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2021-10-14 Tip of the Day: Edit Elsewhere
2021-10-13 Tip of the Day: TAB Through Fields
2021-10-12 Tip of the Day: Ignore Unknown Social Connections
2021-10-11 Tip of the Day: The Recycle Bin Isn’t Always Used
2021-10-08 Tip of the Day: Update, Update, and Update Again
2021-10-06 Tip of the Day: Where Does Save Save?
2021-10-05 Tip of the Day: Pay Attention to Your Vault
2021-10-04 Tip of the Day: Turn Off Bluetooth
2021-10-01 Tip of the Day: a Solid-color Desktop
2021-09-30 Tip of the Day: Disable CAPS LOCK
2021-09-29 Tip of the Day: Change the Output Audio Device
2021-09-28 Tip of the Day: “Save” Versus “Save As”
2021-09-27 Tip of the Day: Resize the Tiled Start Menu
2021-09-24 Tip of the Day: the Windows 10 Emoji Keyboard
2021-09-23 Tip of the Day: Use Jump Lists
2021-09-22 Tip of the Day: Hide the Taskbar
2021-09-21 Tip of the Day: Change the Default Text Style in Gmail
2021-09-20 Tip of the Day: the Quick Access Toolbar
2021-09-16 Tip of the Day: When in Doubt, Right-click
2021-09-15 Tip of the Day: Review Your Online Recovery Information
2021-09-14 Tip of the Day: Gmail Has a Reading Pane
2021-09-13 Tip of the Day: Run Anything
2021-09-10 Tip of the Day: Shorthand Ways to Common Settings
2021-09-09 Tip of the Day: Change the Subject
2021-09-08 Tip of the Day: Get Notification When Caps Lock is Toggled
2021-09-07 Tip of the Day: Avoid Third-Party Support/Maintenance Programs
2021-09-06 Tip of the Day: Edit Your Facebook Comments
2021-09-03 Tip of the Day: Copy Those Photos Off of Your Phone
2021-09-02 Tip of the Day: Never Ignore “Are You Sure?”
2021-09-01 Tip of the Day: Filenames with Spaces on the Command Line
2021-08-31 Tip of the Day: Consider POP3
2021-08-30 Tip of the Day: Link to a Point Within a YouTube Video
2021-08-27 Tip of the Day: CPU Information
2021-08-26 Tip of the Day: Viewing the Clipboard Contents
2021-08-25 Tip of the Day: Consider a Throw-away Account for Travel
2021-08-24 Tip of the Day: System-wide Printer Settings
2021-08-23 Tip of the Day: Problem Steps Recorder
2021-08-20 Tip of the Day: Tune Your Text for Easier Reading
2021-08-19 Tip of the Day: Reliability History
2021-08-18 Tip of the Day: Remember the “No More Ransom” Project
2021-08-17 Tip of the Day: A Quick Way to Create New Google Docs
2021-08-16 Tip of the Day: Don’t Install It
2021-08-13 Tip of the Day: JPG or PNG?
2021-08-12 Tip of the Day: Add RAM
2021-08-11 Tip of the Day: What Your Windows 10 Version Number Means
2021-08-10 Tip of the Day: Inspect to Bypass the Browser Cache
2021-08-09 Tip of the Day: Get a Battery Report
2021-08-06 Tip of the Day: Back Up Your Vault
2021-08-05 Tip of the Day: F5 for Refresh
2021-08-04 Tip of the Day: Side-by-side Explorers in Four Keystrokes
2021-08-03 Tip of the Day: AlternativeTo
2021-08-02 Tip of the Day: Don’t Wait for the Statement
2021-07-30 Tip of the Day: Provide Enough Information When Asking for Help
2021-07-30 Tip of the Day: Reboot Shortcut
2021-07-29 Tip of the Day: Configure a Mail Program Even If You Don’t Use It
2021-07-28 Tip of the Day: Stretch Free Cloud Storage Across Providers
2021-07-27 Tip of the Day: Autosize File Explorer Columns to Fit
2021-07-26 Tip of the Day: Recognize Footnotes
2021-07-23 Tip of the Day: Accented Characters in Microsoft Word
2021-07-22 Tip of the Day: Enable Two-Factor Authentication for Amazon
2021-07-21 Tip of the Day: Learn to Type
2021-07-20 Tip of the Day: Use Gmail Search
2021-07-19 Tip of the Day: Also Save Your Homepage as a Bookmark
2021-07-16 Tip of the Day: Quick Access to Clear Your Cache
2021-07-15 Tip of the Day: SendTo Notepad
2021-07-14 Tip of the Day: Try Caret Browsing
2021-07-13 Tip of the Day: Erase That Thumbdrive
2021-07-12 Tip of the Day: Use More Power!
2021-07-09 Tip of the Day: Don’t Believe Everything You Read
2021-07-08 Tip of the Day: Quick Keystroke Formatting in Word and Other Programs
2021-07-07 Tip of the Day: Newer TVs Make Great Computer Displays
2021-07-06 Tip of the Day: Read the Fine Print with Your Camera
2021-07-05 Tip of the Day: Disposable Gmail Addresses
2021-07-02 Tip of the Day: Drag a Bookmark to the Bookmarks Bar
2021-07-01 Tip of the Day: Task Manager in a Keystroke
2021-06-29 Tip of the Day: Long-press the Power Button
2021-06-28 Tip of the Day: Is that Website Down?
2021-06-25 Tip of the Day: Sign Up for Credit Card Usage Alerts
2021-06-24 Tip of the Day: You May Not Need to Hibernate with an SSD
2021-06-23 Tip of the Day: Beware the Cable of Unknown Origin
2021-06-22 Tip of the Day: Tone Down Edge’s Marketing Efforts
2021-06-21 Tip of the Day: Edit the Subject of a Reply in Gmail
2021-06-18 Tip of the Day: Spring for that Second Monitor
2021-06-17 Tip of the Day: Try a Different Connection
2021-06-16 Tip of the Day: Use Different Words to Search
2021-06-15 Tip of the Day: Protect Your History
2021-06-14 Tip of the Day: Your Computer Lies! (At Least at Startup)
2021-06-11 Tip of the Day: Prevent Accidents with Write Protect
2021-06-10 Tip of the Day: the Many Uses of Enter
2021-06-09 Tip of the Day: Get Rid of Edge’s Download Menu
2021-06-08 Tip of the Day: Edge Experimental Flags
2021-06-07 Tip of the Day: Read What’s on the Screen
2021-06-04 Tip of the Day: Lock It Down
2021-06-03 Tip of the Day: Remember Your Audience
2021-06-02 Tip of the Day: InPrivate Browsing
2021-06-01 Tip of the Day: Use Your Browser History to Your Advantage
2021-05-31 Tip of the Day: Enable or Disable the Administrator Account
2021-05-28 Tip of the Day: Log In Automatically
2021-05-27 Tip of the Day: Skip the Games
2021-05-26 Tip of the Day: Don’t Call that Number!
2021-05-25 Tip of the Day: Edit the Path Variable
2021-05-24 Tip of the Day: Drive the Start Menu with Your Keyboard
2021-05-21 Tip of the Day: Easily Examine ISO Files in Windows 10
2021-05-17 Tip of the Day: Turn Off AutoPlay
2021-05-14 Tip of the Day: Create a Shortcut to Frequently Used Settings
2021-05-13 Tip of the Day: Create a Throw-away Account for Travel
2021-05-12 Tip of the Day: Page Up and Down
2021-05-11 Tip of the Day: You See What You Like
2021-05-10 Tip of the Day: Move Windows Without Clicking
2021-05-07 Tip of the Day: Protect Your Personal Information
2021-05-06 Tip of the Day: View Remembered Wireless Networks in Command Prompt
2021-05-05 Tip of the Day: Quickly Run Two Copies of a Program
2021-05-04 Tip of the Day: Show All Drives in File Explorer
2021-05-03 Tip of the Day: Battery Usage by App
2021-04-30 Tip of the Day: Zip Through Drop-Down Lists
2021-04-29 Tip of the Day: Compression Can Make Files Bigger
2021-04-28 Tip of the Day: Facebook Recent Posts
2021-04-27 Tip of the Day: Off-site Backup
2021-04-26 Tip of the Day: Get Log-in Alerts from Facebook
2021-04-23 Tip of the Day: the Clip Command
2021-04-22 Tip of the Day: Check Your Data Usage
2021-04-21 Tip of the Day: Test a Chromebook by Using Only Chrome
2021-04-20 Tip of the Day: Mouse Wheel Click
2021-04-19 Tip of the Day: Pin Settings to Start
2021-04-16 Tip of the Day: Open Windows File Explorer on a Specific Folder
2021-04-15 Tip of the Day: Change “?dl=0” In Shared Dropbox Links to Download
2021-04-14 Tip of the Day: Turn Off Vertical Tabs
2021-04-13 Tip of the Day: Make Windows HUGE
2021-04-12 Tip of the Day: Get Help or Give Help with Quick Assist
2021-04-08 Tip of the Day: Get a Shredder
2021-04-07 Tip of the Day: Share Links Using OneDrive
2021-04-06 Tip of the Day: CTRL+Click to Open New Tabs
2021-04-05 Tip of the Day: Snap to the Corner
2021-04-01 Tip of the Day: Have You Been Pwned?
2021-03-31 Tip of the Day: Set Recovery Options for Your Password Vault
2021-03-30 Tip of the Day: If You Have Office, Check OneNote
2021-03-29 Tip of the Day: Sharing URLs
2021-03-26 Tip of the Day: the Wayback Machine
2021-03-25 Tip of the Day: GMail’s HTML Mode
2021-03-24 Tip of the Day: Google Chrome Task Manager
2021-03-23 Tip of the Day: ALT Keyboard Characters
2021-03-22 Tip of the Day: Scan Questionable Files Using Defender
2021-03-19 Tip of the Day: Diagnose Network Problems with Ping
2021-03-18 Tip of the Day: Try the Word Processor You Already Have
2021-03-17 Tip of the Day: Share Links Using Dropbox
2021-03-16 Tip of the Day: Install Another Browser
2021-03-15 Tip of the Day: Organize the Programs You Use Most Often in Windows 10
2021-03-12 Tip of the Day: Stop Stealing Software and Media
2021-03-11 Tip of the Day: Learn How to Factory Reset Your Router
2021-03-10 Tip of the Day: The SUBST Command
2021-03-09 Tip of the Day: Don’t Rely on Facebook for Storage
2021-03-08 Tip of the Day: Run a Program Minimized from the Command Prompt
2021-03-05 Tip of the Day: System Information in a Keystroke
2021-03-04 Tip of the Day: The Answer to “Is It Safe to…”
2021-03-03 Tip of the Day: No, You’re Not In that Video
2021-03-02 Tip of the Day: Cancel that Mouse Click with ESC
2021-03-01 Tip of the Day: Add Another Language
2021-02-26 Tip of the Day: Change a Folder’s Icon
2021-02-25 Tip of the Day: View Full Headers on Outgoing Mail
2021-02-24 Tip of the Day: Don’t Blindly Accept Cookies
2021-02-23 Tip of the Day: Quit Relying on Tabs to Remember
2021-02-22 Tip of the Day: Let Your Browser Be Forgetful
2021-02-19 Tip of the Day: Get an Energy Report
2021-02-18 Tip of the Day: If You’re Concerned About Losing It, It’s Not Backed Up
2021-02-17 Tip of the Day: Use BCC, but Use It Sparingly
2021-02-16 Tip of the Day: Understanding Shortcuts
2021-02-15 Tip of the Day: Boot Linux Once
2021-02-12 Tip of the Day: Projector Mode
2021-02-11 Tip of the Day: Copy/Paste Instead of Clicking a Link
2021-02-10 Tip of the Day: Google Voice for Text Messaging
2021-02-09 Tip of the Day: Check for Router Firmware Updates
2021-02-08 Tip of the Day: Disable OneDrive in Windows 10
2021-02-05 Tip of the Day: Get to the Windows 10 Recovery Console Quicker
2021-02-03 Tip of the Day: Close Tabs to Speed Up Other Things
2021-02-02 Tip of the Day: There Are Other Recycle Bins
2021-02-01 Tip of the Day: View Your Network IP Configuration
2021-01-29 Tip of the Day: Never Type “WWW” Again
2021-01-28 Tip of the Day: Make a Shortcut to a Webpage
2021-01-27 Tip of the Day: Use Carbon Copy (CC) Sparingly
2021-01-26 Tip of the Day: Paste Without Formatting
2021-01-25 Tip of the Day: Manage Taskbar Icons
2021-01-22 Tip of the Day: Clean Up Quick Actions
2021-01-21 Tip of the Day: Reformat Your Recovered Computer
2021-01-20 Tip of the Day: Check Your Drafts Regularly
2021-01-19 Tip of the Day: Have an Uninstaller Handy
2021-01-18 Tip of the Day: Don’t Sign In Automatically
2021-01-15 Tip of the Day: Using Netstat to Examine Network Connections
2021-01-14 Tip of the Day: Clean Up After Major Updates
2021-01-13 Tip of the Day: Change the Default Format for Office Alternatives
2021-01-12 Tip of the Day: The Office Quick Access Toolbar
2021-01-07 Tip of the Day: Remember to Use Application Repair
2021-01-06 Tip of the Day: Paste the URL, Not the Link, in Edge
2021-01-05 Tip of the Day: Use Your Email’s Web Interface
2021-01-04 Tip of the Day: View the Full Taskbar Notification Area
2021-01-04 Tip of the Day: Don’t Trust that Flash Drive
2021-01-01 Tip of the Day: Back Up Encrypted Data Properly