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Club Email: pvscc@internode.on.net Website: http://www.users.on.net/~pvscc/pc_index.htm

Penrith Valley

Seniors Computing

Club Inc.

86 Station St

Penrith

NSW 2750

August 2017 Winter

Committee:

President:

Bryan Blake 47218878

Vice President:

Greg Corner

Secretary:

Lorraine Brown 47365541

Treasurer:

Doreen Leydecker

Members:

Anne Elliott

David Byrne 47326358

Robert Collins

John Craft

Bruce Soane

Webmaster:

Tom Lehane 47215375

Weekly Course Sched-

ule:

Monday 0930-1100

Basic Computing

Tutors: Lorraine Brown,

& Bryan Blake.

Tuesday 0930-1100

Basic Computing

Tutors: Ruth Cox, David

Byrne, & Bryan Blake

Tuesday 1115-1245

Movie maker on demand

Tutor: Bryan Blake

Wednesday 0930-1100

Basic Computing

Tutor: Lorraine Brown

Thursday 0930-1100

Card making

Tutor: Violet Roffe

Friday 0930-1100

Basic Computing Paint

Shop Pro

Tutors: Bob Collins

Editor: Bryan Blake 47218878 Email: bryananddoreen@outlook.com

All articles and comments in this newsletter are not associated with the Penrith Valley

Seniors Computing Club Inc and are intended as opinions and items of debate only.

Information gained over the Internet from many Web sites.

Club Fees are now overdue:

Club Fees are over due. To remain a

member and use the facilities at the

Club, please see one of the Committee

and renew your Annual Subscription

ASAP.

Notice of the AGM to be held at the Sen-

iors Centre in the Activities Room on

Thursday 17 August 2017, commencing at

11.00am.

As per our Constitution all Committee places will be declared vacant at the

meeting and an Election will take place for those positions.

Come along, have your say and contribute to the Clubs Future.

Changes need to be made to our Constitution your agreement to make

these changes is needed.

Light refreshments will be served after the meeting.

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Do I have to Upgrade to latest version

of Windows 10 Creator?

You are not required to update now. But, you will have to

upgrade to a newer version of Windows 10 before Microsoft

ends support on the version you're using now. For in-

stance, Microsoft stopped supporting the 1st released ver-

sion of Windows 10 in May of this year. That means users

of that version will no longer get important updates.

Here are the end of life dates for all versions of Windows

10 so far:

All dates are approximate except for Windows 10 Version

1507 for which the End-of-Life Date was May 9, 2017:

Windows 10 Version 1507 (original version) 5/09/2017

Windows 10 Version 1511 “November Update” September

2017

Windows 10 Version 1607 “Anniversary Update” March

2018

Windows 10 Version 1703 “Creators Update” September

2018

So, let's say you're using Windows 10 version 1511 (known

as the November update). You would need to update to a

newer version of Windows by September 2017. If you are

using version 1607 (Anniversary update) you would have to

update to a newer version of Windows 10 March 2018.

You can find out what Windows version you're using, by

doing this:

Windows Key + R

Type WINVER in the Run box

Press Enter.

Winter Penrith Valley Seniors Computing Club

To all our

members in

August

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Penrith Valley Seniors Computing Club Winter

Having Problems With Your Wi-Fi Connection?

This may help you

I have received dozens of questions similar to the one we’re featuring from Ruth today. If you’re

having problems with your Wi-Fi, perhaps our answer to Jean will help.

Ruth has problems connecting to her Wi-Fi

I am still struggling with this computer. I can now connect with Wi-Fi after a jillion futile attempts,

but it connects when it wants, and some things still don’t work right. So yes, I am ready to try what

you said!

My answer

Hi Ruth. It sounds like your computer’s wireless adapter is going bad. But there’s an easy way to workaround that; it’s easy to do and inexpensive too! Get yourself a Wi-Fi USB adapter.

All you have to do is plug it into any available USB port, install the software that comes with it (if

any) and connect to your Wi-Fi network. It’s the easiest way to work around a wireless network

adapter that is going bad. It takes less than 5 minutes to get a USB Wireless Adapter up and run-

ning. You don’t even have to open your computer’s case… and you can do it for less than $50.

Here’s a Wi-Fi Mini USB adapter I found at Office Works .

TP-LINK 300Mbps Wireless N Mini USB Adaptor.

Cost: $27.00

You can find Wi-Fi USB adapters anywhere they sell computers, routers, printers, etc. For exam-

ple, Harvey Norman, JB Hi Fi, Officeworks, Good Guys, Bing Lee, Amazon, eBay and more. They

range in price from little as $11 up to $80… you should be able to find a really good one for be-

tween $20 to $30.

[Ruth wrote back: “Hi Bryan. I got a USB Wireless Adapter as you suggested, and my computer

is working fine now!! Thank you so much for the suggestion..

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Winter

Penrith Valley Seniors Computer Club Winter

Learn Basic Computer Skills Classes at Penrith Valley Seniors Centre

86 Station Street Penrith

1.00PM to 3.00PM on Tuesdays and Wednesdays

19th September to 8th November 2017

16 Lessons Starting on 19th September 2017

Learn how to operate a computer.

Learn how to surf the internet

Learn Word Processing, Spreadsheet and presentation

Learn how to send and receive emails.

Learn how to use Skype and Internet Banking

Learn how to transfer your photos from a camera to your comput-

er

Class mentor is John Craft

Cost: For Members $3.00 per Lesson

Inquiries Contact John Craft Ph 0413267993.