops work for needy kids.
Please help us to help them using GoFundMe.

All in-person workshops are postponed or switched to online Zoom meetings
until we can hold in-person workshops again.

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General Meetings

March General Meeting

Focus on Digital Cameras

March 4, 2021 @ 7 pm

Remote attendance via Zoom video conference (no meeting at Keller Williams).

Zoom login instructions will be sent via email.

Heather and Allan Turnbull will discuss point-and-shoot cameras priced under $300 that are from various manufacturers.

Jim Iscaro will demonstrate a professional digital camera and lens. Some of the features covered will be in-camera HDR, time-lapse photography and the coming trend of computational photography (using an iPhone 12 Pro Max).

Plan now to attend!

Oh, and one more thing...................

Normally, at every General Meeting we have door prize drawings but due to the recent health crisis, this month's drawing will not be held. The computer below will be raffled at the next in-person General Meeting.

The door prize:

HP Pavilion H8-1241

Intel i5-2500 3.30GHz
500GB SATA hard drive
Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
8.0GB DDR3 Memory
EVGA 9800 GTX+ video
LibreOffice 6.3
DVD-RW
Keyboard and Mouse

The door prize is open to members only but non-members can easily join at the front desk to be eligible for the drawing. Only $50 per year per household.

For further information, email our program chair, at programs@wpcug.org.

April General Meeting

Let’s Talk Ham Radio

April 1, 2021 @ 7 pm

Remote attendance via Zoom video conference (no meeting at Keller Williams).

Zoom login instructions will be sent via email.

With over 774,000 FCC-licensed amateur radio operators in the States, the ham radio community has undergone a revolution of new technologies that can reach around the globe and be used, for example, to support communications at public service events or for communication support during disasters.

President of the Westchester Emergency
Communications Association (WECA) and an avid ham radio participant, Simon Rosenberg will join us for this demonstration of amateur radio emergency skills.

Plan now to attend!

For further information, email our program chair at programs@wpcug.org

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For questions, email our membership chair at membership@wpcug.org.

WPCUG Tech Support Consultants

You can download a list of WPCUG members who are offering their services to members and non-members alike. Members get a discount.

Westchester PC-Renew
A project of WPCUG

Westchester PC-Renew - We refurbish donated computers and provide them free to nonprofit groups in the community who can't afford to purchase new computers.

Click the above link to learn more about our activities and how to get a refurbished computer.

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WPCUG - Newsletter

The latest Westchester PC Users Group Newsletter is now online. You can view it here or preview the table of contents. For past newsletters view here. Please note that while the preview is available to everybody, the complete newsletter is for club members only.

Presentations

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A selection of workshop & general meeting presentation documents are now online. Click here to view.

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Operation Clean Slate

In the last several years, the use of malicious software (malware) by online criminals has emerged as a global cybersecurity threat. Of the available intrusion devices, the “bot,” or Web robot, is particularly pervasive, allowing an attacker to take control remotely of a compromised computer or computers. Invisible toAdd olive oil then butter victims, these networks, called “botnets,” can include hundreds of thousands of machines around the world, controlled by a cyber criminal, or “bot herder.” . Read more.....

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You'll find the Weekly Email Update link on the Members Services page on the left side navigation after signing in - Members.

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