by Shane Grantham | Dec 10, 2021
It’s nuts how much I use the camera on my smartphone. It’s used to document my computer client’s hardware, taking pictures and videos at my gym for blogs and pictures at the networking group I run. And of course cute things my dog does gets...
by Shane Grantham | Dec 6, 2021
The New Haven (Indiana) Chamber Networking Group is taking a Holiday Break the last two Tuesdays of December 2021. We are still meeting December 7 and 14, 2021 at Noon – so join us then. And even though our networking group isn’t meeting the last part of...
by Shane Grantham | Dec 3, 2021
I set up a lot of new computers for business and personal clients. One of the many tasks I perform is installing and configuring web browsers. Part of configuration is importing bookmarks from your previous browser on the old computer into the new computer’s...
by Shane Grantham | Nov 30, 2021
Someone gave me a USB battery pack for smartphones a few years ago. It’s a clever contraption which plugs into a 120VAC electrical outlet and has and internal chargeable battery with two USB ports. Last month one of the charging prongs broke off along with the...
by Shane Grantham | Nov 28, 2021
There are all kind of ways to market and advertise my business. Some are TV, radio, newspaper, social media, web sites, and networking. Another way is old but it sometimes works and that is business cards. Whenever I’m in a business, store or restaurant I try...
by Shane Grantham | Nov 27, 2021
My go to security program is Comodo Anti-Virus or Comodo Internet Security. Comodo also has two web browsers which tout more security than regular browsers. The first one is Comodo Dragon which is based on the Google Chrome web browser engine. The other is Comodo Ice...
by Shane Grantham | Nov 26, 2021
I was at the networking group I facilitate this month when one of the attendees asked me if I could assist them with a computer laptop issue. Their laptop battery wasn’t holding a charge any more. My client does DJ work at events and when the laptop dies, the...
by Shane Grantham | Nov 14, 2021
Microsoft Security is the built-in protection for Microsoft Windows 10. It can be accessed with the white shield icon on the Windows taskbar. It protects your computer form malicious software like viruses. Some computer experts say this is all you need to protect...
by Shane Grantham | Nov 7, 2021
My wife and I were at a family wedding this summer where many pictures were taken by a photographer. Today the pictures were shared with us at a family lunch. They were copied to a USB drive of mine from a Windows 10 laptop. From there the USB drive was put into my...
by Shane Grantham | Oct 28, 2021
Today at the New Haven Chamber Networking Group, I gave some advice to my audience. It applies to smartphones, laptops, computers and other computing devices. Go through your installed programs or apps and see what you don’t use any longer. If you installed it,...
by Shane Grantham | Oct 25, 2021
I work on many different devices like desktop computers, printers, scanners, tablets, and laptops. This year one of my clients was having on and off problems with another type of device – their smartphone. They’d have problems printing their work schedule...
by Shane Grantham | Oct 22, 2021
I listen to many news and information programs and one things I’ve learned is Google not a good company for us. They censor search results in their search engine. They grab data from those who use their programs and share with various organizations. In...
by Shane Grantham | Oct 18, 2021
One of my long-time computer clients was telling me of a problem with their Samsung Galaxy Android tablet on Monday. They had switched from the paper to the on-line version of their newpaper a year ago. They were able to read it in a web browser and I think it was...
by Shane Grantham | Oct 8, 2021
Do you need Microsoft Windows 11? For most of us the answer is no. Microsoft Windows 10 will continue to be supported with updates for another 4 years from what I’ve read in technical articles. Additionally, it won’t suddenly stop working because 11...
by Shane Grantham | Oct 7, 2021
An email from a long-time client was received last month. They were experiencing computer slowness and unresponsiveness. I called them and said I’d make a service call to investigate. After arriving and testing their Windows 10 desktop computer I really...
