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an older gentleman teacher holding and pointing to a mobile phone in a classroom in front of a middle aged group of students

Tip of the Day: Share What You Learn

Back Button drop-down

Tip of the Day: the History in the Back Button

Play a sound when you press Caps Lock,...

Tip of the Day: Play a Sound for Caps Lock

A mobile phone receiving a call, which is declined.

Tip of the Day: Don’t Answer the Phone

Previous Windows installation(s)

Tip of the Day: Back Up and Then Delete Windows.old

rd /s .

Tip of the Day: Visit (and Clean) the Temp Folder in Windows Command Prompt

Open CMD on a folder.

Tip of the Day: Open Command Prompt in File Explorer’s Displayed Folder

The Responsibility is Yours

Tip of the Day: You’re Responsible

Enable shortcut underlines

Tip of the Day: View Keyboard Shortcuts on Menus

List Accounts

Tip of the Day: List ALL the Accounts on Your Machine

Create New Shortcut

Tip of the Day: A Shortcut to Lock Your Computer

Windows 11 Start Menu

Tip of the Day: CTRL+ESC for the Start Menu

Windows 11 Version

Tip of the Day: Get the Windows Version Quickly

Worst Case Scenario

Tip of the Day: Plan for the Worst

1Password export dialog.

Tip of the Day: Back Up Your Password Vault

Cypher

Tip of the Day: the Free-Space Wiper You Already Have

Network Connections

Tip of the Day: Wi-Fi Speed Is Often Irrelevant

Please Wait

Tip of the Day: Turn It On and Walk Away for a While

Some Gmail account recovery options.

Tip of the Day: Have More Than One Recovery Method

No secret questions.

Tip of the Day: Avoid Secret Questions

The Notenbooms, circa 1960

Tip of the Day: Scan Those Old Photos

Extensions in Chrome

Tip of the Day: Use Fewer Browser Extensions

Error Message

Tip of the Day: Pay Attention to the Entire Error Message

Pwned Passwords

Tip of the Day: Check Your Passwords for Hacks

Folder Shortcut

Tip of the Day: Drag and Drop a Shortcut to Your Desktop

Using AI for Whois

Tip of the Day: Use AI for Whois

Archiving Email

Tip of the Day: Don’t Delete; Archive Email

Smaller and Larger images

Tip of the Day: Save the Originals

Ransomware!

Tip of the Day: Don’t Focus on Ransomware

Mark as not spam.

Tip of the Day: Mark Non-Spam as Not Spam

Triple-click Copy Paste

Tip of the Day: Don’t Re-Type That URL

Tip of the Day: Photograph or Scan Important Documents

Backup Schedule

Tip of the Day: Automate Your Backups

Contact Support

Tip of the Day: Try the Manufacturer’s Support First

Gmail tabs

Tip of the Day: Get Rid of Gmail Inbox Tabs

Facebook Page Admins

Tip of the Day: Set Another Admin for Your Facebook Page

Head in the Sand

Tip of the Day: “It Won’t Happen To Me” Is Bad Security

MSINFO32

Tip of the Day: MSINFO32 Built-in System Information

Logitech Website

Tip of the Day: Install the Manufacturer’s Software

Sleeping

Tip of the Day: To Sleep or Not to Sleep

Recent items

Tip of the Day: Recent Files

Emergency restart

Tip of the Day: Emergency Restart

Cloud Storage

Tip of the Day: Know Where Your Files Are

Screen saver

Tip of the Day: Turn On (or Off) Password After Sleep or Screensaver

USERNAME environment variable

Tip of the Day: The %USERNAME% Environment Variable

Sound Output Device Switcher

Tip of the Day: Quick Access to the Sound Output Switcher

Ask AI

Tip of the Day: Think of AI As a Guide, Not the Source

Recycle Bin Properties

Tip of the Day: Adjust the Size of the Recycle Bin

Save As PDF

Tip of the Day: Send PDF Instead of Docx

A long press on an email link on a mobile device.

Tip of the Day: Long Pressing on Mobile