MONDAY DEC 10 2012
The folks from  www.Mesasos.com spoke tonight in Room A with lots of great advice.


Your computer has many installed programs with associated keys.  These can be expensive to reinstall after a crash. If you lose these keys, you must buy new ones: over $100 for Office 2010 and about the same for reinstalling Windows at the repair shop.
All the keys and hardware can be printed out and filed for free.  Go to BELARC CLICK
and run the indexing program Belarc Advisor.  Print off 2 copies for each computer. Take one copy back North.   When you reinstall after a crash, the reg keys can be entered from this sheet.  It also is a record for insurance and servicing purposes.

Win7 and Win8 laptops are failing at a scary rate. The hard drives run hot and burn out because owners are not shutting them down properly. DO NOT close the lid and walk away since the thing is still ON. Hibernate is also buggy.  If you will not use it in the next half hour, do a full SHUT DOWN. 
There are faults in POWER MANAGER as well. Search for POWER MANAGEMENT. In this panel shut off anything like Hibernate, Sleep, Doze or whatever. Many computers go into Sleep/Hibernate never to wake again !
Weekly maintenance should include dusting out the airvents with a can of air. Computers are small vacuum cleaners and quickly clog causing component burnout.

If you buy a new Win8 computer, it is designed to integrate with your SmartPhone and Tablet through your Microsoft Live ID.  If it is set up properly you will love it. If not, you will be forever frustrated.  Find how here CLICK or get the experts to do it right.
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Dec 3 Avast Presentation
An enthusiastic Company Rep for Avast antivirus suite gave a lively and enlightening presentation on Avast and much more.  Avast free edition is installed on more computers worldwide than the AVG free edition.  AVG is more popular in N America.
(For Win7 and Win8 Harold prefers MS Security Essentials click)
Avast free has a chart to compare features and it is very effective for viruses and much more.

Also mentioned for basic security and maintenance were:
CCleaner  Malwarebytes  Clonezilla  Winpatrol
The Rep's detailed notes are available here. click  

Security App for your Android device click
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