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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

Time zone

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

Support Free Software

Tip of the Day: Support Free Software

Free Version

Tip of the Day: Check Out the Free Version

Event Viewer

Tip of the Day: Ignore the Event Viewer

Free Wi-Fi

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

Copy Dropbox Link

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

Free Download

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