by Shane Grantham | Feb 13, 2022
Someone I know has two mobile hotspots which use the cellular towers in their area near Indianapolis. One is a personal and the other is work-related. These hotspots can be sensitive to where they are placed in your home or office in regards to signal strength to the...
by Shane Grantham | Feb 12, 2022
I was helping a computer client yesterday figure out a slow wireless connection to their work laptop. From what I can recall, the network had many wireless clients including smartphones, laptops, and desktop computers. They also added some repeaters throughout the...
by Shane Grantham | Feb 9, 2022
One of the things I do in computer maintenance for Microsoft Windows is check if your hard drive is on a optimize schedule. Optimizing can speed up Windows by putting all the parts of a file in a continuous location. In this way the read head of the hard drive...
by Shane Grantham | Feb 8, 2022
Last year I was visiting a new computer client at their location. We knew each other for many years and had connected on LinkedIn at some point. When I arrive on-site for the first time at a client, I always offer my business card to them. Today when I arrived and my...
by Shane Grantham | Feb 7, 2022
Today at one of my long-time computer clients I was working on a Linux laptop connected to an HP inkjet printer. My client couldn’t print to it and I began troubleshooting. The black ink cartridge was out of ink and the color one was missing. I got some new...
by Shane Grantham | Feb 3, 2022
I use email for my business and personal needs and I always forget how insecure it is. It can be read at the email host and possibly by people who intercept it along the way. One of the things I’ve heard is authorities can request access to your messages from...
by Shane Grantham | Jan 29, 2022
On a computer service call last year I was talking to a long-time computer client. He made the correct observation about me taking care of business. I’m an independent computer consultant who doesn’t have a steady paycheck as in a job. I only get paid...
by Shane Grantham | Jan 25, 2022
Email is my favorite way to communicate with clients. In emergencies I will use the telephone, but in most other situations it’s email. Lately, it has become annoying with the phishing and spam messages I receive. I’m afraid of missing a legitimate message...
by Shane Grantham | Jan 24, 2022
There are a few choices for operating systems for PCs. You have the Microsoft Windows camp. And then you have my favorite – Linux with its many distributions. My claim is that to avoid malicious software like viruses and rootkits, Linux is the answer. ...
by Shane Grantham | Jan 5, 2022
My main desktop computer was working fine earlier this week and I when came back to it the next day – it wouldn’t respond. The mouse was moved, the keyboard keys were tapped and the power button was even pressed briefly. Nothing woke it up so I forced a...
by Shane Grantham | Jan 4, 2022
Recently I was consulting with a client on a software update for their main business program. They couldn’t get it to install so I made a on-site service call. Everything went well on the install and my client was working with the program the same day. I noticed...
by Shane Grantham | Jan 2, 2022
One of the things that can slow down a Microsoft Windows computer is hard drive fragmentation. This is where parts of a file are spread all over the drive and not in one contiguous piece. If you you have a sold-state drive, they don’t need...
by Shane Grantham | Dec 21, 2021
I don’t like the way smartphones spy on us, yet I still use them in my personal life and my computer business. They are great for the mobile road warrior like me. It allows me to use email and many social media sites with ease. When my current smartphone...
by Shane Grantham | Dec 17, 2021
I have yet to see any technical articles on Linux and Ransomware so I wanted to share my thoughts. One of the dangers of using a computer is getting infected with malicious software. Viruses, key-loggers, and ransomware are some of these malicious software which can...
by Shane Grantham | Dec 13, 2021
Over the past months I have been getting emails from what looks like my website host. They say I’m out of hard drive space. The message suggests I need to click on their link to correct or report it. The first few times I got the message I thought it might...
