YouTube claims I had uploaded sexual content to my channel. Only thing I had uploaded which they might of found questionable is videos about the nudist lifestyle. These videos did not contain any nudity however which was well within their terms.

I appealed the deletion of my channel but YouTube came back and stated it was permanent ban from the platform.

I created a new YouTube channel to replace deleted channel. You may subscribe to it here.

Truth be told, I am not sure how likely I am to keep using YouTube due to changes with their partner program. YouTube has announced they are doubling their requirement to join their partner program. I was still far off from monetizing my last channel. This path isn’t worth pursuing anymore.

New Entry Thresholds for New Creators

Starting February 1, 2027, new channels applying for ad and YouTube Premium revenue sharing must meet higher criteria:

• Subscribers: Remains at 1,000 subscribers.
• Long-form watch hours: Doubled from 4,000 to 8,000 qualified public watch hours in the past 365 days.
• Shorts views: Doubled from 10 million to 20 million qualified public Shorts views in the last 90 days.
• Lower Fan Funding Tier: The initial tier (500 subscribers, 3,000 watch hours or 3 million Shorts views) for Super Chats and memberships remains unchanged and does not grant ad revenue.

Since my channel was deleted I would be considered a “New Creator” and these new rules would apply to me. Let’s be honest, I wasn’t close to becoming a partner before the deletion of my channel.

If I continue creating new content for YouTube it would simply be for fun at this point. I’m giving up on my previous dream of becoming a full time YouTuber and being able to quit my job.

Lets start at the beginning.

It all started on Oct 15, 2020 while I was working on installing a new Chamberlain Smart Hub which is supposed to allow me to open my Chamberlain garage door opener from my phone.

Since there is a ton of garage sale crap in my garage I wasn’t able to use a ladder to reach the garage door opener so I just stood on top of the tables in the garage instead. Now during the process of setting this piece of crap hub up I had gotten up and down several times as I was having issues getting the thing to work properly.

The last time I climbed down from the table my left knee dislocated as I was climbing down which caused me to fall the rest of the way to the concrete. I managed to pop my knee back in place as this happens somewhat frequently since I’m double jointed.

Well this time the pain was quite different than normal and my knee swelled up to at least twice it’s normal size. I iced it and simply relaxed that evening and did nothing.

The next morning Friday Oct 16th 2020 the pain was no better and it was still swollen so I drove myself to the hospital to have an x-ray done. This is when they discovered that I had an avulsion fracture of the patella and told me to go to physical therapy to get a non-mobility knee brace so I can’t bend my knee anymore. They also told me to stay off my knee and not to put pressure on it or try to walk on it.

Now they didn’t tell me how long I would have to suffer in this way before this thing healed which lead to me essentially doing nothing all weekend long.

Fast forward to Monday Oct 19 I decided to call them to try to get more information about my condition and what I need to do from this point forward. They scheduled me an appointment with an Orthopedic doctor to better assist with me this issue.

I saw my Orthopedic doctor on Oct 21, 2020 and he confirmed my knee is in fact in place and I do in fact have a fracture, he further evaluated my knee by doing some of his own tests and comparing it to my right knee.

He told me to work on bending it 4-6 times a day to keep some mobility in my knee so I don’t have to have surgery to regain movement, sent me home with a prescription to help with pain and swelling and they scheduled an MRI for me on Oct 26, 2020.

Fast Forward to Nov

I went back to the doctor on Monday Nov 2, 2020 to go over my MRI results and essentially this is what came of that visit.

• I have some torn Ligaments
• No loose floating bone fragments
• I have a new knee brace
• I start physical therapy on Nov 6, 2020

Physical Therapy

Nov 2, 2020 I started my first day of Physical therapy and we have been working on strengthening my knee muscles and regaining movement since the first day of Physical Therapy.

Fast forward to December 6, 2020 I am now finally able to ride a bike & walk without crutches a certain extent but I still have some weakness in my left knee mostly due to lack of strength but I’m not going to let anything stop me from walking again.

As for the swelling, it really hasn’t gone away much but hoping it will subside soon which will make things feel a lot better as well.

I have regained all but about 15 degrees of movement in my left knee, The rest will come it will just take a little time.

As of December 7, I’ve graduated to using no crutches to get around.

I see my orthopedic doctor on December 11 as a follow up I think he will likely agree that I’ve come a long ways with my recovery.

How I did it you ask?

Well let me try to explain how this all went down but it might be a somewhat cringe story.

It all started while I was working on installing a new Chamberlain Smart Hub which is supposed to allow me to open my Chamberlain garage door opener from my phone.

Since there is a ton of garage sale crap in my garage I wasn’t able to use a ladder to reach the garage door opener so I just stood on top of the tables in the garage instead. Now during the process of setting this piece of crap hub up I had gotten up and down several times as I was having issues getting the thing to work properly.

The last time I climbed down from the table my left knee dislocated as I was climbing down which caused me to fall the rest of the way to the concrete. I managed to pop my knee back in place as this happens somewhat frequently since I’m double jointed.

Well this time the pain was quite different than normal and my knee swelled up to at least twice it’s normal size. I iced it and simply relaxed that evening and did nothing.

The next morning Friday Oct 16th 2020 the pain was no better and it was still swollen so I drove myself to the hospital to have an x-ray done. This is when they discovered that I had an avulsion fracture of the patella and told me to go to physical therapy to get a non-mobility knee brace so I can’t bend my knee anymore. They also told me to stay off my knee and not to put pressure on it or try to walk on it.

Now they didn’t tell me how long I would have to suffer in this way before this thing healed which lead to me essentially doing nothing all weekend long.

Fast forward to Monday Oct 19 I decided to call them to try to get more information about my condition and what I need to do from this point forward. They scheduled me an appointment with an Orthopedic doctor to better assist with me this issue.

I saw my Orthopedic doctor on Oct 21, 2020 and he confirmed my knee is in fact in place and I do in fact have a fracture, he further envaulted my knee by doing some of his own tests and comparing it to my right knee.

He told me to work on bending it 4-6 times a day to keep some mobility in my knee so I don’t have to have surgery to regain movement, sent me home with a prescription to help with pain and swelling and they scheduled an MRI for me on Oct 26, 2020.

I’ll have to go back the following Monday Nov 2, 2020 to go over my MRI with my orthopedic doctor.

Essentially I have to wait out for 2 more weeks before I know what I’m to do next. Maybe by then I’ll magically be walking again. Who knows at this point but I pray maybe God will give me a break.

• Performance in everyday tasks, such as boot time now nearly 30% faster than Windows 7 on the same device.
• With Cortana, you can use your device’s pen** to just scribble a note in the Cortana Notebook and Cortana will recognize the phone number, email address, and even physical address to help you set reminders. Cortana can also now keep track of your event and movie bookings too, sending you helpful reminders to know where to go and get there on time, plus the option to book and track an Uber**. We’re excited to make Cortana available in Japan, Australia, and Canada and India (in English) with features and experiences customized for each market.
• Microsoft Edge offers improved performance and security, along with tab preview, which allows you to hover over your open tabs and get a preview of what’s on those websites without leaving the page you’re on. Microsoft Edge now syncs your Favorites and Reading list items across devices so you can easily get back to the content you’re interested in most. And, Cortana will now notify you of the best coupons** from your favorite retailers such as Staples, Macys and Best Buy when shopping in Microsoft Edge.

And much more with improvements to Mail, Calendar, Photos, Groove, Xbox, Store, OneNote, Solitaire, and more!

I personally haven’t noticed a lot of big changes since I received the update. Read Microsoft’s technote on this update for more information.

Well this post explains how to solve that annoying issue!

Step 1

Press Windows + R. This will prompt a run dialogue box. In here type, services.msc

Step 2

Now it brings us to all the services installed in Windows. These services are listed in alphabetical order. Scroll down and look for Windows Update Service. Right click on it and stop it.

Step 3

Now go in C:WindowsSoftwareDistribution and delete all of its contents. Actually, this is the folder where downloaded installation files were stored. But since Windows update suck, they somehow have problem with partially downloaded update files.

Step 4

Go back to services again (as mentioned in Step 1) and this time start the Windows Update Service, by right clicking on it. Try to update Windows again. It should be working this time.

If this fix has helped you then please leave a comment below.