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About Chrome

Tip of the Day: Keep Your Browser Up To Date

Modifying an installation

Tip of the Day: Remember Modify in Add/Remove Programs

Candle

Tip of the Day: Plan for Your Death

Router with a shield and globe with an ethernet port and cable.

Tip of the Day: Reboot Your Router

comic-book style image of a tombstone in a graveyard which has chiselled on to it "RIP Leo's myspace account"

Tip of the Day: Ignore Old Accounts

Printers and Scanners

Tip of the Day: Remove and Re-Add Your Printer

Locked

Tip of the Day: Whole Drive Encryption Only Protects When a Disk is Not Mounted

Router with a shield and globe with an ethernet port and cable.

Tip of the Day: Whoever Provides Your Internet Is Your Internet Provider

Format Thumbdrive

Tip of the Day: Use FAT for Thumb Drives

Postcard

Tip of the Day: Treat Email Like a Postcard

Find Friends on Twitter

Tip of the Day: Don’t Share Contacts

Yahoo Verification Options

Tip of the Day: Check All Your Two-Factor Options Before Giving Up

Power Button

Tip of the Day: Reboot Again After an Unexpected Shutdown

Yahoo in support search results

Tip of the Day: Never Search for “Support”

Concept: cloud with chains and a padlock

Tip of the Day: Know What to Encrypt in the Cloud

Upgrade!

Tip of the Day: Bite the Bullet and Upgrade

Time zone

Tip of the Day: Check the Time Zone in Your Online Accounts

Support Free Software

Tip of the Day: Support Free Software (If You Can)

Free sign

Tip of the Day: Check Out the Free Version

Event Viewer

Tip of the Day: Ignore the Event Viewer

Moving Closer

Tip of the Day: Move Closer

Making an Image Backup

Tip of the Day: Make a Backup Image of Your New Machine as Soon as Possible

One way to share a link.

Tip of the Day: Don’t Attach; Share Instead

A button labelled "Free Download"

Tip of the Day: Understand What “Free Download” Really Means

Doc to DocX graphic

Tip of the Day: Prefer “docx” Over “doc”

Update button

Tip of the Day: Sometimes Replacement Makes More Sense

Spam

Tip of the Day: Never Reply to Spam

Cancel Install

Tip of the Day: Try Not to Cancel Installs

Local Folders

Tip of the Day: Use Local Folders to Avoid Email Loss

Partitions

Tip of the Day: Leave Small Partitions Be

"Remember Me" checkbox.

Tip of the Day: “Remember Me” with Caution

CHKDSK

Tip of the Day: Back Up Before CHKDSK

A two-factor authentication code.

Tip of the Day: Use Two-Factor Authentication, Already

External Hard Disk Drive

Tip of the Day: Keep Your Backup Drive Full

Blocked Senders

Tip of the Day: Don’t Bother Blocking Senders

Timezone Setting

Tip of the Day: Confirm Your Time Zone

USB ports

Tip of the Day: Try Another USB Port

Setting window position.

Tip of the Day: Windows Remembers Size and Position (Mostly)

Send To Mail Recipient

Tip of the Day: Configure an Email Program (Even if You Don’t Use One)

Running CHKDSK

Tip of the Day: Run CHKDSK Periodically

Virus Detected

Tip of the Day: You Can’t Rely on Damage Assessment

Pause Sync

Tip of the Day: Pause Cloud Sync

Credit Card

Tip of the Day: Get a PIN Before You Go

Check for updates

Tip of the Day: Check for Updates to Get the Latest

Single Click to open

Tip of the Day: Single Click to Open

Searching for "man git".

Tip of the Day: Search for Man

an older gentleman teacher holding and pointing to a mobile phone in a classroom in front of a middle aged group of students

Tip of the Day: Share What You Learn

Back Button drop-down

Tip of the Day: the History in the Back Button

Play a sound when you press Caps Lock,...

Tip of the Day: Play a Sound for Caps Lock

A mobile phone receiving a call, which is declined.

Tip of the Day: Don’t Answer the Phone