The Ask Leo! Tip of the Day Archives: 2022

2022-12-30 Tip of the Day: Don’t Always Trust Windows for the Latest Drivers
2022-12-29 Tip of the Day: Explore the Reliability Monitor in Windows 10 & 11
2022-12-28 Tip of the Day: Copy Files in Command Prompt
2022-12-27 Tip of the Day: Un-hide the Original When Replying
2022-12-26 Tip of the Day: Update Windows 10 or 11 on Your Schedule, Sort Of
2022-12-23 Tip of the Day: Control Audio Devices Per App
2022-12-22 Tip of the Day: Adjust the Recycle Bin’s Disk Usage
2022-12-21 Tip of the Day: That Simple Feature Isn’t So Simple
2022-12-20 Tip of the Day: Facebook Messes with Your Photos
2022-12-19 Tip of the Day: Hard Drives Die
2022-12-16 Tip of the Day: Tell Microsoft What You Think
2022-12-15 Tip of the Day: Tune ClearType
2022-12-14 Tip of the Day: Step Back a Moment
2022-12-13 Tip of the Day: The TREE Command
2022-12-13 Tip of the Day: Add Clocks for Different Time Zones to the Start Menu
2022-12-12 Tip of the Day: Review Your Browser’s Extensions and Add-ins
2022-12-09 Tip of the Day: Contact the Merchant Before Reversing a Charge
2022-12-08 Tip of the Day: Easily Add Startup Programs
2022-12-07 Tip of the Day: Determine Your IP Address(es)
2022-12-06 Tip of the Day: Icons or Thumbnails?
2022-12-05 Tip of the Day: Encrypt a Folder in Windows
2022-12-02 Tip of the Day: Make the Mouse Pointer Easier to Find
2022-12-01 Tip of the Day: Set a Custom Command Prompt Prompt
2022-11-30 Tip of the Day: If You Have an Amazon Account, You Have a Kindle Reader
2022-11-29 Tip of the Day: Opening a Program vs. Opening a Document
2022-11-28 Tip of the Day: CTRL+P to Print
2022-11-25 Tip of the Day: Checking a Disk’s Free Space
2022-11-24 Tip of the Day: Preview Fonts in Windows 10 and 11
2022-11-23 Tip of the Day: Give Your Computer a Meaningful Name
2022-11-22 Tip of the Day: Sort in the Command Line
2022-11-21 Tip of the Day: Enter Characters that Don’t Have Keys
2022-11-18 Tip of the Day: Block a Website Using Your Hosts File
2022-11-17 Tip of the Day: Adjust Your Mouse’s Double-Click Speed
2022-11-16 Tip of the Day: Remove Unused Printers
2022-11-15 Tip of the Day: Control Your Windows 10 and 11 Accent Color
2022-11-14 Tip of the Day: DON’T Log in with Facebook
2022-11-11 Tip of the Day: Access a Network Shared without a Drive Letter
2022-11-10 Tip of the Day: Resize the Command Prompt
2022-11-09 Tip of the Day: When In Doubt, Take a Screen Shot
2022-11-08 Tip of the Day: If You’re Paying for Something, Go to the Source for Help
2022-11-07 Tip of the Day: If You Don’t Trust It, Don’t Use It
2022-11-04 Tip of the Day: CTRL+C to Interrupt Command Prompt
2022-11-03 Tip of the Day: Ignore Duplicate Files
2022-11-01 Tip of the Day: Don’t Start Up in a Hurry
2022-10-31 Tip of the Day: Shut Down When Traveling
2022-10-28 Tip of the Day: Google Translate and Google Lens
2022-10-27 Tip of the Day: Google Pay and Apple Pay
2022-10-26 Tip of the Day: Understand the Sign-In Process
2022-10-25 Tip of the Day: Sign In Before You Leave
2022-10-24 Tip of the Day: Save Your Old Phone
2022-10-21 Tip of the Day: Don’t Pay the Ransom
2022-10-20 Tip of the Day: Check Your Spam Folder
2022-10-19 Tip of the Day: Set Up Recovery Email Addresses for Everything You Can
2022-10-18 Tip of the Day: Use Headphones or Earbuds when Video (or Audio) Conferencing
2022-10-17 Tip of the Day: You Don’t Need a Share Button to Share
2022-10-14 Tip of the Day: Default Settings are Not for Your Convenience
2022-10-13 Tip of the Day: Start with Recommended Display Settings
2022-10-12 Tip of the Day: Set a Facebook Legacy Contact
2022-10-11 Tip of the Day: Think Twice Before Installing Browser Extensions
2022-10-10 Tip of the Day: Search Quickly with Command Prompt
2022-10-07 Tip of the Day: Most Laptops Can Handle External Monitors
2022-10-06 Tip of the Day: Add Another Microsoft Log-in Account to Windows 10
2022-10-05 Tip of the Day: the Clock Has a Calendar
2022-10-04 Tip of the Day: Use a Mouse
2022-10-03 Tip of the Day: Try Right-Clicking on a Tile
2022-09-29 Tip of the Day: Make CTRL+A, CTRL+C a Habit When Typing an Online Form
2022-09-28 Tip of the Day: Lock the Taskbar
2022-09-27 Tip of the Day: Beware the Checkmark
2022-09-26 Tip of the Day: Stop Freaking Out About Porn Spam
2022-09-23 Tip of the Day: Avoid the Registry Editor
2022-09-22 Tip of the Day: Have Edge Read to You
2022-09-21 Tip of the Day: Windows File Explorer Keyboard Shortcuts
2022-09-20 Tip of the Day: Save Downloaded Programs
2022-09-19 Tip of the Day: Revisit Old Passwords
2022-09-16 Tip of the Day: Create a Folder of Shortcuts
2022-09-15 Tip of the Day: God Mode
2022-09-14 Tip of the Day: Get Pro, not Home, if You Have a Choice
2022-09-13 Tip of the Day: F11 Is for Focus
2022-09-12 Tip of the Day: Check the Date
2022-09-09 Tip of the Day: Restrict Windows Search
2022-09-08 Tip of the Day: Don’t Clear Cookies
2022-09-07 Tip of the Day: Try Triple Click
2022-09-06 Tip of the Day: Headlines Are Written to Make You Click
2022-09-05 Tip of the Day: Windows Key + P for Projector Mode
2022-09-02 Tip of the Day: Discover What’s Behind the Asterisks
2022-09-01 Tip of the Day: Schedule a Delayed Shutdown
2022-08-31 Tip of the Day: Default to Microsoft Office File Types in Open and Libre Office
2022-08-30 Tip of the Day: Question Marks in URLs
2022-08-29 Tip of the Day: Avoid Periods in Email Addresses
2022-08-26 Tip of the Day: Reinstall Windows on That Used Computer
2022-08-25 Tip of the Day: Use Notepad for Your Daily Log
2022-08-24 Tip of the Day: Use Your Password Vault as Bookmarks
2022-08-23 Tip of the Day: Resize Some Text Entry Boxes in Chrome (and Edge)
2022-08-22 Tip of the Day: You Don’t Always Need an Account
2022-08-19 Tip of the Day: Don’t Reply to “Don’t Reply” Emails
2022-08-18 Tip of the Day: Sign In Occasionally
2022-08-17 Tip of the Day: Always Display Scrollbars
2022-08-16 Tip of the Day: Don’t Get Attached to Your Password
2022-08-15 Tip of the Day: Drag and Drop to Your Browser’s Bookmarks Bar
2022-08-12 Tip of the Day: Remember the Second Most Popular Search Engine
2022-08-11 Tip of the Day: Click-Hold-Move: an Irritation and a Solution
2022-08-10 Tip of the Day: Keep a Wired Mouse and Keyboard
2022-08-09 Tip of the Day: Use Slmgr to View Your Windows License
2022-08-08 Tip of the Day: Remember Your Password
2022-08-05 Tip of the Day: Move Any Default Folder
2022-08-04 Tip of the Day: Show the Desktop with a Click
2022-08-03 Tip of the Day: There’s Nothing Special About Keyloggers
2022-08-02 Tip of the Day: Consider Speech Recognition and Speech-to-Text
2022-08-01 Tip of the Day: Always Choose Custom Install (and then Pay Attention)
2022-07-29 Tip of the Day: Mark Spam as Spam and Move On
2022-07-28 Tip of the Day: Reduce the Number of Restore Points
2022-07-27 Tip of the Day: Read What’s On the Screen (PLEASE!)
2022-07-26 Tip of the Day: Screenshots Are Forever
2022-07-25 Tip of the Day: RAID Disk Formats Are Proprietary
2022-07-22 Tip of the Day: Try Another Computer
2022-07-21 Tip of the Day: Play with Windows File Explorer Views
2022-07-20 Tip of the Day: Remember It’s Your Company’s Equipment
2022-07-19 Tip of the Day: Keep Your Browser Up To Date
2022-07-18 Tip of the Day: Remember Modify in Add/Remove Programs
2022-07-15 Tip of the Day: Plan for Your Death
2022-07-14 Tip of the Day: Reboot Your Router
2022-07-13 Tip of the Day: Ignore Old Accounts
2022-07-12 Tip of the Day: Remove and Re-Add Your Printer
2022-07-11 Tip of the Day: Whole Drive Encryption Only Protects When a Disk is Not Mounted
2022-07-08 Tip of the Day: Whoever Provides Your Internet Is Your Internet Provider
2022-07-07 Tip of the Day: Use FAT for Thumb Drives
2022-07-06 Tip of the Day: Treat Email Like a Postcard
2022-07-05 Tip of the Day: Spam, Junk, or Bulk?
2022-07-04 Tip of the Day: Don’t Share Contacts
2022-07-01 Tip Of The Day: Check All Your Two-Factor Options Before Giving Up
2022-06-30 Tip of the Day: Reboot Again After an Unexpected Shutdown
2022-06-29 Tip of the Day: Never Search for “Support”
2022-06-28 Tip of the Day: Know What to Encrypt in the Cloud
2022-06-27 Tip of the Day: A Cheap, Two-Step NAS
2022-06-24 Tip of the Day: You’ll Probably Lose that Thumb Drive. Plan Ahead.
2022-06-23 Tip of the Day: Get Apps From Anywhere (or Not)
2022-06-22 Tip of the Day: Don’t Ignore that Bulging Battery
2022-06-21 Tip of the Day: Use Notepad For Passwords
2022-06-20 Tip of the Day: Bite the Bullet and Upgrade
2022-06-17 Tip of the Day: Check the Time Zone in Your Online Accounts
2022-06-16 Tip of the Day: Support Free Software
2022-06-15 Tip of the Day: Check Out the Free Version
2022-06-14 Tip of the Day: Ignore the Event Viewer
2022-06-13 Tip of the Day: Move Closer
2022-06-10 Tip of the Day: Make a Backup Image of Your New Machine as Soon as Possible
2022-06-09 Tip of the Day: Don’t Attach; Share Instead
2022-06-08 Tip of the Day: Understand What “Free Download” Really Means
2022-06-07 Tip of the Day: Prefer “docx” Over “doc”
2022-06-06 Tip of the Day: Sometimes Replacement Makes More Sense
2022-06-03 Tip of the Day: Never Reply to Spam
2022-06-02 Tip of the Day: Try Not to Cancel Installs
2022-06-01 Tip of the Day: Double Down on the Taskbar
2022-05-31 Tip of the Day: Use Local Folders to Avoid Email Loss
2022-05-30 Tip of the Day: Leave Small Partitions Be
2022-05-27 Tip of the Day: “Remember Me” with Caution
2022-05-26 Tip of the Day: Back Up Before CHKDSK
2022-05-25 Tip of the Day: Windows Built-in Backup is Better than None
2022-05-24 Tip of the Day: site:microsoft.com For Better Results
2022-05-23 Tip of the Day: Use Two-Factor Authentication, Already
2022-05-20 Tip of the Day: Keep Your Backup Drive Full
2022-05-19 Tip of the Day: Don’t Bother Blocking Senders
2022-05-18 Tip of the Day: Confirm Your Time Zone
2022-05-17 Tip of the Day: Try Another USB Port
2022-05-13 Tip of the Day: Configure an Email Program (Even if You Don’t Use One)
2022-05-12 Tip of the Day: Run CHKDSK Periodically
2022-05-11 Tip of the Day: Damage Assessment Can’t be Relied On
2022-05-10 Tip of the Day: Pause Cloud Sync
2022-05-09 Tip of the Day: Get a PIN Before You Go
2022-05-06 Tip of the Day: Check for Updates to Get the Latest
2022-05-05 Tip of the Day: Share What You Learn
2022-05-04 Tip of the Day: the History in the Back Button
2022-05-02 Tip of the Day: Play a Sound for Caps Lock
2022-05-02 Tip of the Day: Share Your Location with Friends
2022-04-29 Tip of the Day: Don’t Answer the Phone
2022-04-28 Tip of the Day: Back Up and then Delete Windows.old
2022-04-27 Tip of the Day: Use Wildcards in Search
2022-04-26 Tip of the Day: Move the Windows Screenshots Folder
2022-04-25 Tip of the Day: Visit (and Clean) the Temp Folder in Windows Command Prompt
2022-04-22 Tip of the Day: Open Command Prompt in File Explorer’s Displayed Folder
2022-04-21 Tip of the Day: You’re the One Responsible
2022-04-20 Tip of the Day: View Keyboard Shortcuts on Menus
2022-04-19 Tip of the Day: Quit Relying on the Desktop
2022-04-18 Tip of the Day: List ALL the Accounts on Your Machine
2022-04-15 Tip of the Day: A Shortcut to Lock Your Computer
2022-04-14 Tip of the Day: CTRL+ESC for the Start Menu
2022-04-13 Tip of the Day: Don’t Ignore Security Reminders
2022-04-12 Tip of the Day: Your Two Spam Filters
2022-04-11 Tip of the Day: Get the Windows Version Quickly
2022-04-08 Tip of the Day: Drive UAC with the Keyboard
2022-04-07 Tip of the Day: Admin in a Keystroke
2022-04-06 Tip of the Day: Plan for the Worst
2022-04-05 Tip of the Day: Back Up Your Password Vault
2022-04-04 Tip of the Day: Run Recuva Even When You Don’t Need It
2022-04-01 Tip of the Day: the Free-space Wiper You Already Have
2022-03-31 Tip of the Day: Wi-Fi Speed is Often Irrelevant
2022-03-30 Tip of the Day: Stop Responding to Silly Facebook Quizzes
2022-03-29 Tip of the Day: A Line Isn’t Always a Line
2022-03-28 Tip of the Day: Turn It On and Walk Away for a While
2022-03-25 Tip of the Day: When in Doubt, Ask Someone Else
2022-03-24 Tip of the Day: Use Fewer Browser Extensions
2022-03-23 Tip of the Day: Pay Attention to the Entire Error Message
2022-03-22 Tip of the Day: Check Your Passwords for Hacks
2022-03-21 Tip of the Day: Drag and Drop a Shortcut to Your Desktop
2022-03-18 Tip of the Day: Don’t Delete, Archive Email
2022-03-17 Tip of the Day: Save the Originals
2022-03-16 Tip of the Day: Don’t Focus on Ransomware
2022-03-15 Tip of the Day: Mark Non-spam as Not Spam
2022-03-14 Tip of the Day: Don’t Re-Type that URL
2022-03-11 Tip of the Day: Photograph or Scan Important Documents
2022-03-10 Tip of the Day: Automate Your Backups
2022-03-09 Tip of the Day: Try the Manufacturer’s Support First
2022-03-08 Tip of the Day: Turn Off Individual Android App Notifications
2022-03-07 Tip of the Day: Get Rid of Gmail Inbox Tabs
2022-03-03 Tip of the Day: MSINFO32 Built-in System Information
2022-03-02 Tip of the Day: Install the Manufacturer’s Software
2022-03-01 Tip of the Day: You Don’t Need a Kindle to Read Kindle Books
2022-02-28 Tip of the Day: To Sleep or Not to Sleep
2022-02-25 Tip of the Day: Know Where Your Files Are
2022-02-24 Tip of the Day: Turn On (or Off) Password After Sleep or Screensaver
2022-02-23 Tip of the Day: Adjust the Size of the Recycle Bin
2022-02-22 Tip of the Day: Requests for Gift Cards Are a Sign of a Scam
2022-02-21 Tip of the Day: Send PDF Instead of Docx
2022-02-18 Tip of the Day: Install Acrobat Reader
2022-02-17 Tip of the Day: AlternativeTo.net
2022-02-16 Tip of the Day: Type the URL or Use a Bookmark
2022-02-15 Tip of the Day: Consider a BIOS/UEFI Password
2022-02-14 Tip of the Day: Keep a USB Keyboard
2022-02-11 Tip of the Day: Create a Shortcut to a Folder
2022-02-10 Tip of the Day: Recent Files
2022-02-09 Tip of the Day: Erase a Disk Quickly
2022-02-08 Tip of the Day: Microsoft Defender Offline Scan
2022-02-07 Tip of the Day: Consider Moving Your Browser’s Downloads Folder
2022-02-07 Tip of the Day: Don’t Fall for Satire
2022-02-04 Tip of the Day: Store Your Vault Password in Your Password Vault
2022-02-03 Tip of the Day: Install for All Users
2022-02-02 Tip of the Day: Gmail Before and After
2022-02-01 Tip of the Day: Don’t Use Search to Visit a Site
2022-02-01 Tip of the Day: Consider the Mail App
2022-01-31 Tip of the Day: Understand Subdomains
2022-01-28 Tip Of The Day: Prepare for Not Being Available
2022-01-27 Tip of the Day: Reduce the Number of Extensions
2022-01-26 Tip Of The Day: Periodically Check Installed Programs
2022-01-25 Tip of the Day: If It Sounds Too Good To Be True…
2022-01-11 Tip of the Day: Consider a Chromebook
2022-01-10 Tip of the Day: Disable Startup Items Carefully
2022-01-07 Tip of the Day: Use the Same Account on All Machines
2022-01-06 Tip of the Day: Reopen a Closed Tab
2022-01-06 Tip of the Day: Back Up Encrypted Data Unencrypted
2022-01-05 Tip of the Day: Discover Image Search
2022-01-05 Tip of the Day: Use Dropbox to Copy Files
2022-01-04 Tip of the Day: Don’t Bail on a Single Failure
2022-01-03 Tip of the Day: Disabling Remote Access Doesn’t
2022-01-02 Tip of the Day: Make Sure You Can Add RAM