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2025-07-11 Tip of the Day: Automate Your Backups
2025-07-10 Tip of the Day: Try the Manufacturer’s Support First
2025-07-09 Tip of the Day: Get Rid of Gmail Inbox Tabs
2025-07-08 Tip of the Day: Set Another Admin for Your Facebook Page
2025-07-07 Tip of the Day: “It Won’t Happen To Me” Is Bad Security
2025-07-04 Tip of the Day: MSINFO32 Built-in System Information
2025-07-03 Tip of the Day: Install the Manufacturer’s Software
2025-07-02 Tip of the Day: To Sleep or Not to Sleep
2025-07-02 Tip of the Day: Recent Files
2025-07-01 Tip of the Day: Emergency Restart
2025-06-30 Tip of the Day: Know Where Your Files Are
2025-06-27 Tip of the Day: Turn On (or Off) Password After Sleep or Screensaver
2025-06-26 Tip of the Day: The %USERNAME% Environment Variable
2025-06-25 Tip of the Day: Quick Access to the Sound Output Switcher
2025-06-24 Tip of the Day: Think of AI As a Guide, Not the Source
2025-06-23 Tip of the Day: Adjust the Size of the Recycle Bin
2025-06-20 Tip of the Day: Send PDF Instead of Docx
2025-06-19 Tip of the Day: Long Pressing on Mobile
2025-06-18 Tip of the Day: Scammers Love Tariffs
2025-06-17 Tip of the Day: Your Onedrive.com Files Are in My Files
2025-06-16 Tip of the Day: AlternativeTo.net
2025-06-13 Tip of the Day: Type the URL or Use a Bookmark
2025-06-12 Tip of the Day: Consider a BIOS/UEFI Password
2025-06-10 Tip of the Day: It’s the Left Button
2025-06-09 Tip of the Day: Keep a Spare USB Keyboard
2025-06-06 Tip of the Day: Try Print to PDF
2025-06-05 Tip of the Day: Create a Shortcut to a Folder
2025-06-04 Tip of the Day: Beware the “Epidemic of Fraud”
2025-06-03 Tip of the Day: Erase Your Car
2025-05-30 Tip of the Day: Erase a Disk Quickly
2025-05-29 Tip of the Day: Don’t Fall for Satire or AI
2025-05-28 Tip of the Day: Store Your Vault Password in Your Password Vault
2025-05-27 Tip of the Day: Understand Subdomains
2025-05-26 Tip of the Day: Prepare for Not Being Available
2025-05-23 Tip of the Day: Reduce the Number of Extensions
2025-05-22 Tip of the Day: Periodically Check Installed Programs
2025-05-21 Tip of the Day: DO NOT Back Up your PC
2025-05-20 Tip of the Day: Have a Backup Sign-in Account
2025-05-19 Tip of the Day: Disable Startup Items Carefully
2025-05-16 Tip of the Day: Use the Same Account on All Machines
2025-05-15 Tip of the Day: Dropbox’s “dl=” Parameter
2025-05-14 Tip of the Day: Link to a Specific Place in a Webpage
2025-05-13 Tip of the Day: Generalize
2025-05-12 Tip of the Day: Reopen a Closed Tab
2025-05-09 Tip of the Day: Use Dropbox to Copy Files
2025-05-08 Tip of the Day: Don’t Bail on a Single Failure
2025-05-07 Tip of the Day: How to Navigate File Explorer’s Left Pane With the Keyboard
2025-05-06 Tip of the Day: Use Both Online and Offline Backups
2025-05-05 Tip of the Day: Disabling Remote Access Doesn’t
2025-05-02 Tip of the Day: Yet Another Way to Open Control Panel
2025-05-01 Tip of the Day: Really Erase That Disk Before Discarding
2025-04-29 Tip of the Day: Download the Windows 10 ISO Before End of Support
2025-04-28 Tip of the Day: Find Your Downloads
2025-04-25 Tip of the Day: Consider Shell Alternatives
2025-04-24 Tip of the Day: Don’t Call That Number!
2025-04-23 Tip of the Day: Pay Attention to Password Manager Autofill
2025-04-21 Tip of the Day: Consider a UPS
2025-04-18 Tip of the Day: Stop Typing WWW
2025-04-17 Tip of the Day: Use Your Manufacturer’s Support Site
2025-04-16 Tip of the Day: Minimize All to Focus on One
2025-04-15 Tip of the Day: Create a Safe Word
2025-04-14 Tip of the Day: Save a Password-Protected PDF Without a Password
2025-04-10 Tip of the Day: Block Notification Requests in Edge
2025-04-09 Tip of the Day: Guarantees Don’t Replace Your Data
2025-04-08 Tip of the Day: The Best Technology Can’t Save You From Incompetence
2025-03-31 Tip of the Day: View Windows Update History
2025-03-28 Tip of the Day: Use Windows File Explorer to Explore Files
2025-03-27 Tip of the Day: Check Compatibility
2025-03-26 Tip of the Day: Wired Is Almost Always Faster
2025-03-25 Tip of the Day: Use a Consistent Workgroup Name
2025-03-24 Tip of the Day: Don’t Panic
2025-03-21 Tip of the Day: Uninstall From the Windows Start Menu
2025-03-17 Tip of the Day: Take It All With You to Your New Machine
2025-03-14 Tip of the Day: Select Multiple Items With the Mouse
2025-03-13 Tip of the Day: Back Up Your Email
2025-03-12 Tip of the Day: Clean Up Your Downloads
2025-03-11 Tip of the Day: Use a Password Vault, Already
2025-03-10 Tip of the Day: Use Dropbox to Transfer Files
2025-03-07 Tip of the Day: Move, Copy, or Create a Shortcut
2025-03-06 Tip of the Day: Resize Text Boxes — Maybe
2025-03-05 Tip of the Day: Windows File Explorer Display Options
2025-03-04 Tip of the Day: Watch Videos Full Screen
2025-03-03 Tip of the Day: Use Device Manager to Update Drivers
2025-02-28 Tip of the Day: Watch Your CPU Usage for Malware
2025-02-27 Tip of the Day: Restore Trash
2025-02-26 Tip of the Day: Pin Browser Tabs for Quick Access
2025-02-25 Tip of the Day: Get Even More Info From Windows Task Manager
2025-02-24 Tip of the Day: Access the Device Manager Quickly
2025-02-21 Tip of the Day: Pay Attention to the URL
2025-02-20 Tip of the Day: View the Full Path in Windows File Explorer
2025-02-18 Tip of the Day: Move Default File Locations to Another Drive
2025-02-17 Tip of the Day: Add a Drive to Your Desktop Computer
2025-02-14 Tip of the Day: If They Don’t Know Your Name, They Don’t Know You
2025-02-13 Tip of the Day: AutoCorrect in Microsoft Word
2025-02-11 Tip of the Day: Do a Full Scan Once in a While
2025-02-10 Tip of the Day: Don’t Start with To:
2025-02-07 Tip of the Day: Disable Screen Effects for Speed
2025-02-06 Tip of the Day: Double-check the From: Address
2025-02-05 Tip of the Day: Turn Off or Control AutoPlay in Windows 10
2025-02-04 Tip of the Day: Quick Access to the Volume Mixer
2025-02-03 Tip of the Day: Edit Elsewhere
2025-01-31 Tip of the Day: TAB Through Fields
2025-01-30 Tip of the Day: Ignore Unknown Social Connections
2025-01-29 Tip of the Day: The Recycle Bin Isn’t Always Used
2025-01-27 Tip of the Day: Update, Update, and Update Again
2025-01-24 Tip of the Day: Use Google as Your Calculator
2025-01-23 Tip of the Day: Where Does Save Save?
2025-01-22 Tip of the Day: Turn Off Bluetooth
2025-01-21 Tip of the Day: a Solid-Color Desktop
2025-01-20 Tip of the Day: Disable CAPS LOCK
2025-01-17 Tip of the Day: Change the Output Audio Device
2025-01-15 Tip of the Day: “Save” Versus “Save As”
2025-01-15 Tip of the Day: the Windows Emoji Keyboard
2025-01-14 Tip of the Day: Use Jump Lists
2025-01-13 Tip of the Day: Hide the Taskbar
2025-01-10 Tip of the Day: Batch Rename (kind of) and Undo in File Explorer
2025-01-09 Tip of the Day: When in Doubt, Right-Click
2025-01-08 Tip of the Day: Review Your Online Recovery Information
2025-01-07 Tip of the Day: Run Anything
2025-01-06 Tip of the Day: Faster Ways to Common Settings
2025-01-03 Tip of the Day: Change the Subject
2025-01-02 Tip of the Day: Edit Your Facebook Comments
2025-01-01 Tip of the Day: CAPTCHAs Never Use Start->Run