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.. and we are back!

WordPress auto-updates went very wrong and crapped out the whole site.
This was not a good time to find out that the admin email wasn’t working..
I had to reset the admin user password from the database backend.
Useful learning exercise.
No worries, it’s all back now.

How to get enough space to update or reinstall Windows 10 on a 32GB laptop..

This was my daughter’s machine. Asus e203n with Windows 10 and 32GB solid state drive. No space for updates or reinstall. No space. Full stop.

No way to upgrade the drive. Windows installer wouldn’t play ball with external drives. Deleted everything I could.

I found the solution: disable hibernation mode..

You can’t just delete the hiberfil.sys file, you need to do it properly..

Open a command window, in admin mode..

(type cmd in search box, right click, run as admin)

powercfg /h off

On an Asus e203n, that freed up 3.5GB, which was enough to enable the “fresh install” option.

A bonus is that all the ASUS bloatware is also removed. Maybe enough space to install zoom and teams?

You can also “compact” the windows system.

compact.exe /compactos:always

This will take a while..

Anyhow, I already replaced this with a Chromebook. It’s no good for me, as it’s too small (storage + screen), so it’s off to eBay..

Nearly there now.. Hello to dropship.me..

Ok, so things have now moved on somewhat..

We have a name, and a logo to go with it.

Lucytwobags.com sounds like a girl who is into shopping.. In reality, she’s my dog, and you can guess what’s in the bags.

The logo cost me £12 on fiverr

I learned a !eason : don’t waste time setting things up until you have the domain name, or you will have to do it all again..

Lesson two: Paypal is being an arse with “premier” accounts like mine: they have hidden the seller tools, including the Api settings.  I got around this using the url of the business account settings,they are the same.

Now, what to sell? I took a look at Oberlo’s “black friday” videos and noted down all their suggestions..

Now, how to find suppliers? I don’t believe in re-inventing the wheel, so I used dropship.me, which is like Oberlo but for alidropship. You get 50 products to start with (you pick).. Not all Oberlo’s suggestions were available, but I still got 6 products for zero research!

Dropship.me is another WordPress plugin, you get an activation code with the download, which gives you the free 50 products. Later on, you can buy more, as packages. For a newbie like me, this is ideal. No supplier research!

I have to admit that setting pages and categories was a grind.. Menus are a pain..

So, we now have a site, with payments set up, products, categories, and I used the default pricing rules.

Next up we will be looking at marketing..

Picking a name is Sooo difficult!

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