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Tip of the Day: Try Another Port

A Corgi at home looking at their computer screen which says, in large letters, "Email Hacked!".

Tip of the Day: Take Responsibility for Your Own Backups

Windows keyboard properties

Tip of the Day: Adjust Your Keyboard Repeat

Gmail

Tip of the Day: Avoid Dots in Email Addresses

A corgi sitting in front of a computer on a desk whose screen says "backup in progress" showing a progress bar 90% complete

Tip of the Day: Back Up Computers, Not Applications

Not a Quick Format

Tip of the Day: Clearing an External Drive

Command Prompt having run a startup script

Tip of the Day: A Command Prompt Shortcut That Sticks Around

CCleaner Update versus Upgrade

Tip of the Day: The Difference Between Update and Upgrade

Microsoft Service Status page.

Tip of the Day: Check Online Service Status

Sharing a link to file using OneDrive online.

Tip of the Day: Share Links, not Documents, for Privacy

Wired and Wireless network

Tip of the Day: Connect Your Laptop to a Wired Network Too

Change Icon dialog

Tip of the Day: Icons in Shell32.dll

Notepad

Tip of the Day: Notepad Deserves More Respect

Google Quota

Tip of the Day: Watch Your Google Quota

SetColor batch file

Tip of the Day: Detecting Administrative Privileges in a Command Prompt

Performance Options

Tip of the Day: Adjust User Interface Performance in Windows

Toolset

Tip of the Day: Use the Right Tools

Tip of the Day: Force a Re-sync of Your Clock

Tip of the Day: Force a Resync of Your Clock

Tip of the Day: Windows Administrative Tools

Tip of the Day: Windows Administrative Tools

Tip of the Day: the Windows Program Compatibility Troubleshooter

Windows 10's Data and Time Settings

Tip of the Day: There Are Time Zones and Then There Are Time Zones

A move operation in Windows File Explorer

Tip of the Day: Move Is Often Faster than Copy/Delete

A Corgi sitting at a Windows computer showing a "Create Account" screen where "unimportant@hotmail.com" has been filled in as the ID. Above the Corgi's head is a thought bubble that says "meh".

Tip of the Day: There’s no such Thing as an Unimportant Account

One? Or L?

Tip of the Day: Distinguishing Between “1” and “l”

A Corgi in a state fair kissing booth looking at the camera holding a sign that says "FREE KISSES!"

Tip of the Day: Free Is Never Free

Remember Me

Tip of the Day: Check “Remember Me” First

An over the shoulder view of a Corgi working at a Windows PC. In the background are hidden, shady characters representing the hackers attempting to get into the Corgi's accounts.

Tip of the Day: Hackers Gonna Hack

Myspace

Tip of the Day: Close or Secure Unused Accounts

Downloads folder set to a Dropbox sub-folder

Tip of the Day: Consider Moving Your Browser’s Downloads Folder

Tip of the Day: Sort the App List by Size

Tip of the Day: -ai and -ads in Google Search

Chrome Remote Desktop

Tip of the Day: Consider Chrome Remote Desktop

The Select-All Checkbox in GMail

Tip of the Day: Deleting All Messages with a Gmail Label

Back up!

Tip of the Day: Back Up Your Machine Before Turning It On

Favorites in Microsoft Edge

Tip of the Day: Don’t Rely on Your Browser’s Bookmarks

Tip of the Day: Click Column Headers to Sort

Windows 11 Taskbar Areas

Tip of the Day: Know Your Taskbar

A Corgi looking at a computer screen which displays an explosion

Tip of the Day: Use, But Don’t Rely On, the Cloud

Reset This PC

Tip of the Day: Be Prepared to Reinstall Windows

A corgi in a business office with a PC displaying a Google Search page with the phrase "Where do I find more cookies?" entered as the search term.

Tip of the Day: Look. It. Up.

A Corgi standing in front of a very large PC computer screen pointing to that screen. On that screen is the text "Your IP address is 44.233.178.172"

Tip of the Day: Your IP Address Is Not Secret

All Mail in Gmail

Tip of the Day: All Mail in Gmail

System Restore Interface

Tip of the Day: Know When Restore Points Are Useful

Windows 10 Clipboard Settings

Tip of the Day: Windows 10 and 11 Clipboard

Storage Sense in Windows 11

Tip of the Day: Review Storage Sense

Task Manager Settings

Tip of the Day: Run Task Manager on Startup

Chromebook

Tip of the Day: Consider a Chromebook

A Corgi with a video camera making a video of the contents of his living room

Tip of the Day: Video Your Home

Locked

Tip of the Day: Back Up Encrypted Data Unencrypted

Walter on the Beach

Tip of the Day: Discover Image Search