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Cloudeight InfoAve Premium Issue #804 Volume 16 Number 20 March 8, 2019 Dear Friends, Welcome to Cloudeight InfoAve Premium issue #804. Thank you very much for subscribing and for being a part of our Cloudeight family. We appreciate your friendship and support very much! THANK YOU! Thanks to all of you who donated during our recent winter donation drive. We've added our newest ebook to the list of gifts available to our Cloudeight Boosters. If you've recently donated and don't have our newest Ebook (Volume 15) you can get it free by visiting our Cloudeight Booster's home page and logging into your Booster's account. You'll see link to download it free, right after you log in. Thanks so much for your help. A comment from Audrey I just want to thank you Darcy and TC for helping me with my computer. You two fixed my computer and it is running so nice now, I really appreciate what you have done and especially to find that my Microsoft if not corrupt. There are some people out there that pray on people like me that rely on some one to fix things up. The man I had, I am now thinking, fixed things up so that I would have trouble and have to call him to come and fix things. Money in his pocket. Now with TC and Darcy I will always call on them if I have a problem, they know what they are doing so please, people out there, give them a try at Cloudeight and you will not be sorry. Two people who know what they are doing and your computer will run like a clock. Just cannot say enough for these two. I am so grateful for what they have done. Again, thanks for your help and I feel so much better now and knowing I was not the cause for a few things that were happening and that makes me feel so good. My two ANGELS TC & DARCY I will be forever grateful to you two. Thanks again, Audrey A comment from Ben I want to take a minute and thank Darcy for working on my computer this morning. She made several changes that I have asked myself for years but was to afraid that I would mess something up. She checked to see if Thunderbird was configured correctly and installed Cloudeight Stationary for me. As she was uninstalling Avast it was quit a process. And getting Emsisoft Anti-Malware installed will give me great relief that I am protected. You both are great helping us with all of our computer needs. Thank you again DARCY!!! A comment from Gail I bought a SeniorPass at Christmas time and now I've used it twice. I double my money's worth already.. What a great deal. The first time I had Cloudeight come to the rescue was because my computer tech told me I needed to reinstall Windows because my computer was corrupted. I'm a senior citizen and I've had the feeling the computer tech has been taking advantage of me. Just for the heck of it I thought I'd let Darcy take a look and get her opinion. Boy.. she went right to work, changed some settings, removed a couple things and did some tests. When she was done she told me all was well - no reinstall of Windows needed. My computer worked great after Darcy was done fixing it up.. Then about 6 weeks later, I got a pesky bug in my browser and I couldn't get it out. I got TC this time and within 20 minutes he had found the problem, removed the malware, reset my browser and when he was done, he restarted my computer and tested it all out again to make sure. I have used my SeniorPass twice and the service I got already is worth twice what I paid. These two people are honest, kind and caring. I'm a customer for life! Thanks to you both! Gail. A comment from Irene Darcy, Thank you ever so much for solving my computer problems in such a short time this morning. And for fixing Chrome so it works for me. At almost 80, some things escape me but in a short time you had it all working beautifully. With sincere appreciation, Irene. A big Cloudeight "Thank you!" to Audrey, Ben, Gail, Charlene and everyone who took time out to write to us. We appreciate your kind words and your support very much! EB & TC. Your Purchase Helps Us! When you purchase any Cloudeight Direct Computer Care Service, you get the best computer care and repair, at the lowest possible price. Plus, each Cloudeight Direct Computer Care service you purchase goes a long way in helping to support our small business. Your computer fixed - while you watch! With our Cloudeight Computer Care, we'll fix your computer while you watch. You'll be getting the best computer repair service available, at the best price, from people you trust. Our Cloudeight Direct Computer Care single repair keys are a great deal. They are good until you use them. For more information see our Cloudeight Direct Computer Care home page! Here are some important links for you:
Judy has a browser hijacker I belong to a Paint Shop Pro group. On Saturdays the owners share some tubes with the members. They use a download site such as "Dropbox, Media fire, etc." They usually stick with one but every so often they have to change for one reason or the other. Last Saturday they sent a letter asking the members to try a new site. When I tried it none of the links such as :contact us, FAQ, blog, upload, etc. Thought the site might be down so tried alter but still nothing worked. I can't contact them A few hours later I started getting all these pop-up ads on the right ide of my desktop They have they all have the same name on them as the site I visited - the one that didn't. HELP, please If this issue needs the work of Direct Computer Care then please tell me so I can make an appointment before I go nuts with those pop-ups. Thanks, Judy Our answer Hi Judy. Since I've confirmed you're using Google Chrome as your browser, here's how we're going to fix it. We're going to try resetting Chrome. Follow the instructions on this page to reset Chrome. You will not lose any of your bookmarks or your extensions, however all non-google extensions will be turned off. I strongly advise you to try Chrome as it is right after the reset before you turn on any of the extensions that were turned off by the reset. That way if one of the extensions is the culprit you'll know right away which one it is once you turn it on. This will also clear the browsing history and cache. It will also restore Chrome to its default settings. We hope this helps you, Judy. ----- Judy wrote back: "That seemed to work so my sanity is still intact. ha Thanks so much, I'll remember that solution. Warm Regards, Judy" Debbie has a question about resetting passwords with
LastPass ------ Jody wants to know if there's a way to get a retrieve a password from Chrome. I would love to know if there is a way to retrieve a password that I let google save and I’ve forgotten the password. Thanks a million for your help. Jody Our answer Hi Jody. You're in luck. It's really easy to retrieve a password from Chrome. Just to this: 1. Click on the "3 vertical dots" icon at the top right of the browser 2. Click on "Settings" in the menu that appears. 3. In settings, scroll all the way to the bottom and click on Advanced 4. In Advanced settings scroll down until you see "Manage passwords". Click on "Manage passwords". Look for "Saved passwords". Click on the "eye" icon to see any password in plain text that you have saved in Chrome. If your Windows account is password protected, you'll need to type in your Windows password to see your passwords in plain text. We have tutorial that will help you too. Just visit this page - and see step-by-step how to manage passwords with Chrome and how to see whatever passwords Chrome has saved. We hope this helps you, Jody. Sharon worries about her info being on the dark web Our answer
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Use Emoji in File and Folder Names We're not sure how useful this tip will be for most of you, but we're
quite sure some of you will come up with some uses for it. Right click anywhere on your computer and choose "New" --> "Folder" Hold down the Windows key and tap the . (period key) to open Windows Emoji panel Click on any emoji you want to use in your file or folder name. You can use text and emoji or emoji only.
And you can also rename some file and folders using emoji. Play around with this tip; it may be entirely useless, but it's fun. Here's a directory of folders and one text file on my computer whose names all have emoji in them. Notice some have a mix of text and emoji. So now go forth and amaze your friends, dazzle your enemies, confuse those who dare look into the abyss of your computer! Start using emoji in your file and folder names. Just don't get too crazy, you're the one who's going to have to
remember what's in the files and folders with the emoji in their names. Speak Up and Write - How to Use Google’s Voice Typing Just a few years ago, if you wanted a good speech-to-text software you had to be prepared to pay… and some of the best text-to-speech applications were on the expensive side. And, to be brutally honest, some of the earlier attempts to create accurate speech-to-text conversion were not very good – or very accurate. Some were downright awful. I’m happy to tell you that speech-to-text programs have improved greatly over the years and text to speech software has become amazingly accurate – especially once it gets use to the way you speak. And how fortunate for all of us who have had occasion to use speech-to-text software that we have easy access to excellent free speech-to-text software. We’ve featured a free online speech-to-text application called SpeechTexter , and we showed you how to use the speech-to-text features in Windows 10. Today, we’re going to show you another free speech-to-text application and it’s also something most of you already have. If you have a Gmail address, you have a Google account – and if you have a Google account you can use Google’s excellent speech-to-text technology to create a Google document or Google presentation. Google calls it “voice typing” and I guess that sums it up pretty well. If you have a Google account and have Google Chrome browser installed, you can use “voice typing”. Here’s how: 1.) Make sure your Microphone is on and working.
A microphone box appears…
5.) When you’re ready to speak, click the microphone.
When you’re done, click the microphone again.
That’s it. Now save your masterpiece and you’re done. Here are some other things you need to know about Google’s voice typing straight from Google’s voice typing page. You Can Correct mistakes while voice typing
You can use these phrases to add punctuation to your text:
Notes:
Those are the basics of voice typing using your Google account. In order to use voice typing in your Google account, you have to use the Google Chrome browser. For more information and more details about voice typing from Google,
see this page. Make Sure It’s Broke Before You Spend Time Fixing It Here’s are two quick and easy tips that we’ll be you will use, “…maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon. And for the rest of your life…” Anyone who uses a computer knows they will have problems from time to time. It’s expected. It’s the nature of the beast. We’re here to remind you that if your computer starts having problems, the first thing you should do is make sure there’s something really wrong with before you shove off on a time-consuming quest to fix it. Here are two things you should always try as soon as you notice something’s not right with your computer: 1. Restart your computer. As silly and simple as that sounds, restarting your computer can correct a lot of minor temporary errors and put your computer back on track. It won’t work every time, but it’s the first thing you should try if something isn’t right with your computer. And… if restarting it does not work, we have one more simple thing you should do before you go off searching for help and fixes. 2. Shut down your computer completely. Make sure all power is off and all power lights are off. Wait five minutes and then turn your computer back on. You’ll find the second method successful many times if simply restarting your computer doesn’t work. Now, we’re not here to convince you that these two simple tricks will fix all your problems and assuage all your computer woes – they won’t. But many times restarting your computer or shutting your computer down and waiting for a few minutes before restarting, can correct many minor, yet annoying errors. And since it does not take much time or effort to try one or both of these tips, there’s no reason not to give them a try. We’ve seen restarting and shutting down the computer and waiting a few minutes before powering it back on, work many times on our own computers and on other folks’ PCs as well. And this trick also extends to other electronic devices – tablets,
smartphones, streaming devices, etc. Sometimes the best fix is the
simplest – just restart the device. It works more often than you think.
Guest Mode and Incognito Mode in Chrome Both Guest mode and Incognito mode are temporary browsing modes you can use in Google Chrome. Guest mode was originally found only in Chrome in the Chrome OS (operating system), but Guest mode is now available in Chrome for Windows. Guest Mode and incognito mode are similar, but there are basic differences between them. Guest mode Guest mode provides a completely blank profile for someone who is using Chrome temporarily. Like Incognito mode, it doesn’t save any record of the browsing history and doesn’t use extensions. However, in Guest mode, the user can’t change any Chrome settings aside from the search engine. A guest user also can’t see any of the browsing history of the main user. When you exit Guest mode, your browsing activity is deleted from the computer. According to Google:
You can open Guest mode in Chrome by clicking on the user’s name or icon on the right-side of the toolbar and clicking on “Open Guest window”.
Incognito mode
All browsers have a form of incognito mode. In Edge (and IE) it's called "In-Private browsing", in Firefox it's "Private browsing" Chrome calls its private browsing mode "incognito". You can open a new incognito window in Chrome by clicking on the 3-vertical dots icon (settings) and clicking “New incognito window” or using the shortcut CTRL+SHIFT+N. You can also right-click on your Chrome icon on your desktop or taskbar and chose “New incognito window”. When using incognito mode you have full access to Chrome bookmarks, existing history, passwords, Autofill data, and other Chrome settings, but you won’t leave any browsing history or cookies on your computer during the incognito session. Many people mistakenly think that incognito mode makes them invisible on the web and prevents them from being tracked or identified, but it does not. Your ISP, Web advertisers and the Web sites you visit can still see and log (record) your IP address and your browsing activity. While it does not make you invisible on the Web, it does allow you to browse without saving any history or cookies on your computer. And though it does not make you invisible on the web, incognito mode has plenty of uses. For instance, if you have more that one Gmail account, you can use incognito mode to log into your other Gmail account without signing out of (or joining) your other Gmail account. If you have more than one Facebook account – for example one for your business and one for personal use, with incognito mode you can sign into the second Facebook account without signing out of the other Facebook account. You can check for price discrimination using incognito mode. Some websites show different prices to different people based on their browsing and search history. Examples of this kind of price discrimination include airline ticket websites and Amazon. Amazon and several airline/travel sites have been found guilty of price discrimination. Price discrimination is accomplished by the site saving a cookie in the user’s browser that may have a higher price for an airline ticket or an Amazon item. This price is based on user’s history of pages they’ve visited while they previously shopped for the best price on an item or on their search history. Using incognito mode lets you check airfares or price items without any discrimination, because in incognito mode there aren’t any cookies, history, and therefore no prior bias. Incognito mode lets you compare prices between the ones you’ve already gotten and the prices a person searching for or an item for the first time would see. In other words, you’ll find out if there is a lower price than the one you’ve been quoted. By using incognito mode, you can check for the lowest price with no discrimination based on your browsing and search history. Guest mode is great if you’re using someone else’s computer, you’re using a public computer or you want to let someone else use your computer. But If you want to browse privately on your own computer, use Incognito mode. You’ll see your info and settings without saving any cookies or browsing history. Always remember that neither incognito mode nor Guest mode makes you
invisible on the web. Your ISP, the Websites you visit, advertisers on the
web and/or your employer can still see all of your browsing activity. Want more computer tips & tricks?
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word hippo
word hippo is a lot more than synonyms and antonyms, though. Why you can even find out how to use a word in a sentence. Let's try
the word "Screed", shall we? The hippo tells me how to use the word screed in a sentence: "I have
written a tedious screed on the event that is best ignored
entirely." or how about, "The only writer I knew was the crabby old lady
who wrote a weekly screed in the local newspaper." So now I know
all of that I can safely say that I'm getting mighty tired of reading EB's
morning screed chastising me and urging me to do more work than any human
over the age of 60 can possibly do, unless they workout with the Teeter
Hanger. The hippo can translate sentences too here's an English sentence
translated into French - you should all be able to sing it! You can also look up plural forms of words like "Emoji". Hippo says the
plural of emoji is emojis or emoji - take your pick! And the hippo can
also help you with pronunciation, so I know EB would find it useful. And last but not least...Word Hippo also finds rhyming words too. If
you’re a poet or rap singer or song writer you might find this useful. ~or~ "Merriment is evident as pepperminted flowers dance in front of
your eyes. Word hippo is a very useful site with a very odd name. But you can't
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