If there is any one component that is absolutely vital to the operation of a computer, it is the power supply. Without it, a computer is just an inert box full of plastic and metal. The power supply converts the alternating current (AC) line from your home to the direct current (DC) needed by the personal computer. During this seminar, you will learn how PC power supplies work and the importance of their wattage ratings.

Your browser’s Home Page is the first page you see when you access the Internet via Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, or some other launch vehicle. A good home page is one that includeshyperlinks to other Websites and serves as a welcome mat for access to the Internet. This presentation will show you how to personalize your home page so that you can display your choice of weather conditions in various cities around the nation and around the world, news from various sources including your former hometown newspaper, up-to-date information about stocks from your investment portfolio, local TV and movie listings, and many other information services. In addition, this is a great way to establish a Web-based email address that can be used as a “throw-away” whenever you are required to provide an email address to a Website that you may not completely trust.

The internet has thousands of sites devoted to health and wellness. This presentation is intended to introduce you to some excellent sites and will show you some ways to tell the good sites from the bad ones.

Crackers (the bad guys) are constantly trying to find ways to violate the security barrier that you have established (or think you have established) to protect your system and data files from viruses, Trojan horses, worms, dialers, and various kinds of spyware. This seminar will show you where to find a number of highly recommended free programs that will go a long way inprotecting your privacy and security and how to download and install each of them.

A computer’s poor performance could be due to the number of programs that run automatically at system start-up. Virtually all program applications that you install using the default installation decide that they should start-up when Windows starts. If you allow these to take control, you can end up with a situation where every program slows down to the point of being unusable.
The reason for this is that all of these programs use a portion of the system memory and resources which leaves a smaller percentage for other programs once they're opened.
The major problem with getting rid of startup items is that they can be hidden in one of several places on your PC. This presentation will show you where to find these pesky problemprograms and how to manage them.

You can also access the above information from any computer in the world with your user name and password. The best part – it is all FREE!

Controlling the skies over the Las Vegas Valley can be an arduous task for the men and women who serve as Air Traffic Controllers at either McCarran International Airport or Nellis Air Force Base.. This presentation will focus upon the ways that computers are used by personnel in the control towers to keep the skies above us safe.

What do you do with all the documents, spreadsheets, pictures, music and graphics you have stored on your computer? How do you find a specific file when you need it? How do you get rid of unwanted files?

If you are currently an XP user, you may be wondering why you should consider Vista. You may be a person who is familiar and comfortable with XP, but just acquired a new machine with Vista installed. You may have discovered that most of the strategies and techniques that worked in XP also work in Vista. So what’s the big deal? You may have taken the hands-on  class on Vista Basic but found that there were some subjects of personal importance to you that were not covered. Do you need more information about Vista File Manager, for example, or do you want to know more about grouping, stacking, filtering, and “bread crumbs?” Do you need to export your vital data files, such as your email and contacts (addresses) from your XP and import them to your new Vista system? Are there differences in how you “burn” a CD/DVD?

How do you get Vista to skip the login window? Is there anything new with Windows Defender, Microsoft’s anti-spyware program?

This presentation will feature Greeting Cards and Envelopes, but we will also look at many of the easily made special gifts and year round projects you can create with your computer. Some free templates will be available, so bring your thumb drive in case you would like to take home your own copy.