The Ask Leo! Tip of the Day Archives - 2025

2025-12-31 Tip of the Day: Make CTRL+A / CTRL+C a Habit When Typing an Online Form
2025-12-30 Tip of the Day: Save Downloaded Programs
2025-12-26 Tip of the Day: Don’t Clear Cookies
2025-12-24 Tip of the Day: Avoid Periods in Email Addresses
2025-12-23 Tip of the Day: Use Your Password Vault as Bookmarks
2025-12-22 Tip of the Day: You Don’t Always Need an Account
2025-12-19 Tip of the Day: Don’t Reply to “Don’t Reply” Emails
2025-12-18 Tip of the Day: Sign In Occasionally
2025-12-17 Tip of the Day: Always Display Scrollbars
2025-12-16 Tip of the Day: Don’t Get Attached to Your Password
2025-12-15 Tip of the Day: Drag and Drop to Your Browser’s Bookmarks Bar
2025-12-12 Tip of the Day: Remember the Second Most Popular Search Engine
2025-12-11 Tip of the Day: Click-Hold-Move: an Irritation and a Solution
2025-12-10 Tip of the Day: Answer the Question(s)
2025-12-08 Tip of the Day: Keep a Wired Mouse and Keyboard
2025-12-05 Tip of the Day: Use Slmgr to View Your Windows License
2025-12-04 Tip of the Day: Remember Your Password
2025-12-03 Tip of the Day: Show the Desktop with a Click
2025-12-02 Tip of the Day: Help and More
2025-12-01 Tip of the Day: There’s Nothing Special About Keyloggers
2025-11-28 Tip of the Day: Consider Speech Recognition and Speech-to-Text
2025-11-27 Tip of the Day: Opt Out of Backup
2025-11-26 Tip of the Day: Asking for Money Is Not Demanding Money
2025-11-25 Tip of the Day: When in Doubt, Ask Someone Else
2025-11-24 Tip of the Day: Trivia: How One Website Could Be Four Different Websites
2025-11-21 Tip of the Day: Save the Installation Media
2025-11-20 Tip of the Day: Always Choose Custom Install (and Then Pay Attention)
2025-11-19 Tip of the Day: Keep the Originals
2025-11-18 Tip of the Day: Have a Code Word
2025-11-17 Tip of the Day: Mark Spam as Spam and Move On
2025-11-14 Tip of the Day: Read What’s On the Screen, PLEASE!
2025-11-13 Tip of the Day: RAID Disk Formats Are Proprietary
2025-11-12 Tip of the Day: Don’t Trust AI
2025-11-11 Tip of the Day: Updates (and Reboots) on Your Schedule
2025-11-10 Tip of the Day: Try Another Computer
2025-11-07 Tip of the Day: Play with Windows File Explorer Views
2025-11-06 Tip of the Day: Remember, It’s Your Company’s Equipment
2025-11-05 Tip of the Day: Keep Your Browser Up To Date
2025-11-04 Tip of the Day: Remember Modify in Add/Remove Programs
2025-11-03 Tip of the Day: Plan for Your Death
2025-10-31 Tip of the Day: Reboot Your Router
2025-10-30 Tip of the Day: Ignore Old Accounts
2025-10-29 Tip of the Day: Remove and Re-Add Your Printer
2025-10-28 Tip of the Day: Whole Drive Encryption Only Protects When a Disk is Not Mounted
2025-10-27 Tip of the Day: Whoever Provides Your Internet Is Your Internet Provider
2025-10-24 Tip of the Day: Use FAT for Thumb Drives
2025-10-23 Tip of the Day: Treat Email Like a Postcard
2025-10-22 Tip of the Day: Don’t Share Contacts
2025-10-21 Tip of the Day: Check All Your Two-Factor Options Before Giving Up
2025-10-20 Tip of the Day: Reboot Again After an Unexpected Shutdown
2025-10-17 Tip of the Day: Never Search for “Support”
2025-10-16 Tip of the Day: Know What to Encrypt in the Cloud
2025-10-14 Tip of the Day: Bite the Bullet and Upgrade
2025-10-13 Tip of the Day: Check the Time Zone in Your Online Accounts
2025-10-10 Tip of the Day: Support Free Software (If You Can)
2025-10-09 Tip of the Day: Check Out the Free Version
2025-10-08 Tip of the Day: Ignore the Event Viewer
2025-10-07 Tip of the Day: Move Closer
2025-10-06 Tip of the Day: Make a Backup Image of Your New Machine as Soon as Possible
2025-10-03 Tip of the Day: Don’t Attach; Share Instead
2025-10-02 Tip of the Day: Understand What “Free Download” Really Means
2025-10-01 Tip of the Day: Prefer “docx” Over “doc”
2025-09-30 Tip of the Day: Sometimes Replacement Makes More Sense
2025-09-29 Tip of the Day: Never Reply to Spam
2025-09-26 Tip of the Day: Try Not to Cancel Installs
2025-09-25 Tip of the Day: Use Local Folders to Avoid Email Loss
2025-09-24 Tip of the Day: Leave Small Partitions Be
2025-09-23 Tip of the Day: “Remember Me” with Caution
2025-09-22 Tip of the Day: Back Up Before CHKDSK
2025-09-19 Tip of the Day: Use Two-Factor Authentication, Already
2025-09-18 Tip of the Day: Keep Your Backup Drive Full
2025-09-17 Tip of the Day: Don’t Bother Blocking Senders
2025-09-16 Tip of the Day: Confirm Your Time Zone
2025-09-15 Tip of the Day: Try Another USB Port
2025-09-12 Tip of the Day: Windows Remembers Size and Position (Mostly)
2025-09-11 Tip of the Day: Configure an Email Program (Even if You Don’t Use One)
2025-09-10 Tip of the Day: Run CHKDSK Periodically
2025-09-09 Tip of the Day: You Can’t Rely on Damage Assessment
2025-09-08 Tip of the Day: Pause Cloud Sync
2025-09-05 Tip of the Day: Get a PIN Before You Go
2025-09-04 Tip of the Day: Check for Updates to Get the Latest
2025-09-03 Tip of the Day: Single Click to Open
2025-09-02 Tip of the Day: Search for Man
2025-09-01 Tip of the Day: Share What You Learn
2025-08-29 Tip of the Day: the History in the Back Button
2025-08-27 Tip of the Day: Play a Sound for Caps Lock
2025-08-25 Tip of the Day: Don’t Answer the Phone
2025-08-22 Tip of the Day: Back Up and Then Delete Windows.old
2025-08-21 Tip of the Day: Visit (and Clean) the Temp Folder in Windows Command Prompt
2025-08-20 Tip of the Day: Open Command Prompt in File Explorer’s Displayed Folder
2025-08-19 Tip of the Day: You’re Responsible
2025-08-18 Tip of the Day: View Keyboard Shortcuts on Menus
2025-08-15 Tip of the Day: List ALL the Accounts on Your Machine
2025-08-14 Tip of the Day: A Shortcut to Lock Your Computer
2025-08-13 Tip of the Day: CTRL+ESC for the Start Menu
2025-08-12 Tip of the Day: Get the Windows Version Quickly
2025-08-08 Tip of the Day: Plan for the Worst
2025-08-07 Tip of the Day: Back Up Your Password Vault
2025-08-06 Tip of the Day: the Free-Space Wiper You Already Have
2025-08-05 Tip of the Day: Wi-Fi Speed Is Often Irrelevant
2025-08-04 Tip of the Day: Turn It On and Walk Away for a While
2025-07-31 Tip of the Day: Have More Than One Recovery Method
2025-07-30 Tip of the Day: Avoid Secret Questions
2025-07-29 Tip of the Day: Scan Those Old Photos
2025-07-28 Tip of the Day: Use Fewer Browser Extensions
2025-07-25 Tip of the Day: Pay Attention to the Entire Error Message
2025-07-24 Tip of the Day: Check Your Passwords for Hacks
2025-07-23 Tip of the Day: Drag and Drop a Shortcut to Your Desktop
2025-07-22 Tip of the Day: Use AI for Whois
2025-07-21 Tip of the Day: Don’t Delete; Archive Email
2025-07-18 Tip of the Day: Save the Originals
2025-07-17 Tip of the Day: Don’t Focus on Ransomware
2025-07-16 Tip of the Day: Mark Non-Spam as Not Spam
2025-07-15 Tip of the Day: Don’t Re-Type That URL
2025-07-14 Tip of the Day: Photograph or Scan Important Documents
2025-07-11 Tip of the Day: Automate Your Backups
2025-07-10 Tip of the Day: Try the Manufacturer’s Support First
2025-07-09 Tip of the Day: Get Rid of Gmail Inbox Tabs
2025-07-08 Tip of the Day: Set Another Admin for Your Facebook Page
2025-07-07 Tip of the Day: “It Won’t Happen To Me” Is Bad Security
2025-07-04 Tip of the Day: MSINFO32 Built-in System Information
2025-07-03 Tip of the Day: Install the Manufacturer’s Software
2025-07-02 Tip of the Day: To Sleep or Not to Sleep
2025-07-02 Tip of the Day: Recent Files
2025-07-01 Tip of the Day: Emergency Restart
2025-06-30 Tip of the Day: Know Where Your Files Are
2025-06-27 Tip of the Day: Turn On (or Off) Password After Sleep or Screensaver
2025-06-26 Tip of the Day: The %USERNAME% Environment Variable
2025-06-25 Tip of the Day: Quick Access to the Sound Output Switcher
2025-06-24 Tip of the Day: Think of AI As a Guide, Not the Source
2025-06-23 Tip of the Day: Adjust the Size of the Recycle Bin
2025-06-20 Tip of the Day: Send PDF Instead of Docx
2025-06-19 Tip of the Day: Long Pressing on Mobile
2025-06-18 Tip of the Day: Scammers Love Tariffs
2025-06-17 Tip of the Day: Your Onedrive.com Files Are in My Files
2025-06-16 Tip of the Day: AlternativeTo.net
2025-06-13 Tip of the Day: Type the URL or Use a Bookmark
2025-06-12 Tip of the Day: Consider a BIOS/UEFI Password
2025-06-10 Tip of the Day: It’s the Left Button
2025-06-09 Tip of the Day: Keep a Spare USB Keyboard
2025-06-06 Tip of the Day: Try Print to PDF
2025-06-05 Tip of the Day: Create a Shortcut to a Folder
2025-06-04 Tip of the Day: Beware the “Epidemic of Fraud”
2025-06-03 Tip of the Day: Erase Your Car
2025-05-30 Tip of the Day: Erase a Disk Quickly
2025-05-29 Tip of the Day: Don’t Fall for Satire or AI
2025-05-28 Tip of the Day: Store Your Vault Password in Your Password Vault
2025-05-27 Tip of the Day: Understand Subdomains
2025-05-26 Tip of the Day: Prepare for Not Being Available
2025-05-23 Tip of the Day: Reduce the Number of Extensions
2025-05-22 Tip of the Day: Periodically Check Installed Programs
2025-05-21 Tip of the Day: DO NOT Back Up your PC
2025-05-20 Tip of the Day: Have a Backup Sign-in Account
2025-05-19 Tip of the Day: Disable Startup Items Carefully
2025-05-16 Tip of the Day: Use the Same Account on All Machines
2025-05-15 Tip of the Day: Dropbox’s “dl=” Parameter
2025-05-14 Tip of the Day: Link to a Specific Place in a Webpage
2025-05-13 Tip of the Day: Generalize
2025-05-12 Tip of the Day: Reopen a Closed Tab
2025-05-09 Tip of the Day: Use Dropbox to Copy Files
2025-05-08 Tip of the Day: Don’t Bail on a Single Failure
2025-05-07 Tip of the Day: How to Navigate File Explorer’s Left Pane With the Keyboard
2025-05-06 Tip of the Day: Use Both Online and Offline Backups
2025-05-05 Tip of the Day: Disabling Remote Access Doesn’t
2025-05-02 Tip of the Day: Yet Another Way to Open Control Panel
2025-05-01 Tip of the Day: Really Erase That Disk Before Discarding
2025-04-29 Tip of the Day: Download the Windows 10 ISO Before End of Support
2025-04-28 Tip of the Day: Find Your Downloads
2025-04-25 Tip of the Day: Consider Shell Alternatives
2025-04-24 Tip of the Day: Don’t Call That Number!
2025-04-23 Tip of the Day: Pay Attention to Password Manager Autofill
2025-04-21 Tip of the Day: Consider a UPS
2025-04-18 Tip of the Day: Stop Typing WWW
2025-04-17 Tip of the Day: Use Your Manufacturer’s Support Site
2025-04-16 Tip of the Day: Minimize All to Focus on One
2025-04-15 Tip of the Day: Create a Safe Word
2025-04-14 Tip of the Day: Save a Password-Protected PDF Without a Password
2025-04-11 Tip of the Day: Drive UAC with the Keyboard
2025-04-10 Tip of the Day: Block Notification Requests in Edge
2025-04-09 Tip of the Day: Guarantees Don’t Replace Your Data
2025-04-08 Tip of the Day: The Best Technology Can’t Save You From Incompetence
2025-03-31 Tip of the Day: View Windows Update History
2025-03-28 Tip of the Day: Use Windows File Explorer to Explore Files
2025-03-27 Tip of the Day: Check Compatibility
2025-03-26 Tip of the Day: Wired Is Almost Always Faster
2025-03-25 Tip of the Day: Use a Consistent Workgroup Name
2025-03-24 Tip of the Day: Don’t Panic
2025-03-21 Tip of the Day: Uninstall From the Windows Start Menu
2025-03-17 Tip of the Day: Take It All With You to Your New Machine
2025-03-14 Tip of the Day: Select Multiple Items With the Mouse
2025-03-13 Tip of the Day: Back Up Your Email
2025-03-12 Tip of the Day: Clean Up Your Downloads
2025-03-11 Tip of the Day: Use a Password Vault, Already
2025-03-10 Tip of the Day: Use Dropbox to Transfer Files
2025-03-07 Tip of the Day: Move, Copy, or Create a Shortcut
2025-03-06 Tip of the Day: Resize Text Boxes — Maybe
2025-03-05 Tip of the Day: Windows File Explorer Display Options
2025-03-04 Tip of the Day: Watch Videos Full Screen
2025-03-03 Tip of the Day: Use Device Manager to Update Drivers
2025-02-28 Tip of the Day: Watch Your CPU Usage for Malware
2025-02-27 Tip of the Day: Restore Trash
2025-02-26 Tip of the Day: Pin Browser Tabs for Quick Access
2025-02-25 Tip of the Day: Get Even More Info From Windows Task Manager
2025-02-24 Tip of the Day: Access the Device Manager Quickly
2025-02-21 Tip of the Day: Pay Attention to the URL
2025-02-20 Tip of the Day: View the Full Path in Windows File Explorer
2025-02-18 Tip of the Day: Move Default File Locations to Another Drive
2025-02-17 Tip of the Day: Add a Drive to Your Desktop Computer
2025-02-14 Tip of the Day: If They Don’t Know Your Name, They Don’t Know You
2025-02-13 Tip of the Day: AutoCorrect in Microsoft Word
2025-02-11 Tip of the Day: Do a Full Scan Once in a While
2025-02-10 Tip of the Day: Don’t Start with To:
2025-02-07 Tip of the Day: Disable Screen Effects for Speed
2025-02-06 Tip of the Day: Double-check the From: Address
2025-02-05 Tip of the Day: Turn Off or Control AutoPlay in Windows 10
2025-02-04 Tip of the Day: Quick Access to the Volume Mixer
2025-02-03 Tip of the Day: Edit Elsewhere
2025-01-31 Tip of the Day: TAB Through Fields
2025-01-30 Tip of the Day: Ignore Unknown Social Connections
2025-01-29 Tip of the Day: The Recycle Bin Isn’t Always Used
2025-01-27 Tip of the Day: Update, Update, and Update Again
2025-01-24 Tip of the Day: Use Google as Your Calculator
2025-01-23 Tip of the Day: Where Does Save Save?
2025-01-22 Tip of the Day: Turn Off Bluetooth
2025-01-21 Tip of the Day: a Solid-Color Desktop
2025-01-20 Tip of the Day: Disable CAPS LOCK
2025-01-17 Tip of the Day: Change the Output Audio Device
2025-01-15 Tip of the Day: “Save” Versus “Save As”
2025-01-15 Tip of the Day: the Windows Emoji Keyboard
2025-01-14 Tip of the Day: Use Jump Lists
2025-01-13 Tip of the Day: Hide the Taskbar
2025-01-10 Tip of the Day: Batch Rename (kind of) and Undo in File Explorer
2025-01-09 Tip of the Day: When in Doubt, Right-Click
2025-01-08 Tip of the Day: Review Your Online Recovery Information
2025-01-07 Tip of the Day: Run Anything
2025-01-06 Tip of the Day: Faster Ways to Common Settings
2025-01-03 Tip of the Day: Change the Subject
2025-01-02 Tip of the Day: Edit Your Facebook Comments
2025-01-01 Tip of the Day: CAPTCHAs Never Use Start->Run