Whatever you give will find countless ways back to you... Free Support
and Careware for the Gurley Community. My services are free for local
nonprofit organizations. Advertising on the Gurley Community & Town History web
site is free. See my Free Technical
Support web site.
Gurley Lions Club
serving the Gurley community since 1948
I Introduction
Samples of ContactEZ listing in Google
With the support of the local Gurley Cumberland Presbyterian Church I am offering free
computer classes for Gurley residents, seniors, disadvantaged, and job seekers.
Classes can cover beginning, advanced and professional subjects. I will do my best to
answer your questions, and provide you with support for as long as needed.
The computers are at the Gurley Cumberland Presbyterian Church, but my computers at home,
or your own computer at home can be used, if needed.
If I am not available and you need technical support, you may find the answer to your
question on my Technical
support web site or, for more advanced subjects, by reading the threads I participated
in as a member of technical professional web community Tek-Tips
and platform sdk (member name: dgschnei) .
Making certain that people (and more particularly children) develop constructive
values, ethical morals and trustworthy use of technology is the responsibility of all
adults and professionals. As professionals and decent citizens, what we can do is share
what we know with the people around us and coach to use computers (and other technology) the right way. Most
people use computers for games and most people know how to point-and-click. That is great,
but computers have a lot more to offer... Furthermore sharing information, knowledge,
ideas, helpful resources, and inspiration will assist everyone in our community. The idea
is to create a virtual meeting place that is not constricted by time for everyone in the
Gurley area. It is easy to complain about the Internet's bad influences on children and
adults, but the Internet community cannot progress without you to sponsor the objective.
Do not hesitate to contact Dominique
G. Schneider if you need more information.
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II Free support for the Gurley Community?
To get free technical hints go to my
Support & Technical Assistant web site
If you need help with a particular problem, you must give the
following information:
- Your Name
- Your e-mail address
- Operating System and software versions<
- Type of computer and CPU
- Exact error message received or exact description of your needs
- Does the problem occur in a specific file, on more than one machine, in different
sessions, during installation?
- Has the software configuration changed recently?
Please be as descriptive as possible. Include FULL details about the operation you were
trying to perform and exactly what happened.
Include any error codes and/or messages you may have encountered.
Then
Send me this information - D. G. Schneider
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III What is Careware and Why?
The principle of Careware In the Community is to improve "Sharing In the
Gurley
Community".
I will be glad to receive suggestions and wish lists. I am sure that with
time, and if the Gurley community is active, we will be able to share all kind of
information. Suggestions for improvement, new products, or new inspirations are always
welcomed.
You can find a lot of free information shared by professionals on a
indefinite number of subjects on Google Groups. ContactEZ.net
on microsoft.public.platformsdk.msi
International Support Consultant Services Software Technical Assistant
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IV Sharing Pictures or Photographs
Photos and Image Quality
Generally speaking it is advised to use:
- Screen Resolution Size: 460 x 300 pixels X 16 Million colors
Screen Resolution is perfect for email but not advised for quality
processing.
They are approximately the same size as the actual photos you have developed.
As an average a pictures with screen Resolution 460 x 300 pixels takes about 30 KB
- High Resolution Maximum Size: 1536 x 1024 pixels X 16 Million colors
They are ideal for making high-quality prints, advanced graphics projects,
and professional printing on photographic printers.
As an average a pictures with high resolution 1536 x 1024 takes about 400 KB
- For an average of quality and size the advised parameters are:
800 x 600 pixels
24 Bits per pixel
16 Million colors
Image Optimization (JPEGs reproduce photographs very well)
The idea behind making images load faster is to make the files' sizes smaller. This can be
accomplished in two ways: you can either make the dimensions of the image smaller, or
decrease the amount of coding that is required to display the image (called compression).
The easiest way to reduce an image's file size is to reduce the image's physical
dimensions.
An image that is a square 80 pixels by 80 pixels containes 6400 individual pixels (80x80).
Reducing the image size by one half to 40 pixels by 40 pixels requires 1600 pixels
(40x40).
So reducing the image size in half reduces the file size to one fourth of the original.
Image compression decreases the necessary coding. In a JPEG image the compression is
accomplished using software algorithms to remove redundant information from the file.
Whenever a file is compressed it will lose some image quality. You have to reach a balance
between a small file size and acceptable image quality. Find the least acceptable level of
image quality. Most images can handle some compression with very little quality loss, and
all images can stand more image quality loss and still be acceptable. Your job is to
decide how much quality loss you can accept. Remember: the lower the quality, the smaller
the file size!
Display Properties and Pictures
Elaborate scanned photographs may need a higher screen resolution.
Your monitor and display adapter determine whether you can change your screen resolution.
In the Color Palette list, click the number of colors that you want your monitor to
display.
If you need additional assistance, feel free to contact
me.
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If you are located in or around Gurley and want to advertise and post classified ads, send us a message with the description and/or a picture. We can
post classified ads about:
- Used cars sold by private owners
- Homes, land, businesses and other real estate properties sold by private owners
- Collectibles
- Home furnishing
- Products, vendors, suppliers
- Business opportunities & services
- Help wanted
- Announcements
- Much more...
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The difference between an unsuccessful person and others is not a lack of
strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.
Vince Lombardi