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Set Windows 10 to lock itself when your paired phone leaves Bluetooth range, plus the screen saver fallback and three shortcuts for locking it by hand.

Nine things to try against Windows Error 651 on a PPPoE broadband link, from resetting TCP/IP and replacing rasppoe.sys to disabling IPv6 and auto-tuning.

Two fixes for stuttering video in VLC on Android: clearing the app's cache and data from Settings, then turning off hardware acceleration if the lag persists.

What happens between a click on an affiliate link and the commission: the cookie that records the visit, the payout types built on it, and the drawbacks of each.

What a network asks of a publisher, who the four players in an affiliate deal are, and how three programs compared: Amazon Associates, ShareASale and the closed Google Affiliate Network.

What separates a pay-per-click program from the rest of affiliate marketing, why both sides of the deal want it, and where AdSense, Bidvertiser and the smaller networks fit in.

What Fulfillment by Amazon takes off your hands, the startup budget this post suggests, and how to open an individual or paid professional seller account.

How dropshipping works order by order, why the seller holds no inventory, the trade-offs that come with it, and a starter list of products people sell this way.

What CRM and business management software actually does: one shared customer record, automated alerts and workflows, and the nine routine jobs it simplifies.

A plain-language intro to web hosting: what a web server does, why a home connection cannot serve a site, and what the space, email and bandwidth limits mean.