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Municipal / Government
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Home Town
Drayton Valley Weather

DV 55 Plus Pages

Seniors Organizations
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Reference

Mesothelioma - Lung Cancer information

Odd stuff
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Free safe software
Picture editor "Irfanview"
Web browser "Firefox"
Open a Google account
Google "Chrome" web browser
Free AntiVirus "AVG Free"

Another good free AntiVirus from Microsoft called
for Windows Operating Systems

Report broken links

Current Items of Interest

360 degree picture of Drayton Valley - See image link at top right of Home Page.
ACA Article on "High Cost of Dying" Click HERE
 
Free Office Suite - New version released Dec 2010 named LibreOffice form the Document Foundation - comparable to Microsoft Office, used by millions world wide - 250 meg download - get it HERE
 
Do passwords get you down? So many to remember, here is a free/paid program that will keep your passwords encrypted and make it easy to sign into all those web sites easily.
Reviews acclaim this program as exceptionally secure.
Called Lastpass (The last password you will ever need)
 
Do you have trouble keeping your Bookmarks (Favourite web sites) organized between browsers such as Internet Explorer, Firefox (my favourite) or Google Chrome. Here is an easy free solution.
Try Xmarks to syncronize Bookmarks between different browsers and/or different computers.
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Computer file security - Do you keep personal information on your computer in "My Documents" or other storage places like Flash drives, backup discs etc.? What would happen if your computer was stolen or you sold or donated it to someone else and missed deleting your private life.
Here is a solution and FREE, it is a program called TrueCrypt (at site click "Downloads") that can create a secure vault anywhere on your computer or an external device that can only be viewed and worked with using a password to open the vault. Lots of help to use the program on TrueCrypt web site under documentation and Youtube videos.

All these programs are used by the page creator and receive full marks. Also top rated in reviews