Wgton meeting, Wed 15 July 2020

This is the first monthly meeting since the one in March and it's nice to be back to some degree of normality
Roger is going to discuss a program called Autoruns, which allows for organisation of programs when they run at start-up. It is apparently very comprehensive and a considerable number of options are available.
This could be very useful if you are having problems while booting up your computer so come along to the meeting and find out what it's all about.
There is now an alternative way of attending these monthly meetings. All members should have received an email from the MegaByte editor Richard Elam on the 13th containing a postscript (PS) at the bottom where there are two links: these relate to the two ZOOM meeting log-ins required to attend the meeting using the  ZOOM conferencing tool. Click on the first link to join the meeting at 7:30 pm. (The reason for two links is that for free usage of ZOOM, the maximum amount of time allowed for conferencing is three-quarters of an hour - too short for the full meeting. There will be a five minute gap at the end of the first part so you will need to click on the second link if you wish to continue participating). Check to see that both your web cam and microphone are plugged in, and working before you join the meeting. To check the camera, go into the 'Accounts' section in 'Settings' and under "Your Info" a little way down the page you will see 'Create A Picture" and, under that, "Camera". Click on the camera and a small window should open and after a short time your image should appear. If it doesn't your camera is either not set up or not plugged in. To check the microphone, click on "Setting" again, then "System", then "Sound".  On the right half of the latter's page.you should see "Input" and a link 'Change Sound Devices'. This will direct you to another page where you should see 'Microphone'. Double click on that and an 'Enable' option should appear just below it. Click on that. Now return to the previous page and look at the 'Test your microphone' option. When you talk you should see a blue progress bar moving right and left as the sound level changes. If that is occurring, all is well. You are now ready to join the meeting. The microphone level can be cnanged in ZOOM if it is too soft or loud.
For others travelling to Brooklyn, as always the meeting is at Ron Oliver's. 39 Washington Avenue for a 7:30 pm start in the basement.