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TurboTax The License Code You Entered is Not Valid (Error Code: 606) [SOLVED]

Thursday, 2025.03.13 J.D. H. Leave a comment

So you bought TurboTax online from Amazon (or another seller), downloaded it from InstallTurboTax.com, and now you’re staring at that frustrating “The license code you entered is not valid. Error code: 606” or “Error code: 607” message? 😡 Yeah, it’s a headache, but let’s break down what’s happening and how to (hopefully) fix it. ✅ Why Is This Happening? Error Code 606 usually pops up due to a mismatch between the version you purchased and the version you downloaded. TurboTax

Minecraft not using dedicated GPU [SOLVED]

Tuesday, 2023.02.21 J.D. H. Leave a comment

How to fix the issue of Minecraft not using dedicated GPU If you’re having trouble getting Minecraft to use your dedicated GPU, there are a few steps you can take to try and fix the issue. NVIDIA First, open the NVIDIA Control Panel and select Manage 3D Settings. Then, select Program Settings and add javaw.exe to the list of programs (if you are not using the Java edition, then select your applicable version of Minecraft). Finally, choose High-performance NVIDIA processor

HOWTO Reset Synology DS1813+ login info

Monday, 2023.02.20 J.D. H. Leave a comment

If you forget your Synology login info, or if your credentials simply are not working, here are the steps to reset the login to factory defaults. Note: this should only reset the login info, but regardless I recommend backing up your data first if you are able to. Especially if your data is important, please always make 100% sure before doing anything that could endanger your data! Reset administrator login credentials and network settings I hope this helps! 👍👍 References:

How to add admin page role on Facebook?! [SOLVED 2023]

Tuesday, 2023.02.14 J.D. H. Leave a comment

Question: J.D. can you help me figure out how to add a new admin to our Facebook business page? We had our manager leave and now I cannot add any new managers/admin. i tried all the help that Facebook lists but there is no page roles in the settings. Help! -Nick Answer: Dear Nick, Facebook (or Meta) has done something really weird with their Page Roles/Management interface and they seem to have not updated their online instructions. Thankfully, I think

Show passwords in FileZilla [Portable]

Saturday, 2015.05.16 J.D. H. Leave a comment

Recently I needed to regain access to a client’s FTP site where the password had been lost. Resetting the password was going to be problematic so instead we recovered the password by accessing FileZilla’s saved password list: For Portable FileZilla: FileZillaPortable\Data\settings\sitemanager.xml For regular FileZilla it should be similar to: %APPDATA%\filezilla\sitemanager.xml Open the sitemanager.xml file and browse to the Pass listing for the particular site that you need access to: This instructions are for Windows. I hope they are helpful to you 🙂

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CLOSE Lowe’s credit card account [SOLVED]

Friday, 2015.02.27 J.D. H. 2 comments

Here are the steps to close your Lowe’s credit card account: #1 Login to LOWE’S online credit card account link #2 Go to Account Services -> Close Account #3 Request Closure #4 Provide feedback (optional) #5 Account Close Confirmation Success closing your Lowe’s account! 🙂 Top Search Terms:how to close a lowes credit card (6)how to cancel lowe's credit card (5)how to close lowes credit card (5)https://www.jdhodges.com/blog/close-lowes-credit-card-account-solved/ (5)lowe\'s credit card login (4)how to cancel a lowes credit card (4)cancel lowes credit

Turn off Kindle singles recommendations etc. [SOLVED[

Thursday, 2015.01.08 J.D. H. Leave a comment

Some Kindle questions from readers: Q1. How do I turn off the annoying Kindle singles crap that takes up half of my Kindle’s screen?! Menu -> Settings -> Device options -> Personalize your Kindle -> Advanced Options -> Cover View Recommendations -> Off Q2. Can I get rid of recomendations, they are way off?! While you are at it, you can also turn off Special Offers Recommendations: Menu -> Settings -> Device options -> Personalize your Kindle -> Advanced Options

Windows Update error 80072f8f [SOLVED]

Friday, 2014.02.14 J.D. H. Leave a comment

If you get a Windows Update “error 80072f8f” when you try to Check for Updates, you may need to adjust your computer’s date and time settings! The 80072f8f error generally happens when there is a large discrepancy between your system clock and the Windows Update service…. so when that happens you will get the error and be prevented from receiving updates. 🙁 Thankfully, as mentioned earlier, the fix is generally very easy as you just need to update your computer’s date/time