The President’s Platform by Ron Wallis, President CCCGC

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Computer Drawing 2

50/50 Winner 2

Door Prize Winners 2

New Members 3

Program Highlights 3

Officers & Board of Directors 4

Events Calendar 4

Tech Sites 4

Volunteer of the Month 5

Attending Members 6

Backup Text Messages 7

2017 List of Candidates 8

Pin and Chip Credit Cards 8

Backup Text Message Concl. 9

Additional Member Pictures 9

Remove Password After Sleep 10

Inside this issue:

Official Publication of the Charlotte County Computer Group Corp.

PROMOTING COMPUTER LITERACY AND EDUCATION IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY

The Next General

Meeting of CCCGC

will be Nov 1, 2016 VOL. XXVIII

No. XI

The volunteer of the month for November is Ester Pua. Ester

works in the recycle department and is very good at tearing stuff

apart and getting it ready for recycling. She is a good worker and

deserves recognition. We honor Ester this month.

It's good to see the snowbirds coming back. Most are here now and

the rest will be here soon. We welcome all of you.

The slate of candidates for 2017 Officers and Directors will be read

at the November meeting. After the list is read, nominations will be

accepted from the floor. Anyone wishing to hold any position

should attend the meeting and get their name put on the slate of

candidates.

The election will be held at the December meeting. The Officers and

Directors voted in will be installed. Changing of the guard will take

place at the December board meeting. Good luck and many thanks

to all the nominees for their support of the Club.

Ron

Charlotte County

Computer Group

2280 Aaron Street

Port Charlotte, FL 33952

Phone: 941-585-0356

941-625-4175 x244

E-mail: office@cccgc.net

Computer Drawing

50/50 Winner

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John Potorski was the winner of the

drawing. As you can tell by his

smile, he will find a way to spend the

money

Door Prize Winners

Left To Right

Ruth Wagley

Faith Hall

George Kopenec

John Palmer

Shirley Brewer

Ollie Niccells was the winner of the laptop

this month. For a chance, he purchased the

ticket for $5.00 and off he goes with a great

refurbished laptop. Thank you for purchasing

a ticket, and better luck next time.

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Program High-Lights

The Executive Board and Members of

CCCGC welcome each of you to the group.

We’re Here To Help. Membership Has Its

Privileges.

If you have any questions, concerns or need

computer help, please contact us at the office.

We will endeavor to help you any way we can.

WELCOME New Members

Bishop Crady Vicky Johnson David Corcuera

Mark D’Abrosca Erica Douglas Erma McNeil

William Rector Carole DevanToy Tom Osborne

Mark Dionne Bea Douglas Annis Mann

Sharon Miller Jean Naylor Samuel Rodgers

Carol Terwilliger

Ron Wallis discussed the program called "remote as-

sistance" You must have a Microsoft account in or-

der to use this program. You ask for and receive a

security code and then you send it to the client either

by e-mail or phone. There is a time limit of about 10

minutes for the two computers to connect. They then

enter the code onto and their computers and once ac-

cepted the remote assistance is available to use.

You can download and run any software program on

the assisted computer, including antivirus protection

or anti-malware in order to clean up the client’s com-

puter. You can provide any another assistance that

the client ask for.

You need to make sure you know who will be work-

ing remotely on your computer.

Lydia

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For the latest Classes & Events Calendar

Please click on button below

For more information go to

www.cccgc.info

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Please be sure to

register online for

classes

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November 1, Meeting

Officers and Board of

Directors for 2016

President: Ron Wallis

Vice President: Dick Evans

Secretary: Ron Muschong

Treasurer: Harold Nixon

Director: Yvette Pilch

Director: Grover Mudd

Director: Lydia Rist

Director: Donna Whalen

Director: Frank Messina

The Charlotte

County Computer

Group Corp.

Is a non-profit 501(c)3

organization as classi-

fied by the Internal Reve-

nue Service.

Donations, gifts, be-

quests, legacies, devices

and transfers are de-

ductible under federal

PROMOTING COMPUTER LITERACY AND EDUCATION IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY

We’re on the

Web

Articles in the Bytes are courtesy

of the following Tech Sites

Into Windows

DIGITAL CITIZEN

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Charlotte County Computer

Group

Information: (941) 585-0356

(941) 625-4175 x244

Official publication of the Charlotte County

Computer Group Corporation

2280 Aaron Street

Port Charlotte, FL 33952

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Volunteer of the Month: Ester Pua

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http://www.howtogeek.com/112852/how-to-backup-your-text-messages-to-your-gmail-acco

How to Back Up Your Text Messages to Your Gmail Account

Backing up your text messages from your Android phone to your Gmail account is so simple, there’s no reason to not back

them up and make them search-friendly in the process. Read on to see how you can turn your Gmail account into an SMS vault.

What You’ll Need

It’s easy to lose your text messages. Everything from switching phones to fumble fingers can drop your messages in front of the

digital reaper—just last night I managed to accidentally delete a massive SMS thread when I really only intended to delete a single

message that refused to send.

Backing up your SMS messages to your Gmail account is so simple, however, there’s no good reason not to do it. For this tuto-

rial you’ll need three things:

Your Android phone

A free copy of SMS Backup+ from the Google Play Store

A Gmail account

Got all that? Let’s get started!

NOTE: Technically, you can dig around the advanced settings of SMS Backup+ to reconfigure it to work with any IMAP-enabled

email server. However, since it was designed to work with Gmail and works so well with Gmail’s search, threading, and starring

functionality, we’re not going to mess with a good thing.

Step One: Configure Your Gmail Account for IMAP Access

SMS Backup+ requires IMAP access to your Gmail account to function. Let’s take a moment and hop over to the Gmail account

we’re planning on using with the application and check the status.

Login to your Gmail account and navigate to Settings –> Forwarding and POP/IMAP. Check Enable IMAP. Scroll down and click

Save Changes. That’s the only configuration you’ll need to do within your Gmail account.

Step Two: Install and Configure SMS Backup+

With our Gmail account IMAP features toggled on, it’s time to install SMS Backup+. Hit up the Google Play Store and download

the app. After the application is installed, it’s time to get configuring. Launch the application. The first screen you’ll see will look

like the following:

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The list of candidates for the 2017 business year is as follows:

President Grover Mudd

Vice President Yvette Pilch

Secretary Frank Messina

Treasurer Harold Nixon

Directors are:

Lydia Rist

Donna Whalen

Ron Muschong

Dick Evans

Ron Wallis

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Your New PIN and Chip Credit Cards Pose Major Security Risks

Posted by VIPRE Security News On October 10, 2016 In Featured Article

NCR Researchers Find Holes in the Technology Credit Card Companies are Forcing Consumers to Use.

Many of us now own at least one of the newest credit cards — the ones with the computer chips. Meant to be safer for banks,

credit card companies, and consumers, these chip and PIN cards are not quite impregnable, according to researchers.

Two employees of NCR Corp., which makes payment terminals and ATMs, made a presentation at Black Hat, showing that it is

possible for criminals to steal money from chip cards.Paying online with a CC

The researchers used cheap computers to insert themselves into the communication channel between a store’s cash register

and a payment module (a PIN pad). In general, communication between the two systems is encrypted, but in many cases the

encryption is weak — giving criminals the opportunity to intercept data and decrypt it.

Criminals can’t obtain your PIN code, which is encrypted and never transmitted openly. However, they can obtain other infor-

mation from a chip — such as the owner’s name and card number, which are typically written on the magnetic stripe.

However, to make a payment, criminals obviously need the CVV2 or CVC2 code from the back of the card — information that

is usually kept secret during data transmission. Criminals try to trick cardholders into giving up the information, once they break

into the communication channel between the cash register and a payment module.

One of their tricks is to ask the user to “Enter your CVV2 or CVC2).”Another trick is to tell the user something like “Error,

enter PIN again.” If the trick is successful, the terminal sends secure data as insecure and criminals obtain victims’ PINs.

Two Tips for Staying Safe

First, never enter your PIN twice in a transaction. If you see an error and get a request to enter your PIN again, cancel the

transaction, take out your card, re-insert it, and enter your PIN again.

The second tip only applies in certain countries. The NCR researchers noted that it may be more secure to pay via a mobile

payment system such as Apple Pay.

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http://www.howtogeek.com/112852/how-to-backup-your-text-messages-to-your-gmail-acco

The first step is to set up the connection to your Gmail account. Tap “Connect”. The

Account Picker on your Android phone will launch, and you’ll be prompted to

choose the Gmail account you want to use for backing up your messages.

For the next step in directions go to the above link HowToGeeks.

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Removing Password After Sleep

To keep the data on your Windows 10 PC secure, with default settings, if you have set a password for your Microsoft or local

user account, Windows 10 asks you to enter the account password after waking up from sleep or after a few minutes of inactivity.

The password after wakeup is a handy feature available in Windows for a long time and one should keep it enabled to protect

data.

But, if you’re a home user or if you are the only user of your Windows 10 PC at home or private office, you might want to stop

Windows 10 from asking for password after sleep or a few minutes of inactivity.

Users who are using fingerprint to sign in to Windows 10 don’t find it much of a problem as they can sign in by simply swiping a

finger on the fingerprint sensor. It’s users who have set a strong or long password want to stop Windows 10 from asking for pass-

word after waking up from sleep.

Like earlier versions, you can turn off this default password asking behaviour of Windows 10.

Following are the two methods to stop or make Windows 10 ask for your password when you wake up your Windows 10 PC

from sleep.

Method 1 of 2

Turn on or off password after sleep in Windows 10 via Settings

This is the only method that works post Anniversary Update for Windows 10. The traditional Control Panel method no longer

works in 1607 and later versions as the Require a password on wakeup link is missing or has been removed from Power Options

window.

Important: When you stop Windows 10 (version 1607) from asking for password using this method, Windows 10 doesn’t ask for

password even when you resume your PC after hibernation! So might not be a wise idea if you hibernate your PC.

Step 1: Launch Settings app by either typing Settings in Start menu or taskbar search box and then pressing enter key or simply

clicking Settings icon in the extreme left of the Start menu.

Step 2: At the home page of Settings app, click Accounts.

Step 3: Click Sign-in options.

Step 4: Under, Require sign-in section, select Never if you want to stop Windows 10 from

asking for password after it wakes up from sleep.

http://www.intowindows.com/stop-windows-10-from-asking-for-password-after-sleep/

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