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Windows Setup Install Now

Tip of the Day: Reinstall Windows on That Used Computer

Notepad log

Tip of the Day: Use Notepad for Your Daily Log

My Lastpass Vault

Tip of the Day: Use Your Password Vault as Bookmarks

Resize a Textbox

Tip of the Day: Resize Some Text Entry Boxes in Chrome (and Edge)

Not Now

Tip of the Day: You Don’t Always Need an Account

What The ...???

Tip of the Day: Don’t Reply to “Don’t Reply” Emails

Login and Password

Tip of the Day: Sign In Occasionally

Always show scroll bars in Windows 11.

Tip of the Day: Always Display Scrollbars

Use Stronger Passwords

Tip of the Day: Don’t Get Attached to Your Password

Drag and Drop to the Bookmarks Bar

Tip of the Day: Drag and Drop to Your Browser’s Bookmarks Bar

YouTube Search

Tip of the Day: Remember the Second Most Popular Search Engine

Mouse

Tip of the Day: Click-Hold-Move: an Irritation and a Solution

Wired Keyboard

Tip of the Day: Keep a Wired Mouse and Keyboard

slmgr.vbs

Tip of the Day: Use Slmgr to View Your Windows License

Password?

Tip of the Day: Remember Your Password

Documents Properties

Tip of the Day: Move Any Default Folder

Windows Desktop Corner

Tip of the Day: Show the Desktop with a Click

Typing

Tip of the Day: There’s Nothing Special About Keyloggers

Set Up Speech Recognition

Tip of the Day: Consider Speech Recognition and Speech-to-Text

Install additional software

Tip of the Day: Always Choose Custom Install (and then Pay Attention)

No Spam

Tip of the Day: Mark Spam as Spam and Move On

System Protection

Tip of the Day: Reduce the Number of Restore Points

Read The Friendly Message

Tip of the Day: Read What’s On the Screen (PLEASE!)

Screenshot of the Telegram App

Tip of the Day: Screenshots Are Forever

NAS With Multiple Drives

Tip of the Day: RAID Disk Formats Are Proprietary

Computer Error

Tip of the Day: Try Another Computer

Windows File Explorer View options

Tip of the Day: Play with Windows File Explorer Views

Listening In

Tip of the Day: Remember It’s Your Company’s Equipment

About Chrome

Tip of the Day: Keep Your Browser Up To Date

Modify

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

Candle

Tip of the Day: Plan for Your Death

Shielded Router

Tip of the Day: Reboot Your Router

Leo's Myspace.com 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

ISP

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

Spam

Tip of the Day: Spam, Junk, or Bulk?

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”

Locked Cloud

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

Advanced Sharing

Tip of the Day: A Cheap, Two-Step NAS

Thumbdrive

Tip of the Day: You’ll Probably Lose that Thumb Drive. Plan Ahead.

Where to get Apps setting in Windows 11.

Tip of the Day: Get Apps From Anywhere (or Not)

An extremely bulging battery.

Tip of the Day: Don’t Ignore that Bulging Battery

A password in notepad.

Tip of the Day: Use Notepad For Passwords

Upgrade!

Tip of the Day: Bite the Bullet and Upgrade