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Control Panel in Windows 11.

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

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Tip of the Day: Really Erase that Disk Before Discarding

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View Installed Updates

Tip of the Day: View Windows Update History

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Windows File Explorer

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

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Opening a text file in WordPad

Tip of the Day: Why Not WordPad?

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Windows File Explorer

Tip of the Day: File Explorer Display Options

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Tip of the Day: Use Device Manager to Update Drivers

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Tip of the Day: Access Device Manager Quickly

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Tip of the Day: Large and Small Taskbar Icons

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Tip of the Day: Edit Elsewhere

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TAB Key in Action

Tip of the Day: TAB Through Fields

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Running https://askleo.com

Tip of the Day: Run Anything

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Printer Windows 7

Tip of the Day: System-wide Printer Settings

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Tip of the Day: Tune Your Text for Easier Reading

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Tip of the Day: Add RAM

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Tip of the Day: F5 for Refresh

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Tip of the Day: Log In Automatically

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Tip of the Day: the Clip Command

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

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Tip of the Day: The SUBST Command

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Tip of the Day: Windows File Explorer Search

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

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

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The TaskKill Command

Tip of the Day: The TaskKill Command

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Charmap with a character selected

Tip of the Day: The Character Map

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Tip of the Day: Flush DNS to Help Diagnose Problems

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Control Panel Network Adapters

Tip of the Day: Access Network Adapter Settings Quickly

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File Properties displayed in File Explorer

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

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Tip of the Day: Pointer Trails

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Tip of the Day: Combining Files Using Command Prompt

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Disk Compression Option in Windows

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

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Windows sign-in screen with Microsoft Account picture.

Tip of the Day: Set or Change Your Microsoft Account Picture

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View update history in Windows 10

Tip of the Day: View Update History

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Net Start showing running services in Windows 10 Home

Tip of the Day: Show Running Services with Net Start

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Directory listing of parent directory

Tip of the Day: The Special Meaning of “.”

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Moving through a list with the keyboard

Tip of the Day: Move Quickly Through a List with the Keyboard

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Comparison of Customized CMD

Tip of the Day: Customize the Command Prompt

If you spend any significant time in the Command Prompt, you may want to customize its appearance to be a little more to your liking.

Tip of the Day: Two Keystrokes I Use Constantly

I use two Windows Key combinations constantly, and I think you’ll find them useful as well.

Tip of the Day: mklink: Hard and Symbolic Links in Windows

File system links can make files and folders appear in more than one place. It can be quite useful.

File Open with Thumbnails

Tip of the Day: Icons or Thumbnails?

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$TREE of C:\Windows$

Tip of the Day: The TREE Command

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Tip of the Day: ALT+TAB

The ALT+TAB tab sequence is under-appreciated. Learn its power and flexibility to switch between running programs.

Command Line Search

Tip of the Day: Searching Via the Command Prompt

Using the Command Prompt can often be quicker and clearer than Windows’ own built-in search function.

Show hidden files, folders, and drives

Tip of the Day: View Hidden Files

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Tip of the Day: Save the Installation Media

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Performance Options

Tip of the Day: Disable Screen Effects for Speed

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