Registration for Nov 4th Computer Class Series #60 is Tuesday, October 22nd 9am

Just a reminder that registration for the next Series #60 of Computer Classes will be held tomorrow morning at the Southern Artery main building, Classroom 1, so come on down and bring a friend...

Classes are held Monday-Wednesday mornings and Monday-Thursday afternoons..

Monday-Wednesday Mornings:

Beginners held Mondays 9am-10:30am & 10:30am-12Noon

Intermediate 1/Internet held Tuesdays 9am-10:30am & 10:30am-12N

Intermediate 2/Word & Excel Basics held Wednesday 9am-10:30am

When an additional class is needed for a specific topic in the morning, it will be held Wednesdays 10:30am-12N 

Monday-Thursday Afternoons:

Advanced Classes Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday at 1pm-2:30pm and Thursday at 12:30pm-2pm; 2pm-3:30pm

This series our Advanced Afternoon Classes will be focusing on buying and using Smartphones; Reviewing Word Processing Skills and then spending several weeks using those Word skills to create Note Cards, Envelopes and Labels; Discussing changing technology in digital cameras & camcorders, tablets, kindles, nooks & ipads and spending two weeks improving printer and scanning skills...  Remember - these are your classes, so if you have suggestions for class topics, please let us know...Your input is very important to the success of this program and to ensure we are helping you learn the computer related topics that are of interest to you...

The ten week series will begin the week of November 4th and continue into the first week of February, however no classes will be held:

Monday Nov 11th - Veteran's Day Holiday

Monday - Friday, Nov. 25-Nov 29th Thanksgiving Holiday

Monday-Friday, Dec. 23rd - Jan. 3rd, 2013 Christmas-New Year Holiday

Monday Jan 20th - Martin Luther King Holiday

Reminder - When Quincy and/or Weymouth Public Schools are closed for inclement weather, no computer classes will be held.

Enjoy your day...

WINDOWS 8.1 IS AVAILABLE AS A FREE DOWNLOAD TODAY

If you haven't heard the announcement yet - Microsoft released the new Windows 8.1 update/upgrade today.

It is a free upload for any of you who are using Windows 8 on your computers, laptops or tablets...

Here is a link to the MSN website that made the announcement this morning and clearly outlines many of the issues addressed with this update/upgrade.....

http://money.msn.com/investing/news.aspx?feed=AP&date=20131017&id=17008390

This update is specifically designed to address many of the gripes people have had with Windows 8, the dramatically different operating system that attempts to bridge the divide between tablets and PCs.

So again, this Window 8.1 update is free for current owners of Windows 8; downloads started at 7 am this morning in New York, which corresponded to the start of Friday in New Zealand.

Simply go to the Windows Store app to find it.  Here is the link for their app store if you don't have it in your favorites...

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/apps#Cat=t1

As they noted in their MSN announcement  "it may take a few hours for updates to reach everyone. Computers with Windows 8.1 already installed will go on sale Friday local time. That's also when people will be able to buy stand-alone copies of Windows 8.1."