The Ask Leo! Tip of the Day Archives: 2021

2021-12-31 Tip of the Day: Yet Another Way to Open Control Panel
2021-12-30 Tip of the Day: Turn Off Content Indexing for Speed
2021-12-28 Tip of the Day: Find Your Downloads
2021-12-27 Tip of the Day: Consider Shell Alternatives
2021-12-24 Tip of the Day: Don’t Call That Number!
2021-12-23 Tip of the Day: Pay Attention to Your Manufacturer’s Software Too
2021-12-21 Tip of the Day: Stop Typing “www.”
2021-12-17 Tip of the Day: Save a Password-protected PDF Without a Password
2021-12-16 Tip of the Day: Really Erase that Disk Before Discarding
2021-12-15 Tip of the Day: View Windows Update History
2021-12-14 Tip of the Day: Use Windows File Explorer to Explore Files
2021-12-13 Tip of the Day: Check Compatibility
2021-12-10 Tip of the Day: Wired Is Almost Always Faster
2021-12-09 Tip of the Day: Why Not WordPad?
2021-12-08 Tip of the Day: Tear Off Your Tabs
2021-12-07 Tip of the Day: High Contrast in a Keystroke
2021-12-06 Tip of the Day: Use a Consistent Workgroup Name
2021-12-03 Tip of the Day: Don’t Panic
2021-12-02 Tip of the Day: Don’t Pay for Free (Unless You Want To)
2021-12-01 Tip of the Day: Access Files on Your Smartphone
2021-11-30 Tip of the Day: SHIFT+Click and Side-by-Side
2021-11-29 Tip of the Day: Uninstall from the Windows Start Menu
2021-11-26 Tip of the Day: Take It All With You to Your New Machine
2021-11-25 Tip of the Day: Select Multiple Items with the Mouse
2021-11-24 Tip of the Day: Back Up Your Email
2021-11-23 Tip of the Day: Clean Up Your Downloads
2021-11-22 Tip of the Day: Use a Password Vault, Already
2021-11-19 Tip of the Day: Use Dropbox to Transfer Files
2021-11-18 Tip of the Day: Move, Copy, or Create Shortcut
2021-11-17 Tip of the Day: Resize Text Boxes — Maybe
2021-11-16 Tip of the Day: File Explorer Display Options
2021-11-15 Tip of the Day: Use Device Manager to Update Drivers
2021-11-12 Tip of the Day: Watch Your CPU Usage for Malware
2021-11-11 Tip of the Day: Restore Trash
2021-11-10 Tip of the Day: Pin Browser Tabs for Quick Access
2021-11-09 Tip of the Day: Get Even More Info From Windows Task Manager
2021-11-08 Tip of the Day: Access Device Manager Quickly
2021-11-03 Tip of the Day: Move and Copy Files Using the Keyboard
2021-11-02 Tip of the Day: Move Default File Locations to Another Drive
2021-11-01 Tip of the Day: Add a Drive to Your Desktop Computer
2021-10-29 Tip of the Day: If They Don’t Know Your Name, They Don’t Know You
2021-10-28 Tip of the Day: AutoCorrect in Microsoft Word
2021-10-27 Tip of the Day: Search Within Settings
2021-10-26 Tip of the Day: Move the Windows 11 Taskbar Back
2021-10-25 Tip of the Day: Do a Full Scan Once in a While
2021-10-22 Tip of the Day: Don’t Start with To:
2021-10-20 Tip of the Day: Double-check the From: Address
2021-10-19 Tip of the Day: Turn Off or Control AutoPlay in Windows 10
2021-10-18 Tip of the Day: Quick Access to the Volume Mixer
2021-10-15 Tip of the Day: Large and Small Taskbar Icons
2021-10-14 Tip of the Day: Edit Elsewhere
2021-10-13 Tip of the Day: TAB Through Fields
2021-10-12 Tip of the Day: Ignore Unknown Social Connections
2021-10-11 Tip of the Day: The Recycle Bin Isn’t Always Used
2021-10-11 Tip of the Day: the Many Uses of Enter
2021-10-08 Tip of the Day: Update, Update, and Update Again
2021-10-06 Tip of the Day: Where Does Save Save?
2021-10-05 Tip of the Day: Pay Attention to Your Vault
2021-10-04 Tip of the Day: View the Full Path in Windows File Explorer
2021-10-04 Tip of the Day: Turn Off Bluetooth
2021-10-01 Tip of the Day: a Solid-color Desktop
2021-09-30 Tip of the Day: Disable CAPS LOCK
2021-09-29 Tip of the Day: Change the Output Audio Device
2021-09-28 Tip of the Day: “Save” Versus “Save As”
2021-09-27 Tip of the Day: Resize the Tiled Start Menu
2021-09-24 Tip of the Day: the Windows 10 Emoji Keyboard
2021-09-23 Tip of the Day: Use Jump Lists
2021-09-22 Tip of the Day: Hide the Taskbar
2021-09-21 Tip of the Day: Change the Default Text Style in Gmail
2021-09-20 Tip of the Day: the Quick Access Toolbar
2021-09-16 Tip of the Day: When in Doubt, Right-click
2021-09-15 Tip of the Day: Review Your Online Recovery Information
2021-09-14 Tip of the Day: Gmail Has a Reading Pane
2021-09-13 Tip of the Day: Run Anything
2021-09-10 Tip of the Day: Shorthand Ways to Common Settings
2021-09-09 Tip of the Day: Change the Subject
2021-09-08 Tip of the Day: Get Notification When Caps Lock is Toggled
2021-09-07 Tip of the Day: Avoid Third-Party Support/Maintenance Programs
2021-09-06 Tip of the Day: Edit Your Facebook Comments
2021-09-03 Tip of the Day: Copy Those Photos Off Your Phone
2021-09-02 Tip of the Day: Never Ignore “Are You Sure?”
2021-09-01 Tip of the Day: Filenames with Spaces on the Command Line
2021-08-31 Tip of the Day: Consider POP3
2021-08-30 Tip of the Day: Link to a Point Within a YouTube Video
2021-08-27 Tip of the Day: CPU Information
2021-08-26 Tip of the Day: Viewing the Clipboard Contents
2021-08-25 Tip of the Day: Consider a Throw-away Account for Travel
2021-08-23 Tip of the Day: Problem Steps Recorder
2021-08-18 Tip of the Day: Remember the “No More Ransom” Project
2021-08-17 Tip of the Day: A Quick Way to Create New Google Docs
2021-08-10 Tip of the Day: Inspect to Bypass the Browser Cache
2021-07-27 Tip of the Day: Autosize File Explorer Columns to Fit
2021-07-20 Tip of the Day: Use Gmail Search
2021-07-13 Tip of the Day: Erase That Thumbdrive
2021-06-29 Tip of the Day: Long-press the Power Button
2021-06-24 Tip of the Day: You May Not Need to Hibernate with an SSD
2021-06-23 Tip of the Day: Beware the Cable of Unknown Origin
2021-06-22 Tip of the Day: Tone Down Edge’s Marketing Efforts
2021-06-15 Tip of the Day: Protect Your History
2021-06-11 Tip of the Day: Prevent Accidents with Write Protection
2021-06-09 Tip of the Day: Get Rid of Edge’s Download Menu
2021-06-08 Tip of the Day: Edge Experimental Flags
2021-06-01 Tip of the Day: Use Your Browser History to Your Advantage
2021-05-28 Tip of the Day: Log In Automatically
2021-05-27 Tip of the Day: Skip the Games
2021-05-17 Tip of the Day: Turn Off AutoPlay
2021-05-11 Tip of the Day: You See What You Like
2021-05-06 Tip of the Day: View Remembered Wireless Networks in Command Prompt
2021-05-04 Tip of the Day: Show All Drives in File Explorer
2021-04-29 Tip of the Day: Compression Can Make Files Bigger
2021-04-28 Tip of the Day: Facebook Recent Posts
2021-04-27 Tip of the Day: Off-site Backup
2021-04-26 Tip of the Day: Get Log-in Alerts from Facebook
2021-04-23 Tip of the Day: the Clip Command
2021-04-22 Tip of the Day: Check Your Data Usage
2021-04-21 Tip of the Day: Test a Chromebook by Using Only Chrome
2021-04-20 Tip of the Day: Mouse Wheel Click
2021-04-19 Tip of the Day: Pin Settings to Start
2021-04-15 Tip of the Day: Change “?dl=0” In Shared Dropbox Links to Download
2021-04-14 Tip of the Day: Turn Off Vertical Tabs
2021-04-13 Tip of the Day: Make Windows HUGE
2021-04-06 Tip of the Day: CTRL+Click to Open New Tabs
2021-03-31 Tip of the Day: Set Recovery Options for Your Password Vault
2021-03-30 Tip of the Day: If You Have Office, Check OneNote
2021-03-25 Tip of the Day: GMail’s HTML Mode
2021-03-18 Tip of the Day: Try the Word Processor You Already Have
2021-03-11 Tip of the Day: Learn How to Factory Reset Your Router
2021-03-10 Tip of the Day: The SUBST Command
2021-03-09 Tip of the Day: Don’t Rely on Facebook for Storage
2021-03-04 Tip of the Day: The Answer to “Is It Safe to…”
2021-03-03 Tip of the Day: No, You’re Not In that Video
2021-03-02 Tip of the Day: Cancel that Mouse Click with ESC
2021-02-25 Tip of the Day: View Full Headers on Outgoing Mail
2021-02-24 Tip of the Day: Don’t Blindly Accept Cookies
2021-02-23 Tip of the Day: Quit Relying on Tabs to Remember
2021-02-18 Tip of the Day: If You’re Concerned About Losing It, It’s Not Backed Up
2021-02-17 Tip of the Day: Use BCC, but Use It Sparingly
2021-02-16 Tip of the Day: Understanding Shortcuts
2021-02-11 Tip of the Day: Copy/Paste Instead of Clicking a Link
2021-02-10 Tip of the Day: Google Voice for Text Messaging
2021-02-09 Tip of the Day: Check for Router Firmware Updates
2021-02-08 Tip of the Day: Disable OneDrive in Windows 10
2021-02-03 Tip of the Day: Close Tabs to Speed Up Other Things
2021-02-02 Tip of the Day: There Are Other Recycle Bins
2021-01-27 Tip of the Day: Use Carbon Copy (CC) Sparingly
2021-01-26 Tip of the Day: Paste Without Formatting
2021-01-22 Tip of the Day: Clean Up Quick Actions
2021-01-21 Tip of the Day: Reformat Your Recovered Computer
2021-01-20 Tip of the Day: Check Your Drafts Regularly
2021-01-19 Tip of the Day: Have an Uninstaller Handy
2021-01-14 Tip of the Day: Clean Up After Major Updates
2021-01-13 Tip of the Day: Change the Default Format for Office Alternatives
2021-01-12 Tip of the Day: The Office Quick Access Toolbar
2021-01-06 Tip of the Day: Paste the URL, Not the Link, in Edge
2021-01-05 Tip of the Day: Use Your Email’s Web Interface