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Space Coast PC users group open to helping anyone
BY WENDY SCHEURING
When you buy a new computer, a cell phone or a tablet, you quickly find out that there is a learning curve.
Thankfully, there is a local computer group called the Space Coast PC Users Group (SCPCUG), whose mission is to help educate anyone about their computers and other electronic devices free of charge.
“Anybody can walk in between 12 and 3 p.m.,” said Dan Douglas, the president of the SCPCUG. “We help people and answer any questions they may have.
“We help all ages,” he said. “From high schoolers to World War II vets.”
The group meets the first, third and fifth Saturdays at the Merritt Island Library auditorium.
“It’s an open meeting for anyone that’s got computer problems,” said Bill Middleton of the former Brevard Users Group, which merged with SCPCUG in 2015.
“The people that attend are computer gurus,” Middleton said.
Many times a computer problem requires only a quick fix.
“Sometimes, we can fix a computer on the spot,” Douglas said. “Sometimes, they need to buy the parts and we can replace them and fix the computer.”
Douglas is also the owner of DataDan Computer Services on U.S.1 in Cocoa and has been working on computers for nearly 50 years.
“I’m experienced with Android phones and others are experienced with iPhones,” Douglas said. “There is always somebody at the group who can help you with your phone. We also get a lot of phone questions.”
If you enjoy using computers, want to learn more and want to spend time around like-minded people, you might want to join SCPCUG for a one-time
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fee of $25. The group hosts learning sessions throughout the year and has an annual Christmas party during the month of December.
Last month, Douglas gave a presentation on Windows 10 and 11 system settings.
The next two learning center meetings will take place on Jan. 7 and Jan. 14.
“The SCPCUG is a charter member of the Association of Personal Computer User Groups (APCUG), dedicated to fostering communications between PC user groups and the establishment of relationships between these groups and software publishers and hardware manufacturers,” according to scpcug.com.
“I always tell people to come in with 10 things you want to learn. Somebody will sit with you and get the answers for you,” Douglas said. SL
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