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Dock keeps moving on the other monitor on MacBook

Posted on by DevPaulC
Do you use a MacBook with an external monitor and have the issue that the dock keeps moving to the other screen? Apparently, this is not a bug but a feature. Apple designed the Dock to move where you "need" it. If you want to force it back to the MacBook main screen, all you have to do is to go back the the screen without the dock, and move your mouse to the bottom of the scree trying to drive it outside the screen. The dock will magically appear on that screen. If you found this useful, please,...read more

Power BI error: We’re unable to connect. Please delete your credentials and try again later. 

Posted on by DevPaulC
If you have this error in Power BI, there is a simple solution that might solve it. Before trying this make sure you use the latest version of Power Bi, as accepted by your organization and your Power BI tenant administrator. It will also help if you reboot your computer. If any of these do not solve your problem, follow the steps below. Step 1. Go to the File Menu - Options and Settings, and click on Data Source Settings Step 2. Select the Data Source causing you the error and Click on Clear Permissions Step 3. Go back...read more

Apple iCloud Photos or Google Photos for photo storage

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If you are like me, you might have an iPhone or iPad for your mobility devices but still use a Windows computer for your productivity or work needs. So you may be wondering how to manage your photos. Should you use iCloud or Google Photos? Is iCloud better than Google Photos If you are using an iPhone to capture your photos, you may be inclined to think that iCloud is the best Photo storage solution. iCloud has many advantages. ability to upload photos directly from your iPhone automatically ability to see previews of your photos and download a high-resolution...read more

What’s the Difference Between Restarting and Shutting Down your computer

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It seems logical. When you leave for a long time, shut down and when you just installed your computer restart. It’s not that simple. What happens when you shut down your computer Up until Windows 8, it used to be that a shutdown would turn off the power of your computer completely, clear the memory and it would be a similar action with unplugging the computer. However 2 things changed with Windows 8.  More people started to use laptops, computers with a battery on board, therefore computers would now be capable of saving some of the data in memory...read more

How to use Search operators in Google

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Google is the biggest and the best search engine in the world. Sometimes searching through the billions of search results can be tricky. Google search operators can help you modify the typical simple search to give you better and more precise search results. What are Google Search Operators Search operators are text modifiers to your search query that will modify your search to give you specific results. In other words, you can use Google Search Operators to make your search smarter and to find specific information or results on specific websites. Let's take a look in detail at the...read more

3 easy steps to install Windows 11 on unsupported CPUs

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Windows registry hack makes the upgrade possible, but should you do it? You’re currently seeing this message: “This PC doesn’t currently meet Windows 11 system requirements” or “The processor isn’t currently supported for Windows 11”. In this post you will learn a registry hack that should instantly make things better and help you upgrade to Windows 11 with a 7th generation processor. You can go from “doesn’t meet requirements” to “ready to install” in minutes.(tested the method on a Lenovo Yoga i5-7300U. This processor in NOT on Microsoft’s compatibility list, even though this computer is 3 years old) Here’s...read more

Power BI Error: Information is needed in order to combine data

Posted on by DevPaulC
I had this happen to me on a dataset that was refreshing OK in the Power BI Desktop application but not refreshing in the service. The service was giving the error: "Information is needed in order to combine data" The dataset was a very simple combination of 2 tables. The 2 tables were a result of 2 API calls done with an API key on a cloud website. Error The error "Information is needed in order to combine data" was only happening on the Power BI service. When I was trying to refresh the dataset, it would not do...read more

Power BI – Filter SQL Data before import

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Sometimes you need to filter the source data before loading into POWER BI Desktop. If you have a large SQL database with millions of records and you only need the records in the past few days it is not efficient to pull all the data and to filter it after. It takes a long time and it increases the Power BI service load. So here is how you do it. Step 1 Get Data from SQL server database and click Connect Step 2. Type in your Server Name and Database and click on Advanced Options Enter an SQL Statement...read more