Welcome To Our Web Site!

This is the SIR Branch 128, Computer Group web site.  

We meet regularly at the Danville Library which is at 400 Front Street in Danville.  Our current schedule is the second Thursday of the month January through November.  We gather in the parking lot at 8:55 and then go into the library as a group at 9 AM.  We meet for an hour however we have the room for 90 minutes.  A projector and internet access is available.  All SIRs are invited to attend, no experience necessary.

Click on this link for  word from Phil Reed on Windows Services

2009 Schedule
January 8  - Gift Exchange
February 12
March 12  - Photo Uploading
April 9
May 14
June 11 - Photo Editing
July 8 (Wednesday)
August 13
September10
October 8 - Photo Editing
November 12

Completed in 2008
January 10 - We will start the year with the traditional Q & A session.  No question is to basic.
February 14 - Migrating to your new computer
March 13 - The Future
April 10 - Photo Editing
May 8 - The Future, postponed from March
June 12
July 10 - Q&A
Aug 14 - 25 Days
September 11 - 7 Online Blunders
October 9
November 13  - Joint Meeting with Photography Group

Completed in 2007
April 26  - Photo Editing with Bernie Brenner
May 24 - Questions and Answers
June 14 - Backup - Group Discussion
July 12 - Excel Basics
August 9 - Excel Charts
September 13 - Q @ A
October 11 - Blogs
November 8 - Blogs, rescheduled from October

Here is some 2006 Info:
February - Phil Reed did a wireless demo.  Here are his notes.
September - New Technologies

From time to time we get questions on repair.  Here are some answers.
This page was last updated on 11/24/2008.

Here was the 2005 schedule:
September 28, 2005 - The PC's Top 10 Problems
August 24, 2005 - Browsers (Firefox)
July 27, 2005 - Q & A plus new library resource.
June 22, 2005 - Rooster
May 26, 2005 (4th Thurs. of the month) - PowerPoint
April 20, 2005 (3rd Wed. of the month):  Internet Shopping
March 23, 2005 Excel
February 24 (Thursday) 2005:  Safe Computing
January 26, 2005:  Questions and Answers
 

Here is the 2004 schedule:
October 27, 2004:  Gift Ideas
September 22, 2004:  Q & A
August 25, 2004:  EBay
July 28, 2004:  Utilities
June 23, 2004:  Swap Meet
May 26, 2004:  Q & A
April 28, 2004:  Upgrading Your Hardware
March 24, 2004:  Internet Travel 
February 25, 2004:   Google
January 28, 2004:  Q and A

Here is the 2003 schedule:
December 24, 2003:  NO MEETING.  Happy New Year!
November 26, 2003:  The day before Thanksgiving, NO MEETING.
October 22, 2003:  Express Yourself
September 24, 2003:  GPS
August 27, 2003:  Q and A
July 23, 2003:  CD Burning
June 25, 2003:  Building a Web Page
May 28, 2003:  Invitations
April 23,2003: Spam
March 26, 2003:  Questions and Answers
February 26, 2003:  Questions and Answers
January 22, 2003:  Home Networking
 

Another year gone by.
December 25, 2002:  No Meeting this month, Happy Holidays!
November 27, 2002:  The day before Thanksgiving this year, no meeting.
October 23, 2002:  No topic, just Q and A.
September 25, 2002:  Ad Killers
August 28, 2002:  Hand held computers (PDAs)
July 24, 2002:   Viruses
June 26, 2002:  Questions and Answers
May 23, 2002:  Excel
April 24, 2002:  Broadband (Cable and DSL)
March 27, 2002:   Digital Cameras
February 27, 2002:  Ebay
January 23, 2002:  No topic, just Q and A.

This was the year that was:
December 26, 2001:  NO MEETING THIS MONTH - HAPPY NEW YEAR!
November 28, 2001:  Windows XP (The week after Thanksgiving this year.)
October 24, 2001:  Email
September 26, 2001:  Scanners
August 22, 2001: No topic, just Q and A.
July 25, 2001:  The Care and Feeding of Your Computer II
June 27, 2001:  Greeting Cards
May 23, 2001:  The Care and Feeding of Your Computer
April 25, 2001:  Genealogy part 2
March 28, 2001:   Genealogy
February 28, 2001:   Desktop Publishing
January 24, 2001:   Windows ME and Digital Media
December 27, 2000:   Using the Internet for Financial Information
November 22, 2000:  Using the Internet to Purchase an Automobile

Possible Future Topics:


Mozilla's Firefox 1.0
Care and Feeding of your computer (repeat from May 01 two parts?)
Email (repeat from Oct 01) and IM
Data Base (Access)
Q & A (Shoot for Jan and two other months every year.)
Troubleshooting - Phil Reed ?
Personalizing your Computer - Phil Reed