2005 Archives

2005 SeniorNet Dates * Wed June 8, 5:30 - 7:30 pm, Computer Club -- Ebay Buying & Selling by Charles Ormsbee   * Sat June 18, 2005, 3 pm -- SeniorNet Picnic in Barbours   * July 5 - July 11, 2005 -- Summer Classes begin   * Wed August 3, 5:30 - 7:30 pm, Computer Club -- Computer Q&A by George Casper & Dave Lott   * Sept 6 thru Oct 17 -- 1st Fall session of classes . . . special offering Fri's 1 pm to 3 pm -- Genealogy   * Thur Oct 13, 5:30 - 7:30 pm, Computer Club -- . . . Digital Photography by Wayne Palmer   * Tue Nov 1 to Fri Dec 9 -- 2nd Fall session of classes   * Wed Nov 16, 5:30 - 7:30 pm, Computer Club -- . . . Making Holiday Cards and Letters on your computer, . . . including using digital photos by Margie Shaw   Location: Unless otherwise note, all events are in the SeniorNet Learning Center on the fourth floor of the James V. Brown Library in Williamsport

 

Annual Meeting Monday Jan 24, 6 pm, in the Classics Cafe in the rear of the Library, main floor

Wed March 23, 2005, 6 pm -- Computer Club

Wayne Palmer of Palmer Multimedia Imaging will be the next speaker at our Computer Club meeting on Wednesday March 23 at 6 p.m. in the SeniorNet Learning Center on the fourth floor of the James V. Brown Library in Williamsport. Wayne will speak to us about the latest version of Photoshop Elements, a digital photo editing program. He will also discuss saving and sharing photos digitally. Please plan to come for what promises to be a very informative evening - - and don't forget to bring your questions. We thank Wayne for sharing his expertise with SeniorNet members. Everyone is welcome to attend this free program. Advance registration is not required.

Wayne teaches Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, and Digital Imaging classes at Pennsylvania College of Technology, and is also a volunteer instructor at the library. He is co-author of the book, Photoshop Restoration & Retouching.

Sun April 10, 2005, 1 pm to 4 pm -- Swinging Senior Sunday
Library Open House featuring ballroom dance demo and many other programs. Photos from 2004 program

May 2, 2005 -- New Classes Start See the Schedule Page for dates, times, and descriptions.

 

Wed June 8, 2005, 5:30 pm-7:30 pm, Computer Club -- . . . "Ebay Buying & Selling" by Charles Ormsee Have you thought about buying or selling on eBay? Then this FREE workshop is for you. The workshop will cover all the basics including: How does eBay work? How to get started.   Successful searching and buying with confidence. How to research the best prices to buy and sell items on eBay. How to sell, shipping tips, and building a good feedback score. How to use other services to sell on eBay. They do everything. You get the money! Tracking everything with "My eBay". Tips for writing descriptions , creating the best photos that will help you sell Sources for help and further learning Charles will be giving away five different books on eBay as door prizes.

Sat June 18, 2005, 3 pm -- SeniorNet Annual Picnic -- at a cabin in Barbours Location -- The cabin of Gordon and Margie Shaw, in Barbours. Who's Invited -- All past, current, and future SeniorNet computer class members andtheir spouse/significant other/GUEST are invited. RSVP Requested The hostess Margie requests you RSVP to her by email ASAP, but no later than 9 pm Wednesday 6/15 if you're planning to attend, at  MShaw87054@aol.com . Margie will email you back the address and directions. What FOOD To Bring Attendees are requested to bring a side dish or a dessert. SeniorNet will supply regular burgers, boca burgers and fixings, paper goods, utensils, lemonade, and large bottles of soda. Additional Comments Don't miss out on this opportunity to spend an afternoon in a great scenic location. Activities usually include the expected eating and drinking, conversing about SeniorNet or anything else, games, enjoying the scenery, and hiking on the road in front of the cabin which runs right along one of  the most scenic sections of Loyalsock Creek. Also, you can give staff members feedback about the program.

Wed August 3 2005, 5:30 pm-7:30 pm, Computer Club -- . . . "Computer Q&A" by George Casper & Dave Lott Some of the common questions listed below will be discussed. NOTE: If you have a particular question that's not included in the following list, please send it in ADVANCE using the email link at the bottom of this page, and I will forward it to Charles Ormsby. How do I store(sic) "means restore" my computer? How do I organize my files so I can find them easily - I am always losing them? I click save and they disappear - where do they go? How can I make my computer run faster? How do I create/burn CD-ROM's? How can I tell how much hard disk space I have left? How much do I need? Should I leave my computer on or turn it off? How do I start programs from starting up everytime I turn my computer on and how do I know what is starting up? My computer won't shut off? What do I do? I want to get a new computer what kind should I get? My email doesn't work right? what should I do? ( I don't know what I use) I just click on a picture on my computer but now it isn't working) I keep getting cut off my modem what should I do? I called the internet account people and they can't help me? Why doesn't my sound work? Why doesn't my printer work? Somebody told me I need to unscramble my files - how do I do that? What is the difference between memory? How many kinds do I have? What is an application? I got a message to update my device driver, do I have them and should I? How do I send a Microsoft word document to someone who does not have Word? Why does my computer sometimes hang at the shutdown or standby screen? It only happens once in awhile. How do I "download a program" ? What do I sometimes get pages with lists of sites that I am not looking for when I type a word in google - sometimes when I put addresses in my internet explorer the same thing happens how do I stop this? How do I get rid of email I put them in the trash but they are still there I have 100's of them now. I don't use outlook express I use my email program. On May 11, 2005, at 9:10 PM, Donna wrote: When I get pictures sent to me in my e-mail, I can't open them to see them. I can download them and save them to a download folder but I can't open them. I don't know how to use winzip, trial time is over, just at a loss as to how to open them. I used to be able to open my pictures from my e-mail right away, not anymore. I never used to need winzip before for anything. Is this a program I should delete? Thanks, hope you can condense what I have said or understood what I am trying to explain.   - Donna On Jul 22, 2005, at 10:59 PM, Jack Karchner wrote: My question I would like to know is about Zipped files.   When to compress them and how. At 1:18 PM -0400 7/26/05, Margshaw wrote: Here are a couple of questions that I have that I think will be of interest to all of the students: 1. We are now teaching our classes in Windows XP. Many of our students have an ealier version. Can they upgrade their computers to XP? Is there a minimum memory requirement or Pentium # for the processor that is needed? 2. When we download things from the internet, where do they go - especially pictures. Sometimes they are in My Documents, Sometimes MyPictures, sometimes just on the C drive and sometimes they just disappear. Sometimes there is a choice, such as download to: but sometimes not. HELP!

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