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My Mother

Tip of the Day: Back Up

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Folder Shortcut

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

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Triple-click Copy Paste

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

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Make a Shortcut

Tip of the Day: Create a Shortcut to a Folder

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Are You Sure?

Tip of the Day: the Difference Between Delete and Shift-Delete

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Outlook.com in the address bar

Tip of the Day: the Difference Between a Website and a Program

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Windows File Explorer

Tip of the Day: Use Windows File Explorer to Explore Files

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Drag select

Tip of the Day: Select Multiple Items with the Mouse

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Move, Copy, Make a Shortcut

Tip of the Day: Move, Copy, or Create Shortcut

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Restore Trash

Tip of the Day: Restore Trash

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Taskbar Icons

Tip of the Day: Large and Small Taskbar Icons

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Permanently Delete File

Tip of the Day: the Recycle Bin Isn’t Always Used

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Save and Save-As

Tip of the Day: “Save” Versus “Save As”

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Right Click in Explorer

Tip of the Day: When in Doubt, Right-click

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Are You Sure?

Tip of the Day: Never Ignore “Are You Sure?”

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JPG Graduation

Tip of the Day: JPG or PNG?

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F5

Tip of the Day: F5 for Refresh

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Typing

Tip of the Day: Learn to Type

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The Best! Really!

Tip of the Day: Don’t Believe Everything You Read

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Help!

Tip of the Day: Provide Enough Information When Asking for Help

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Read The Friendly Message

Tip of the Day: Read What’s on the Screen

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Page Down and Page Up

Tip of the Day: Page Up and Down

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Tip of the Day: Protect Your Personal Information

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CTRL+Click for New Tab

Tip of the Day: CTRL+Click to Open New Tabs

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Copying a URL in Edge

Tip of the Day: Sharing URLs

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Kaputt - It's Busted!

Tip of the Day: Remember, Hardware Can Break

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Run "As Administrator"

Tip of the Day: Run “As” Administrator

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Mouse Selection Techniques

Tip of the Day: Mouse Selection Techniques

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Shouting

Tip of the Day: DON’T YELL!

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Home Page in Internet Explorer

Tip of the Day: Change Your Browser’s Home Page

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Clicking the icon to minimize and restore an app

Tip of the Day: Minimize and Restore Programs Quickly Using the Taskbar

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Windows File Types or Extensions

Tip of the Day: File Extensions

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Use Stronger Passwords

Tip of the Day: Use Stronger Passwords

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About menu item

Tip of the Day: Explore Help About

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Plug

Tip of the Day: Never Just Pull the Plug

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Search Ad

Tip of the Day: the Difference Between a Search Result and an Ad

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Selection by Range

Tip of the Day: Multiple Item Selection

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Ctrl+C In Action

Tip of the Day: Abort Command Prompt Programs with Ctrl+C

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Windows File Explorer Showing Thumbnails

Tip of the Day: Icons Versus Thumbnails

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Spacebar Push

Tip of the Day: Scroll a Web Page with a Space

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Magnifier lens

Tip Of The Day: the Magnifier App

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Copying a File

Tip Of The Day: Move Versus Copy

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File Explorer on This PC

Tip Of The Day: Windows File Explorer

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Dusty Computer

Tip Of The Day: Dust is Your Enemy

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Properties

Tip of the Day: Play with Properties

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Start Button

Tip of the Day: Many Ways to Start

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Searching for Gmail

Tip of the Day: Address Bar or Search?

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File Explorer

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

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Hiding Cortana

Tip of the Day: Hiding Cortana

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Grandparents Grave

Tip of the Day: History, Graveyards and Over-sharing

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