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Search on page

Tip of the Day: Search Within a Webpage

CHKDSK scanning

Tip Of The Day: Run CHKDSK Without Using Command Prompt

File Explorer Views

Tip of the Day: File Explorer Views

Screen Saver

Tip of the Day: Password-Protect Your Screen Saver

Systeminfo

Tip of the Day: The Systeminfo Command

Properties

Tip of the Day: Play with Properties

Pin to the QuickAccess area

Tip of the Day: Pin a Folder to Quick Access

Mute volume

Tip of the Day: Mute the Speaker Quickly

A Restored Window

Tip of the Day: Maximize and Minimize From the Keyboard

Attachment

Tip of the Day: Only Open Safe Email Attachments

Preview pane

Tip of the Day: Preview Files Without Leaving Windows File Explorer

Battery Saver

Tip of the Day: Battery Saver

"God Mode"

Tip of the Day: God Mode

CTRL+SHIFT+ESC

Tip of the Day: Task Manager in a Keystroke

Tip of the Day: Lock Your Computer

Search or address bar?

Tip of the Day: Address Bar or Search?

Close Window

Tip of the Day: Close Programs From the Taskbar

Additional Folders Pinned to Start Menu

Tip of the Day: Pin Common Folders to Start

Tip of the Day: Make Windows Less Helpful

Windows Key + Print Screen

Tip of the Day: Screen Capture to a File

Two Factor

Tip of the Day: Enable Multi-factor Authentication on Your Email Account

A short batch file.

Tip of the Day: Batch Files

Windows 11 File Explorer

Tip of the Day: What Is File Explorer, Anyway?

Tip of the Day: Free Up Space with Disk Cleanup

Windows Key + I

Tip of the Day: Open Settings with a Keystroke

You're up to date!

Tip of the Day: Stay Up to Date

Windows Desktop

Tip of the Day: Set a Desktop Background

Sound Mixer

Tip of the Day: More Granular Control of Volume

My Very Clean Desktop

Tip of the Day: Manage Your Desktop Icons

Comparing links

Tip of the Day: Hover Before Clicking

The PATH variable in CMD

Tip of the Day: The PATH Variable

Tip of the Day: ALT+Tab and Win+TAB

Kindle Notes

Tip of the Day: Your Kindle Notes Online

Your Skeptical Grump

Tip of the Day: Be Skeptical

DIR /S/B

Tip of the Day: Build and Search a List of Every File on Your PC

Three Desktops

Tip of the Day: The Three States of a Window

Windows Key Shortcut

Tip of the Day: The Taskbar Program Keyboard Shortcut

Google Timeline

Tip of the Day: Check Your Google Timeline

Typing on a mobile device

Tip of the Day: Changing Your Phone Number Is a Big Deal

Copying a sharing link.

Tip of the Day: Send Links Instead of Attachments

Password

Tip of the Day: Make Your Passwords Longer

Pushd and Popd in Command Prompt

Tip of the Day: PushD and PopD

Zoom in Internet Explorer

Tip of the Day: Bigger and Smaller with CTRL+ and CTRL-

Display email option

Tip of the Day: Control Your Email Address on the Sign-in Screen

Windows 10 Print to PDF printer

Tip of the Day: Print to PDF

Back Up!

Tip of the Day: Back Up!

About to clean the TMP folder.

Tip of the Day: Clean Temporary Files by Brute Force

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Google Image Search

Tip of the Day: Search by Image

F12 for Developer Tools

Tip of the Day: F12 for Developer Tools

Double Click

Tip of the Day: Quickly Maximize with Double-click