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Tip of the Day: Create a Shortcut to Frequently Used Settings

Scam

Tip of the Day: Don’t Call That Number!

Creating a Microsoft Account

Tip of the Day: Create a Throwaway Account for Travel

Page Down and Page Up

Tip of the Day: Page Up and Down

Move the Window Without Clicking

Tip of the Day: Move Windows Without Clicking

Tip of the Day: Protect Your Personal Information

SHIFT+Click to run another instance

Tip of the Day: Quickly Run Two Copies of a Program

Tip of the Day: Outlook Is a Program on Your PC. Outlook.com Is a Website in Your Browser.

Tip of the Day: Who’s Using that Drive?

Tip of the Day: Some Not-So-Short Shortcuts

Battery Usage by App

Tip of the Day: Battery Usage by App

State Selector

Tip of the Day: Zip Through Drop-Down Lists

Shortcut to a folder.

Tip of the Day: Open Windows File Explorer on a Specific Folder

Remote Assistance

Tip of the Day: Get Help or Give Help with Quick Assist

Shredded documents.

Tip of the Day: Get a Shredder

Copying a OneDrive link.

Tip of the Day: Share Links Using OneDrive

Snap to Corner

Tip of the Day: Snap to the Corner

Date and Time Settings

Tip of the Day: Add Another Clock

Have I Been Pwned?

Tip of the Day: Have You Been Pwned?

Copy URL

Tip of the Day: Sharing URLs

The Wayback Machine

Tip of the Day: The Wayback Machine

Browser Task Manager

Tip of the Day: Browser Task Manager

Typing ALT codes

Tip of the Day: ALT Keyboard Characters

Make Text Bigger

Tip of the Day: Make Text Bigger

Sign out and back in.

Tip of the Day: Sign Out Instead

Scan a File

Tip of the Day: Scan Questionable Files Using Defender

ping diagnostics

Tip of the Day: Diagnose Network Problems with Ping

Tip of the Day: The Clip Command

Bitlocker Recovery Keys

Tip of the Day: Save Your BitLocker Key

Reading Mode

Tip of the Day: Try Reading Mode

Power Toys Ruler

Tip of the Day: PowerToys Ruler

Color Picker

Tip of the Day: PowerToys Color Picker

Power Toys Shortcut Guide

Tip of the Day: PowerToys Shortcut Guide

Power Toys Fancy Zones

Tip of the Day: PowerToys Fancy Zones

Tip of the Day: Install PowerToys

Dropbox Link

Tip of the Day: Share Links Using Dropbox

An assortment of browser icons.

Tip of the Day: Install Another Browser

Organizing your Start

Tip of the Day: Organize the Programs You Use Most Often in Windows

Piracy

Tip of the Day: Stop Stealing Software and Media

Start /Min

Tip of the Day: Run a Program Minimized from the Command Prompt

Settings -> System Information

Tip of the Day: System Information in a Keystroke

Add language

Tip of the Day: Add Another Language

Tip of the Day: Restore the Old Right-Click Menu

OCR

Tip of the Day: OCR in the Snipping Tool

Startup notifications

Tip of the Day: Get Notified of (Some) New Start-Up Apps

Many Icons from SHELL32.dll

Tip of the Day: Change a Folder’s Icon

Don't remember passwords.

Tip of the Day: Let Your Browser Be Forgetful

powercfg report

Tip of the Day: Get an Energy Report

Linux Mint

Tip of the Day: Boot Linux Once

Projector Mode in Windows 10

Tip of the Day: Projector Mode