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Taskbar Areas

Tip of the Day: Review the Notification Area

Typing

Tip of the Day: Teach Others to Search

It's Not About You

Tip of the Day: Hacks Aren’t About You

Print Screen Snipping

Tip of the Day: Make Print Screen More Useful

Focus assist in Windows 10

Tip of the Day: Focus Assist

Subscriptions in the Google Play store

Tip of the Day: Manage Your Android Subscriptions

One Problem at a Time

Tip of the Day: One Problem at a Time

Many ways of communicating

Tip of the Day: Be the Flexible One

Auto Save setting in Microsoft Word

Tip of the Day: Control AutoSave in Office

Automatic Payments page in Paypal

Tip of the Day: Manage Your PayPal Subscriptions

Searching For Example

Tip of the Day: Use F3 to Search in Windows File Explorer

Tip of the Day: Slow Down

Looking, and not looking, at the camera

Tip of the Day: Look At the Camera

An image in a Microsoft Word document

Tip of the Day: Don’t Use a Document to Send a Picture

Did you... ???

Tip of the Day: Ask for Confirmation

Hourglasses

Tip of the Day: Be Patient

Power Button

Tip of the Day: Powered Off Isn’t Always Off

An example of a 404 page not found error

Tip of the Day: Bookmarks Can Break

Google, the search engine

Tip of the Day: Google is a Search Engine, not a Reference Source

Android Factory Reset

Tip of the Day: Factory Reset

Example of an Email Notification

Tip of the Day: Turn Off Email Notifications

WhatsApp Web

Tip of the Day: Web Versions of Mobile Messaging Apps

An email with only a link

Tip of the Day: Always Send More than a Link

Desktop of my Windows 10 Home Example Machine

Tip of the Day: Set a Meaningful Desktop Background

F5

Tip of the Day: SHIFT or CTRL F5 to Bypass the Cache

F11 Maximize

Tip of the Day: Maximize the Browser with F11

Net View

Tip of the Day: View the Machines on Your Network in Command Prompt

YouTube Subscriptions Page

Tip of the Day: Skip YouTube Suggestions

Dialing a Phone

Tip of the Day: Dial Zero for Humanity

Speed

Tip of the Day: “Up to” Means Less Than

Avoid Ransomware!

Tip of the Day: Protect Your Backups from Ransomware

Google Takeout

Tip of the Day: Google Takeout

Windows 10's Mail's Focused Inbox

Tip of the Day: Turn Off Mail’s Focused Inbox

Ratings

Tip of the Day: Read the Reviews

Lastpass's Password Generator

Tip of the Day: View Your Generated Password

Spam email relating to COVID-19

Tip of the Day: Legitimate Information Doesn’t Arrive Unsolicited

Clicked Link opening web browser in background

Tip of the Day: ALT+TAB as a Workaround

Control Panel Network Adapters

Tip of the Day: Access Network Adapter Settings Quickly

File Properties displayed in File Explorer

Tip Of The Day: Three Useful Windows File Explorer Keyboard Shortcuts

Desktop Icon Settings

Tip of the Day: Control Desktop Icons

Running CHKDSK

Tip of the Day: CHKDSK is Fine for SSDs

Data erasure -- clean the drive option

Tip of the Day: Formatting Your PC Using “Reset This PC”

Your New Computer

Tip of the Day: Ask Yourself “How Long Will I Use It?”

FireFox Master Password

Tip of the Day: Set a Browser Master Password

Tip of the Day: Let Yourself be Seen and Heard

Tip of the Day: Let Yourself be Seen and Heard

With social distancing comes isolation. Don’t let your fear of a camera stop you from connecting with your friends and family, or allowing them to connect with you.

Authy desktop

Tip of the Day: Use Authy for Two-Factor

Searching for Settings

Tip of the Day: Search for Settings

Tip of the Day: Online Is No Substitute for Local Backups

Restart Required

Tip of the Day: Take Control of Windows Update’s Reboot

Downloading subtitles in YouTube Studio

Tip of the Day: Transform Recorded Speech to Text for Free