Danny Durand is a 19 year old Computer Science student in Aguascalientes, Mexico. He frequently visits Vancouver and is a big supporter of BC Digital Divide. He has agreed to answer questions posed by BCDD Recipients, in the same spirit as is done at Yahoo Answers. Whenever necessary he will seek advice from the BCDD techs.

If you have a question about your BC Digital Divide computer or the software on it then please send your question to AskDanny@BCDigitalDivide.org.

If a computer you receive from us ever requests a password then try entering "bcdd" (without the quotation marks). If that doesn't work then try "BCDD". Once you've logged in then go into the Users section of the Control Panel and reset the password to something else of your choosing.

All BC Digital Divide computers have had AVG Free Anti-Virus software installed on them. Version 7.5 of this software expires on May 31, 2008. To get Version 8.0 of the software, simply go here. All you need to do is download the update, run it, and it will automatically replace the older version.

Dear BC Digital Divide:

I am doing my homework on the new computer you provided me. My eyes are almost swollen shut from crying. I was so worried that it would become necessary to suspend my education that I have waited so long to achieve. I was becoming really scared. Then my friend found out about your generous service and gave me the information to contact you. I cannot thank all of you enough. I intend to catch up in school and succeed!

Mary Helen

Daniel is a tech entrepreneur in Aldergrove. In his spare time he has been assembling computers and donating them to seniors. But his main business has really taken off and he has little time to do such refurbishing anymore. So when he saw the recent segment about BC Digital Divide on Global News, he immediately contacted us and offered us a variety of equipment. In making the donation, he said, "It was a no brainer! It's awesome seeing these go to the right people."

While we appreciate all donations, Daniel's was quite spectacular. It included: 3 large monitors, 20 sticks of RAM & 8 hard drives (which we're always short of), 6 computers, 3 printers, 3 mice, and 3 keyboards. It was a very timely donation that has tremendously helped out our Fraser Valley techs, Trevor & Stan.

APEGBC is the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia. They just published a great article about BC Digital Divide in their bi-monthly newsletter. You can read it here or by going to Page 38 of the newsletter itself.

Our techs at BCDD do everything they can to maximize the performance of the computers that we give to our recipients. When they're available, they install an additional video card and disable the built-in one. This sometimes leads to confusion, as people plug the monitor into the disabled port, get no video, and think the computer is not working. Please take a look at this photo:



The video port in the green circle is the one that should be used.

Here's a short segment featuring BC Digital Divide and 3 other non-profit organizations that are helping out in the community: