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Incognito

Tip of the Day: Use Incognito to Log into Multiple Accounts Online

Tip of the Day: Click Column Headers to Sort

Update Driver

Tip of the Day: Don’t Always Trust Windows for the Latest Drivers

System Reliability Monitor

Tip of the Day: Explore the Reliability Monitor in Windows 10 & 11

Copying Multiple Files with Command Prompt

Tip of the Day: Copy Files in Command Prompt

Tip of the Day: Unhide the Original When Replying

Download Windows 10

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

Tip of the Day: Control Audio Devices Per App

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

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