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Digital recept/invoice.

Tip of the Day: Save Your Receipts

Ask Leo! Home page.

Tip of the Day: Click the Logo to Go Home

Autoruns

Tip of the Day: Autoruns

Malware

Tip of the Day: Remember That Malware Can Do Anything

Network Profile

Tip of the Day: Choose the Right Network Type

Dragging and dropping notification icons.

Tip of the Day: Drag and Drop Notification Icons

Bitlocker Status

Tip of the Day: Encrypt Your Laptop’s Hard Drive

Handshake? Not required.

Tip of the Day: You’re Not Obligated to Be Polite

Tip of the Day: Create an Online Account With Your Bank

A series of blocked SMS text messages.

Tip of the Day: Ignore Unrecognized SMS/Text Messages

Three different search engines. Take your pick! (Screenshot: askleo.com)

Tip of the Day: Search for It!

Hourglass

Tip of the Day: Keep Your Backups a Little Longer

The second right-click menu.

Tip of the Day: The Hidden Second Right-Click Menu

Android restart option.

Tip of the Day: Restart Your Phone Periodically

Hard disk being "erased".

Tip of the Day: Format for Secure HDD Erasure

Bits versus Bytes

Tip of the Day: Mind Your Bits and Bytes

Drive space in Windows File Explorer

Tip of the Day: Watch Your Disk Space

Change system sounds in Start search results

Tip of the Day: Change or Turn Off System Sounds

Animusic DVD Playing in VLC Media Player

Tip of the Day: Play DVDs Using VLC

Screen saver files.

Tip of the Day: Don’t Open Files with Extensions You Don’t Recognize

Tip of the Day: Restart Shuts Down in Ways Shutdown Doesn’t

Cropped and resized

Tip of the Day: Learn How to Make Photos Smaller

USB Ports

Tip of the Day: Not All USB Ports Are Alike

USB Ports

Tip of the Day: Try Another Port

Hacking Detected

Tip of the Day: Take Responsibility for Your Own Backups

Windows keyboard properties

Tip of the Day: Adjust Your Keyboard Repeat

Cryptomator Vault custom location.

Tip of the Day: Use Cryptomator Even Without the Cloud

Gmail

Tip of the Day: Avoid Dots in Email Addresses

Focus Assist in Windows 11

Tip of the Day: Focus Assist

Snap Layout Control

Tip of the Day: Snap Layouts

Windows 11 Start Menu

Tip of the Day: Customize Your Start Menu

Renaming a Drive in Windows.

Tip of the Day: Name or Label Your Disks

Uninstall Teams

Tip of the Day: Go Ahead and Uninstall Teams

Obscured Email Address

Tip of the Day: Get A Portable Email Address Before You Need It

An example of a two-factor code

Tip of the Day: Don’t Hand Out Your Two-Factor Codes

Email attachment with a "no" sign.

Tip of the Day: Send Content, not Attachments

Google Wallet

Tip of the Day: Google Wallet and Apple Pay

Back Up!

Tip of the Day: Back Up Computers First, Not Applications

Not a Quick Format

Tip of the Day: Clearing an External Drive

Tip of the Day: Find My Device (With Caution)

Credit Card

Tip of the Day: Prefer Credit over Debit

Kindle in-app purchase denied.

Tip of the Day: Avoid In-App Purchases

Command Prompt having run a startup script

Tip of the Day: A Command Prompt Shortcut That Sticks Around

CCleaner Update versus Upgrade

Tip of the Day: The Difference Between Update and Upgrade

Obscured Email Address

Tip of the Day: Your Email Address Is No Secret

Alpaca

Tip of the Day: Digital Criminals are Not Dumb

Credit Card

Tip of the Day: Make Your Credit Card a Contact

Microsoft service status

Tip of the Day: Check Online Service Status

Wired and Wireless network

Tip of the Day: Connect Your Laptop to a Wired Network Too

Venmo

Tip of the Day: Treat Cash Apps Like Cash