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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

Update history

Tip of the Day: View Windows Update History

Windows File Explorer

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

Compatibility tab in properties of an executable file. (Screenshot: askleo.com)

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 name

Tip of the Day: Use a Consistent Workgroup Name

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 from Start

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

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

Gmail reading pane option.

Tip of the Day: Gmail Has a Reading Pane

Toggle Keys option

Tip of the Day: Get Notification When Caps Lock is Toggled

Dell Support Assist

Tip of the Day: Avoid Third-Party Support/Maintenance Programs

Windows Command Prompt

Tip of the Day: Filenames with Spaces on the Command Line

POP3

Tip of the Day: Consider POP3

Problem Steps Recorder Recording

Tip of the Day: Problem Steps Recorder

The No More Ransom project homepage.

Tip of the Day: Remember the “No More Ransom” Project

An Empty Google Doc

Tip of the Day: A Quick Way to Create New Google Docs

Inspect pane open on askleo.com

Tip of the Day: Inspect to Bypass the Browser Cache

Animation of auto-sizeing File Explorer columns

Tip of the Day: Autosize File Explorer Columns to Fit

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Gmail search

Tip of the Day: Use Gmail Search