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Question from Debbie: Rick, I edited a photo today and then I tried to save it, but Windows won’t let me save the edited file.
Every time I try to save the photo I get the following error message:
“You don’t have permission to save in this location.
Contact the administrator to obtain permission.
Would you like to save in the Pictures folder instead?”
Here’s a screenshot of the actual error message: [Read more…]
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You probably already know that Amazon
Did you also know you can also buy your textbooks from Amazon just like any other book?
You’ll find most any textbook you need at Amazon, and you can probably snag it for a lot less than your own school will charge you for it.
All you have to do is search for the book’s Title, Author or ISBN number and you’ll be presented with a list of both new and used copies along with their prices. [Read more…]
If you’ve been using the Internet for a while you’re probably aware of the fantastic Amazon Associates affiliate program that allows bloggers to earn money by helping folks find great deals on items at the Amazon website.
In my opinion, there is no better affiliate program in the world because Amazon makes it easy to earn commissions on great products that most buyers end up loving in the end.
That’s why I participate in the program myself.
Unfortunately, any time a company comes up with a great idea for helping people do better in life, there are always scammers waiting in the wings to take advantage of people who just want to make an honest living. [Read more…]
Would you like to take online college courses offered by Duke University, Princeton, Ohio State, John Hopkins and dozens of other top colleges and universities, right from home?
Well, now you can thanks to wonderful website called Coursera!
Whether you simply want to take courses that interest you for your own personal development or actually earn a Bachelors or Masters degree from a top university, you can meet that goal with the help of Coursera.
Coursera has partnered with almost 200 of the world’s top institutions of higher learning to offer online college-level courses in virtually any field you can think of.
And these aren’t fluff courses either. In fact, they cover everything from the arts and humanities to the hard sciences. [Read more…]
If you’ve been using an iPhone for a while you probably know that you can check the health of your phone’s battery by selecting an option on the Settings screen.
This battery health information basically lets you know if your battery is wearing out and needs to be replaced.
For years Apple refused to allow iOS to reset the battery health info back to “Healthy” after a new third-party battery was installed, but according to our friends at iFixit they’re now even refusing to reset the health information for genuine Apple batteries unless they’re installed by Apple authorized techs.