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What hoops do you need to jump through?

Tip of the Day: Understand the Sign-In Process

Sign in before you go!

Tip of the Day: Sign In Before You Leave

Answering the Phone

Tip of the Day: Save Your Old Phone

Avoid Ransomware!

Tip of the Day: Don’t Pay the Ransom

Spam, lots of spam

Tip of the Day: Check Your Spam Folder

Multiple Email Addresses in Facebook

Tip of the Day: Set Up Recovery Email Addresses for Everything You Can

If you don’t have recovery information set up, you risk losing the account forever.

Earbuds

Tip of the Day: Use Headphones or Earbuds when Video (or Audio) Conferencing

Copy a URL from the address bar

Tip of the Day: You Don’t Need a Share Button to Share

No to default settings

Tip of the Day: Default Settings are Not for Your Convenience

Screen resolution

Tip of the Day: Start with Recommended Display Settings

Facebook Legacy Contact

Tip of the Day: Set a Facebook Legacy Contact

Extensions

Tip of the Day: Think Twice Before Installing Browser Extensions

CMD Search

Tip of the Day: Search Quickly with Command Prompt

Display Connectors

Tip of the Day: Most Laptops Can Handle External Monitors

Add someone else

Tip of the Day: Add Another Microsoft Log-in Account to Windows 10

Calendar via Windows Clock

Tip of the Day: the Clock Has a Calendar

Mouse

Tip of the Day: Use a Mouse

Right Clicking on a Tile

Tip of the Day: Try Right-Clicking on a Tile

CTRL+A

Tip of the Day: Make CTRL+A, CTRL+C a Habit When Typing an Online Form

Lock the Taskbar

Tip of the Day: Lock the Taskbar

The Verified Checkmark

Tip of the Day: Beware the Checkmark

It's Shocking!

Tip of the Day: Stop Freaking Out About Porn Spam

Registry Editor

Tip of the Day: Avoid the Registry Editor

Edge Reading

Tip of the Day: Have Edge Read to You

Windows File Explorer

Tip of the Day: Windows File Explorer Keyboard Shortcuts

Downloaded Programs Folder

Tip of the Day: Save Downloaded Programs

Old Password / New Password

Tip of the Day: Revisit Old Passwords

Top 10 Folder

Tip of the Day: Create a Folder of Shortcuts

God Mode Settings

Tip of the Day: God Mode

Pro in the About Box

Tip of the Day: Get Pro, not Home, if You Have a Choice

Tip of the Day: F11 Is for Focus

Dates

Tip of the Day: Check the Date

Windows 10 Search

Tip of the Day: Restrict Windows Search

Cookie Clearing in IE

Tip of the Day: Don’t Clear Cookies

Triple Clicking

Tip of the Day: Try Triple Click

Getting Attention!

Tip of the Day: Headlines Are Written to Make You Click

Tip of the Day: Windows Key + P for Projector Mode

Password field example

Tip of the Day: Discover What’s Behind the Asterisks

Shutdown Command

Tip of the Day: Schedule a Delayed Shutdown

Open Office Preferences

Tip of the Day: Default to Microsoft Office File Types in Open and Libre Office

Question Marks in URLs?

Tip of the Day: Question Marks in URLs

ask.leo@

Tip of the Day: Avoid Periods in Email Addresses

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