by Shane Grantham | Feb 27, 2020
One of my past clients needed IT help recently. It has been about four years since my last visit and it would have been easy to forget me had I been silent on Social Media. My client told me it was a good thing I post regularly on LinkedIN because that’s why he...
by Shane Grantham | Feb 21, 2020
Advertising and marketing is important to my computer business so new clients find me and existing ones remember me. Many options are out there like Radio, TV, newspaper, etc. I was lucky in 2005 to discover the New Haven Chamber Networking Group at the former...
by Shane Grantham | Feb 16, 2020
This week I was setting up and configuring a new Desktop computer for a New Haven computer client in their office. It had Microsoft Windows 10 as the operating system. Their previous computer died so we had the luxury of using their existing keyboard, mouse and...
by Shane Grantham | Feb 14, 2020
I have a Linux file server on my ethernet/wireless network for archiving data and other reasons. I prefer Linux over Microsoft products because of it’s reliability and robustness. Another reason is security. My smartphone’s files gets cleaned and...
by Shane Grantham | Feb 14, 2020
I got a call from a Fort Wayne computer repair client today about their fairly new Windows 10 computer. the PC was talking to them about an infection in their computer and not to turn it off. This had happened in the past and I asked them what they were doing before...
by Shane Grantham | Feb 13, 2020
Last week one of my computer clients contacted me about a computer problem they were experiencing in Windows 10. They use the on-line service MSN for reading emails, banking and web browsing. After Jan 31 accessing MSN got harder because it timed-out and auto-closed...
by Shane Grantham | Feb 12, 2020
The New Haven, IN Chamber Networking Group met again at 469 Sports and Spirits today which is conveniently near 469 and Highway 30. People seem to like our new location for our private room and the food variety. We have a private waitress, Chelsea, who really takes...
by Shane Grantham | Feb 11, 2020
The New Haven Chamber posts an events calendar for our networking events. It’s a good way to meet other business people and get your name out there. Share...
by Shane Grantham | Feb 7, 2020
Last week I wrote a blog and tried posting it on my FaceBook company page. It told me the post included content that other people on Facebook have reported as abusive. It might be related to my patriot, libertarian leanings. On my personal site, shangegrantham.com, I...
by Shane Grantham | Jan 29, 2020
For the last year or so, my own Linux computer has been slow. It is a Dell Dimension made in 2006 so it’s definitely a slow computer by new standards. I installed Linux Mint on it and it was fairly fast. Over time, like many computers it got slower and slower. Last...
by Shane Grantham | Jan 28, 2020
I facilitate a business networking group for the New Haven Chamber of Commerce Tuesdays at Noon. You’ll find us at the 469 Sports and Spirits bar off of Minnich Road. It’s coming up on our four-year anniversary this spring. We started in April 2016 at...
by Shane Grantham | Jan 23, 2020
One of my Fort Wayne computer clients was notified last September about changes in the way they submit reports to the government. The government created a new web site and my client was to start using it by 2020 instead of the site they used at the time. My client...
by Shane Grantham | Jan 22, 2020
Since April 2016 I’ve been involved with the New Haven Chamber of Commerce Networking Group. We meet Tuesdays at Noon for an hour or less and we keep it simple with few rules. It’s open to anyone and we don’t limit one business per category. You...
by Shane Grantham | Dec 30, 2019
My laptop is probably my main tool in my computer repair business. It holds my accounting program, it gets used for troubleshooting and for data recovery. It’s a 9 year-old business class Lenovo Thinkpad. You can tell it’s a business laptop because it...
by Shane Grantham | Dec 23, 2019
I got a phone call on a Saturday this month about a Microsoft Windows 10 laptop. It wouldn’t allow my new client to log in to Windows 10 because the keyboard wouldn’t respond – yet the mouse wass responsive. They tried all kinds of things to get...
