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Cloud Storage

Tip of the Day: Know Where Your Files Are

Sign-in options

Tip of the Day: Turn On (or Off) Password After Sleep or Screensaver

Recycle Bin Properties

Tip of the Day: Adjust the Size of the Recycle Bin

Gift Card Danger

Tip of the Day: Requests for Gift Cards Are a Sign of a Scam

Save As PDF

Tip of the Day: Send PDF Instead of Docx

Get Adobe Reader

Tip of the Day: Install Acrobat Reader

Alternativeto.net

Tip of the Day: AlternativeTo.net

WWW

Tip of the Day: Type the URL or Use a Bookmark

Tip of the Day: Consider a BIOS/UEFI Password

Computer Keyboard

Tip of the Day: Keep a USB Keyboard

Creating a shortcut to a folder.

Tip of the Day: Create a Shortcut to a Folder

Recent items

Tip of the Day: Recent Files

Format warning

Tip of the Day: Erase a Disk Quickly

Windows Defender Offline scan in progress.

Tip of the Day: Microsoft Defender Offline Scan

Downloads folder set to a Dropbox sub-folder

Tip of the Day: Consider Moving Your Browser’s Downloads Folder

The Onion

Tip of the Day: Don’t Fall for Satire

Lastpass Login

Tip of the Day: Store Your Vault Password in Your Password Vault

Install for All Users

Tip of the Day: Install for All Users

Gmail before operator

Tip of the Day: Gmail Before and After

Address Bar & Search Box

Tip of the Day: Don’t Use Search to Visit a Site

Windows Mail in Windows 11

Tip of the Day: Consider the Mail App

subdomain.domain.com

Tip of the Day: Understand Subdomains

Are You Ready?

Tip of the Day: Prepare for Not Being Available

Manage Extensions

Tip of the Day: Reduce the Number of Extensions

Check installed programs

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

Startup Changes

Tip of the Day: Disable Startup Items Carefully

File Explorer -> Network.

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

CTRL+SHIFT+T - undo for 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

RAM

Tip of the Day: Make Sure You Can Add RAM

Windows Search Service

Tip of the Day: Turn Off Content Indexing for Speed

Dell Software

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

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

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

Cut, Copy, and Paste

Tip of the Day: Move and Copy Files Using the Keyboard

Settings Search

Tip of the Day: Search Within Settings

Windows 11 Taskbar Position Setting

Tip of the Day: Move the Windows 11 Taskbar Back

Taskbar Icons

Tip of the Day: Large and Small Taskbar Icons

The Enter Key

Tip of the Day: the Many Uses of Enter

Lastpass Indicating No Entry for this site.

Tip of the Day: Pay Attention to Your Vault

Tip of the Day: Resize the Tiled Start Menu

Gmail Text Style Selection

Tip of the Day: Change the Default Text Style in Gmail

Quick Access Toolbar

Tip of the Day: the Quick Access Toolbar