Meetings

The Advanced Users SIG meets during the General Meeting (usually the second Thursday of each month).

This SIG discusses Tips and Tricks for Advanced Users, and usually includes a questions and answers session.

Leader: John Guyeska
Leader: Dick Thrift

Contact the Advanced Users SIG
Send an email to advancedusersig@palmettopc.org, and it will reach John Guyeska and Dick Thrift.

Contact the Advanced Users SIG

A summary of the Feb. 12 meeting, made by an attendee, follows.

1. A member was asking for anyone with experience from using a 423 pin to 478 pin CPU adapter.  Nobody in the group had such experience.  If you have used one or heard from others about their experience,  let us know.
2. A member was getting an error code "Message #12 - Printer Open" on the printer's display (HP LaserJet III).  Another member thought he might have access to some replacement parts.
3. After installing a Sony DRU-510, a user was unable to open bitmaps on the computer.  It was suggested that the accompanying software included QuickTime, which has a tendency to take over a number of file associations, and it was possible that this had happened.  The user was encouraged to try opening a bitmap file by opening Paint first, and then opening the bitmap from the Paint application to determine if this was a file association problem.
4. A member has a setup where a large amout of files must be downloaded repeatedly and wanted to know if there was a way to download them directly into a ZIP file.  Two suggestions were made.  The first was to look for ZIP Magic or a similar ZIP utility that integrates directly with Windows Explorer and presents ZIP files as if they were normal folders on the system.  The other was to enable compression of the download target folder on the (Windows XP) system.  Both would provide savings through file compression.
5. A member was wondering how to be able to receive attachments in Outlook.  Due to the frequent spread of email viruses, several types of attachments can no longer be accessed from Outlook after applying the latest Microsoft security updates.  The perils of opening attachments were reiterated, and it was pointed out that there were some plugins for Outlook (available on the internet) that will relax or remove the restrictions.  Also, it was pointed out that exceptions could be established by modifying the registry.