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A comment from Christine
A shout out to you for recommending EMSISOFT. And to EMSISOFT's David Biggar. The latest EMSISOFT update presented me with a whole new experience in the 'Oh crap, what now?' department.

David Biggar must have spent half of his working day guiding and teaching me. And in the end, it was a complete success.

Over the years before Cloudeight and before EMSISOFT, my need to ask for help caused me to feel dread. Since I started following you and trusted your value of EMSISOFT, asking for help has always been rewarded with genuine care and real help. So. Thank you!
Christine

A comment from Chental
Darcy and TC. The thanks goes to both of you, for your diligence and hard work that you put into your newsletters, other products, and to keeping us safe on the "world-wide web"!! You're a lifesaver to so many, myself included, and I look forward to a long online relationship with you both! Most sincerely, Chantal

A comment from Judy
I just realized that I have been with you guys probably from early in 1999. I was one of the first to buy a premium so since it is offered for free now, you have an idea of how long I been with you. My husband is not a member but still relies on you through me. He will say, What does your computer folks say about so and so?" I tried to get him to join but he says his smart wife reads them. How do you budge a Missouri mule? lol I sincerely wished you guys need not have to worry about money and business. I know enough to believe that your ideals and morals made your business stay small. You never compromised those and for that we, members love, trust and appreciate you two. Judy

A comment from Maggie
A slow and silent tear rolled down my wrinkled cheek this morning when I read your thank you letter. I agree wholeheartedly that thank you seems so inadequate when trying to express your gratitude and appreciation for what has gone before. At eighty-four years of age and being an avid follower of your pages for roughly the last twenty years, you have been the sole reason that I have persevered with the intricacies of the computer age. I feel that I am still learning but with you by my side I will continue this journey and hopefully one day will feel accomplished enough to pass on some of my still limited knowledge to my up and coming grandchildren although truth to tell even at their very young age I confess that I do pick their brains sometimes. From the other side of the World, I wish you both well and congratulate you on the sterling job that you have done over the years for myself and many, many more followers that you have deservedly acquired and helped over the years. On a lighter note, I do hope that you are still with me until it is time for me to pop my clogs or the old gnarled fingers give up the ghost. I would like to take this opportunity of thanking you both once again and please keep up the good work for people like me who with their limited knowledge do try to keep up with the computerized world and keep the old grey matter turning over. GOOD LUCK FOR THE FUTURE. Regards, Maggie. (N.Z.)

A comment from Bill
Guys as i have said before if i was rich you two would not have to worry about working anymore unless you wanted to. Don’t know where your stand on God is but sometimes by you helping other people for the little financial reward that you get in return there is a good chance that you are being used by God to carry out his blessing for his own. Sometimes you get to a point with your computer that you want to throw in the towel but then you get a news letter from Cloudeight and for a couple of bucks that you got from God to start with you send them an email and now you are good to go. Love you guys so much and as i have said before you stop and all us are coming to hunt you down so remember that. 

A big Cloudeight "Thank you!" to Christine, Chental, Judy, Maggie, Bill  and everyone who took time out to write to us this week. We appreciate your kind words and your support very much! EB & TC

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"Thank you TC. All done now! Jean"

Rex has problems with Windows Update on Windows 10 (October 2018 Update v. 1803)
Hi TC/Darcy. Thanks for all the timely tips and help both personally and in your news letters. I was one of the lucky ones for the 1809 update.

Nothing seemed to have been deleted and all programs ran well. Just today I noticed updates would not download or install. The message retry was displayed. I ran the troubleshooter for windows update but an hour later it was still running. I rushed to roll back but found it was too late. Could you suggest an alternative fix.

I am running Windows 10 Home on an Acer Aspire with 4 GB Ram and 500GB hard drive. I am sure a lot of users are in the same position we should have rolled back when you first advised us of the bad update. Thanks again. Regards, Rex

Our answer
Hi Rex. Thank you! I just checked and it appears that, Windows 10 October 2018 Update ( version 1809) is still on hold. But that should not affect your Windows updates though; the test computer that I have running version 1809 is updating normally... if you can use that word anymore with Windows Updates.

My suggestion is that you try the Reset Windows Update Tool available from Microsoft Tech Net. The download page is here.

Download it, unzip it, right-click on RestWuEng and run as administrator. Note: The program will not work if you don't run it as administrator.

Choose Option 2 and press Enter.



A script will run and completely reset all  Windows 10 update components. We have found this tool works when nothing else does. That being said, there's no guarantee and it does not work all of the time, but it's certainly worth a try.

For more about the Reset Windows Update Tool see this article.

Let us  know if this helps you, Rex.

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Use Cortana to Sign Out, Shut Down, Restart  or Lock Your Computer
Windows 10 Version 1709 (Fall Creators Update) and newer versions of Windows 10

Here's a quick and easy Windows 10 tip that works in any version of Window 10 version 1709 and newer.  You can use Cortana to Sign Out, Shut Down, Restart, or Lock your computer with simple voice commands.

For example, try this:

Say "Hey Cortana". When "she" is listening, say "Lock my computer" or "Lock my PC". She'll say "Locking your computer" and you'll see the lock screen appear and you'll have to sign in.  This is a good way to test this, since locking your computer does not log you out of Windows so whatever you had running when your computer was locked will be ready and waiting for you when you sign in.

In addition to the above, you can use the following commands. In every case you have to summon Cortana by saying "Hey Cortana!" (unless you changed Cortana's default settings)"

"Hey Cortana:

"Shut down my computer."

"Restart my computer."

"Log off my computer."

Remember: You can use the word "computer" and "PC" interchangeably.... Cortana treats them the same.

Bonus Tip: You can set Cortana to respond to "Hey Cortana" - so you don't have to press the microphone button this way.

Open Settings > Cortana  and then turn the switch on under "Let Cortana respond to 'Hey Cortana' "

A Timely Printer Tip
Windows 7, Windows 8x, Windows 10 & a printer

I can’t tell you how many emails we’ve received over the years about printers that suddenly stop working – or printers that suddenly disappear from the Printers dialog in Windows. 

About 3 weeks ago, my internet was down for about 3 hours. When the internet came back up, my wireless printer showed Offline.  And after playing with it (wasting time) I just reverted to my tried and true way – learned in the school of hard knocks.

And what did I learn?

I’ve learned over the course of time – and after about a dozen printers – the fastest way to fix a misbehaving or “offline” wireless printer, is to power off the printer, remove the printer in Settings or Control Panel, and restart the computer. Then download the printer installation software from the manufacturer’s site (and be careful  with this, there are a lot of fake sites and scam sites out their offering printer drivers) and reinstall your old printer just like you would had purchased a new printer. Works like a charm… 99% of the time. 

Anyway, things get busy around here and I forgot all about writing up a tip about this – and then today thanks to Ron, I was reminded about the tip that never got written. 

Ron’s Printer Tip

“Northern New Jersey has been having numerous short power outages witch affects Optonline and possibly other internet providers. It knocked out my Epson printers and scanners which required me to delete my printer, scanner, fax and separate scanner.

I then had to download the setups to reinstall the units. And then I had to make sure that all the household laptops and cell phones that use the printer had the correct printer designation listed.

This probably happens in other areas of the country when the printer is never turned off. In households where you have a number of users, it is not an option to turn the printer off. Remember, when your printer doesn’t work, it does not always mean that you have to buy a new printer. Just try to delete it and reinstall it first.”

Thanks so much, Ron. We are so glad you sent this tip!

Printer problems can happen when you have a power outage too. We hope this tip will help those of you have had problems with your printers related to power or internet outages.

And, THANKS to Ron for sending his tip. If you have a tip, trick, or freeware pick to share, just let us know!

Windows Basics: An Easy Cure for Desktop Clutter
Windows 7, Windows 8x, Windows 10

Most of us learn early that the desktop is a great place to put things so they’re easy to find. But, while that may be true in the beginning, for instance when you’re starting out with a new computer, if you keep putting things on your desktop, eventually you won’t be able to find anything. Your desktop will be the hall of fame of clutter.

Does your desktop look like this?

Icons, icons everywhere. Let’s fix that! Right-click on an empty space on your desktop choose “View” then uncheck “Show desktop icons”. See screenshot below:

Yes! Look how pretty – when it’s all clean. See?

But where did all your stuff go? We’ll it’s still there. You can see it by typing Desktop in taskbar search and pressing Enter. Or you can open File Explorer and click on Desktop. But, we’re going to show you a better way.

We’re going to create a Desktop toolbar right on your taskbar where it’s always easily accessible.

Right-click on your taskbar and click on “Toolbars” and put a check mark by “Desktop” (as in the screenshot below).

Now look on the right side of your taskbar, just to the left of the notification area? See? There’s your new toolbar.

Now when you click on the double arrows (above) you’ll see an alphabetical (by type) list of items on your desktop – all neat and in order. See?

What’s better than a clean desktop – one that lets you see your pretty desktop wallpaper – and still making it easy to access all the stuff on your desktop? 

Another new version of Windows 10 (version 1809) is coming soon (it's  currently on hold). If and when you upgrade,  you’ll have only 10 days to go back to the previous version of Windows. If you don't do it within 10 days, they'll be no turning back. We're going to show you how to increase the 10-day default to up to 60 days.

When Windows 10 was introduced, each new version upgrade gave you 30 days to roll back to the previous version of Windows. The ability to go back to the previous version of Windows is a nice feature of Windows 10 because it gives you time to use the new version and make certain it doesn’t cause any major problems with your computer.

With the Windows 10 Anniversary Edition, Microsoft changed the maximum number of days you had to go back to the previous installation from 30 days to 10 days.

In most cases, 10 days is enough time to evaluate the new Windows version to make sure that everything is working OK. But sometimes it’s  not. And it’s always nice to have a little extra cushion – like insurance – in case problems appear after the 10 day period has passed.

A number of times we’ve encountered situations while working on other computer with our Cloudeight Direct Computer Care services where going back to the previous version of Windows would have been extremely helpful in solving the problems people were having, but the 10 days had passed and the “Go back to the previous version” option was no longer available. Maybe you’ve experienced this with your own computer

When Windows installs a version update, such as Windows 10 April 2018 Update (Windows 10 version 1803), a copy of the previous installation is created and saved as “Windows.old folder”. In case the update to the new version of Windows fails or causes major problems, you can go back to  previous version without losing anything. But, by default, you only have 10 days to "go back" or you'll be stuck with the new version. After 10 days, Windows 10  deletes the Windows.old folder and when it does you no longer have the option to go back to the previous version of Windows.

In this tip we’re going to show you how to increase the number of days you have to go back to the previous version from 10 days to a maximum of 60 days.

Beginning with Windows 10 April 2018 Update (Windows 10 version 1803), and in newer versions, Microsoft has added new commands to its DISM (Deployment Image Servicing and Management) tool that you can use to extend the number of days you have to go back to the previous version after a version update. [Tip: Version updates are major feature updates like Windows 10 Creators Update, Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, Windows 10 April 2018 Update, and Windows 10 October 2018 update.]

IMPORTANT THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE YOU PROCEED:

1. This works only on Windows 10 Version 1803 (April 2018 Update) and newer versions of Windows 10.
2. You must run these commands within 10 days of installing a major version update – before Windows automatically deletes the Windows.old folder.

[TIP: Since you may not be able to run these commands right now because your computer does not meet one or both of the above conditions, it might be a good idea to save this tip by sending it to yourself, saving it as a PDF files, or printing it – all of those are made easy by reading this article on our site and using the Green Print Friendly button at the top of that page.]

To increase the number of days you have to go back to the previous version of Windows, follow the guide below:

1. Type CMD in Widows 10 Taskbar Search

2. When “Command Prompt” appears at the top, right-click it and choose “Run as administrator”

3.Type the following command to see the current time window (number of days you have) to go back to the previous version after a major upgrade of Windows 10) and press Enter.

4. Type the following command to change the number of days before the previous installation is deleted and press Enter:

[Tip: The above command changes the default value from 10 to 60 days. Sixty days is the maximum number of days you can enter. If you enter a number larger than 60, Windows will revert back to the default 10 day. You can enter any number between 11 and 60 and you’ll have that many days to go back to the previous version of Windows 10.]

And remember: You may not be able to use this tip now, so you may want to visit this page and use the Print Friendly button at the top of that pave to save this article as a PDF file or email or print it. Also note that you'll need to redo this after every version update. Each version update will change this option back to its default of 10 days.

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VirusTotal

We were going to have a fun site pick today, but we've had a lot of those, so today our site pick is a serious and useful one.

Often we'll get email from someone asking us if a file/program is safe. Or sometimes we'll feature a freeware pick and we'll have people tell us that they're antivirus program found a "virus" or something else wrong with it. And sometimes, we'll recommend something that will make Windows' crazy "SmartScreen" go wild with all kinds of warning.

We use Emsisoft on all our computers, so we never know when someone using Avast, AVG, McAfee, TrendMicro, Norton or some other antivirus will write us saying their security software found a problem with a file or program we recommended.

And we've had issues with Windows SmartScreen many times - but we've learned that SmartScreen isn't always smart. So, normally when we find a good program that ticks off SmartScreen - we'll go ahead and recommend it anyway - and note that SmartScreen detected it but the file is safe. Here's a an article we wrote about a program that SmartScreen said was malicious, but was not.

So, how do we know the file is safe, even if SmartScreen - or some antivirus says it isn't? We use VirusTotal to scan the file with 70 different scanners to determine if a file is safe, whenever we have the slightest doubt. The last thing we'd ever want to do is not be certain before we recommend something to you.

Then today, when looking at some fun and crazy sites to feature, I downloaded something that set off SmartScreen. I uploaded it to VirusTotal and found the file was safe. Then it dawned on me... why not make VirusTotal a Cloudeight Site Pick? It sure deserves to be.

It's easy to use. It's free to use. And anyone can use it. You can upload a file to VirusTotal. You can upload a file from our computer to VirusTotal, use a URL (link) to the download, or you can use the search on VirusTotal to check out a file you're considering downloading.


Above: VirusTotal is easy to use. You can upload a file from your computer, paste a link to the file, or search for the filename.

Above: VirusTotal scanned this file with 70 different scanners (including Emsisoft). None of the scanners found any problem with this file.

Above: You may, on occasion, see where one or two 'engines' (scanners) detected a file you submitted for examination. In the screen shot directly above you can see the file was scanned by 68 scanners and only one found a problem (a heuristic "malware"). When you see this kind of result, you know that the scanner that found a problem is reporting a false positive.

So, now it's time to bring in VirusTotal's people and have them tell you a bit more about VirusTotal before we send you on your way:

"...VirusTotal inspects items with over 70 antivirus scanners and URL/domain blacklisting services, in addition to a myriad of tools to extract signals from the studied content. Any user can select a file from their computer using their browser and send it to VirusTotal. VirusTotal offers a number of file submission methods, including the primary public web interface, desktop uploaders, browser extensions and a programmatic API. The web interface has the highest scanning priority among the publicly available submission methods. Submissions may be scripted in any programming language using the HTTP-based public API.

As with files, URLs can be submitted via several different means including the VirusTotal webpage, browser extensions and the API.

Upon submitting a file or URL basic results are shared with the submitter, and also between the examining partners, who use results to improve their own systems. As a result, by submitting files, URLs, domains, etc. to VirusTotal you are contributing to raise the global IT security level.

This core analysis is also the basis for several other features, including the VirusTotal Community: a network that allows users to comment on files and URLs and share notes with each other. VirusTotal can be useful in detecting malicious content and also in identifying false positives -- normal and harmless items detected as malicious by one or more scanners.

Free and unbiased

VirusTotal is free to end users for non-commercial use in accordance with our Terms of Service. Though we work with engines belonging to many different organizations, VirusTotal does not distribute or promote any of those third-party engines. We simply act as an aggregator of information. This allows us to offer an objective and unbiased service to our users..."

Now it's time for you to check out and/or use VirusTotal by visiting their Website here.

And here's tip from good ol' Darcy and TC: It would be a great idea to bookmark VirusTotal  - a day will come when you'll want to use it.

THANK YOU

We started our autumn donation drive about 2 weeks ago and many of you have helped us with your gifts. We appreciate it so much. And we wanted to take time out to say Thank You to all of you who’ve helped.

Our autumn donation drive will continue until the end of this month, so if you like to help us with a gift, we’d really appreciate it. Just visit this page.

Not only have many of you helped us with a gift, but we have received so many encouraging and supportive emails over the last couple of weeks.  Your gifts, encouragement, kind words and friendship are treasures that we both cherish.

We’d like to share one the emails we’ve received recently with you. This one is from “John in Oz” and his family. They’ve been with us since the very beginning. His email echoes many of the other emails we have received:

"Hi TC & EB,

Congratulations on the ‘long time Cloudeight, InfoAve which I was presented with a life-time membership for winning a competition in the early days.

Tips and Tricks, Acpressions, Stationary, Repair Advice, Do’s & Dont’s, N.O.T.H., Start Page, Games, Tech Advice, Essays, Computer Repair for those people in trouble, all free today.

Thanks for the past comments on The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8 + 8.1, your study and learning the new Windows 10 O/S and very quickly passing the knowledge onto InfoAve Members (& other individuals)

For me, going to the Cloudeight site since the beginning of the great concept has been a wonderful experience with a multitude of tips and tricks which I have learned fro you, I was even surprised many years ago when Darcy wanted to share a Fosters one day.

I have agreed, I have disagreed at times with early Windows 10 operation and the upsy-downsies of the ‘new O/S kid on the block’.

Some family members and friends have listened to my advice relating to them joining Cloudeight, many have, I see familiar names but I am no longer needed for being Mr. Fixit With TC & EB advice for them.

Times passes, the memories of looking forward to Cloudeight and InfoAve on a weekly basis are as fresh as the first visit to your Web Site.

Thanks to both of you for carrying on carrying on to be two wonderful, dedicated people in the ever-changing, sometimes minefield of computer use.

Kind Regards,

Yours faithfully,

Our Team,

JonInOz

VickiInOz

JonboyInOz

SueInOz"

There are no words we can write or say that can adequately express our thanks for emails such as this. We have no words to say to express our thankfulness for such kind words and friendship. We answered John’s email with a personal reply that we hope was worthy of his support and friendship.  

And after all these years we still try to answer every email we receive. And while we’re sure some slip of them slip through the cracks, we strive to make sure everyone who writes gets an answer. We appreciate every one of you.

We’ve traveled a long and winding road since we first set up shop on the Internet in 1998 with “Thundercloud & Eightball’s Christmas Graphics” . In fact we started that site exactly 20 years ago this month — October 1998. It seems like yesterday; it seems like a thousand years ago...

Read the rest of this essay here.





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What do you mean by "third-party"?

If you have ever seen EB after her second party, trust me, you would really never want to see her after the third party. I have enough trouble with her even if she has been to one party. But after the third party, she becomes rambunctious, rowdy, and interminably irascible. If there are baseball bats, glass ash trays or anything else she can pick up and use on me, I'm in trouble. I've spent many an evening hiding from EB after a third party.

But no! That's not what we mean when we say third-party. When we use the term "third-party" in regards to Windows, we mean software that does not come with the Windows operating system. For example IrfanView would be a third-party image viewer. Windows comes with it's own image viewer so you don't really need IrfanView. But IrfanView is better and more robust than anything Windows has to offer. So, we always install and use IrfanView on our computers...  in other words, we use a third-party image viewer.

Anytime you see us reference third-party software it means software that does not come with Windows, rather  it comes from a "third-party".  It comes from someone else other than Microsoft.



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Cloudeight InfoAve Premium - Issue #784
Volume 16 Number 1
October 19, 2018
 
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