Technical Info: Difference between revisions

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

Apps Recommended

Linux

Smart devices

QR codes

Windows

Windows 8

Internet

Access

Internet Access Alternatives

E-mail

Wikis

Peripherals

DVDs and Bootable USBs

External Drives

External_Drives

Monitors & Projectors

Printers

Scanners

Software

Backup

Firewall

General

Image and Photo Editing

GIMP

Office

Terminal Emulation

Terminal_Emulation

Vector Drawing

OpenOffice Draw

Inkscape

Hardware

Disks

Gateway_Router

Sub-Compact Computers

Desk-Top Computers

HP ProDesk 400 G1

Telephone

Related Pages

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-<font color=green>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>
+<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>
 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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-==== Smart devices====
-* [[QR codes]]
 ==== Android ====
+* [[Getting Started with Android]]
 * [[Android_App_Recommendations]]
+* [[Connect Android to Computer]]
 ==== Apple ====
 * [[iPad_App_Recommendations]]
 * [[iPhone_App_Recommendations]]
+==== Cross-Platform ====
+*[[Apps Recommended]]
 ==== Linux ====
+* [[Beginners Start Here]]
 * [[Linux at PCUG Centre]]
-* [[Dual-Booting]]
+* [[Evaluation]]
+* [[Desktop Appearance]]
-* [[Linux_Distribution_Recommendations]]
+* [[Installation]]
-* [[Netbook_Linux_Installation]]
+* [[Configuration]]
+* [[Recovery]]
+*[[Security]]
+==== Smart devices====
+* [[QR codes]]
 ==== Windows ====
 * [[File sharing between Win7 and XP]]
 * [[File sharing between Windows and other OS]]
-* [[Win7 Snipping Tool]]
-* [[Win7_Hardware_Recommendations]]
 * [[Two Page Display]]
+* [[Win7 Snipping Tool]]
+* [[Win7 Hardware Recommendations]]
 ==== Windows 8 ====
-* [[Editing Windows 8 Usefuls]]
+* [[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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 |}
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-==== Email ====
+==== Access ====
+* [[Internet Access Alternatives]]
-*
-*
-==== Web ====
+==== E-mail ====
+* [[Scams]]
-*
+* [[Spam]]
-*
+* [[Handling Email SPAM]]
+* [[Scareware]]
+* [[Long URLs]]
+* [[Macros]]
-==== Wikis ====
+==== Family Trees ====
+* [[Sharing Family Tree Information]]
+==== Web ====
-* [[Getting Started Editing Wiki Pages]]
+* [[Webmail attachments]]
-* [[More_on_Working_with_Wikis]]
-* [[Wiki Skins]]
-==== Web hosting ====
+==== Web Hosting ====
 * [[Web hosting]]
 ** [[Web hosting in action]]
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 ==== Microsoft Web Platform Installer ====
 * [[Web PI]]
+==== Wikis ====
+* [[Getting Started Editing Wiki Pages]]
+* [[More_on_Working_with_Wikis]]
+* [[Wiki Skins]]
 |-
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 * [[Booting from Removable Media]]
 * [[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]]
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 * [[Cleaning Printheads]]
 * [[Parallel Port Printers]]
+* [[Printer_Driver_not_Available]]
+* [[Printing via Network]]
 * [[Sharing Printers via CUPS]]
 ==== Scanners ====
 * [[Scanning Slides using CanoScan]]
+* [[Scanning via Network]]
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 ==== Backup ====
+*[[Clonezilla]]
-* [[Interesting_Techniques]]
+*[[Interesting_Techniques]]
+==== Firewall ====
+* [[Firewall_Software]]
+* [[IPFire]]
 ==== General ====
 * [[Interesting_Programs]]
+*[[PDF_Manipulation]]
-*
 ==== Image and Photo Editing ====
+* [[GIMP]]
-*
-*
 ==== Office ====
+*[[Calligra]]
+* [[OpenOffice]]
+==== Terminal Emulation ====
+*[[Terminal_Emulation]]
 ==== Vector  Drawing ====
+* [[OpenOffice Draw]]
-*
-*
+* [[Inkscape]]
+|-
+{| width="100%" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="5" style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#f5faff"
+|style="margin:0;background-color:#cefff2;border:1px solid #a3b0bf;text-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;"|
+=== 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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 |}