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2019-12-06 Tip of the Day: Download the Latest Windows 10 Update
2019-12-05 Tip of the Day: Go Paperless
2019-12-04 Tip of the Day: What Is File Explorer, Anyway?
2019-12-03 Tip of the Day: Free Up Space with Disk Cleanup
2019-12-02 Tip of the Day: Open Settings with a Keystroke
2019-11-29 Tip of the Day: Stay Up to Date
2019-11-28 Tip of the Day: Your Anti-malware Tool Will Fail
2019-11-27 Tip of the Day: Don’t Share that Meme
2019-11-26 Tip of the Day: Consider Compression if You’re Low on Space
2019-11-25 Tip of the Day: Clean Your Machine Before Giving it Away
2019-11-22 Tip of the Day: Remove Malware by Reformatting
2019-11-21 Tip of the Day: Check Your Blockers
2019-11-20 Tip of the Day: Make Command Prompt Bigger
2019-11-19 Tip of the Day: Set a Desktop Background
2019-11-18 Tip of the Day: Automate Your Backups
2019-11-15 Tip of the Day: More Granular Control of Volume
2019-11-14 Tip of the Day: Manage Your Desktop Icons
2019-11-13 Tip of the Day: Enable Enhanced Search in Windows 10
2019-11-12 Tip of the Day: If Your Bank Calls You, Full Stop
2019-11-11 Tip of the Day: Your Backup Drive Can Be Slow
2019-11-08 Tip of the Day: Format that External Disk Before Disposal
2019-11-07 Tip of the Day: Your CPU Speed in Task Manager
2019-11-06 Tip of the Day: Jump to Letter in the Start Menu
2019-11-05 Tip of the Day: Hover Before Click
2019-11-04 Tip of the Day: Keep Track of Your Alternates
2019-11-01 Tip of the Day: The PATH Variable
2019-10-31 Tip of the Day: Check Your Backups
2019-10-30 Tip of the Day: ALT+Tab and Win+TAB
2019-10-29 Tip of the Day: Google Search History
2019-10-28 Tip of the Day: Save Your Codes and Keys
2019-10-25 Tip of the Day: Your Kindle Notes Online
2019-10-24 Tip of the Day: Be Skeptical
2019-10-23 Tip of the Day: Make Sure You Can Boot from Rescue Media
2019-10-22 Tip of the Day: Avoid Laptop and Tablet Microphones
2019-10-21 Tip of the Day: Build and Search a List of Every File on Your PC
2019-10-18 Tip of the Day: The Three States of a Window
2019-10-17 Tip of the Day: Set or Change Your Microsoft Account Picture
2019-10-16 Tip of the Day: Use Browser Sync to Migrate Bookmarks, Extensions, and more
2019-10-15 Tip of the Day: Put Important Website Shortcuts on the Desktop
2019-10-14 Tip of the Day: The Taskbar Program Keyboard Shortcut
2019-10-11 Tip of the Day: Send Links Instead of Attachments
2019-10-10 Tip of the Day: Don’t Believe Caller ID
2019-10-09 Tip of the Day: Set a Wi-Fi Password
2019-10-08 Tip of the Day: Windows Narrator
2019-10-07 Tip of the Day: PowerToys
2019-10-04 Tip of the Day: Make Your Passwords Longer
2019-10-03 Tip of the Day: PushD and PopD
2019-10-02 Tip of the Day: LastPass Password History
2019-10-01 Tip of the Day: View Update History
2019-09-30 Tip of the Day: Bigger and Smaller with CTRL+ and CTRL-
2019-09-27 Tip of the Day: Get Rid of XPS
2019-09-26 Tip of the Day: Check Word Docs for Information Leakage
2019-09-25 Tip of the Day: See and Control Webcam Access in Windows 10
2019-09-24 Tip of the Day: Easily Change Your Audio Device in Windows 10
2019-09-23 Tip of the Day: Control Your Email Address on the Sign-in Screen
2019-09-20 Tip of the Day: Print to PDF
2019-09-19 Tip of the Day: Windows 10 Start Menu Folders
2019-09-18 Tip of the Day: Blow Out your Keyboard with Compressed Air
2019-09-17 Tip of the Day: Night Light in Windows 10
2019-09-16 Tip of the Day: Back Up!
2019-09-13 Tip of the Day: Command Prompt Command History
2019-09-12 Tip of the Day: Use Caution with Clipboard History
2019-09-11 Tip of the Day: Show Running Services with Net Start
2019-09-10 Tip of the Day: Search is Safer than Spam
2019-09-09 Tip of the Day: Quickly Maximize with Double-click
2019-09-06 Tip of the Day: Regain Control of Your Printer in Windows 10
2019-09-05 Tip of the Day: The Special Meaning of “.”
2019-09-04 Tip of the Day: Locating Windows Wallpaper
2019-09-03 Tip of the Day: The Emoji Keyboard is for More than Emojis
2019-09-02 Tip of the Day: Consider a USB Power Bank
2019-08-30 Tip of the Day: Quick Format is (Probably) Enough
2019-08-29 Tip of the Day: Google Voice
2019-08-28 Tip of the Day: Task Manager and Network Usage
2019-08-27 Tip of the Day: Watch Those Download Buttons
2019-08-26 Tip of the Day: Move Quickly Through a List with the Keyboard
2019-08-23 Tip of the Day: The Windows 10 Emoji Keyboard
2019-08-22 Tip of the Day: Disable Background Apps in Windows 10
2019-08-21 Tip of the Day: Watch Out for PUPs
2019-08-20 Tip of the Day: Filename Expansion
2019-08-19 Tip of the Day: Back Away from Mistakes with Undo
2019-08-16 Tip of the Day: Pin Common Programs to the Taskbar
2019-08-15 Tip of the Day: Use the Clipboard for Backup
2019-08-14 Tip of the Day: Subscribe Does Not Mean Paid
2019-08-13 Tip of the Day: Get the Windows Version from an Image
2019-08-12 Tip of the Day: Change Your Machine’s Name
2019-08-09 Tip of the Day: Leave Your Laptop Running When Plugged In
2019-08-08 Tip of the Day: The Windows 10 Tips App
2019-08-07 Tip of the Day: Accessing Additional Windows Features
2019-08-06 Tip of the Day: Print to Proofread
2019-08-05 Tip of the Day: Change Your Router’s Password
2019-08-02 Tip of the Day: Customize the Command Prompt
2019-08-01 Tip of the Day: Data Usage per App
2019-07-31 Tip of the Day: Turn on Captions in YouTube
2019-07-31 Tip of the Day: Consider a USB Data Blocker
2019-07-30 Tip of the Day: Skype Call Testing Service
2019-07-29 Tip of the Day: The Power of Right-click
2019-07-26 Tip of the Day: Disable “Bleed Through” in Windows 10
2019-07-25 Tip of the Day: Two Keystrokes I Use Constantly
2019-07-24 Tip of the Day: Try a Troubleshooter
2019-07-23 Tip of the Day: Update Your Recovery Drive
2019-07-22 Tip of the Day: Be Both General and Specific When You Search
2019-07-19 Tip of the Day: Sort Your Apps by Size
2019-07-18 Tip of the Day: Print to PDF First
2019-07-17 Tip of the Day: Cut, Copy, Paste and the Clipboard
2019-07-16 Tip of the Day: Watch for Spaces When Copying Passwords
2019-07-12 Tip of the Day: Shutdown or Reboot from the Command Line
2019-07-11 Tip of the Day: Avoid Spaces in Filenames
2019-07-10 Tip of the Day: Clipboard History
2019-07-09 Tip of the Day: YouTube Captions
2019-07-08 Tip of the Day: Use Your Touch Screen as a Touchpad
2019-07-05 Tip of the Day: Text Selection
2019-07-04 Tip of the Day: Pin an Email Account to the Start Menu
2019-07-03 Tip of the Day: CTRL+SHIFT+V
2019-07-02 Tip of the Day: Look for Blue USB
2019-07-01 Tip of the Day: If There’s Any Question, Back Up
2019-06-28 Tip of the Day: Rename this PC
2019-06-27 Tip of the Day: Clean Up File Explorer Quick Access
2019-06-26 Tip of the Day: Use Available Recovery Options
2019-06-25 Tip of the Day: Click, Hold, ALT, SHIFT, Drag, Drop
2019-06-24 Tip of the Day: Desktop Peek
2019-06-21 Tip of the Day: Help and More
2019-06-20 Tip of the Day: Delay Updates in Windows 10
2019-06-19 Tip of the Day: Avoid RAID 0
2019-06-18 Tip of the Day: Be Careful When Changing Phone Numbers
2019-06-14 Tip of the Day: Make Things Readable Using High Contrast
2019-06-13 Tip of the Day: Different Browsers for Different Accounts
2019-06-12 Tip of the Day: Prevent Email Harvesting with Images
2019-06-11 Tip of the Day: Use Remote Access With Caution
2019-06-06 Tip of the Day: Search Google Chrome Settings
2019-06-05 Tip of the Day: View Your Update History in Windows 10
2019-06-04 Tip of the Day: Unsubscribe Versus Mark as Spam
2019-06-03 Tip of the Day: Clear Formatting Using Notepad
2019-05-31 Tip of the Day: Pin a Folder to the Start Menu
2019-05-30 Tip of the Day: Don’t Forward All Email
2019-05-29 Tip of the Day: Belarc Advisor
2019-05-28 Tip of the Day: Remember Clearing Cookies Clears Logins
2019-05-27 Tip of the Day: InPrivate and Incognito Sessions Do Not Make You Secure Online
2019-05-24 Tip of the Day: mklink: Hard and Symbolic Links in Windows
2019-05-23 Tip of the Day: Files and Folders
2019-05-22 Tip of the Day: What’s Preventing “Safely Remove”?
2019-05-21 Tip of the Day: Default to the Cloud
2019-05-20 Tip of the Day: Permanently Delete a File
2019-05-17 Tip of the Day: Icons or Thumbnails?
2019-05-16 Tip of the Day: The TREE Command
2019-05-15 Tip of the Day: ALT+TAB
2019-05-14 Tip of the Day: Try Microsoft Office Online
2019-05-13 Tip of the Day: Searching Via the Command Prompt
2019-05-10 Tip of the Day: the Size of Things on Your Display
2019-05-09 Tip of the Day: Avoid “UAC Blindness”
2019-05-08 Tip of the Day: Give Facebook More than One Email Address
2019-05-07 Tip of the Day: Two Ways to Copy in Excel
2019-05-06 Tip of the Day: View Hidden Files
2019-05-03 Tip of the Day: Just Start Typing
2019-05-02 Tip of the Day: Turn Off Autocorrect on Mobile
2019-05-01 Tip of the Day: Uninstall (Some) Apps
2019-04-30 Tip of the Day: Save the Installation Media
2019-04-29 Tip of the Day: Put a CPU Meter in Your Taskbar
2019-04-26 Tip of the Day: Add Two-factor to Your Password Vault
2019-04-25 Tip of the Day: Close Programs Before Shutting Down
2019-04-24 Tip of the Day: Save As, Often
2019-04-23 Tip of the Day: Leave the “To:” Blank
2019-04-22 Tip of the Day: Add to the Start Menu
2019-04-19 Tip of the Day: Check the From: in Bounces
2019-04-18 Tip of the Day: Make the Taskbar Bigger
2019-04-17 Tip of the Day: Run Anyway (Carefully)
2019-04-16 Tip of the Day: Combine Two Drives into One
2019-04-15 Tip of the Day: Task Manager and CPU Usage
2019-04-12 Tip of the Day: Removing Start Menu Tiles
2019-04-11 Tip of the Day: Try Dvorak
2019-04-10 Tip of the Day: the System File Checker
2019-04-09 Tip of the Day: Back Up
2019-04-08 Tip of the Day: Uninstall your Anti-malware in Windows 10
2019-04-05 Tip of the Day: Upgrade to an SSD
2019-04-04 Tip of the Day: USB Connections for Printers
2019-04-03 Tip of the Day: Easily Open Your Downloads Folder
2019-04-02 Tip of the Day: Your Temporary Files Folder
2019-04-01 Tip of the Day: Tasklist
2019-03-29 Tip of the Day: Beware of Bit.ly
2019-03-28 Tip of the Day: Personalize the Windows Mail Program
2019-03-27 Tip of the Day: Remember that Websites Do Go Down
2019-03-26 Tip of the Day: Gravatar
2019-03-25 Tip of the Day: When Re-Installing Isn’t Enough
2019-03-22 Tip of the Day: Locate Start Menu Items
2019-03-21 Tip of the Day: Don’t Hand Out Your Two-factor Codes
2019-03-20 Tip of the Day: The Quick Way to Discover Your Windows Version
2019-03-19 Tip of the Day: Use Different Mouse Pointers
2019-03-18 Tip of the Day: Hide the Clock
2019-03-15 Tip of the Day: Windows 10 Color Filters
2019-03-14 Tip of the Day: Inspectre
2019-03-13 Tip of the Day: Click the Logo to Go Home
2019-03-12 Tip of the Day: Autoruns
2019-03-11 Tip of the Day: Remember that Malware Can Do Anything
2019-03-08 Tip of the Day: Choose the Right Network Type
2019-03-07 Tip of the Day: Encrypt Your Laptop’s Hard Drive
2019-03-06 Tip of the Day: Watch Your Disk Space
2019-03-05 Tip of the Day: Modify Your Windows 10 Start Menu
2019-03-04 Tip of the Day: Change or Turn Off System Sounds
2019-03-01 Tip of the Day: Play DVDs Using VLC
2019-02-28 Tip of the Day: Learn How to Make Photos Smaller
2019-02-27 Tip of the Day: Try Another Port
2019-02-26 Tip of the Day: Take Responsibility for Your Own Backups
2019-02-25 Tip of the Day: Adjust Your Keyboard Repeat
2019-02-22 Tip of the Day: Pin Settings Items to the Start Menu
2019-02-21 Tip of the Day: Use Boxcryptor Even Without the Cloud
2019-02-20 Tip of the Day: Avoid Dots in Email Addresses
2019-02-19 Tip of the Day: Back Up Computers First, Not Applications
2019-02-18 Tip of the Day: Clearing an External Drive
2019-02-15 Tip of the Day: Searching Ask Leo!
2019-02-14 Tip of the Day: A Command Prompt Shortcut that Sticks Around
2019-02-13 Tip of the Day: The Difference Between Update and Upgrade
2019-02-12 Tip of the Day: Check Online Service Status
2019-02-11 Tip of the Day: Connect Your Laptop to a Wired Network Too
2019-02-08 Tip of the Day: Icons in Shell32.dll
2019-02-07 Tip of the Day: Notepad Deserves More Respect
2019-02-06 Tip of the Day: Watch Your Google Quota
2019-02-05 Tip of the Day: Detecting Administrative Privileges in a Command Prompt
2019-02-04 Tip of the Day: Adjust User Interface Performance
2019-02-01 Tip of the Day: Use the Right Tools
2019-01-31 Tip of the Day: Disabling Your Network Interface
2019-01-30 Tip of the Day: Control Your Laptop’s Power Button
2019-01-29 Tip of the Day: Force a Re-sync of Your Clock
2019-01-28 Tip of the Day: Windows Administrative Tools
2019-01-25 Tip of the Day: the Windows Program Compatibility Troubleshooter
2019-01-24 Tip of the Day: There Are Time Zones, and Then There Are Time Zones
2019-01-23 Tip of the Day: Move is Often Faster than Copy/Delete
2019-01-22 Tip of the Day: Hackers Gonna Hack
2019-01-21 Tip of the Day: Close or Secure Unused Accounts
2019-01-18 Tip of the Day: Consider Moving Your Browser’s Downloads Folder
2019-01-17 Tip of the Day: Sort the App List by Size
2019-01-16 Tip of the Day: Consider Chrome Remote Desktop
2019-01-15 Tip of the Day: Deleting All Messages with a Gmail Label
2019-01-14 Tip of the Day: Consider the Mail App
2019-01-11 Tip of the Day: Back Up Your Machine Before Turning It On
2019-01-10 Tip of the Day: Don’t Rely on Your Browser’s Bookmarks
2019-01-09 Tip of the Day: Click Column Headers to Sort
2019-01-08 Tip of the Day: Edge is Not a PDF Reader
2019-01-07 Tip of the Day: Know Your Taskbar
2019-01-04 Tip of the Day: Back Up One Online Email Account with Another
2019-01-03 Tip of the Day: Use a Switch to Add Ports to Your Network
2019-01-02 Tip of the Day: Use, But Don’t Rely On, the Cloud
2019-01-01 Tip of the Day: Be Prepared to Reinstall Windows