Category Archives: Windows Tips

It’s a Whole ‘Nother Calculator-

Windows 7 ‘s Calculator Of course you can use Windows 7’s Calculator to do simple calculations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division; but Calculator also offers the advanced capabilities of a programming, scientific, and statistical calculator too. It has a unit of measure converter which includes angle, area, energy, length, power, pressure, temp, time, velocity, volume, weight… Read More »

Your Questions and Our Answers About Backups

Ever since we introduced our newest Cloudeight recommended and endorsed software programs – Genie Timeline Home 2014 – we been besieged with questions about backups. From the questions we received, we can now understand why over half of you don’t bother with backups. And we’re beginning to understand why a lot of folks find  computers difficult to learn as… Read More »

More Windows Update Problems: Download Links Removed

Windows 8.1 August Update Download Links Removed Due to Issues: How to Uninstall the Update Last week, Microsoft announced the latest iteration to Windows 8.1 Update named as August Update, integrating security features and improvements. A number of users who have installed the update seem to be facing issues such as blue screen and system instability. Microsoft is… Read More »

The Misinformation Blitz: Windows 7 End-of-Life

The tech news world is abuzz with dire warnings to IT managers and consumers alike. The blogosphere and technology news sites, ever hungry for more page views (more readers) love to sensationalize by publishing information, while true, is misleading. You may have read that support for Windows 7 ends on January 13, 2015. This has caused panic from… Read More »