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USB Power Bank

Tip of the Day: Consider a USB Power Bank

Format Disk Dialog

Tip of the Day: Quick Format is (Probably) Enough

Voicemail in Google Voice

Tip of the Day: Google Voice

Multiple Download Buttons

Tip of the Day: Watch Those Download Buttons

Moving through a list with the keyboard

Tip of the Day: Move Quickly Through a List with the Keyboard

The Emoji "Keyboard"

Tip of the Day: The Windows 10 Emoji Keyboard

Background Apps Setting in Windows 10

Tip of the Day: Disable Background Apps in Windows 10

PUPs with Adobe Flash Player

Tip of the Day: Watch Out for PUPs

Clipboard History

Tip of the Day: Use the Clipboard for Backup

Subscribe!

Tip of the Day: Subscribe Does Not Mean Paid

Registry Editor Properties - Details

Tip of the Day: Get the Windows Version from an Image

Power and Sleep Options

Tip of the Day: Leave Your Laptop Running When Plugged In

Sleep, while more reliable than in the past, can still be a problem if you expect your machine to stay on when plugged in.

Tip of the Day: The Windows 10 Tips App

Windows Features

Tip of the Day: Accessing Additional Windows Features

A Printed Document being Reviewed

Tip of the Day: Print to Proofread

Router Password Change Dialog

Tip of the Day: Change Your Router’s Password

If I could tell you only one thing about securing your home network, this is at the top of my list.

Comparison of Customized CMD

Tip of the Day: Customize the Command Prompt

If you spend any significant time in the Command Prompt, you may want to customize its appearance to be a little more to your liking.

Data Usage Details, per App

Tip of the Day: Data Usage per App

Captions on a YouTube Video

Tip of the Day: Turn on Captions in YouTube

USB Data Blocker

Tip of the Day: Consider a USB Data Blocker

Tip of the Day: Skype Call Testing Service

Right Click

Tip of the Day: The Power of Right-click

Right-clicking is a shortcut to a wide variety of functions appropriate for whatever you’ve selected.

Partial window display with transparency enabled

Tip of the Day: Disable “Bleed Through” in Windows 10

Keyboard

Tip of the Day: Two Keystrokes I Use Constantly

I use two Windows Key combinations constantly, and I think you’ll find them useful as well.

Troubleshoot in Windows 10's Settings app

Tip of the Day: Try a Troubleshooter

Creating a Recovery Drive in Windows 10

Tip of the Day: Update Your Recovery Drive

A Vague Search

Tip of the Day: Be Both General and Specific When You Search

When searching the internet, be both general and specific, and not too much of either.

Sort the Apps list by size

Tip of the Day: Sort Your Apps by Size

Print to PDF

Tip of the Day: Print to PDF First

Cut, Copy, Paste on the Clipboard

Tip of the Day: Cut, Copy, Paste and the Clipboard

The clipboard and its basic operations — cut, copy, and paste — are heavily used and underappreciated building blocks for Windows applications.

A password, and a password selected

Tip of the Day: Watch for Spaces When Copying Passwords

Shutdown

Tip of the Day: Shutdown or Reboot from the Command Line

The shutdown command does what its name implies, but includes many options relating to shutting down or rebooting.

Filename with and without spaces.

Tip of the Day: Avoid Spaces in Filenames

Multiple Clipboard Contents

Tip of the Day: Clipboard History

Captions and Caption Options on YouTube

Tip of the Day: YouTube Captions

Virtual Touchpad in Windows 10

Tip of the Day: Use Your Touch Screen as a Touchpad

Traditional Text Selection

Tip of the Day: Text Selection

Text selection is one of the most basic operations we perform. Here’s a look at some common techniques.

Pinning an Email Account to the Start Menu

Tip of the Day: Pin an Email Account to the Start Menu

If you have multiple email accounts configured in the Mail app, you can create a convenient shortcut on the Start menu for each.

CTRL+SHIFT+V

Tip of the Day: CTRL+SHIFT+V

Blue USB Connectors in a USB hub.

Tip of the Day: Look for Blue USB

Back Up!

Tip of the Day: If There’s Any Question, Back Up

File Explorer open to This PC

Tip of the Day: Rename “This PC”

“This PC” is clear, but generic. If you regularly use multiple computers, it can be handy to change it to something more helpful.

Default File Explorer

Tip of the Day: Clean Up File Explorer Quick Access

By default, Windows File Explorer opens to “Quick access”. Not everyone uses, or even likes, “Quick access”.

Facebook Login, including the "Forgot account?" link

Tip of the Day: Use Available Recovery Options

Click, Hold, Alt, Tab, Drag, Drop

Tip of the Day: Click, Hold, ALT, SHIFT, Drag, Drop

Desktop Peek Control

Tip of the Day: Desktop Peek

For those with cluttered (or information-filled) desktops, Desktop Peek is a quick way to see what your running applications otherwise cover.

Help piped into More

Tip of the Day: Help and More

The Command Prompt has a number of commands and tools. One of them lists available commands and tools.

Pausing or Delaying Windows Updates

Tip of the Day: Delay Updates in Windows 10

NAS With Multiple Drives

Tip of the Day: Avoid RAID 0

Answering the Phone

Tip of the Day: Be Careful When Changing Phone Numbers