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YouTube Monetization disabled and re-enabled!

L ike many small time YouTube creators, I also got an email in January 2018 about changes to the YouTube Partner Program (YPP)  regarding changes new threshold of 4,000 hours of watchtime within the past 12 months and 1,000 subscribers. The revenue wasn't much but it was good to get some revenue from the little effort made in creating some videos. Unfortunately, my channel did not meet the subscriber threshold though watch time was alright. So, as per the new rules, monetization was set to be disabled. Read more »

How to mount an ISO disk image in Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10

A disk image is an exact copy of a physical disk. Commonly, the file extension of a disk image is a .ISO file.The ISO file can then be loaded or mounted in a virtual drive to run. In this post, we shall see how to mount an ISO disk image in Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10. Read more »

Workaround for Windows Explorer crashing frequently

I f the Windows Explorer on your Windows computer is crashing frequently, you may check a few solutions that might work for you in this previous post - Fix: How to solve Windows Explorer frequent crashes in Windows 10 ? If none of the solutions work, then you may apply this workaround, that is to launch folder Windows in separate process so that even if Windows Explorer crashed, the folder windows already open stays as it is. Read more »

How to export Facebook events and sync it with Google Calendar and Windows Calendar?

I n this post we will see how to export Facebook Events and sync it with Google calendar and also with Windows calendar. But why Google Calendar? Why not sync it directly with Windows Calendar if that is the intent? Because by default, Windows Calendar allows us to add only the following email accounts - Microsoft Account, Outlook.com, Exchange, Google, iCloud, and Internet Email such as Yahoo. It does not include Facebook here. Why take the trouble? Can't I simply login to Facebook and check? The need and reasons may vary from person to person but this may be handy if you are using Windows Calendar most of the time on your Windows computer to manage your events and reminders etc. It may also be useful to see all events, added to Windows Calendar and Facebook events in one single Calendar to assist in planning your activities and tasks. Read more »