Five Ctrl Key Shortcuts Every Windows User Should Know After working with thousands of people with our Cloudeight Direct Computer Care service, one thing we’ve noticed is that not many of you use fundamental, time-saving shortcuts. So today, we’re going to show you five shortcuts you really need to know. OK ready? Let’s say you’re reading a page on… Read More »
Three Rare Windows Tips The tips below should work in any version of Windows. Enjoy! Taskkill Windows borrows a feature from Linux. Taskkill allows you to terminate a running process (program) from the command line. Here’s how you use it: Press Windows Key + R and type CMD and press Enter. The command utility window opens. Type Tasklist at… Read More »
Windows 10 Start Menu Tricks Here are some things you might not know about the Windows 10 start menu. 1. Did you know you can open the start menu by pressing the Windows key? 2. Did you know if you are searching for something, you can search by start typing with the start menu open? Try it. You… Read More »
How to Change Your DNS Settings and Why You May Want to First let’s discuss what DNS servers are. We will define DNS servers as simply as possible. However, you don’t need to know what a DNS server is to use this tip, but you should have a basic understanding of DNS and what DNS servers do. So,… Read More »
Cloudeight InfoAve Premium – Issue #689 You’re invited to come read our InfoAve Premium Newsletter, Issue #689 online. If you’re using a Yahoo email address or any ISP, like Rogers, Frontier, AT&T, and others who use Yahoo’s mail services, please consider getting a free Gmail or Outlook.com address so you’ll be able to get our newsletter delivered to… Read More »
Run Windows Online Troubleshooter to Fix Windows Update Errors This tip applies to Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10. Windows 7 users have always had big problems with Windows Updates – Microsoft never did release and update to fix Windows Update on Windows. Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 users (so far) have not had as many problems… Read More »