Another Tip From the Captain

We’ve been a reseller, and enthusiastic promoter, of Captain Optimizer for several years now. Unlike so many other programs of its type, Captain Optimizer doesn’t make claims like some of the others. It’s not going to repair a badly damaged Windows system and it’s not going make your computer 300% faster (nothing is). Rather Captain Optimizer is an… Read More »

Use an Old Friend to “Clean-up” Your Computer

We were struck by nostalgia last night. I was going through some old programs and came upon one that EB and I used to refer to as “the toilet-flusher” program. If you download, install and run it, you’ll see why. Otherwise, you’ll just have to imagine whatever you will. I promised EB that I was going to stop… Read More »

Boot Into Windows Safe Mode a Different Way

Sharon wants to know of another way to book into Safe Mode Hi guys. I love your newsletters. In the past couple weeks I’ve had to boot into safe mode. Pressing the F8 key either holding it down or tapping the F8 key when my computer is booting doesn’t always work for me. Sometimes I have to do… Read More »

Using Zamzar to Convert File Formats

Penny wants to know what we think of Zamzar.com I found a site called zamzar.com. It’s says it can convert files for you that you can’t open. I have a file that won’t open with WinZip even though it is some type of zip file. I wanted to try to convert and open with this site. Do you… Read More »

Secrets of the Captain

Many of you have purchased Captain Optimizer since we began offering it at our special discount. Thank you! We thought we’d show you a feature of Captain Optimizer that you may not be aware of. Most of you know that Captain Optimizer can clean, tune, and optimize your PC, check your PC’s security settings, and a whole lot… Read More »

Windows 7 Shortcuts — Our Favorites

Win+Space operates as a keyboard shortcut for Aero Peek. Win+Up and Win+Down are new shortcuts for Maximize and Restore/Minimize. Win+Shift+Up vertically maximizes the current window Win+Left and Win+Right snap the current window to the left or right half of the current display; successive key presses will move the window to other monitors in a multi-monitor configuration. Win+Shift+Left and… Read More »