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...
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...
