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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

.doc to .docx

Tip of the Day: Prefer “docx” Over “doc”

Update

Tip of the Day: Sometimes Replacement Makes More Sense

Spam

Tip of the Day: Never Reply to Spam

Cancel Install

Tip of the Day: Try Not to Cancel Installs

Taskbar

Tip of the Day: Double Down on the Taskbar

Local Folders

Tip of the Day: Use Local Folders to Avoid Email Loss

Partitions

Tip of the Day: Leave Small Partitions Be

Remember Me!

Tip of the Day: “Remember Me” with Caution

CHKDSK

Tip of the Day: Back Up Before CHKDSK

Starting Windows Backup

Tip of the Day: Windows Built-in Backup is Better than None

Using site:microsoft.com.

Tip of the Day: site:microsoft.com For Better Results

Two Factor Authentication Code

Tip of the Day: Use Two-Factor Authentication, Already

External Drive

Tip of the Day: Keep Your Backup Drive Full

Blocked Senders

Tip of the Day: Don’t Bother Blocking Senders

Time Zone in Windows 10

Tip of the Day: Confirm Your Time Zone

USB Ports

Tip of the Day: Try Another USB Port

Send To Mail Recipient

Tip of the Day: Configure an Email Program (Even if You Don’t Use One)

Tip of the Day: Run CHKDSK Periodically

Virus Detected

Tip of the Day: Damage Assessment Can’t be Relied On

Pause syncing in OneDrive.

Tip of the Day: Pause Cloud Sync

Credit Card

Tip of the Day: Get a PIN Before You Go

Check for Updates

Tip of the Day: Check for Updates to Get the Latest

Begin

Tip of the Day: Share What You Learn

Back Button History

Tip of the Day: the History in the Back Button

Play a sound when you press Caps Lock,...

Tip of the Day: Play a Sound for Caps Lock

A Location, Shared

Tip of the Day: Share Your Location with Friends

Answering the Phone

Tip of the Day: Don’t Answer the Phone

Previous Windows installation(s)

Tip of the Day: Back Up and then Delete Windows.old

Searching for *.txt

Tip of the Day: Use Wildcards in Search

Screenshots Folder

Tip of the Day: Move the Windows Screenshots Folder

CD to the TMP folder.

Tip of the Day: Visit (and Clean) the Temp Folder in Windows Command Prompt

Command Prompt Opened to Folder

Tip of the Day: Open Command Prompt in File Explorer’s Displayed Folder

The Responsibility is Yours

Tip of the Day: You’re the One Responsible

Enable shortcut underlines

Tip of the Day: View Keyboard Shortcuts on Menus

Windows 11 Desktop

Tip of the Day: Quit Relying on the Desktop

List Accounts

Tip of the Day: List ALL the Accounts on Your Machine

Create New Shortcut

Tip of the Day: A Shortcut to Lock Your Computer

Start Menu

Tip of the Day: CTRL+ESC for the Start Menu

YouTube Security Reminder

Tip of the Day: Don’t Ignore Security Reminders

Stop Spam - Twice!

Tip of the Day: Your Two Spam Filters

Windows 11 Version

Tip of the Day: Get the Windows Version Quickly

UAC - Yes

Tip of the Day: Drive UAC with the Keyboard