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...
by Shane Grantham | Oct 5, 2021
Somewhere I acquired an HP Windows 10 All-in-One computer. It was either a refurb purchase or a dead one someone gave me. The computer worked for a few years and then something happened to it and it became unreliable by rebooting and freezing. I put it away and left...
by Shane Grantham | Sep 29, 2021
All computer OS (operating systems) have periodic updates until they are retired. Microsoft Windows, Apple IOS and Linux are the main examples that most people use. In the past, I’ve written on Microsoft Windows 10 updates and how they’ve forced restarts....
by Shane Grantham | Sep 24, 2021
One of my relatives has worked for the Fort Wayne Komets Hockey Club for 30 years. The club has been in existence since 1952 and plays at the Allen County(IN) War Memorial Coliseum. I have boxed pocket schedules for the 2021-2022 season available for your businesses...
by Shane Grantham | Sep 22, 2021
For the past five years I’ve been running an open business networking group on behalf of the New Haven, Indiana Chamber of Commerce. Today I arrived at 469 Sports and Spirits at 1140am which is later than I like, I try and be there by 1130 so I can greet new...
by Shane Grantham | Sep 18, 2021
Today I was installing Quickbooks on a Windows 10 Pro computer and needed to open a Portable Document File (PDF) during the installation. This windows 10 computer was recently wiped and reloaded so it didn’t have many programs available. It did have Mozilla...
by Shane Grantham | Sep 17, 2021
Sometimes it’s better to start over with a fresh computer than fix software and OS problems. That’s what my client this week wanted for their HP All-in-one desktop PC. They said it was slow and full of malware- they didn’t need any data recovered....
by Shane Grantham | Sep 16, 2021
When I’m troubleshooting a computer I want to rule out hardware failures before I work on the operating system and software or malware problems. I like to test the RAM and hard drive for defects and if a computer has built-in testing diagnostics, it makes...
by Shane Grantham | Sep 15, 2021
I was on-site at a business client last week setting up computers for a new location. One of the laptops had an alert that an important firmware update was available for it. Firmware is the software that works with the hardware of the computer and the computer...
