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                 The Villages Computer Club (VCC) Mission Statement:

The VCC was originally founded for the purpose of helping others to help themselves, and that mission continues unchanged.
The VCC has a very sharp focus on hardware and software that is associated with Microsoft Windows and Android based platforms.

However, the VCC does appreciate the appeal, and ubiquitous presence of Apple products in our community.
In recognition of that fact, the VCC provides links to Apple tech support in sections 07, 08, 09 and 10 of the SELF-HELP segment of our website.

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Welcome to The Villages Computer Club

VCC Meeting News

Please consult the Preview box, located just below our Welcome to The Villages Computer Club banner, for up-to-date details regarding Upcoming Meetings: Dates, Topics and Presenter(s).

The VCC now meets ONLY via Zoom at 1:00pm on the 1st & 2nd Friday of each month, unless circumstances make a 3rd (third) Friday meeting date necessary (Zoom meeting room opens at 12:30pm).

A formal announcement will be distributed via Google Group e-mail to everyone who has signed up for the Club’s Mailing List prior to the meeting date. It will contain info concerning start time, plus the info needed to login to our Zoom meeting room. Also, as in the past, we will provide a summary of the presentation to be given at the meeting, as well other pertinent info. Please keep in mind the fact that we no longer conduct in-person meetings and now meet only via Zoom.

Join the Club

There is no formal membership requirement and there are no dues – all you need to do is join our Mailing List.

E-Mail and Notices from our Club

SUBSCRIBE
Advisory
Your non-Gmail email address may not work when you try to subscribe using the instructions below.
Back in January 2025, Google modified their requirements for adding email addresses to a group like ours. In Google’s never-ending quest to expand their customer base, they changed the rules about allowing non-Gmail email addresses into the distribution list for a group like the VCC. Google is now discriminating against almost all “alien” email addresses such as these domains: Yahoo.com, Hotmail.com, iCloud.com, Outlook.com, AOL.com, Protonmail.com, etc.
The VCC is actively working on finding a solution. We will update this advisory as soon as we possibly can.

To Subscribe to our email list in order to receive regular meeting announcements, occasional President’s Bulletins, and Special Notices that address subjects of particular interest, please do the following:
Click on "Get VCC emails" and add SUBSCRIBE to the subject line of that email. Please note that some systems are not set up to handle this type of link. So, if the link does not work with your email system, do this. Open a fresh email message addressed to: [email protected] with the word “SUBSCRIBE” in the subject and send the email.
After you send your subscription request, you will receive a confirmation email message, with the subject Join Request for TVCC. Please, reply to that message, and note that you need not enter any message text. It is not necessary to click on any links in the email message. Shortly thereafter you will receive an acknowledgment email that you have now joined the TVCC group.

UNSUBSCRIBE
To Unsubscribe from the VCC email distribution list, click on "Stop VCC emails" or send an email to [email protected] with subject UNSUBSCRIBE.

Submit a Question to our Club
You can submit your question as a regular email and send it to this VCC email address.

Submit a Computer Problem to our Club
If your problem requires sending detailed information about your hardware and software, please use the VCC Problem Solver Form as described below.

1. The Club has a VCC Problem Solver Form that can be downloaded using this link.
    It is a fillable pdf form.

2. Detailed instructions on using and emailing this form to the VCC are available using this link.

3. Compose an email and add the completed VCC Problem Solver Form as an attachment.

4. Send the email to this VCC email address.



Computer Donations

                                 The Villages Computer Club is no longer involved in facilitating the donation of computer equipment.  

If you have any unused or nonfunctioning computer or electronic equipment that you wish to dispose of, please consider recycling it, rather than putting it out with the trash.

Lake County runs a recycling location for residents off Rolling Acres Road. We recommend contacting the Lake County government offices for specific information.
For those who live in Sumter or Marion counties, we suggest you contact either Staples or Best Buy, since both retailers run recycling programs.

If you are concerned about personal data left on an old hard disk drive, you can Google how to wipe your drive clean to protect your privacy.

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