Articles tagged: Windows 8 Tips

Encrypting a Folder

Tip of the Day: Encrypt a Folder in Windows

Mouse Properties

Tip of the Day: Make the Mouse Pointer Easier to Find

Customized Command Prompt

Tip of the Day: Set a Custom Command Prompt Prompt

Print menu item with keystroke

Tip of the Day: CTRL+P to Print

Disk Space

Tip of the Day: Checking a Disk’s Free Space

Rename PC

Tip of the Day: Give Your Computer a Meaningful Name

Sorted Names

Tip of the Day: Sort in the Command Line

Character Map

Tip of the Day: Enter Characters that Don’t Have Keys

Hosts file in notepad

Tip of the Day: Block a Website Using Your Hosts File

Double Click Speed

Tip of the Day: Adjust Your Mouse’s Double-Click Speed

Remove Printer

Tip of the Day: Remove Unused Printers

UNC Example

Tip of the Day: Access a Network Shared without a Drive Letter

Cmd Window Size

Tip of the Day: Resize the Command Prompt

Control Panel in Windows 11.

Tip of the Day: Yet Another Way to Open Control Panel

Open Shell Menu Styles

Tip of the Day: Consider Shell Alternatives

Disk & Hammer

Tip of the Day: Really Erase that Disk Before Discarding

View Installed Updates

Tip of the Day: View Windows Update History

Windows File Explorer

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

Opening a text file in WordPad

Tip of the Day: Why Not WordPad?

Windows File Explorer

Tip of the Day: File Explorer Display Options

Driver Update

Tip of the Day: Use Device Manager to Update Drivers

Device Manager

Tip of the Day: Access Device Manager Quickly

Windows Volume Mixer

Tip of the Day: Quick Access to the Volume Mixer

Taskbar Icons

Tip of the Day: Large and Small Taskbar Icons

Letter to Mom

Tip of the Day: Edit Elsewhere

TAB Key in Action

Tip of the Day: TAB Through Fields

Running https://askleo.com

Tip of the Day: Run Anything

Toggle Keys option

Tip of the Day: Get Notification When Caps Lock is Toggled

Printer Windows 7

Tip of the Day: System-wide Printer Settings

ClearType

Tip of the Day: Tune Your Text for Easier Reading

RAM

Tip of the Day: Add RAM

Battery report.

Tip of the Day: Get a Battery Report

F5

Tip of the Day: F5 for Refresh

Side by side explorers.

Tip of the Day: Side-by-Side Explorers in Four Keystrokes

netplwiz

Tip of the Day: Log In Automatically

Hide Empty Drives option

Tip of the Day: Show All Drives in File Explorer

Clip

Tip of the Day: the Clip Command

Wordpad

Tip of the Day: Try the Word Processor You Already Have

Using SUBST

Tip of the Day: The SUBST Command

Search Results

Tip of the Day: Windows File Explorer Search

Home button in Microsoft Edge

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

Open with

Tip of the Day: Quickly Change the Default App for a File Type

The TaskKill Command

Tip of the Day: The TaskKill Command

Charmap with a character selected

Tip of the Day: The Character Map

ipconfig /flushdns

Tip of the Day: Flush DNS to Help Diagnose Problems

Control Panel Network Adapters

Tip of the Day: Access Network Adapter Settings Quickly

File Properties displayed in File Explorer

Tip Of The Day: Three Useful Windows File Explorer Keyboard Shortcuts

Pointer Trails Setting

Tip of the Day: Pointer Trails

Combining Two Files in Command Prompt

Tip of the Day: Combining Files Using Command Prompt

Disk Compression Option in Windows

Tip of the Day: Consider Compression if You’re Low on Space