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(Continued from page 3) dates are snapped up by outside organizations. In
Another feature expected in the fall update is a new
screenshot utility with annotation tools. This new
utility is designed to replace the current Windows
Snipping Tool and offers many more options. Of
note, once you have taken a screenshot a new
Screen Sketch tool can be used to annotate it,
draw on it, highlight certain portions and so on.
Those who have been frustrated by having their
work interrupted by a restart triggered by a soft-
ware update being automatically installed on their
Windows 10 PC will be happy to know that Mi-
crosoft has added a machine learning feature in the
fall update designed to better understand when you
are using your computer (and avoid rebooting).
The list goes on and on; be sure to check out the
entire article at the URL listed in the third para-
graph.
On a different subject – and different software - a
change is coming to your Chrome browser. Many
Windows applications inject code into Chrome to
influence its behavior in some way. (Antivirus soft- session or hold part of it in the library lobby.) I am
ware is a good example.) The problem with this?
Even legitimate software code injected into Chrome
can interfere with Chrome’s own code – leading
Chrome to crash. (You may have experienced this
yourself, accompanied by a notification asking you
to “Update or remove problem applications” or
“Update or remove incompatible applications”. The
notification will then take you to a list of applications
responsible for the problem.)
Here is a How-To Geek article that discusses this
problem in greater detail and describes Google’s
plan to block code injection in a future Chrome up-
date: How-To-Geek
In closing, I’d like to discuss our LCACE meeting
situation in more detail. As I’ve explained at past
LCACE meetings, the Grayslake Area Public Li-
brary has moved from a 180-day scheduling
“window” for its meeting rooms to a 90-day window
– in large part to give them more time to schedule
their own meetings and programs before desirable
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furtherance of this goal, they have also begun to add
what I would call “placeholders” on their calendar
(such as “Future Teen Event”) that may or may not
actually happen.
These changes have made it difficult for Liz Barnett
to consistently schedule our monthly meetings on the
second Saturday of each month. This is why you
have seen our calendar switch back and forth be-
tween the second and third Saturdays over the past
year. Since the GAPL meeting rooms, AV system
and staff support have met our needs very well (and
we have not found a better alternative) we ask your
patience as we work through this new reality. We
will do our best to provide you with the dates of fu-
ture meetings well in advance, in the hope that you
can adjust your personal calendar accordingly.
That said, here is the date for October’s meeting –
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Saturday, October 13 . I’ve asked Liz to schedule
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us in November for Saturday, the 10 , but this is not
yet confirmed. (Because of another program that
morning, we may have to shorten our Help Desk
sending out a separate email to all members about
our September meeting; you should have received it
by the time you read this newsletter.
Safety store your photos on an external hard drive
You thought your computer was a great place to store
photos— least until they start filling up your hard drive
and slowing down your computer. The solution? Move
your photos onto an external hard drive and delete them
from your computer.
You’ll free up storage space plus protech your precious
memories if your computer dies one day. Buy the biggest
external hard drive (HD) you can afford, then plug it into
your computer to move your photos.
Cloud storage is another option for your computer or
smartphone. Cloud-base storage service will automati-
cally save your photos. Plus no house fire can touch
them if you store them online.