by Shane Grantham | Nov 30, 2025
My main news sources are the independent media like Gerald Cilente, David Knight and many others. David Knight discusses many topics and one is AI and it’s impact on the world. David talks about the huge amount of electricity the AI data centers consume which...
by Shane Grantham | Nov 28, 2025
My main office computer is a Linux Mint 21.1. The primary video player program is named Cinema and I’ve used it for many years. Lately, it fails to respond when I try to play a video. As far as I know it is the default video program for the computer. No error...
by Shane Grantham | Nov 27, 2025
Previously I wrote about my Chrome computer’s keyboard problem. The volume buttons don’t work as they once did. The other keys work fine and tonight I started looking at the Chrome OS settings. I opened the Bluetooth settings under the taskbar and...
by Shane Grantham | Nov 26, 2025
I got a new Android smartphone last summer and it’s been doing pretty well. The biggest thing I use it for is pictures and videos for my computer business and for my fitness job. Eventually, they are either trashed or moved to a computer server of mine. My...
by Shane Grantham | Nov 25, 2025
I have a chrome-based computer that has an external keyboard. When it was first set-up, the audio could be adjusted from the dedicated keys on the keyboard. There is a mute, up and down. I’m not sure when it happened, but now the keys do nothing. All the...
by Shane Grantham | Nov 23, 2025
Occasionally I will be at company and will see many computers in the building powered on and unattended ready to be accessed by anyone. Or maybe just one or two computers will be present. It doesn’t matter because it just takes one for a security violation. An...
by Shane Grantham | Nov 18, 2025
Last week I delivered a repaired PC to a client at their business. They connected the PC to the peripherals themselves since I had another appointment to get to. An hour or two later they called explaining the monitors were both blank. They were instructed to...
by Shane Grantham | Nov 16, 2025
I got a phone call from a new business this week. When I arrived, the contact showed me the inside of their Dell computer. They tried changing the CMOS battery because a message said the battery was low. Somehow they broke the battery mount holder and a plastic...
by Shane Grantham | Nov 6, 2025
I looked down at my smartphone this afternoon and saw voicemail was waiting. Most of my phone calls get answered as they arrive even though many are spam. Usually what happens is I answer a phone call and if it’s spam, I hang up or let them disconnect after I...
by Shane Grantham | Oct 22, 2025
Since 2003, my computer repair invoices are emailed to my clients. This saves postage and time since i don’t have to use stamps or fill out envelopes. The majority of the time the invoices make it to my clients but occasionally I have a problem. One time a...
by Shane Grantham | Oct 13, 2025
On my workbench yesterday was a client’s laptop. They wanted it upgraded to Windows 11 and to have the personal files backed up to a USB drive. I connected the USB drive and backed files for two users of the laptop. Downloads, Desktop, Documents, Music and...
by Shane Grantham | Oct 6, 2025
I new computer client found me last month by reviewing my Google maps listing. On my first visit a laptop and a desktop computer needed various things done. When I was done with these tasks, the business owner asked if I worked on security systems. I said not...
by Shane Grantham | Oct 4, 2025
All operating systems need updated for different reasons like security, stability and functionality. Microsoft’s approach in Windows 10 was forcing the updates on users and sometimes rebooting the computer while it was in use. Windows 11 seems to have...
by Shane Grantham | Aug 10, 2025
The files you create on your computers need to be backed up to another device in case something bad happens to your storage device. This could be theft, fire, hardware failure or other things. Ransomware is another disaster that may damage your files. Cloud...
by Shane Grantham | Aug 9, 2025
I was given an old Apple Macbook laptop which had a lost password and locked account. It was going to be used for my education on Apple laptops so my Apple laptop wouldn’t get ruined when I tested things on it. My thought was to open the case and disconnect...
