The 15th Anniversary of Cloudeight

We’re celebrating our 15th Anniversary and to start off the celebration, we’re offering you the best deal ever on Cloudeight Direct Computer Care repair keys. This week, through July 7, 2013, when you buy two Cloudeight Direct Repair Keys for just $99, you’ll get a SanDisk 16GB USB Flash Drive for just 15 cents. These flash drives normally… Read More »

Thoughts on a Rainy Day

The sound of rain falling, cascading down the eaves, rushing to be free: This is the perfect soundtrack for a pensive day. Sometimes I feel so sad and lost, but I realized today, I cannot even manage to summon up a single tear. I think I have cried all the tears allotted to me in this lifetime. I… Read More »

Windows 8: Three ways to recover from pending disaster

Windows 8, (TC says), is Windows 7 without a start button, and big ol’ tiles on what’s called “the start screen”. But most people using a mouse and keyboard would prefer to start Windows with the desktop. And Windows 8.1 will fix that mess, in the meantime you can use something like Classic Shell to restore the start… Read More »

Windows 7 Advanced Startup Options

Back when we were using Windows 95, we used to figure on a format every six weeks. That’s because about every other month you’d get up and turn on your computer and Windows 95 would not boot. And when it wouldn’t boot, you were done. You got out your little Windows 95 start-up floppy, and boot into DOS… Read More »