UAC (User Account Control) is another Microsoft workaround in their never-ending battle with hackers as Microsoft tries to keep us Windows users safer. But turning off UAC isn’t a good idea. But we all know too well how those UAC prompts can get annoying. There’s a little program (339 KB) that can tame UAC for you without having… Read More »
January 21, 2013 Cloudeight Stationery Dear friends, We want to thank you for all your nice comments and for your support. We both appreciate it very much. Also, thank you for subscribing to our Cloudeight Stationery newsletter. Today we are introducing a new collection of Cloudeight Stationery and QuickNotes for Windows Mail and Outlook Express. If you’re using… Read More »
Got a Kindle Fire? Want free ebooks? Kindle Fire (all versions) Amazon offers tens of thousands of free ebooks for your Kindle Fire, but finding them can be difficult. Unless you have the patience of Job, you’d love an easier way to find the tens of thousands of free ebooks available. There are two Web sites we can… Read More »
Many people think Windows 8 is a completely new operating system because of how it looks. But under the hood, it’s very much like Windows 7. In fact, if you’ve been a Windows 7 user for a while, if you add a start button and you choose to boot to the desktop instead of the multi-tiled start screen,… Read More »
Dan asks about ISP throttling Can a ISP throttle back on certain sites or across the board only? Do you have any tips on your site or elsewhere to help prevent such antics? I appreciate your efforts… Daniel Our answer Hi Daniel. ISP’s can and do throttle bandwidth across the board and site by site, especially targeting movie… Read More »
We have had quite a few readers write and ask why the Microsoft Security Center shows an alert that Microsoft Security Essentials is turned off, even though it is running normally. Most of the time this happens after a major update, but it can happen at any time. If this happens to you, it’s easy to fix. This… Read More »