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You are invited to the next meeting of the Washington Area Computer
User Group (WAC), scheduled on Saturday, December 11th from 12:30 PM
to 3:30 PM at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI), 4210
Roberts Road, Fairfax, Virginia. The meeting is free and open to the
public. Preregistration is not required to attend.

WAC will host a free Personal Computer Upgrade & Repair Clinic during
the December meeting. WAC experts and volunteers will be on hand to
help you with virus and spyware removal, troubleshooting, and hardware
and software installations (including GNU/Linux and properly licensed
Microsoft Windows operating systems). You must contact us in advance
to request assistance; refer to the clinic rules at http://www.wacug.org/clinic.html.

Also at the December meeting, WAC member Gabe Goldberg will present
the second part of his review of Fundamental Technologies. Technology
advances faster than the eye or mind can follow, but what tools and
practices do 21st century people (from novices to experts) really
require? This presentation provides important but easy-to-forget tips
and resources for online and computing productivity/safety, aiming at
retirees, employees, freelance workers, work-at-homers, and
essentially everyone. It covers procedures, opportunities,
suggestions, and pitfalls for hardware, software, networks.

During the Learn 30 tutorial session, WAC member Lorrin Garson will
relate his experience with laptop PC theft. Worldwide, well over a
million laptop computers are lost or stolen annually, about three-
quarters of a million in U.S. airports alone. What tidbits of wisdom
can be passed on to potential victims of laptop theft? What behaviors
are risky? What should you do to minimize the loss? What can be done
to protect your privacy? What steps can be taken to recover the
computer? Find out at this meeting!

WAC is a non-profit general interest computer user group that supports
the Microsoft Windows and GNU/Linux operating systems. For more
information, visit our web site at http://www.wacug.org/, e-mail info
(at) wacug.org, or call the WAC AnswerLine at 703-370-7649.