System File Checker, or SFC, is one of the best features of Windows, and also one of the least used. And that’s too bad. Many computer problems can be solved by running it, and yet very few people ever use it. The System File Checker utility (SFC), has been available since Windows 98. It’s used to scan for… Read More »
Installing drivers you don’t need might cause unexpected problems All Windows users We’ve had hundreds of rewarding Cloudeight Direct Computer Care sessions since we started our computer repair service. And we have learned a lot about how people use their computers and even more about common concerns. During our visits to other computers around the world we’ve seen a lot… Read More »
The Web is getting trickier and trickier. We received several emails from users who use airfare watchdog to get airfare alerts. And we’ve used airfare watchdog before and have always considered it a legitimate site. This week our own EB received an alert from airfare watchdog (and, yes it was really from them) and when she clicked on… Read More »
While we’re waiting to see what Microsoft does with the “new” email program in Windows 8 (we’re testing Windows 8 Release Preview right now) we’d like you to tell us what you like. More than 60% of you have now moved to Windows 7 and you, like us, are probably very disappointed in the choice of email programs… Read More »
The first thing I notice is the smoke, the smell of it. An acrid, cloying stink overwhelms my senses and crawls over and into me like a billion ethereal tendrils. The fear grows inside. It is a grotesque unyielding fear. It saturates me and makes it nearly impossible to open my eyes, my eyelids are heavy with terror.… Read More »
We’ve had the privilege of helping hundreds of people with their Windows computers. We were not surprised to see how many of these computer were barely running due to spyware and adware which people unknowing install thanks to the current developer fascination with bundling. Bundling is when developers bundle other software with the software you really want in… Read More »