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This page is to support a wide variety of technical IT related hints, help guides, howtos and tips, contributed by members on a range of IT related topics of interest.
This page is to support a wide variety of technical IT related hints, help guides, howtos and tips, contributed by members on a range of IT related topics of interest.
Some selected categories of information are shown below.
Some selected categories of information are shown below. Member contributions are encouraged, see [[Info_Wiki:About|About this Wiki]], [[Getting Started Editing Wiki Pages]], and the navigation [[Help:Contents|Help]] page for guidance on doing this.
Please note that information related specifically to accessing and using the PCUG's 'The Internet Project' (TIP) ISP Services are provided on the [http://www.tip.net.au/wiki/ TIP Wiki].


<font color=green>Please note that '''information related specifically to''' accessing and using the '''PCUG's 'The Internet Project' (TIP)''' are provided on the '''[http://www.tip.net.au/wiki/ TIP Wiki]'''</font>
Members are encouraged to contribute information, especially to the Help and HowTo guides, as this is very much in the spirit of the group's policy of Users Helping Users.


Please include a link to <nowiki>[[</nowiki>{{ns:category}}:Technical Info]] at the bottom of any page you create in this area.
Please include a link to <nowiki>[[</nowiki>{{ns:category}}:Technical Info]] at the bottom of any page you create in this area.
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==== Android ====
==== Android ====
* [[Getting Started with Android]]
* [[Android_App_Recommendations]]
* [[Android_App_Recommendations]]
* [[Connect Android to Computer]]
*


==== Apple ====
==== Apple ====
* [[iPad_App_Recommendations]]
* [[iPad_App_Recommendations]]
* [[iPhone_App_Recommendations]]
* [[iPhone_App_Recommendations]]

==== Cross-Platform ====
*[[Apps Recommended]]


==== Linux ====
==== Linux ====
* [[Beginners Start Here]]
* [[Linux at PCUG Centre]]
* [[Linux at PCUG Centre]]
* [[Evaluation]]
* [[Netbook_Linux_Installation]]
* [[Desktop Appearance]]
* [[Installation]]
* [[Configuration]]
* [[Recovery]]
*[[Security]]

==== Smart devices====
* [[QR codes]]


==== Windows ====
==== Windows ====
* [[File sharing between Win7 and XP]]
* [[File sharing between Win7 and XP]]
* [[File sharing between Windows and other OS]]
* [[Two Page Display]]
* [[Win7 Snipping Tool]]
* [[Win7 Snipping Tool]]
* [[Win7 Hardware Recommendations]]


==== Windows 8 ====
* [[Do I need Windows 8?]]
* [[Editing Windows 8 - Usefuls]]
* [[Safe mode]]
* [[Install a Start button]]
* [[Confirmation of file delete]]
* [[File history]]
* [[Storage Spaces]]
* [[MRU]]
* [[CD/DVD player]]
* [[Computer icon on desktop]]
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=== Internet ===
=== Internet ===
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==== Email ====
==== Access ====
* [[Internet Access Alternatives]]
*

*
==== E-mail ====
* [[Scams]]
* [[Spam]]
* [[Handling Email SPAM]]
* [[Scareware]]
* [[Long URLs]]
* [[Macros]]

==== Family Trees ====
* [[Sharing Family Tree Information]]


==== Web ====
==== Web ====
* [[Webmail attachments]]
*

*
==== Web Hosting ====
* [[Web hosting]]
** [[Web hosting in action]]
*** [[A real project]]

==== Microsoft Web Platform Installer ====
* [[Web PI]]


==== Wikis ====
==== Wikis ====


* [[Getting Started Editing Wiki Pages]]
* [[Getting Started Editing Wiki Pages]]
* [[More_on_Working_with_Wikis]]
* [[Wiki Skins]]
* [[Wiki Skins]]


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=== Peripherals ===
=== Peripherals ===
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==== DVDs and Bootable USBs ====
==== DVDs and Bootable USBs ====
* [[Booting from Removable Media]]
* [[Using dotISO Files]]
* [[Using dotISO Files]]
* [[Creating Bootable DOS USB Memory Stick]]

==== External Drives ====
* [[External_Drives]]

==== Monitors & Projectors ====
* [[Full Screen Mode]]
* [[PCUG Training Room - Notes for Presenters]]
* [[Using an External Display or Projector with a Notebook]]


==== Printers ====
==== Printers ====
* [[Cleaning Printheads]]
* [[Cleaning Printheads]]
* [[Parallel Port Printers]]
* [[Printer_Driver_not_Available]]
* [[Printing via Network]]
* [[Sharing Printers via CUPS]]
* [[Sharing Printers via CUPS]]

* [[Using an External Display or Projector with a Notebook]]
==== Scanners ====
* [[Scanning Slides using CanoScan]]
* [[Scanning via Network]]


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=== Software ===
=== Software ===
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==== Backup ====
*[[Clonezilla]]
*[[Interesting_Techniques]]

==== Firewall ====
* [[Firewall_Software]]
* [[IPFire]]


==== General ====
==== General ====
* [[Interesting_Programs]]
* [[Interesting_Programs]]
*[[PDF_Manipulation]]
*


==== Image and Photo Editing ====
==== Image and Photo Editing ====
* [[GIMP]]
*

*
==== Office ====
*[[Calligra]]
* [[OpenOffice]]

==== Terminal Emulation ====
*[[Terminal_Emulation]]

==== Vector Drawing ====
* [[OpenOffice Draw]]

* [[Inkscape]]

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=== Hardware ===

==== Disks ====
*[[Advanced Format (AF) Drives]]
*[[Floppy Disk Conversion]]
*[[Secure Erasure]]
*[[Solid State Drives (SSD)]]

==== Gateway_Router ====
*[[Choice of Type]]
*[[Commercial]]
*[[DIY_Firewall_Router]]

==== Sub-Compact Computers ====
*[[Android MK802 Pocket PC]]
*[[Raspberry Pi]]
*[[Serial_Console]]

==== Desk-Top Computers ====

*[[HP ProDesk 400 G1]]

==== Telephone ====
*[[NBN]]
*[[TransACT]]
*[[VoiP]]


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Latest revision as of 03:44, 2 October 2021

This page is to support a wide variety of technical IT related hints, help guides, howtos and tips, contributed by members on a range of IT related topics of interest. Some selected categories of information are shown below. Member contributions are encouraged, see About this Wiki, Getting Started Editing Wiki Pages, and the navigation Help page for guidance on doing this.

Please note that information related specifically to accessing and using the PCUG's 'The Internet Project' (TIP) are provided on the TIP Wiki

Please include a link to [[Category:Technical Info]] at the bottom of any page you create in this area.

Computer Systems

Android

Apple

Cross-Platform

Linux

Smart devices

Windows

Windows 8

Internet

Access

E-mail

Family Trees

Web

Web Hosting

Microsoft Web Platform Installer

Wikis

Peripherals

DVDs and Bootable USBs

External Drives

Monitors & Projectors

Printers

Scanners

Software

Backup

Firewall

General

Image and Photo Editing

Office

Terminal Emulation

Vector Drawing

Hardware

Disks

Gateway_Router

Sub-Compact Computers

Desk-Top Computers

Telephone

Related Pages