by Shane Grantham | Apr 2, 2020
One of my computer clients e-mailed me last week with an issue with their business computer. They type reports for their clients which contain numerical fractions of the findings. Common ones are 1/4 and 1/2. When the fractions are typed, they are large enough and...
by Shane Grantham | Mar 31, 2020
I was having a meeting at a Fort Wayne business on a Saturday and my client mentioned his Microsoft Windows computer was a problem. It was not browsing to all of his desired web sites like it had in the past. It got so bad they put their laptop next to the desktop PC...
by Shane Grantham | Mar 22, 2020
I was at a business a few weeks ago where my client had a problem with the way their screen looked on their Windows 10 computer. Some menu items were missing for programs and web browser windows. It’s hard to explain but things just didn’t look right. I...
by Shane Grantham | Mar 19, 2020
I got a panicked call while I was at Basches Martial Arts last week just as we were finishing up Jiu-Jitsu. My caller was one of my CPA clients in the middle of tax season and their Windows 10 PC completely shut down while they were using it. I drove directly to their...
by Shane Grantham | Mar 9, 2020
This weekend a family member had scanned many family photos and they wanted me to have a copy of all the pictures. I brought over my external 750GB hard drive and connected it to my laptop first to clean it up. It wasn’t recognized by my apple laptop and I knew...
by Shane Grantham | Mar 5, 2020
This is about a different windows than what I usually write about. It’s about the windows in your walls. One of the things I take for granted in my office in my home is being able to see outside. There are two windows and I can see trees, my bird-feeders...
by Shane Grantham | Feb 28, 2020
Earlier this winter, I loaded my vehicle with a new computer and peripherals for a client. Some extra keyboards were loaded as well in the back seat in case they were needed. This was in December around 6am so it was dark out. I went on with my day thinking nothing...
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...
