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Issue #849 Volume 17 Number 13 January 17, 2020
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A comment from Jane
I'm so thankful to TC for converting my old windows 7 to 10, I thought it
would be impossible. What a great job he did. I have a few more updates that
I will need soon and so glad I can call on Cloudeight.
A comment from Tom
Darcy and TC. You guys are the best. Thank you so much for your time with me
this morning. It was a lot of work on your part to fix my computer. I am
glad you are there for me and others, that need help with their computer
problems. I hope you will be around for a long long time. Semper Fi
A comment from Dick
Hi TC! Thanks for doing the Windows 10 Upgrade. I like what I have now. Just
accept the fact that you folks are pure genius. Thanks a bunch. Dick.
A comment from Judy
Thanks to Darcy for upgrading my Windows 7 computer to Windows 10 and then
making Windows 10 look like Windows 7. It's amazing. I have to remind myself
I'm using Windows 10. Great job, Darcy. Thanks again, Judy.
A comment from Gilda
Thanks, TC. The upgrade to Windows 10 looks good. I will get in touch soon
to upgrade my laptop!
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Rita wants to know if she can still upgrade Windows 7 to Windows 10
for free
I have a laptop that still has windows 7 on it and want to know if I can
still upgrade to windows 10 free and when that expires. Also would like to
get your advice on where is the best site to do the upgrade from and what I
should do first before I do the upgrade. Thank you.
Our answer
Hi Rita. You can still upgrade to Windows 10 for free. If you want to do it
yourself there's only one official Microsoft upgrade page from which to do
it.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10
Go to that page and click the button labeled "Download tool now". Once you
downloaded it, run it and follow the instructions. It will take from 2 to 5
hours to complete the upgrade.
If you want us to do the upgrade for you- including making your Windows 10
computer look like Windows 7, see the following page.
https://thundercloud.net/direct/2019/transform/
As of today, January 17, 2020, the upgrade is still free. However, it's free
at Microsoft's discretion and they could end the free offer at any time.
Linda experiences a tech support scam with a brand new computer
My mother-in-law bought a new computer, Lenovo with windows 10. My husband
and mother-in-law unboxed the computer, hooked it up and immediately tried
to install Microsoft Edge. While they were checking and unchecking boxes a
porn site popped up. There was a loud alarm warning coming from Microsoft
saying our computer is locked up and to call the number on the screen to get
it unlocked. My question is did this actually come from Microsoft? I want to
install your computer service for 65 and over for my mother-in-law but we
can’t get around the computer being locked up. Thank you.
Our answer
Hi Linda. Microsoft Edge (a browser) is included with Windows 10. Microsoft
Edge Dev (a Chromium-based browser) has to be downloaded.
What is happening to you and what you're witnessing is a tech support scam -
we've covered these many times. For instance, read our article
here and
here.
Whatever you do, do not call the number! It's a scam - you're not going to
lose any information or files or anything else.
Please read the articles linked above - there are instructions to help you
get away from that scam.
Since it is a new computer you might want to do a Windows 10 reset.
You can find instructions on how to do
a reset here. A reset would remove anything that was installed while
keeping any pictures, documents or other personal files on the PC.
I think most of your worries will be alleviated after you read the two
articles linked above.
Our SeniorPass is one of our most popular computer care/repair plans. You
can get all the details at
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Please let me know if you need more help.
Jean is concerned because Windows shows her recovery drive is nearly
out of space
I am a bit concerned about my laptop because my son was using it last week
but I don't know whether this problem is a result of his usage or if it just
happened. When I click on This PC Devices and Drives, this page has just
changed and shows me that Recovery Drive has 3.08gb free from 27.69gb. I
don't know anything about this drive but I am worried that my laptop is
going to crash or cost me a heap of money to repair. I'm really sorry if
this doesn't make sense to you but I'm an 83year old not very technical
minded with today's world, I struggle a lot but really thankful for being
able to receive your newsletter. You are wonderful xx. Kindest regards and
Thank You, Jean.
Our answer
Hi Jean. On HP computers, and I'm sure on other brands of computers too,
there's a recovery drive. It will show almost full as yours does. It's
supposed to. Sometimes Windows will show a red warning on the drive because
it's nearly full - or because users have added something to it. It's
possible that your son added things to that drive which he shouldn't have
done - but adding things won't make it unusable. The only time you'd ever
use the recovery drive is if you were going to do a factory reset. And with
Windows 10 that's not very likely since Windows 10 has 4 recovery options
available to you that do not use the manufacturer's "recovery drive" those
options are:
1. Reset your computer and keep you files (This reinstalls Windows, and lets
you keep your personal files.)
2. Reset your computer and remove everything (This reinstalls Windows and
wipes all files and folders)
3. Reset your computer and wipe everything. (This formats your drive and
clean installs Windows.)
4. Fresh start. This method clean installs Windows and keeps your files and
some of your settings.
What all this means is that it is very unlikely you'd have to do a factory
reset and actually use the recovery drive.
Thanks for your nice comments, Jean.
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Jean wrote back: "Hi TC. Oh, you are so wonderful, giving me such a
detail answer to my query. I was so worried when I sent the query but you
really made my day, BLESS YOU I will be making a donation later you are
really worth it. Thanks so very very much. Jean."
Cherree wants help with buying a new computer
It scares me to update to Windows 10. My computer is 11 years old.
What is the best home computer to purchase? How much RAM should I get and
what system type?
Our answer
Hi Cherree. This page should help you with shopping for a new computer.
https://www.thundercloud.net/infoave/new/a-guide-to-buying-a-new-computer-on-a-budget/.
Bev says our pages still say "not secure"
As of today (10 January 2020) at 9:25 AM, your start page still says this site
is not secure. Because I live in Canada? Will it change? Even this page says
the same thing. Thought you might like to know. Thanks, Bev P.
Our answer
Hi Bev. A secure page is secure anywhere in the world. You're probably
viewing a cached version of the site from your browser's cache. Please
refresh the page (you may have to do it several times) or clear your
browser's history and restart your browser.
If you are viewing the live version of the page, you'll see that all pages
are secure.
Helen has problems with Windows Media Player in Windows 10
When I tried to use my Windows Media Player I click on the play button and
it takes me to a page claiming to be Microsoft. It appears to be their
shopping site. This appears in the address bar -
https://www.microsoft.com/en-nz/?ref=go. When I go back to my player it
seems to be downloading an update. I waited for it to stop the went to the
update button on my player. I reported that I was running the latest version
and no updates were currently available. So I tried again and the same thing
kept happening. I contacted Microsoft but they wanted me to pay them in
advance before they would do anything and I can't see any reason why I
should. So here I am.
Our answer
Hi Helen. The web site URL is Microsoft, but the phone number you
called is not Microsoft. Windows Media Player is troublesome in Windows 10
and that's why we recommend VLC Media Player. It does everything Windows
Media Player used to do and more. See
our article here.
If you want to contact Microsoft the worst thing you can do is search for
the phone number - you'll end up being scammed. You have the tools right
there on your Windows 10 computer to contact Microsoft and even schedule a
time for them to call you back. See
our article here.
Also,
see this article about how to enable the newest version of Windows Media
Player. It's very easy... just follow the steps in that post.
If you still need help, let us know.
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Helen wrote back: "Thank you for your prompt assistance. Its good to know
I’m not a moron after all. I was highly suspicious of that “Microsoft” site
I found myself on. While I waited for your reply I downloaded VLC and it
works fine. I think I’ll have a go at the newest version of Windows Media
Play as well for comparison's sake... Thanks again, Helen"
Doris has a new ISP and still has connection problems
I got a new ISP yesterday because I was losing my internet several times a
day. With the new one, I have lost my internet 3 times today. I think it
must be my computer. Is this something you may be able to look at my
computer? I have a Cloudeight Direct Computer Care key. It is old, I got it
back in 2017. Is it still good? I can't have it updated to 10 while this is
happening. May need a new computer? Thanks, Doris
Our answer
Hi Doris. It's most likely not a problem with Windows, It may be your
router, your modem, your Ethernet card or your wireless adapter (if you're
on WiFi), In all these cases it's a hardware issue and we can't help with
hardware.
If you have WiFi you can try this.
https://www.thundercloud.net/infoave/new/solve-many-common-wifi-problems-with-a-usb-wifi-adapter/
If you don't you can try resetting Windows Networking.
Read how to do that here.
If you have used two different Internet Service Providers and your
connection keeps dropping it is most likely a hardware issue.
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expires.
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Where Did That Image Come From?
A tip for everyone using Chrome on Windows 10
Reverse image search engines have been around for a long time. In the
beginning, they were not very accurate, not very fast, and not very useful.
However, today’s reverse image search engines are accurate and fast.
Over the last few days, we’ve been test-driving a reverse-image search
extension for Google Chrome. In our tests, we found that generally, it works
well. The Chrome extension we test is “One-click Reverse Image Search” and
it makes all five reverse-image search engines available to you by
right-clicking on any Web image.
- Google image search
- Bing image match
- Yandex image search
- TinEye image search
- Baidu image search
One-click Reverse Image Search is uncomplicated and simple to use. Once
you add the extension to Chrome, right-click on an image and choose the
image search engine you wish to use. You have the option to use all five
image search engines at once. We do not recommend that option as each search
result will open in a separate browser tab.
When you set up the One-click Reverse Image Search extension, you can
elect to use a single default image search engine, or you can choose an
option to show a submenu with the five image search engines listed.
In our tests, we elected to use the submenu option. In the screenshot
below, you can see that when we right-clicked on an image a menu appeared.
We chose the menu option “Search with this image” which opens a submenu
showing “All search engines” and a list showing the five search engines
included with the One-click Reverse Image Search extension.
It’s time to bring the developer so he or she can more exquisitely
acquaint you with One-click Reverse Image Search.
Support (sic) Google, Bing, Yandex, TinEye and Baidu search engines.
Initiate a search using any image on the web in just one click.
To use this extension, right click on an image on the web and select
“Search with this image” then choose the search engine you want to use.
You can configure the context menu by clicking the extension icon on
Chrome toolbar to contain either a single button with your default
search engine, or a cascaded menu with all included search engines.
Found an image on the web that you’re curious about? With this
extension, you can initiate a search on Google, Bing, Yandex, TinEye and
Baidu using pictures on the web. You can discover photos of places,
learn more about art pieces, identify landmarks, and more.
Google Search is a trademark of Google Inc. The use of the trademark
is subject to Google’s permission. This extension is neither endorsed by
or affiliated with Google.
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Overall, we were impressed with the One-click Reverse Image Search
extension for Google Chrome. This extension could be a time-saver for you if
you frequently perform reverse image searches.
Here are some screenshots we made of the One-click Reverse Image Search
extension in action.
Now you know how the One-click Reverse Image Search extension works and
how you can use it to perform reverse image searches.
Install the One-click Reverse Image Search extension for Chrome from this
page.
Now… where did that image come from?
Who Am I? (All About User Accounts Plus a Bonus Tip)
Windows 10 (all versions)
These tips are for Windows 10, but they should work on Windows 7 and
Windows 8.1, also.
Would you like to find out the name of the user account you’re logged
into Windows with? Here’s how:
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 is
Rocky 10 (a movie they never made) and I’m logged in as user odumh (don’t
even ask).
Now, for the next tip, I’m switching to a different computer where I have
a lot of user accounts set up.
To see a list of all the accounts on your computer, open an Administrator
Command prompt this way:
Type CMD in taskbar search. When the 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.
My second (backup) laptop is called Sydney28 (it’s a long story). You can
see I have several other user accounts on Sydney28 with names like
“BeMyGuest”, Jupiter, rainc, Reddington and thunder (Thunder Cloud) and some
arcane accounts that were created by Windows.
If you have an inquiring mind, you probably want to know why they are
there.
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 then 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”.
And one more tip: If you have more than one user account — that you
created — you can switch between them by using the Windows key + L shortcut.
Try it.
Another Way to Customize Your Windows 10 Colors
Windows 10 (all versions)
You can change the color of your Start menu, taskbar, title bars,
accents, etc. in Windows 10’s Setting app. Just open Settings, click on
Personalization > Colors. But did you know you can still access the old
Color and Appearance Control Panel applet where you change the colors, and
color intensity or your Start menu, taskbar, title bars, dialog boxes, etc.?
It even includes a color mixer to give you an almost unlimited palette to
choose from.
Today, we’re going to show you how to create a shortcut so you can easily
access the old Color and Appearance Control Panel applet from a shortcut on
your Windows 10 desktop.
1. Right-click on an empty area of your desktop and click “New” >
“Shortcut”.
2. Copy and paste the following into the “Type the location of the item”
box:
explorer shell:::{ED834ED6-4B5A-4bfe-8F11-A626DCB6A921}
-Microsoft. Personalization\pageColorization
3. Click next and give your shortcut a name. You can type anything you
want but it’s best to type something descriptive that you’ll remember.
Something like Color-Appearance works for me.
4. Now go to your desktop and locate your new shortcut.
When you click the shortcut, you’ll see the old Control Panel Color and
Appearance applet where you can change Windows 10 colors to almost any color
you want.
As you work with the Color and Appearance Control Panel applet you’ll see
the color of your taskbar and other items change as soon as you choose a
color. You can even change the color intensity – or use the mixer to come up
with your own custom colors.
Oh, and more thing… if you right-click on the desktop shortcut you just
created, you’ll see an option to “Pin to Start”. Or, if you’d like the
shortcut on your taskbar, just drag it from your desktop to you taskbar.
Color your world, I tells ya!
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Last Freeware Version
When you get a new computer or you do a Windows 10 reset and you’re
getting ready to reinstall your favorite programs, it’s frustrating when you
learn that some of your favorite free programs are free no longer.
One thing we’ve learned over the years — “new and improved” does not
always mean better. Sometimes it just means “we’re going to stop giving away
this program and make you pay for it!” Well, that’s the developer’s right,
no doubt about it.
But you have the right to search for and find archived copies of the last
freeware version of the programs you love. And there’s a site that can help
you do that. It’s called “Last Freeware Version”.
It’s not a pretty site and heaven knows it could use a lot of work,
especially when it comes to organization. The site is organized by the date
the freeware was last updated. There’s no site search feature. But if you
have a keen eye you’ll see a link to click that will organize all the
freeware programs alphabetically which makes it much easier to find the
freeware program you’re looking for.
If you want to find freeware versions of programs or if you have a new
computer and you find your favorite freeware programs are no longer free,
Last Freeware Version is an excellent place to look.
You’ll find the last freeware versions of FastStone Capture, Power
Archiver, MP3Clip, CamStudio over 200 more. Keep in mind none of these say
they’ll work on Windows 10 but the few we have tested did. You’ll just have
to download and try. Some programs cause Windows Smart Screen to appear
saying it protected your computer. If you’re computer savvy you can choose
to “run anyway”.
Last Freeware Version is free to use and there is no sign-up or
registration required.
If you’re looking for a freeware version of your favorite program or you
just want to browse through 247 old freeware programs. you’ll find Last
Freeware Version worth a visit.
Take a trip to one of the last surviving repositories of some of the Web’s
best old freeware.
Last Freeware Version may well be the Custer’s Last Stand of freeware.
(Does that make any sense, EB?)
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Friendship
At first, I pretended. I tricked myself into thinking it didn’t matter much
that you were no longer my friend. We were good friends and then we weren’t
– it’s as simple as that. It’s kind of like being told you have a terminal
illness – at first, you deny it, then someday you realize, that you have to
learn to accept it.
We were friends then all of a sudden, within the span of a few minutes, we
weren’t. I still can’t accept it, but it looks like I’m going to have to.
You like to think it’s my fault that we are no longer friends. I was not
honest with you and that’s certainly true. You had a right to get angry, and
I suppose because of it you had a right to end our friendship.
Me? Well, I like to think that it’s your fault that we’re not friends
because after all this time you still haven’t forgiven me. Of course, now
you’ll tell me that have forgiven me, but that’s not true, you haven’t. You
just like to think that way because it makes you feel better.
You like to say we’re friends and you still think of me as your friend, but
you won’t talk to me. Now it’s gone so far that you won’t ever answer my
letters. I don’t think that’s how friends are supposed to be, do you?
We discussed friendship often when we used to talk. We used to laugh at how
diluted the words “friendship” and “love” have become over the years.
Facebook helped dilute the word “friend” to a meaningless term...
Please read the rest of this essay here.
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What is the Run Command?
Sometimes I'll be helping EB with something and she'll ask me to get
something. So I do. But I never move fast enough for her. She'll say,
"RUN...don't walk!" And that is called the run command.
No! No! No! Windows Run Command is actually a command line where you can
enter specific commands thereby impressing your friends and avoiding
shortcuts and icons. You can look cool if you press Windows Key + R and type
IEXPLORE.EXE and Internet Explorer magically opens. Why your friends will
think you've gone geeky! Amaze them even more by typing CALC and hear them
gasp in amazement when the Windows calculator opens. Or dazzle them by typing in
NOTEPAD and watch their eyes bulge as Notepad mysteriously appears on your
screen. Or type Write and press enter and they'll genuflect as WordPad
opens. If you really want to make them crazy over your computer skills open
a Run command, type WRITE and press Enter. WordPad will open right in front
of their eyes!
It can be used for serious stuff too, like running SERVICES.MSC (Windows
Services), CLEANMGR (Disk Cleanup) or MSCONFIG (System Configuration Utility
- but MSCONFIG isn't so hot on Windows 8x or 10).
In short, the Run Command allows you to, er, um. ah, run commands! Glory be!
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Cloudeight InfoAve Premium - Issue #849 Volume 17 Number 13
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