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DECEMBER: Run a Chatbot on Your PC; OPCUG wins in APCUG contests; One editor’s hilarious filler (APCUG); Shooting the Northern Lights (photography); Trading Up to Linux – Part 3; Starlink – It may be in your future (APCUG); Does the Control Panel still exist? (APCUG); To Charge or Not to Charge? (APCUG); Quick Tip 68: OPCUG’s Q&A Sessions

NOVEMBER: Trading up to Linux – Part 2; One-on-one remote assistance; Really Uninstalling Software in Windows; How to punch up your photos; Windows 10 & 11 – Differences in Security, Features, and Looks; Time to Replace Your Computer? Do this first; Quick Tip 67: Minimizing all windows except current

OCTOBER: Trading up to Linux – Part 1; OPCUG One-on-One Remote Assistance Program; Strange Font Behaviour; Getting up close and personal! (photography); Nominations for OPCUG Board for 2025; Quick Tip 66: Notification of apps added to Windows 11 Startup

SEPTEMBER: Etching a Bootable USB Drive; In-person meetings: to be or not to be?; Nominations for OPCUG Board for 2025; The Exposure Triangle (photography); Modern-Day Bonnie and Clydes; Smartphone Wireless Connections; Quick Tip 65: Text cursor visibility

JUNE: PDFgear; Transferring Files Over Wi-Fi; AI – What Next?; Cyber Security; Two-Factor Authorization Fiasco; Wi-Fi Hotspot and USB Tether; Stranded Alaskan Snowmobiler Saved By iPhone’s SOS Via Satellite Feature; Quick Tip 64: Accessing tray icons with keyboard

MAY: Exploring Linux – Part 33 – A Backup Solution for Linux Systems; Chris hits 500 at the OPL!; What lenses to buy?; Reflections on the PC Environment; Quick Tip 63: Switching browser tabs

APRIL: Patching My PC with Patch My PC; AGM Report for 2023/2024; Secretary’s Report for 2023/2024; Are refurbished computers any good?; OPCUG Joins APCUG; Mirrorless versus DSLR (photography); Is Your Life Boring? Spice it Up By Becoming a Victim of Scammers and Thieves!; Last call for BOGO Free OPCUG Membership; Quick Tip 62: End Task

MARCH: Slidewise: a review update; Setting up a new camera; 2-for-1 Offer on New Memberships; Don’t Charge Your Smartphone Overnight; Review of OPCUG 2023 Financial Records; Quick Tip 61: Managing system tray icons: an update

FEBRUARY: 2023 President’s Report; Treasurer’s Report – 2023; High dynamic range (photography); Not Another Backup Utility?; OPCUG’s Great Little Fraud Watch Page; Quick Tip 60: Quick Assist and mice

JANUARY: Slidewise; Duplicati; Making a photo collage; Free Membership in OPCUG; OPCUG Board Nominations for 2024; Quick Tip 59: Show the full path in File Explorer’s title bar

DECEMBER: A Christmas Tail of Two Mice; Qt Creator – An IDE for C++; Getting ready for winter photography!; OPCUG Board Nominations for 2024; Quick Tip 58: Task Manager’s update speed

NOVEMBER: Private Browsing: Is it all it’s cracked up to be? Computer Cleanup with PC Manager; OPCUG Board Nominations for 2024; Printing your photos; Quick Tip 57: Searching in Microsoft Word

OCTOBER: Finding Free Disk Space with BleachBit; Moving your File History to a new computer; Why I am a morning person! (photography); Nominations for 2024 OPCUG Board; Quick Tip 56: ElevenClock

SEPTEMBER: Really, really, deleting files; June 2023 PizzaQ; Q&A celebration; Basic Programming using ChatGPT; Hit the Streets! (photography); OPCUG 2024 Board Nominations; Quick Tip 55: Moving the cursor in the on-screen keyboard

JUNE: Exploring Linux – Part 31: Three Ways to Try Linux – Software Updates/Installation; Exploring Linux – Part 32: Three Ways to Try Linux – Dual Booting; Q&A Poster Launch!; Annual Pizza Party – June 14th; Annual General Meeting 2022/2023; Pack your bags! (photography); Quick Tip 54: Customizing sound in Focus sessions

MAY: Exploring Linux – Part 30: Three Ways to Try Linux – VirtualBox Configuration; Rescuezilla – A Flexible Backup Solution; High/low key (photography); Quick Tip 53: Adjusting the volume control

APRIL: Exploring Linux – Part 29: Three Ways to Try Linux – VirtualBox Installation; Building a NAS System – Part 4: Plugins; Automatic HTTPS; Photo cleanups; Quick Tip 52: Sharing sound over Zoom

MARCH: Exploring Linux – Part 28: Three Ways to Try Linux – Live USB; Secretary’s Report for 2022/2023; Building a NAS System – Part 3: Configuration; Spring Cleanup; Don’t miss the road shots! (photography); Blast from the Past / Retrospective; Quick Tip 51: Optimizing graphics performance

FEBRUARY: Building a NAS System – Part 2: Shared Folders; Treasurer’s Report – 2022; Re-authentication after inactivity; Fun with filters! (photography); Blast from the Past – October 2014; Retrospective: The OPCUG Free Software Guide; Quick Tip 50: MAC address randomization 

JANUARY: Building a NAS System – Part 1 : Installation; 2022 President’s Report; 2-for-1 New Memberships; Re-authentication when resuming; RAW versus JPeg – Pros and Cons (photography); 2009 Blast from the Past & Retrospective; 2023 Elections; Meeting Coordinator needed; Quick Tip 49: Empty Google Drive’s bin

DECEMBER: OBS Studio; Disabling automatic sign-in to Windows; How to photograph moving objects; Blast from the Past – 2004; Retrospective – 2004: Pivot Pro; OPCUG 2023 Elections

NOVEMBER: LibreOffice Draw – A PDF Editor in Disguise; BrowsingHistoryView; Focal length compression – what it is and what it isn’t (photography); OPCUG 2023 Elections; Blast from the Past – 1999; Retrospective: Software Piracy; Quick Tip 48: Drag & drop into a program

OCTOBER: PDF File Editor – Plus!; Cleaning up your disk; Evening photography; Nominations for OPCUG Board for 2023; PSA: online licence plate renewals & digital reminders; Blast from the Past – 1994; Retrospective: What’s new at The PUB; Club History – 1994; Quick Tip 47: Closing programs

SEPTEMBER: Exploring Linux – Part 27: New Life for 32-bit Machines; A centennial celebration; Thank you to Bob Herres and Debie Begin; Call for Members’ Favourites Night presenters; Nominations for OPCUG Board for 2023; What to do with all those travel photos?; Blast from the Past – 1991; Retrospective: The DOS Environment; Club History – 1991; Quick Tip 46: Adding text boxes in PowerPoint

JUNE: Key’n’Stroke; Annual Pizza Night; Removing Duplicate Photos; Shooting near water (photography); Blast from the Past – 1989; Where Is QNX Now?; Quick Tip 45: Add the day to the Taskbar clock

MAY: Squeezing data out of PDF files; Pizza Night is back!; Password strength; Complementary Colours (photography); Blast from the Past – 1986; Quick Tip 44: Add seconds to the Taskbar clock

APRIL: OPCUG 40th Anniversary Issue – The evolution of our newsletter banner; AGM Minutes 2022; OPCUG – 40 Years and Counting; Ocenaudio – An Alternative Sound Editor; Silhouettes and Vignettes (photography); Phone Shutdown Using Software; Quick Tip 43: News and interests annoyances; Club Life in 1984; Our logo gets a 40th anniversary mini face lift

MARCH: Non-technical safeguards; OPCUG Tech Talks; Create Shortcuts to Files on an Android Smartphone; Invoices: Scam or Legit?; What are the odds? (photography); Quick Tip 42: Moving system tray icons

FEBRUARY: Exploring Android’s File System – Part 4; Secretary’s Report for 2021/2022; Treasurer’s Report – 2021; Zoom – Stop Changing My Window Size!; Selective lighting adjustments in photo editing software; Quick Tip 41: Capturing a full web page

JANUARY: Exploring Android’s File System – Part 3; 2021 President’s Report; Special Membership Offer; Sometimes the world is black and white (photography); Quick Tips (39: Check shortened URLs; 40: Finding a lost window)

DECEMBER: Exploring Android’s File System – Part 2; Introduction to WinGet; Intentional Camera Movement; Another File Explorer for Android; OPCUG Elections for 2022; Quick Tips (37: Hotkeys; 38: World Clock)

NOVEMBER: Exploring Android’s File System – Part 1; Updating Windows Defender revisited – Part 2; 2022 OPCUG Elections; What gear to pack? (photography); Quick Tip 36: Scrolling the task bar calendar

OCTOBER: Homograph attacks; Results of the 2021 member survey on meeting venue; The BOD and survey results; 2022 OPCUG elections; Updating Windows Defender revisited – Part 1; Quick Tips (33: Resetting TeamViewer; 34: Moving Windows default data folders; 35: Pulsedive threat intelligence)

SEPTEMBER: Settng Up a New Computer – Keeping Up To Date (Part 3 – Final); Members’ Favourites Night; OPCUG 2022 Elections; Q&A Announcement; Cursor Highlighter; Setting up a new camera; Quick Tips (31: Starting a program automatically in Windows 10; 32: Language in Google Chrome)

JUNE: Setting Up a New Computer – Backup, Update, Repeat…(Part 2); Tracking eWalk-Abouts; Speakers Wanted; Say Cheese: How to take better people pictures; Quick Tips (29: Windows release health; 30: Format Painter in Microsoft Office)

MAY: Setting Up a New Computer – First Things First (Part 1); Secretary’s Report 2020/2021; Speakers Wanted; Cell Phone Photography; Want to earn some money?; Quick Tips (25: Windows Timeline; 26: Emojis and (fortunately) more; 27: Calculations from the Start button; 28: Download any version of Windows 10)

APRIL: Membership extension; Speakers Wanted!; Dictation in Microsoft Word; Ways to access Windows 10’s Recycle Bin; Reducing the attack surface; Shooting with three legs! (photography); Quick Tips (22: Editing quick actions; 23: Sound by device; 24: Running settings)

MARCH: Creating a rescue account; Controlled folder access update; Fast startup in Windows; Lawrence’s Thoughts: Passwords; How to use photographic histograms; Review of OPCUG Financial Records for the year 2020; Quick Tips (20: Quick screen grabs, 21: Snip & Sketch)

FEBRUARY:  2020 President’s Report; 2020 Treasurer’s Report; Getting Help from Microsoft; Lawrence’s Thoughts: Raspberry Pi – Part 1; Dive into underwater cameras!; Q&A Session Archives; Chris Taylor’s Quick Tips (16: Always show file extensions, 17: Paste Options pop-up, 18: Shutdown options, 19: Additional clocks)

JANUARY: Removing Duplicates in LibreOffice Calc; Lawrence’s Thoughts: 2020; Creating a Hard Disk Partition; Photography: Focus stacking; Chris Taylor’s Quick Tips (13: Battery saving in Windows 10, 14: Weather app, 15: Space Cadet Pinball in Windows 10)

DECEMBER: FancyZones; Changing Icons in Android Pie; Lawrence’s Thoughts: Wi-Fi Part 3; Using your photos at Christmas; Chris Taylor’s Quick Tips (11: Microsoft PowerToys, 12: Start another program instance); Nominations for OPCUG Board for 2021

NOVEMBER: ISP Blocking; Changing browser security indicators; Lawrence’s Thoughts: Wi-Fi Part 2; Apps for photographing celestial bodies; Chris Taylor’s Quick Tips (09: Windows Calculator, 10: Feedback Hub); Technical Solutions; Nominations for OPCUG Board for 2021

OCTOBER: Scaling Windows; An Awesome Duplicate Photo Finder; Lawrence’s Thoughts: Wi-Fi Part 1; Tips for travel photography; Chris Taylor’s Quick Tips (07: Bluetooth battery level, 08: Windows Magnifier); Nominations for OPCUG Board for 2021

SEPTEMBER: Clipboard in Windows 10; Alan German: Newsletter Champ…and more!; The Windows Sandbox; PDF Document Management Revisited; Lawrence’s Thoughts: Google Home; Sharing your pictures on the Internet; Chris Taylor’s Quick Tips (04: Pin scripts to the taskbar, 05: Drag & drop: copy, move, or create shortcut?, 06: Mouse pointers in Windows 10); Q&A Weekly Sessions

JUNE: Safer web browsing; Special BOD Invitation; Weekly Q&A sessions; Member Forum; New Fraud Watch page; Secretary’s Report for 2019/2020; A Deep Dive into Disk Space Recovery; PowerPoint Slide Master – Part 4; Creating short depth of field with your computer (photography); Free tutoring in photo editing by Lynda Buske; You spoke and we listened!; Chris Taylor’s Quick Tips (02: Pin programs to the taskbar, 03: Two-key program launch) ; OPCUG Free Software Guide – Part 100 (end of series)

MAY: Q&A and DYOB; OPCUG Anti-Virus Measure; Video-conferencing of meetings; Membership Survey; Too Many Toolbars; Chris Taylor’s Quick Tip 01: Reopen closed browser tabs; Understanding Depth of Field (photography); PowerPoint “Slide Master” Part 3 (The How, 1st steps); OPCUG Free Software Guide – Parts 98 & 99

APRIL: Increasing jump lists; April Meeting via Video Conference; PowerPoint Slide Master – Part 2; Creating a Simple Video Tutorial; Rainy Day Photos; New Website Now Live!; OPCUG Free Software Guide—Part 97

MARCHFile History; Shop till you the price drops; Fixing jump lists; Getting Off Auto Setting (photography); OPCUG Free Software Guide—Part 96; Review of 2019 Financial Records; PowerPoint SlideMaster Tool

FEBRUARYManaging Smartphone Contacts; 2019 President’s Report; Treasurer’s Report – 2019; Scam Avoidance Tips; Bring on the Birds (photography); OPCUG Website Redesign – Again!; OPCUG Free Software Guide – Part 95

JANUARY: Managing Email Addresses; My favourite whatchamacallit; No more raffles; Renaming photo files; Word Layouts; OPCUG Free Software Guide – Part 94

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