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Animusic DVD Playing in VLC Media Player

Tip of the Day: Play DVDs Using VLC

Screen saver files.

Tip of the Day: Don’t Open Files with Extensions You Don’t Recognize

Tip of the Day: Restart Shuts Down in Ways Shutdown Doesn’t

Cropped and resized

Tip of the Day: Learn How to Make Photos Smaller

USB Ports

Tip of the Day: Not All USB Ports Are Alike

USB Ports

Tip of the Day: Try Another Port

Hacking Detected

Tip of the Day: Take Responsibility for Your Own Backups

Windows keyboard properties

Tip of the Day: Adjust Your Keyboard Repeat

Cryptomator Vault custom location.

Tip of the Day: Use Cryptomator Even Without the Cloud

Gmail

Tip of the Day: Avoid Dots in Email Addresses

Focus Assist in Windows 11

Tip of the Day: Focus Assist

Snap Layout Control

Tip of the Day: Snap Layouts

Windows 11 Start Menu

Tip of the Day: Customize Your Start Menu

Renaming a Drive in Windows.

Tip of the Day: Name or Label Your Disks

Uninstall Teams

Tip of the Day: Go Ahead and Uninstall Teams

Obscured Email Address

Tip of the Day: Get A Portable Email Address Before You Need It

An example of a two-factor code

Tip of the Day: Don’t Hand Out Your Two-Factor Codes

Email attachment with a "no" sign.

Tip of the Day: Send Content, not Attachments

Google Wallet

Tip of the Day: Google Wallet and Apple Pay

Back Up!

Tip of the Day: Back Up Computers First, Not Applications

Not a Quick Format

Tip of the Day: Clearing an External Drive

Tip of the Day: Find My Device (With Caution)

Credit Card

Tip of the Day: Prefer Credit over Debit

Kindle in-app purchase denied.

Tip of the Day: Avoid In-App Purchases

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

Obscured Email Address

Tip of the Day: Your Email Address Is No Secret

Alpaca

Tip of the Day: Digital Criminals are Not Dumb

Credit Card

Tip of the Day: Make Your Credit Card a Contact

Microsoft service status

Tip of the Day: Check Online Service Status

Wired and Wireless network

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

Venmo

Tip of the Day: Treat Cash Apps Like Cash

File Names

Tip of the Day: A Couple of File Name Tips

Free Trial reminder in Google Calendar.

Tip of the Day: Set a Timer on Free Trials

Autosave in Microsoft Excel.

Tip of the Day: Autosave in Office

Credit Card

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

Password Field Entry

Tip of the Day: Add a Couple of Characters to Your Password

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 10

Toolset

Tip of the Day: Use the Right Tools

Set time automatically setting in Windows 10

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

Administrative Tools Folder

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

Target

Tip of the Day: Hackers Gonna Hack

Myspace

Tip of the Day: Close or Secure Unused Accounts