The Computer Group

Leader:  John Howlett - computer@ashbyu3a.co.uk - phone 01530 461774

Helpline: help.computer@ashbyu3a.co.uk

The Computer Group meets twice a month on the first Wednesday and third Monday of the month at 2pm.

We are not all computer geeks, but between us we know something about most types of computer whether it is Windows, Apple Mac, iPad or Android.

We also discuss how to look after the files, music or photos on your computer, how to make backups or how to copy them to DVD or all sorts of "interesting" problems. One thing we can't do is undertake hardware repairs, but we might know someone who can!

So if there is something you don't understand about your computer, from the simplest to the more esoteric, come along and we'll see if we can help.

OR

Email our Computer Helpline with any problems or questions. We can email you back, or better still, you can come along to the next meeting and someone may have worked out your problem and be able to talk you through it.

Send us details of your problem to help.computer@ashbyu3a.co.uk

15th July

8 Attendees today
Peter was finding he could not connect his laptop to the internet, neither in his house nor anywhere else.
Richard and JH rallied round and found he need to reset his internet drivers: all of them. Problem solved.
Bix needed help with resetting passwords: Steve helped out here.
Richard looked at extra RAM capacity for his laptop. He needed to find out what the maximum chip availability was, so the advice was to google his laptop ID to check, before buying new.
A second question was whether to buy the whole capacity on one chip or two. That too was a question of checking via the ID as to how many slots he has for chips.
Finally, Peter looked at replacing the battery of his wife’s laptop. He needs to check if it can actually be changed, as some are sealed in.
We next meet on Wednesday 7th August at Winchester Way