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Obscured Email Address

Tip of the Day: Get A Portable Email Address Before You Need It

Example of a One Time Password.

Tip of the Day: Don’t Hand Out Your Two-Factor Codes

Email attachment with a "no" sign.

Tip of the Day: Send Content, not Attachments

Google Wallet

Tip of the Day: Google Wallet and Apple Pay

Tip of the Day: Find My Device (With Caution)

Credit Card

Tip of the Day: Prefer Credit over Debit

Kindle in-app purchase denied.

Tip of the Day: Avoid In-App Purchases

Obscured Email Address

Tip of the Day: Your Email Address Is No Secret

Alpaca

Tip of the Day: Digital Criminals are Not Dumb

Credit Card

Tip of the Day: Make Your Credit Card a Contact

Venmo

Tip of the Day: Treat Cash Apps Like Cash

File Names

Tip of the Day: A Couple of File Name Tips

Free Trial reminder in Google Calendar.

Tip of the Day: Set a Timer on Free Trials

Autosave in Microsoft Excel.

Tip of the Day: Autosave in Office

Credit Card

Tip of the Day: Sign Up for Credit Card Transaction Alerts

Password Field Entry

Tip of the Day: Add a Couple of Characters to Your Password

Check mail from other accounts in Gmail

Tip of the Day: Back Up One Online Email Account with Another

Optimize (Defragment) Disks in Windows

Tip of the Day: 0% Fragmentation Isn’t Worth It

Tasklist filtered to edge.

Tip of the Day: Tasklist, the Command Line Task Utility

Download Windows 10

Tip of the Day: Update Windows 10 or 11 on Your Schedule, Sort Of

Tree Command

Tip of the Day: The TREE Command

Encrypting a Folder

Tip of the Day: Encrypt a Folder in Windows

Kindle Reader Online

Tip of the Day: If You Have an Amazon Account, You Have a Kindle Reader

Right-click context menu with "Open".

Tip of the Day: Opening a Program vs. Opening a Document

Cmd Window Size

Tip of the Day: Resize the Command Prompt

Monument translation by Google Lens

Tip of the Day: Google Translate and Google Lens

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

Tip of the Day: Search Quickly with Command Prompt

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