Trim the horns of Microsoft’s snoopy monster (Windows 10) Are you running Windows 10? Are you paranoid? Afraid Microsoft is going to gather up too much info on you and then use it against you when your data becomes reincarnated as The Ghost of Your Privacy Future? Or Are you just concerned that maybe Microsoft’s altruism – giving… Read More »
How to add “Open a command window here” to your right-click menu in Windows 10 (Note: If you’re looking for the freeware pick called TreeSize, click here.) In a previous tip, we quickly learned that a lot of folks don’t have “Open a command window here” listed in their right-click context menu. For most you you, you’ll rarely… Read More »
Turn on Windows 10 Spotlight and get a lot of great desktop wallpaper If you’re not paranoid about Microsoft snooping and you like beautiful pictures you can use for desktop wallpaper, this tip is for you. First, when you turn Windows Spotlight on, Microsoft will download, randomly, new backgrounds for your lockscreen. So you’ll not only have the… Read More »
Winter Winter is death incarnate. Its bleak sullen skies and early sunsets, stir up a morose soup that seeps deep into my soul sadly and lingers there.I can’t digest it.I can’t shake it. I can’t get rid of it. The darkness is everywhere. Even the melancholy morning sun mourns and yearns for spring. But in our eternal disregard… Read More »
Windows 10: The Case of the Gruesome Colors We have worked on many Windows 10 computers with our Cloudeight Direct Computer Care service. And, let me tell you, we’ve seen some really gruesome colors. But we are not picking on anyone, it’s not their fault. Windows automatically chooses a color from your background to be your accent color.… Read More »
How to Save Your Google Chrome Bookmarks You can export all of your Chrome bookmarks into a single HTML file that you can use to import bookmarks back into Chrome if you get a new computer or you just want to keep a copy of all your bookmarks in a safe place – a safe place being any… Read More »