Bing search will be a huge part of the next Windows Source: Time.com There’s a good chance you’ve used Microsoft’s Bing search engine without even realizing it. Ask your iPhone’s Siri to search the web, and Microsoft’s search engine fetches the results. Ditto Amazon’s Kindle Fire. Up until last year, Facebook searches were powered by Bing. Or maybe… Read More »
Use Disk Cleanup to Remove Old System Restore Points All Windows computers come with Disk Cleanup. While there are third-party tools that can make removing old restore points easier and give you more control, Disk Cleanup can be used to remove all but the most recent Restore Point – and it’s easy to do. But you… Read More »
Download.com (CNet) Must Think You’re Stupid Many of you already know about the game that CNet/Download.com plays with downloads. If you don’t know, let us tell you how this company, owned by CBS by-the-way, tries to make money from legitimate freeware. The take an otherwise decent freeware program, take the install it and wrap it in a CNet/Download.com… Read More »
Intro Note: We are publishing another blog from Emsisoft because it contains more information on how you get PUPs and malware and reinforces what we have been telling you for years in our newsletters. Also, you’ll notice Reimage is mentioned here; we, at one time recommended and sold Reimage, but when the company changed hands and the product… Read More »
A Day in the Life Every working day, and I mean every working day, we see computers completely buried in malware and PUPs. Today, we’re going to show you a typical day in our lives when some poor soul, whose hard drive was only 2 months old came to us to have us check over their computer. Keep… Read More »
Windows 7 SP1 and Windows 8.1 users to officially get single-step Windows 10 upgrade, states Microsoft Source: International Business Times, 28 March 2015 Microsoft’s Windows 10, one of the most anticipated technical products of 2015, is all set to be launched during the summer. Prior to that, Microsoft loyalists have been discussing the OS’ compatibility, the features it offers… Read More »