Many of you have responded to our article about Avast. A few of you have hinted at or just full-out accused us of writing the article about Avast to increase sales of Emsisoft. First let me say – that is not true. It would absolutely insane for us to recommend something that didn’t work, or to recommend something… Read More »
Many of you who are using Windows 7 have written to us asking if you should upgrade to Windows 8.x in light of the recent revelations that Microsoft has released fixes for Windows 8 for zero-day vulnerabilities but not for Windows 7. According to Microsoft, Windows 7 with Service Pack One (SP1) will be supported until January 14, 2020 (extended… Read More »
Redmond is patching Windows 8 but NOT Windows 7, say security bods New tool checks differences, could lead to 0-day bonanza Microsoft has left Windows 7 exposed by only applying patches to its newest operating systems. Researchers found the gaps after they scanned 900 Windows libraries and uncovered a variety of security functions that were updated in Windows… Read More »
SndLatr for Gmail Sometimes I (TC) like to sneak away from the workplace and frolic in the land of Anna Lee -yes, with Puff the Magic Dragon. But I don’t want EB to know I’m gone. The best way to make her think I’m toiling away in the dungeon is for me to occasionally send her emails. But… Read More »
Special Sale for Cloudeight Boosters Just in case you missed our special booster’s newsletter, be sure to login to your Cloudeight Booster account before 10PM tomorrow night. We’re offering all Cloudeight Boosters a chance to get 3 Cloudeight Direct Computer Care repair key for just $99. This offer is good until 10PM U.S. Eastern Daylight Time on Saturday June… Read More »
Create a Recycle Bin on a USB flash drive If you have USB flash drives, you’ll notice that there is no Recycle Bin on them. That’s because Windows only creates Recycle Bins on fixed drives (i.e. hard drives) and on some external hard drives – but never on USB flash drives. If you store pictures, email messages, documents,… Read More »