NTPCUG meets monthly at

 

Northaven United Methodist Church, 
11211 Preston Rd Dallas, TX 75230.

Park in the North lot and use the 
side entrance facing Preston

 

 

Need to learn more about computers, the Internet, programming, how to use the latest software? Are you interested in keeping your knowledge skills on the leading edge? If you are, then NTPCUG is where you will want to be.

 

  • Computer Users
  • IT Professionals
  • Developers
  • Small Business Owners

 

Next Meetings

 (all on 3rd Saturdays) 

  • April 18, 2026
  • May 16, 2026
  • June 20, 2026
  • July 18, 2026
  • August 15, 2026
  • September 19, 2026
  • October 17, 2026
  • November 21, 2026
  • December 19, 2026
  • …
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In-person meetings are typically also held via ZOOM or Microsoft TEAMS teleconferencing.

Here is what we did at our  Saturday, March 21, 2026 meeting …

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PowerShell SIG
8:00 – 10:00 am — See details below

Windows Tips & Tricks SIG
8:30 – 10:30 am – See details below

Artificial Intelligence (AI) SIG
9:30 – 10:30 am — See details below

 Special Presentation!!
10:30 – 11:30 am — See details below

 NTPCUG members will receive the meeting details in the monthly flyer, at least 2 days prior.

PowerShell SIG
(hybrid meeting – on-site and remote)

8:00 – 10:00 am

For March, the PowerShell SIG will meet with regular guest speaker Sean Wheeler, Lead Documentarian for PowerShell at Microsoft, frequent contributor to the PowerShell podcast and highly regarded Techmentor presenter.

Common topics include working with PowerShell, git, and VS Code.

System administrators, users interested in automation tasks, and the simply curious, come and see one of the best technologies and a truly great, interesting guest.

This SIG will meet both in-person at NUMC as well as virtually at https://bit.ly/3AMFsUy.

SIG Leaders: Tom Sweet 

Windows Tips & Tricks
(hybrid meeting – on-site and remote)

8:30 – 10:30 am

In March, SIG co-leader Chuck Stark will provide updates on Hardware and Software prices.

He will also explain about indexing your hard drive . . . What is it?

As always, we’ll have Open Q&A.

Also, if you have a ‘troubled’ system (or your system has a troubled user!) please contact Chuck via email to arrange for a ‘Live, No Net’ troubleshooting session in front of the group.

This SIG meets this month both in-person at NUMC and remotely.  If attending remotely, click https://bit.ly/3vEoTK5 .

SIG Leaders: Linda Eakle, Chuck Stark & Tom Sweet.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)
(hybrid meeting – on-site and remote)

9:30 – 10:30 am (online only)

Last month, Howard spoke about February 2026 being the month when AI got weird. Well, it’s getting more so.  Howard plans to speak on topics which include:

  • Is this evidence that we live in a simulation?
  • AI is learning situational awareness.
  • The robots are actually coming!

…and, of course, anything that pops up worth noting

This presentation will be online only using Howard’s favorite tool, ZOHO.  The online meeting link is https://meet.zoho.com/wxub-ffv-djv .

The meeting will go live at about 9:15 to give some time to set up & visit.

SIG Leader:  Howard Lee Harkness

Special Presentation
(hybrid meeting – on-site and remote)

8:30 – 10:30 am

Privacy Online: A few small things about a big topic, by our very own Tom Sweet

Tom plans to go over online privacy issues of interest to most of us.

Google also has a “Remove my private info from Google Search” tool that Tom plans to show. https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/9673730?hl=en

Lastly, it never hurts to revisit phone carrier and ISP Privacy settings.

This SIG meets this month both in-person at NUMC and remotely.  If attending remotely, click https://bit.ly/3vEoTK5

    SIG Leader:  Lisa Katzenstein