Category Archives: Windows Tips

Microsoft to double OneDrive space

Microsoft to double OneDrive free space, slash extra storage prices up to 73% Will also bump Office 365 Home, Personal subscribers’ allotment to 1TB next month Microsoft today announced it would double OneDrive’s free storage space for consumers to 15GB from its previous allowance of 7GB. The expansion of the free tier, and other changes to OneDrive, will… Read More »

How to Clean-up Old Restore Points

How to Clean-up Old Restore Points Disk Cleanup can be used to remove all but the most recent Restore Point.  Do this only if your computer is running normally and you’re having no problems. If you are having problems you shouldn’t clear old restore points because you may have to go back to an earlier restore point. Restore… Read More »

How and when to do a System Reset (Windows 8x)

How and when to do a System Reset (Windows 8x) If, after you’ve tried System Restore and System Refresh, you still cannot get your computer running properly, you still have another option with Windows 8x. That option is called System Reset. On previous version of Windows it was called using a recovery partition which was created by your… Read More »

Using System Refresh (Windows 8x)

How to use System Refresh (Windows 8x) I think one of the best features of Windows 8x is one I hope I never have to use:  it’s called “System Refresh”. And before you get it in your noggin that System Refresh is just a newer version of System Restore, it’s not. All of us who have reinstalled Windows… Read More »

Emsisoft 9: Isn’t it time?

HEY! The following is the Official Emsisoft press release announcing the all-new, Emsisoft 9 — the best Emsisoft ever. And if you’re currently an Emsisoft user, you’ll get the upgrade FREE. And if you’re still not using Emsisoft, here’s your chance to buy a one-year promotional Emsisoft license for the crazy low price of just $9.95. Emsisoft Anti-Malware 9 released!  As the… Read More »

How to (sometimes) get deleted files back

If you have put something in the Recycle Bin, but you haven’t emptied it yet, you can get it back by using Ctrl+Z . But now we’re going to assume you have emptied your Recycle bin and the files you deleted are gone. We’ve explained what happens when you delete a file in Windows many times, but it… Read More »