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Are You Ready?

Tip Of The Day: Prepare for Not Being Available

Extensions

Tip of the Day: Reduce the Number of Extensions

Apps & features

Tip Of The Day: Periodically Check Installed Programs

Scam!

Tip of the Day: If It Sounds Too Good To Be True…

Chromebook

Tip of the Day: Consider a Chromebook

Task Manager - Startup tab

Tip of the Day: Disable Startup Items Carefully

File Explorer -> Network.

Tip of the Day: Use the Same Account on All Machines

Multiple Tabs

Tip of the Day: Reopen a Closed Tab

Locked

Tip of the Day: Back Up Encrypted Data Unencrypted

Walter on the Beach

Tip of the Day: Discover Image Search

Copying Files

Tip of the Day: Use Dropbox to Copy Files

Oops!

Tip of the Day: Don’t Bail on a Single Failure

Remote Assistance

Tip of the Day: Disabling Remote Access Doesn’t

RAM

Tip of the Day: Make Sure You Can Add RAM

Control Panel in Windows 11.

Tip of the Day: Yet Another Way to Open Control Panel

Windows Search Service

Tip of the Day: Turn Off Content Indexing for Speed

Downloads in Edge

Tip of the Day: Find Your Downloads

Open Shell Menu Styles

Tip of the Day: Consider Shell Alternatives

It's A Scam!

Tip of the Day: Don’t Call That Number!

Dell Software

Tip of the Day: Pay Attention to Your Manufacturer’s Software Too

WWW

Tip of the Day: Stop Typing “www.”

Print to PDF

Tip of the Day: Save a Password-protected PDF Without a Password

Disk & Hammer

Tip of the Day: Really Erase that Disk Before Discarding

View Installed Updates

Tip of the Day: View Windows Update History

Windows File Explorer

Tip of the Day: Use Windows File Explorer to Explore Files

Compatibility

Tip of the Day: Check Compatibility

Use a Cable

Tip of the Day: Wired Is Almost Always Faster

Opening a text file in WordPad

Tip of the Day: Why Not WordPad?

Tearing Off and Replacing a Browser Tab,

Tip of the Day: Tear Off Your Tabs

High Contrast offer

Tip of the Day: High Contrast in a Keystroke

Workgroup Setting

Tip of the Day: Use a Consistent Workgroup Name

Don't Panic

Tip of the Day: Don’t Panic

Tip of the Day: Don’t Pay for Free (Unless You Want To)

OneDrive Mobile App

Tip of the Day: Access Files on Your Smartphone

Side By Side Windows

Tip of the Day: SHIFT+Click and Side-by-Side

Uninstall on the Start Menu

Tip of the Day: Uninstall from the Windows Start Menu

Data Migration

Tip of the Day: Take It All With You to Your New Machine

Drag select

Tip of the Day: Select Multiple Items with the Mouse

Data Loss

Tip of the Day: Back Up Your Email

Downloads

Tip of the Day: Clean Up Your Downloads

Secure Your Account -- Please

Tip of the Day: Use a Password Vault, Already

Use Dropbox

Tip of the Day: Use Dropbox to Transfer Files

Move, Copy, Make a Shortcut

Tip of the Day: Move, Copy, or Create Shortcut

Resizer

Tip of the Day: Resize Text Boxes — Maybe

Windows File Explorer

Tip of the Day: File Explorer Display Options

Driver Update

Tip of the Day: Use Device Manager to Update Drivers

CPU Usage

Tip of the Day: Watch Your CPU Usage for Malware

Restore Trash

Tip of the Day: Restore Trash

Tip of the Day: Pin Browser Tabs for Quick Access

Windows 10 Task Manager

Tip of the Day: Get Even More Info From Windows Task Manager