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Group meetings are held at the Otford Methodist Church Hall normally at 2pm on the fourth Monday of each month (October to May). Entrance £2, includes tea and biscuits. There is usually a talk on a topic of interest, followed by a question-and-answer session. Talks are normally illustrated and projected onto a large screen, and members can raise problems they are experiencing with their computers.

The programme of talks is now complete until the autumn and will be resumed in October provided we have the resources to do so. The PTC team will be contactable during the summer via the email above to answer any queries you have and we offer the following which we hope will be of help.

It is absolutely vital to ensure your device is backed up. Photos take up  a lot of space so consider paying for extra storage to avoid losing irreplaceable data and choose from say Google Drive £1.59 /month for 100GB, One Drive may be free for Microsoft 365 subscribers, Apple iCloud, Dropbox, and BT Cloud free for some BT broadband customers.

Internet Security software is often set to renew automatically without the user’s intervention and the renewal price may be 3 or 4  times higher than the original purchase price. It is possible for the user to alter the auto-renewal option although it is not always very easy to find.

The group committee which organises the talks continues to be short of volunteers and anyone who would like to join us will be warmly welcomed. Technical expertise is not required members with ideas and topics for talks will be invaluable.

We have had several visits to Sevenoaks School who have been very generous with the help given by the pupils to our  members. We have two more visits planned, on May14th and June 18^th before the school closes for the summer. Any member who wishes to join one or both of these should contact the group via the email link above. Read more about a recent visit.

On October 14th 2025 Microsoft officially ended support for Windows 10. However, if you aren't ready to upgrade yet you can sign up for Extended Security Updates so you can continue getting important security patches beyond 2025. Click here to see how to do this. In addition, Windows comes with the Defender anti-virus software. Whilst Defender is a ‘no cost’ option you may want to install a more comprehensive anti-virus security package for greater peace of mind when using Windows 10. Paid for examples of such packages are Bitdefender, ESET, Kaspersky, McAfee, Norton, Malwarebytes. There are also good free packages available from companies such as AVG and Avast, though these may come with in-built advertisements and upselling.”

Last updated: 21 April 2026