Gene has been a presentor for our club a number of times.
His vast experience will certainly leave you with a great understanding of
the vendors that he represents.
Gene Barlow has over 45 years of computer experience. He
worked in various technical and management positions for IBM. The last 14
years, he managed IBM’s user group support organization and because of this
he is often called the Father of User Groups. After leaving IBM, he formed
his own consulting firm to represent various computer vendors to the user
group community. He has done this for the past 10 years and is very well
known in the user group community for his excellent presentations,
understandable technical papers, and willingness to help users with their
problems. You will come away from his presentations with a better
understanding of your computer.
Internet Security:
Use of the
Internet has become a very important part of our lives today. We spend hours
on the Internet communicating with family and friends, managing our
finances, researching our ancestors, planning our vacations, and shopping
for things we need. While there is a lot of good we get from the Internet,
there is a dark side to the Internet that we may not be aware of.
This session will help you to understand what is going on
behind the scenes while you are using the Internet. We will show you the
world of Hackers and how they can take advantage of your computer and
information. All of this, happening without your knowing that it is
happening on your computer. Then we will describe the many things you need
to do to protect your computer from these hackers. We will look at various
protection options available to you and how effective they are at keeping
you safe.
Internet Security is a major problem today and one that you
need to understand and know what you can do to prevent serious problems. You
owe it to yourself to attend this session.
Organizing Your Access to the Internet using Optimal Desktop
Pro: We are living in the Information Age and actually have an “information
overload” to contend with. Finding information on the Internet or even on
our large gigabyte hard drives is becoming a real problem. The best way to
prevent this is by organizing your “Access Points” to the information. The
perfect tool to help you is Optimal Desktop Pro. Finding the information you
want on your screen can be done in three easy clicks of the mouse. Optimal
Desktop Pro uses Cabinets, Drawers, and Section. Gene will show you how to
set up and tailor your desktop using Drawers and Sections by name, icon or
color to make things easy to find and remember. Setting up and tailoring
your desktop makes using this product simple and fun to do.
Backing Up Your Hard Drive using Acronis True Image: Backing
up your hard drive is possibly the most important thing you can do with your
computer. True Image has the ability to make incremental backups, which are
relatively small and are very quick. This product received the Editors
Choice Award from PC Magazine 3 years in a row.
Cincinnati PC User Group
