by Shane Grantham | Apr 2, 2022
The saga of my main Desktop PC continues – but first some history. The computer was upgraded to Linux Mint 20.2 a few weeks ago and I it went well and seemed fine for a few days. It was running out of disk space because the partition was too small. When I...
by Shane Grantham | Mar 30, 2022
I have so many computing devices that I can’t always keep them straight when they have problems. Some times I just live with the problem when I can work around it. Other times I find a solution. Earlier this month I had a weird one happen where the two DVD...
by Shane Grantham | Mar 27, 2022
Spam has ruined email for me as a business communication method. I used to send a semi-regular newsletter to my computer clients via Mailchimp, the marketing and email automation service. I’ve stopped sending them since the spam increase in the last few...
by Shane Grantham | Mar 25, 2022
Much of my computer work is done on-site at businesses and homes. This is better for everyone so I can see the clients environment and equipment. One of the things I like to do is have my client check and test the work I’ve done to make sure it’s solved or...
by Shane Grantham | Mar 24, 2022
I got a phone call this morning from a current client who couldn’t use an old laptop. An attempt was made over the phone to correct the problem and it didn’t solve it. They couldn’t tell which cable was the power cable so I made a service call. In...
by Shane Grantham | Mar 23, 2022
I’ve noticed some of my desktop computers have blank or simple passwords. This includes both Microsoft Windows and Linux computers. This was news to me even though I set them myself. Originally, I did it to make it easy to log in to them because I have more than...
by Shane Grantham | Mar 20, 2022
This morning I entered an invoice from Saturday into my Quickbooks Pro accounting program and also did a restaurant charge from my networking group. It all went well and I closed Quickbooks and left for the morning. Quickbooks was opened after I returned home and to...
by Shane Grantham | Mar 17, 2022
It’s funny how many IT things I forget over time. One of these categories is keyboard shortcuts and the one I have in mind is the End key. It can save you time if you need to get to the bottom of a word processor document or a web page or many other...
by Shane Grantham | Mar 15, 2022
I use my web site and social media to promote my computer business just like many of you do with your business. You may be surprised to learn that my favorite way to promote is person-to-person business networking. I’ve been doing it practically every week since...
by Shane Grantham | Mar 14, 2022
One morning last month I received a phone call and a text from someone saying they were my financial institution. These automated alerts said there were two questionable charges today on my bank account and they wanted me to review. I checked my on-line banking...
by Shane Grantham | Mar 12, 2022
I love my two Apple laptops and use them more than my Windows/Linux ones. One is a three year-old MacBook Air and they other is an older MacBook Pro. I don’t have any Apple desktops – just Linux and Windows 10 desktops. The nice thing about Apple computers...
by Shane Grantham | Mar 11, 2022
One of my computer repair clients called one afternoon stating their internet is up and down on their Linux Mint laptop. A service call was made. Upon arrival my client turned on the HP laptop. Linux mint started and displayed the desktop. I checked the internet...
by Shane Grantham | Mar 9, 2022
Not long ago a brand new computer client contacted me about a catastrophe with their Google business drive. A little background on Google Drive: It’s a cloud storage service where you can place files and folders somewhere on the internet cloud. Then you can...
by Shane Grantham | Mar 6, 2022
Several USB thumb drives are in my inventory and toolbox. Most of the time I can format them with one my computers but last week I had problems. I tried several times to format a SanDisk 16GB drive and each time no errors happened. When I would go to use it it gave an...
by Shane Grantham | Mar 4, 2022
One thing I do with my internet-connected devices is disconnect the network signal when I’m not using them. Other times I power down the device completely. On Ethernet connected computers I will shut down the ethernet switch in my office when I leave for...
