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Cloudeight InfoAve Premium Issue #808 Volume 16 Number 24 April 5, 2019 Dear Friends, Welcome to Cloudeight InfoAve Premium issue #808. Thank you very much for subscribing and for being a part of our Cloudeight family. We appreciate your friendship and support very much! Help us by sharing us on your Facebook page! Do you use Facebook? If you have a Facebook page, please help us by sharing us on Facebook. You can help us by sharing one of our articles or pages. You can also help us by sharing over 4000 computer tips and tricks on our InfoAve web site at http://thundercloud.net/infoave/new/ or our Facebook page at https://facebook.com/cloud8internet. If you have used our products and services and are pleased, mention us on your Facebook page. Thanks so much for your help! It's springtime and it's time to get your computer ready for summer. With our new Spring Cleanup service, we'll make that EASY for you. We'll check your PC, clean it up, optimize it and get it ready for summer... Here's what we'll do for you:
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Chet pays too much for a simple Windows 10 Reset My Dell desktop froze when an update to Windows 10 began. I took my computer to Best Buy who got it taken care of (at my $200.00 expense). All seems to be in order and nothing missing except that my Emsisoft icon is no longer on my desktop! I paid Emsisoft and still have time left on my purchase. My question is, how can I get Emsisoft back on my desktop w/o having to buy it again? I don't have my license key or password. Our answer Hi Chet. That is an incredibly high price to pay for something, considering new computers are in the $300-$400 range. The "fix" was a simple Windows 10 Reset that took all of 10 minutes of manpower. If this ever happens again, and you cannot get into windows, just turn off your computer at the switch and wait a few minutes. Then while holding down the SHIFT key, turn it back on and continue to hold down the SHIFT key until you see the Windows 10 Advanced Boot Menu. From that menu, you can select Troubleshoot and reset your computer from there if necessary. See our article on the Windows 10 Advanced Boot Menu here. If that does not work and you can't get into windows, it's a good idea to create a boot USB drive or a boot DVD. If you can't boot into Windows, you can use the boot media you created to get into Windows. Hope this helps. Robert buys a Lenovo computer and now they want to sell him a Wi-Fi Security & a VPN service I am not a big fan of Lenovo's but they had a deal on a nice "Ideapad320" (8GB RAM 1TB Hard drive) that I couldn't pass up a month ago. I did one of their "system check-ups" on the laptop today and it said my device's security is well protected by Emsisoft's Anti-Malware and Window's Firewall. They of course recommended McAfee which we all know is like a "snake in the grass." One thing the security scan did point out is what was termed a "lack of Wi-Fi security". Of course then they try to sell you on their partner's Wi-Fi Security (Coronet) program and/or a VPN purchased through them. I know all of it is garbage (my term); but if the machines using the Wi-Fi are already protected by Emsisoft, there is no need for a separate Wi-Fi Security is there? Our answer Hi Robert. It's funny how some people will start making up fairy tales to frighten people into buying something. It's all about the money. PC manufacturers are famous for low-balling the price of computers then trying to add profit by selling unnecessary extras. That's why some computers come loaded with bloatware and trialware. A VPN is not going to prevent someone from attacking your wireless
network (your router). Your wireless network is protected by WPA2
encryption. All modern routers support WPA2. WPA2 is used on all certified
Wi-Fi hardware since 2006 and is based on the IEEE 802.11i technology
standard for data encryption.
Jaci wants to know what comes first - the printer of the
driver software package
Eberhard upgraded from Windows 7 to Windows 10 for free & without
a hitch
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If you look closely you’ll see every item on that menu has one underlined letter. So, what you do think will happen if you press the letter on your keyboard that corresponds to the underlined letter in that menu. We all like to save time. And most of us are in a hurry too much of the time. So, here’s a question for you: Have you ever noticed the underlined items in some Windows menus? You did? Well, you are in the minority. Most of us don’t notice them, or if we do, we don’t pay any attention to them. But today, you’re all going to notice them and learn what you can do with them, as we are going to have… underline fun! For example, you can see I’ve circled the underlined letter “O” in Power Options in the screenshot above. Now, if I have this menu open and I press the letter O on my keyboard, what happens? Right! Power Options opens. Now, EB smarty-pants… what happens if I have this menu open and tap the letter “m” on my keyboard. RIGHT EB! Device Manager opens. Other programs use underlined letters as shortcuts too.
Above you'll see at the Firefox “Tools” menu -- yes the gray dingy looking thing. So, EB, what happens if I open that menu in Firefox and tap the “D” key on my keyboard? RIGHT AGAIN, EB! The Downloads folder opens. You are one smart cookie no matter what Sponge Bob says! Now everyone knows what underlines mean and how they can save time by jumping to a menu item by tapping the letter underlined in the menu on the keyboard. Next time you have a menu open, look for the underlined letters. Now that you know what they do, you can have some underline fun and save some time too. Bonus tip! Want to get to the Ease of Access
settings more quickly? Hold down the Windows Key and tap the U key. How do you know what user account you’re logged into? Open a command prompt. In Windows 10 type CMD in taskbar search and press Enter when Command prompt appears. At the prompt type WHOAMI (as in who am I). Windows will respond with your computer name and your user account. It may be different than what you think. My main user account on this computer, named Sydney 28 (don’t ask me why) is thunder, even though Thunder Cloud is the user name displayed on my log in screen.
If you want to see a list of all the accounts on your computer, open an Administrator Command prompt this way: Type CMD in taskbar search. When Command prompt appears at the top of the search results, right-click on it and choose “Run as administrator” from the right-click menu. In the Command window at the prompt type: NET USER And press Enter. You’ll see all the accounts on your computer, including the hidden ones.
You might be wondering what some of those accounts are. I created “BeMyGuest”, Jupiter, rainc, Reddington and thunder (Thunder Cloud) but the rest were created by Windows. If you have an inquiring mind, you probably want to know why they are there. OK here’s some info on that. WDAGUtilityAccount: Microsoft defines the “WDAGUtilityAccount” this way: “this account is part of the Windows Defender Application Guard which came with the Fall Creators Update (version 1709). This account is left disabled unless it (Windows Defender Application Guard) is enabled on your device.”DefaultAccount – It’s probably not what you think it is. It’s not your default user account. According to Microsoft’s arcane definition: “The DefaultAccount, also known as the Default System Managed Account (DSMA), is a built-in account introduced in Windows 10 version 1607 and Windows Server 2016. The DMSA is a well-known user account type. It is a user-neutral account that can be used to run processes that are either multi-user aware or user-agnostic…” hmmm! Administrator – this is the famous, so-called hidden Super Administrator account. And while it does have some important uses, you should never enable it and leave it enabled. If you want to enable it to try it, you can do so this way: Open an Administrator Command prompt and type: NET USER ADMINISTRATOR /ACTIVE:YES Now press Enter. You’ll get a message that “The command has completed successfully” Once you’ve enabled it, to use it you’ll need to log out of your account and log into the “Super Administrator” account. Don’t forget to turn it off when you’re done experimenting: Open an administrator Command prompt and type: NET USER ADMINISTRATOR /ACTIVE:NO Press Enter. You should see “The command completed successfully”. Many of you are still using Windows 7 – and that’s fine. You still have until January 2020 to use Windows 7 safely. This is a heads up for all Windows 7 users about a new Windows 7 End-of-Life notification that’s coming your way soon. Starting on April 18, 2019, Windows 7 users will begin seeing periodic notifications reminding them that Windows 7 will reach its end-of-life on January 14, 2020. The notifications will contain a “Learn more” link to a Microsoft page which contains information about the end of support for Windows 7 and recommending Windows 7 users upgrade to Windows 10. The “Learn more” page says, among other things:
The text in the notification above reads as follows:
If you don’t want to keep receiving these Windows 7 End-of-Life notifications, keep on reading. Don’t want to keep receiving these End-of-Life notifications? Then be sure to check the box next to “Do not remind me again.”
Below: A close-up. Check the box just to the left of “Do not remind me again” if you don’t want to see these notifications pop-up on your computer periodically.
If you prefer not to install this update at all, open Windows Update in Control Panel and set Windows Update to “Check for updates but let me choose whether to download and install them”. When you see that KB4493132 waiting for installation, be sure you don’t install it. If the update does get installed somehow, go to Control Panel > Programs & Features and click on “View installed updates” on the menu on the left.Now, find KB4493132 in the list of installed updates and double-click on it. Confirm you want to uninstall it by clicking “Yes”.
If you don’t stop these notifications will continue to pop up on your Windows 7 computer. Forewarned is forearmed. If you’re using Windows 7 you can use it safely until January 14, 2019. Although Microsoft has never announced it officially you can still upgrade to Windows 10 free, see our article here.And if you want Windows to look and work more like Windows 7, we can help. Check out our Windows 10 Transformation service here Quick Assist: Help somebody or have somebody help you Windows 10 If you have a Microsoft account you might be surprised to learn that Windows 10 includes a feature called Quick Assist. Quick Assist allows you to get help from a friend without installing any third-party software. Windows 10 Quick Assist does not have a lot of fancy features, but it does work well and it’s a quick way to get help from a friend or give help to a friend. Whether you want to give or get help, you’ll first need to open Quick Assist. It’s buried in the start menu under Windows Accessories. The quickest way to open Quick Assist is to type QUICK in taskbar search and press Enter. When Quick Assist opens you’ll be able to choose “Get assistance” or “Give Assistance”.
In this demo, we’re going to show you how to provide assistance to someone, but you’ll also learn how to get assistance too. If you choose to give assistance, you’ll need to sign in with your Microsoft account. A Microsoft account is an email account that ends in @hotmail.com, @outlook.com, @msn.com, @live.com or @live.ca.
After you’ve entered your Microsoft account email address, you’ll need to enter the password for your Microsoft account.
Once you’ve signed in, you’ll see a security code. You can call your friend with this number or send the security code via email.
The person you’re helping will need to open Quick Assist and enter the six-digit security code.
Once the person you’re helping enters the number, you’ll want to ask for “Full control”. The person you’re helping will see a small window asking if they want to allow you to control their computer. If they want your help, they’ll need to click “Allow”.
Above you can see the Quick Assist window with the remote computer in full view. You can then control the remote computer as you would you own and do whatever you need to do to help a friend in need. So, now if a friend calls you and asks for help with his or her computer, you can tell them about Quick Assist. You’ll be able to help them just like you were sitting at their computer. Quick Assist – another useful but hidden feature of Windows 10. Want more computer tips & tricks? What are Windows 10 Requirements? What's coming in Windows 10 Version 1903?
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A long, long time ago, in a kingdom by the sea, there lived a young
man who played Trivial Pursuit with anyone who would play it with him.
It didn’t take long before everyone who played against him found his
Achilles’ heal — the category was “Entertainment”. Yep, that young man
was me and I was a terror at Trivial Pursuit in every category accept
Entertainment. Like I know who Tom Hanks and Gene Wilder and Lauren
Bacall and Humphrey Bogart are. But I have no idea who most actors and
actresses are. For example, I thought Reese Witherspoon was a
basketball player — and that’s the truth. I thought Kanye West was a
girl. Stuff like that. I didn’t know entertainment when I was young
and I know even less about it now. Unlike EB I don’t have my head
buried in “People” magazine and I sure don’t read “Cosmopolitan” – I
know, I know, EB should be ashamed. The point is, and yes I do have one, almost everyone loves a good
trivia quiz. I guess because if you flunk a trivia quiz you can still
think you’re smart, whereas if you took a test of general knowledge
and flunked you’d probably cry. I spent so much time messing around with this site pick, that I
neglected my work, and now EB is hunting me down and if she catches
me, I will be on the road to perdition. And yes, everything I tell you
about EB is 100% true! I know you it’s all fiction. I’ll tell you a
secret. She has a sign at the end of her driveway that says “Stay out
or be shot”. And if you’re tempted just look up at her front porch and
you’ll see EB sitting there in a housedress cradling a shotgun. Getting back to the subject at hand: One good thing EB did this
week – during her idle time, and she has lots of it because I do all
the work — was find this site of the week. Of course, she knows I’m a
Trivia buff, she just doesn’t think I know anything. And a lot of you
think I’m full of hot air and bad grammar. You think I don’t much. I’m
about to prove you wrong, if not about my grammar, about my not
knowing much. Just hang on and I’ll show you! I spent way too long playing trivia and proving that I’m still
pretty good at trivia, and I’m not as dumb as many people (EB) think.
I took a mixed general science trivia test, and while I didn’t ace
it, I did do well – see? Better than average, as I keep trying to tell
EB. Every category has many subcategories, so you can actually spend
days here and never notice you’ve not eaten or slept. Which is a good
way to lose weight and or get sick. Kidding!
Just so you know, EB would not allow me to post her trivia test
results in this newsletter and threatened me with horrible things if I
did. I
don’t like the horrible things, so as you can see, I complied. Read the rest of this essay here...
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What is a CPU? For years people have been calling their computers "CPUs". As in, "I packed up my CPU and donated it to the school." While you can indeed pack up a CPU and give it to someone, what you'd really be giving them is a processor. which does not look anything like your computer.
The above is a CPU. It's a processor. It's the brain of your computer. CPU is an acronym that stands for Central Processing Unit. So, now you know what a CPU is and what a CPU isn't, right?
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