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Fridge Photo

Tip of the Day: Read the Fine Print with Your Camera

Don't Spam Me!

Tip of the Day: Disposable Gmail Addresses

Dragging a bookmark to the bookmarks bar

Tip of the Day: Drag a Bookmark to the Bookmarks Bar

CTRL+SHIFT+ESC

Tip of the Day: Task Manager in a Keystroke

Help!

Tip of the Day: Provide Enough Information When Asking for Help

Site Can't Be Reached

Tip of the Day: Is the Website Down?

Chase Alert Email

Tip of the Day: Sign Up for Credit Card Usage Alerts

Edit Gmail Subject

Tip of the Day: Edit the Subject of a Reply in Gmail

Two Displays

Tip of the Day: Spring for a Second Monitor

Router

Tip of the Day: Try a Different Connection

Search

Tip of the Day: Use Different Words to Search

A desktop computer screen displaying the default Windows background, with the words "Ready! Honest! Would I Lie To You?"

Tip of the Day: Your Computer Lies! (At Least at Startup)

Read The Friendly Manual!

Tip of the Day: Read What’s On the Screen

Kensington Lock

Tip of the Day: Lock It Down

Tip of the Day: Close Programs from the Task Switcher

Facebook Audience Selection

Tip of the Day: Remember Your Audience

In Private Browsing

Tip of the Day: InPrivate Browsing

Enable administrator

Tip of the Day: Enable or Disable the Administrator Account

Environment Variables

Tip of the Day: Edit the Path Variable

Using the Start Menu via the Keyboard

Tip of the Day: Drive the Start Menu With Your Keyboard

Mounting ISOs

Tip of the Day: Easily Examine ISO Files in Windows

Tip of the Day: Create a Shortcut to Frequently Used Settings

Scam

Tip of the Day: Don’t Call That Number!

Creating a Microsoft Account

Tip of the Day: Create a Throwaway Account for Travel

Page Down and Page Up

Tip of the Day: Page Up and Down

Move the Window Without Clicking

Tip of the Day: Move Windows Without Clicking

Tip of the Day: Protect Your Personal Information

SHIFT+Click to run another instance

Tip of the Day: Quickly Run Two Copies of a Program

Tip of the Day: Outlook Is a Program on Your PC. Outlook.com Is a Website in Your Browser.

Tip of the Day: Who’s Using that Drive?

Tip of the Day: Some Not-So-Short Shortcuts

Battery Usage by App

Tip of the Day: Battery Usage by App

State Selector

Tip of the Day: Zip Through Drop-Down Lists

Shortcut to a folder.

Tip of the Day: Open Windows File Explorer on a Specific Folder

Remote Assistance

Tip of the Day: Get Help or Give Help with Quick Assist

Shredded documents.

Tip of the Day: Get a Shredder

Copying a OneDrive link.

Tip of the Day: Share Links Using OneDrive

Snap to Corner

Tip of the Day: Snap to the Corner

Date and Time Settings

Tip of the Day: Add Another Clock

Have I Been Pwned?

Tip of the Day: Have You Been Pwned?

Copy URL

Tip of the Day: Sharing URLs

The Wayback Machine

Tip of the Day: The Wayback Machine

Browser Task Manager

Tip of the Day: Browser Task Manager

Typing ALT codes

Tip of the Day: ALT Keyboard Characters

Make Text Bigger

Tip of the Day: Make Text Bigger

Sign out and back in.

Tip of the Day: Sign Out Instead

Scan a File

Tip of the Day: Scan Questionable Files Using Defender

ping diagnostics

Tip of the Day: Diagnose Network Problems with Ping

Tip of the Day: The Clip Command

Bitlocker Recovery Keys

Tip of the Day: Save Your BitLocker Key