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My VISA card in Google Pay on my Android Phone.

Tip of the Day: Google Pay and Apple Pay

What hoops do you need to jump through?

Tip of the Day: Understand the Sign-In Process

Sign in before you go!

Tip of the Day: Sign In Before You Leave

A corgi using a smartphone in a park.

Tip of the Day: Save Your Old Phone

Spam, lots of spam

Tip of the Day: Check Your Spam Folder

A corgi sitting at a computer in a video conference with a microphone in front of him wearing earbuds

Tip of the Day: Use Headphones or Earbuds when Video (or Audio) Conferencing

Copying a URL from the address bar.

Tip of the Day: You Don’t Need a Share Button to Share

No to default settings

Tip of the Day: Default Settings Are Not for Your Convenience

Screen resolution

Tip of the Day: Start with Recommended Display Settings

Tip of the Day: Search Quickly with Command Prompt

Settings -> Accounts -> Other Users

Tip of the Day: Add Another Microsoft Login Account to Windows

Calendar via Windows Clock

Tip of the Day: the Clock Has a Calendar

Mouse

Tip of the Day: Use a Mouse

Right Clicking on a Tile

Tip of the Day: Try Right-Clicking on a Tile

Lock the Taskbar

Tip of the Day: Lock the Taskbar

The Verified Checkmark

Tip of the Day: Beware the Checkmark

Pro in the About Box

Tip of the Day: Get Pro, not Home, if You Have a Choice

Tip of the Day: F11 Is for Focus

Triple Clicking

Tip of the Day: Try Triple Click

Question Marks in URLs?

Tip of the Day: Question Marks in URLs

Documents Properties

Tip of the Day: Move Any Default Folder

System Protection

Tip of the Day: Reduce the Number of Restore Points

Screenshot of the Telegram App

Tip of the Day: Screenshots Are Forever

Spam

Tip of the Day: Spam, Junk, or Bulk?

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

Taskbar

Tip of the Day: Double Down on the Taskbar

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

A Location, Shared

Tip of the Day: Share Your Location with Friends

Searching for *.txt

Tip of the Day: Use Wildcards in Search

Screenshots Folder

Tip of the Day: Move the Windows Screenshots Folder

Windows 11 Desktop

Tip of the Day: Quit Relying on the Desktop

YouTube Security Reminder

Tip of the Day: Don’t Ignore Security Reminders

Stop Spam - Twice!

Tip of the Day: Your Two Spam Filters

UAC

Tip of the Day: Admin in a Keystroke

Meme

Tip of the Day: Stop Responding to Silly Facebook Quizzes

Five lines of text. Or is it?

Tip of the Day: A Line Isn’t Always a Line

Android is Blocking Notifications

Tip of the Day: Turn Off Individual Android App Notifications

Kindle Cloud Reader

Tip of the Day: You Don’t Need a Kindle to Read Kindle Books

Gift Card Danger

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

Get Adobe Reader

Tip of the Day: Install Acrobat Reader

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

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