by Shane Grantham | Feb 4, 2023
A long-time friend, business advisor and networker asked me who could repair his cassette tape deck. He was going to do it himself but once he removed the case, it looked a little more difficult than he imagined. I wanted to give it a try and he said ok. There are...
by Shane Grantham | Jan 30, 2023
Between 2000 and 2003 I studied for and passed three CompTIA professional certifications. They were the A+, Network+ and Linux+. Last week I bought a current A+ book of over 1000 pages so I could get current with this certification. I went on-line to the compTia web...
by Shane Grantham | Jan 17, 2023
One of my long-time computer clients mails my check in a windowed-envelope and writes my address by hand. He’s a writer and has two blogs on Facebook. I’m always amazed how well he prints and I wanted to share it with you. He worked for USA Today in the...
by Shane Grantham | Jan 6, 2023
One of the ways I advertise and market my computer business is through business sites like Facebook and Google. I ask my clients to rate and/or review me on Shane Grantham Consulting, Inc. People in my networking group are also asked since I help many of them with...
by Shane Grantham | Jan 2, 2023
Yesterday I wrote about my HP laptop that has Linux and Windows XP on it. It’s used only for my Video hardware convertor and programming my ham radio Handie-Talkie. I didn’t mention that It’s never put on the internet in Windows XP – So...
by Shane Grantham | Jan 1, 2023
Around 2005 my wife got a business-class laptop with Windows XP on it. She used it for several years and then stopped using it and opted for a tablet instead. It was still in great shape when it was retired and I held on to it and stored it for the future. Typically,...
by Shane Grantham | Dec 30, 2022
I was on a service call today performing a computer check-up and tune-up. My client’s computer had thousands of files in various folders on their Windows 10 computer. My client hasn’t copied any of these files to a backup device that they could remember....
by Shane Grantham | Dec 27, 2022
I’m always trying to stay up on operating systems as they change and improve. It would be hard to have a dedicated computer for every operating system that comes out so it could be tested and used. About 10 years ago I discovered a nice alternative to a...
by Shane Grantham | Dec 26, 2022
The last week or so my main Linux computer in my office has become so slow that I cannot use it. It used to be a windows 7 computer that I installed Linux Mint 20.02. It’s been good most of the time but lately it got very slow and I was looking in the top...
by Shane Grantham | Dec 25, 2022
I was reading a Unix book last week and discovered an option within the top command in Linux. Top is run from the command line and shows all processes in real time. A process is a running program. Top allows you to kill a process with a few key strokes. It won’t...
by Shane Grantham | Dec 24, 2022
On one of my computers I was trying to take snapshots of fitness videos last week and they wouldn’t save. This was on my Linux Mint 20.x desktop computer. No error messages appeared and no photo appeared in the photo folder like it should have. I also tried...
by Shane Grantham | Dec 13, 2022
Last week I wanted to charge my phone through a USB cable on my Windows 10 desktop All-in-one PC. As soon as I connected the USB cable to my PC, a screen popped up with a message. It wanted to know if I wanted to import the pictures it found. I forgot about this...
by Shane Grantham | Dec 9, 2022
I have a relatively new gaming computer on my workbench which wouldn’t start up for the owner. When I was on-site, I tested the power supply and it failed the test. The owner said just take it with your and fix it. I ordered a new power supply and when it...
by Shane Grantham | Dec 7, 2022
The last meeting of 2022 for the New Haven(IN) Chamber Networking Group will be Tuesday December 13, 2022. This will give attendees more time to prepare for the Holidays and wrap up business needs for the year. Tammy(Chamber President) and I discussed this at...
by Shane Grantham | Dec 5, 2022
In my computer business, I try and answer my phone days, nights and weekends. I got a phone call on Thanksgiving from a desperate computer owner. Their recently purchased a liquid-cooled gaming computer went dead while they were using it. A day earlier, it stopped...
