by Shane Grantham | Feb 7, 2024
There are so many threats on the internet so I do something for my computers almost every time I stop using them. I’m talking about turning off my network switch in my office. This disconnects the internet to all my wired computers. I do this when I retire for...
by Shane Grantham | Feb 6, 2024
I had a data recovery project for a couple this month and it seemed pretty straight-forward. An external hard drive had years of data on it and it disappeared when my client was organizing it. I put the drive on one of my computers and proceeded to sift through it. ...
by Shane Grantham | Jan 29, 2024
Saturday evening I was with my wife watching a TV show and my smartphone rang. The number was from New York and I answered it expecting a scam or telemarketer. It was a computer user asking about my charges for computer work they were needing. After some questions...
by Shane Grantham | Jan 27, 2024
Thursday, a current business client e-mailed me about a e-mail message. It said they had to click on a link to keep a subscription current. It gave them an ultimatum to respond or their Microsoft 365 would be cancelled the next day. After analyzing the email I...
by Shane Grantham | Jan 25, 2024
Today I wanted to copy some documents to my Linux file server and couldn’t find it on the network. It was there yesterday! Two desktop clients couldn’t find it either by IP address or hostname. My smartphone couldn’t locate it. The internet was...
