Three Great Website Picks for Older Folks Like Us Pondering and finding a site or app of the week is sometimes difficult because there are so darned many websites and apps out there. Heck, even Darcy doesn’t know them all. So sometimes we run a “best of” series featuring more than one app or website. Today we’re featuring… Read More »
Windows 11 Maintenance Automatically… If you go back to the late 1990s when we were first starting Cloudeight, owning a PC was practically a part-time job. Darcy and I used to lose one or two full days every single week just doing basic Windows maintenance. Back then, keeping a computer running smoothly meant sitting down with a big… Read More »
Beware of Those Medicare Prepaid Debit Card Scams If you’re older, live in the USA, and watch TV at all, you’ve probably seen a version of this Medicare scam commercial promising a free prepaid debit card you can use for groceries, gasoline, and other personal expenses. The “prepaid debit card” scam—often referred to by scammers as the Medicare… Read More »
How to Change Your Windows 11 Mouse Pointer and Text Cursor Size and Color In Windows 11, you can configure your mouse pointer and text cursor by pressimg the Windows Key + U to open Accessibility settings, then clicking on “Mouse pointer and touch” to change your mouse pointer size, style, color, and behavior, or “Text cursor” to… Read More »
What’s Your Windows 11 Expiration Date? Even if you are already safely using Windows 11, the specific build you are running—whether it’s 23H2, 24H2, or 25H2—has its own quiet countdown clock and expiration date. Most people never think to check this until an update stops showing up, or worse, until something goes wrong and they realize their system… Read More »
Saturday Bonus Questions and Answers – 072526 Autumn is just about 11 weeks away. Summer is waning. Time to get out and enjoy some warm weather activities before the snow flies – which all of us who live where we do know won’t be too long from now. And today, as we do every Saturday, we’re featuring some… Read More »