A New Villain In Town His name is Poweliks (or her name is Poweliks, if you prefer). And while Poweliks has been around since last summer we hadn’t seen any cases of it, until this week when we saw three in one day. Now the reason that Poweliks deserves mention here (there are always dozens of new black… Read More »
Cloudeight Direct Computer Care Windows Mail Setup for Windows 7 & 8.1 Missing Windows Mail or Outlook Express since updating to Windows 7 and 8.1? Are you putting off the update so you don’t lose your tried and true email program? We can fix that for you! If you’re using Windows 7 or 8 and you’ve been unhappy… Read More »
Enjoy Virtual Desktops In Windows 7 and Windows 8.x One of Windows 10’s new features is one that almost everyone likes and almost everyone can use. It’s called Virtual Desktops. You can switch between desktops just by clicking a taskbar icon. Why is this so good? Well, let’s say you have a document you’re working on and you… Read More »
While all these shortcuts work on Windows 7, many of them work on Windows XP, Windows 8x and Window 10 too; Try them and see! Windows Key + Tab = Aero [press Tab to cycle between Windows] Windows Key + E = Windows Explorer is launched (works in earlier versions of Windows too). Windows Key + R =… Read More »
Once upon a time, Windows Disk Defragmenter was not particularly good and not extremely fast. And even in Windows XP, while vastly improved, it’s still not as good as it should be. And considering that there are some techies who think with modern hard drives, defragging isn’t necessary at all. And SSDs — Solid State Drives never need… Read More »
This tip is for Windows XP through Windows 10. After all the computers we’ve worked on since February 2012, one thing we have noticed is how many of you have friends, kids or grandkids that use your computer. How many times have we heard, “I don’t know how that got there! It must have been my — son,… Read More »