Category Archives: Windows Tips

How to recognize phishing

Phishing is a type of deceptive email or message designed to get you to divulge your valuable personal data, such as credit card numbers, account IDs, or passwords, other account data and passwords, or other personal or financial information. In other words   phishing schemes are devised to trick you into giving up your personal information. You might… Read More »

“Help! My computer won’t let me…”

Joseph says Zone Alarm won’t let him access a site My Zone Alarm will not let me access the ‘TinyURL’ that you are using in your newsletters, thus denying me the ability to read the rest of the articles. Can you use something else to shorten the original URL, or somehow advise how I may access these? I… Read More »

Cloudeight Direct Computer Care

We’ve now helped hundreds of people with their computers since we started our Cloudeight Direct Service! Thanks for the opportunity and for letting us help you! We all know that sooner or later our computers are going to start having problems. We can help you with any computer need — from diagnosing and fixing Windows problems – to… Read More »

Open Command Window Here

Open the Windows command line directory of any folder in Windows by holding down the Shift key, right-clicking on a folder, and choosing the “Open command window here” option from the right-click menu which appears. This tip works in Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8. Using this tip you can quickly open any folder in the… Read More »

Bundling with Foxit PDF Reader

Carl asks about Foxit PDF Reader I love getting you great getting your newsletter. My question is this. I hate Adobe PDF Reader and I’m looking for an alternative. A friend of mine told me about  Foxit PDF Reader. I thought I’d check with you first. What can you tell me about it? Is it safe? Is it… Read More »