Wipe free disk space with a command This tip applies to Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8x and Windows 10 – Standard Hard Drives Don’t do this if you have a Solid State Hard Drive. By now you know (or you should know) that when you delete files or folders in Windows, they’re not really deleted.… Read More »
Deleted files: Gone but Not Forgotten This post is for all versions of Windows When you “delete” files they’re not really deleted and they’re not taking up any space either. It’s sort of like they’re in purgatory – between existence and non-existence. Kind of like EB! Think of your hard drive as a chalk board. When you erase… Read More »
Dear friends,Yesterday, we sent a newsletter to all of our Cloudeight Boosters announcing a special 3-day sale for all of our Cloudeight Boosters. We were trying out a new email system yesterday, and so far it looks like the new system is a winner! However, since this was the first test of the new system, we are sending… Read More »
Taskbar Settings in Windows 10 Anniversary Edition Microsoft loves to fiddle around with stuff and change things that have been in Windows for many years…such as Taskbar Properties. Wouldn’t you know it – after 20 years, Microsoft has removed Taskbar Properties and replaced it with Settings. No, not the settings you get when you click the settings icons… Read More »
October Rain It’s not supposed to be this way. The rain I mean. The sullen, gray skies belong in November, not now, not here, not in October. The October rain is cold and steady. The day is morose and dark. Not a sad day but a melancholy mood could set in if I were not careful. The October… Read More »
Learn How to Make Web Pages, I Tells Ya! Take it from an old dog — you can learn new tricks. And maybe you aren’t going to be designing the new Taj Mahal web site anytime soon, at least you can learn some HTML code and make some simple pages with which you can confound your cronies and… Read More »