We are excited to introduce our new name, TechEdConnect®, and our new logo,
which better reflects who we are today.
We are also currently building a brand new website.
The new website will be mobile-friendly and will offer additional features. In the meantime,
you will continue to see the WPCUG name and logo on various pages of the current website.
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We are a non-profit technology club located in Westchester County, New York.
Our goal is to increase the computing knowledge of our members and our community.
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In-person General Meetings are
back. Starting Tuesday, August 6, 2024, we will meet at the Scarsdale
Public Library (54 Olmsted Rd, Scarsdale, NY 10583) AND also on Zoom.
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General Meetings
July General
Meeting
Rescuezilla and Clonezilla
July 11, 2024 @ 7 p.m. ET (SPECIAL DATE)
Remote attendance via Zoom video
conference.
Using
the bootable "Rescuezilla" or "Clonezilla live" (both are Linux
distributions) to back up, clone, or image data files, digital photos
or entire "solid state drives".
Speaker: Francis Chao, APCUG Speakers Bureau
Plan
now to attend!
For
further information, email our program chair at Program@TechEdConnect.org.
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August General
Meeting
Restoring Old Pictures
August 6, 2024 @ 7 p.m. ET (NEW DATE)
Scarsdale Public Library AND remote attendance via Zoom video
conference.
Do you have some old photographs of loved ones that are starting to
show their age? The photos not the loved ones! Are they faded, cracked,
or even missing small pieces of the emulsion?
Jim iscaro will demonstrate how to digitize these photos to save them
for everyone to enjoy. We will also demonstrate how to possibly restore
them to their original condition.
Speaker: Jim Iscaro, TechEdConnect Workshop Leader and Webmaster
Plan
now to attend!
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If
you
experience any problems with this website or have suggestions for
improvement, please feel free to contact the webmaster.
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Join our computer club
Now
you can join TechEdConnect® (formerly Westchester PC Users Group, WPCUG)
or renew
your membership
conveniently and safely online via credit card or PayPal.
You can also make a tax deductible donation.
Conventional
mail / check payments are still available too. Click here to join, renew, or donate.
For
questions, email our membership chair at membership@wpcug.org.
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TechEdConnect Tech Support Consultants
You can
download a list of TechEdConnect members who are
offering their
services to members and non-members alike. Members get a discount.
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Westchester PC-Renew
A
project of TechEdConnect
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.
Applyhere
for a computer
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TechEdConnect - Newsletter
You can view the latest issue of our newsletter, The Useless Button, here. The complete archive or the TechEdConnectSM
Newsletter is online. You can view past newsletters here. Please note that they are availabe to club members only.
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Presentations
A
selection of workshop & general meeting presentation
documents are
now online. Click here
to view.
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Follow
us
on Facebook!
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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 to 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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Weekly Update Email
View
the archives of the Weekly Update.
Receive
the latest information on our meeting schedule and events as well as
timely and important links to computer related tips and news.
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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If you are not receiving this weekly email, check your spam folder, and
if it's not there contact the co-editors, who will
resolve this issue.
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