Pin a Setting to the Start Menu Remember the childhood party game “Pin the tail on the donkey”? If you’re younger than fifty you probably do not. But it doesn’t matter anyway because we are not going to play games today, I’m loath to say. But we are going to show you how to pin individual… Read More »
Cloudeight InfoAve Weekly – Issue #898 – Available Online NOTE: We are sending our InfoAve Weekly newsletter to you on Thursday, December 24, 2020, and Thursday, December 31, 2020. We will go back to our regular schedule beginning with issue #900 on January 8, 2021. Happy Holidays! Cloudeight InfoAve Weekly, Issue #898, was sent to all… Read More »
Autoruns: The Ultimate Startup Manager Above: Autoruns in action. The ultimate Windows startup manager does not come with Windows 10, but it does come from Microsoft (SysInternals). It’s called Autoruns. And we like Autoruns a lot because it gives us a quick and comprehensive view of what’s starting up with Windows and details of each startup,… Read More »
Cloudeight InfoAve Weekly – Issue #897 – Available Online Cloudeight InfoAve Weekly, Issue #897, was sent to all our subscribers on Friday, December 18, 2020, at approximately 8:45 AM, Eastern Standard Time (USA). If you didn’t receive our latest newsletter, it’s because your ISP didn’t deliver it… or it’s in your spam folder. We suggest, if… Read More »
Find Out When Windows Was Installed on Your Computer If you want to know how long it’s been since Windows was installed (or reinstalled) on your computer, here’s a tip for you. Type COMMAND in the taskbar search and press Enter when Command Prompt appears. In the Command window, at the prompt type… systeminfo | find… Read More »
The Windows 10 Troubleshooters In the past, Windows troubleshooting has generally been a waste of time. But not anymore. Microsoft has continued to refine and improved the troubleshooters in Windows 10, and while they won’t fix every problem, it’s worth your time if you’re having problems with Windows 10. Windows troubleshooters are in the Settings app.… Read More »