by Shane Grantham | Jan 29, 2025
I had an interesting case last week. A new client contacted me about their MSI gaming laptop which wasa having problems charging the battery. Before we got together, they took the cover off the laptop and looked around inside and put it back together. The power...
by Shane Grantham | Jan 28, 2025
Around 2016 I put a Linux Server into service for holding my business and personal files. It was left on continuously so it could always be there if I needed a file. Another reason was to keep it in a stable thermal state at the same temperature, If it was shut down...
by Shane Grantham | Jan 11, 2025
For the past month I’ve been trying to get my Lenovo laptop to connect to my Linux file server computer. My windows 10 and my Apple and Linux workstation can. The laptop can ping the server and see it. Research I did on the internet points to a possible Samba...
by Shane Grantham | Dec 27, 2024
I have two Raspberry Pi computers which I put together maybe two years ago. These are small form-factor units a little bigger than a deck of cards. One is for mainly printing. The other is for file processing and playing videos. The program for videos used to work...
by Shane Grantham | Dec 26, 2024
For the last month I’ve been trying to fix the updates on my work laptop. It won’t download and install Windows updates. It may have something to do with it being on the Insider preview release OS and not the regular release. After I bought the laptop, I...
by Shane Grantham | Dec 14, 2024
I bought a corded AC hand massager which cost around $30 last year. After a year it ran intermittently and I determined the cord had an open in it. The plastic case was difficult to take apart and I never could get it completely separated even after removal of all...
by Shane Grantham | Dec 10, 2024
Computer people have issues with their own computers from time to time. My business laptop is stuck on 0% downloading a Windows update. I am on the pre-release cycle so maybe it’s not stable. the laptop runs fine and seems fast. I’ll have to review my...
by Shane Grantham | Dec 6, 2024
On my Lenovo laptop I’ve been seeing a message about the OS build expiring. Windows 11 has different OS builds that have various release dates and features. Mine is an older one which has been been retired. I’m running Windows updates now to see what...
by Shane Grantham | Dec 2, 2024
One of my interests is physical fitness and I like a variety of activities. One is a group fitness class for ground-based cardio called Group Blast. The class I took for seven years got cancelled at my current gym so I started searching for it again at another gym. ...
by Shane Grantham | Nov 18, 2024
During my computer reading yesterday I found a “new to me” search engine based on AI. The computer site I was reading was Ask Woody tech. The search engine is perplexity.ai and works like any other search engine. The thing the writer liked about it over...
by Shane Grantham | Nov 17, 2024
I’ve been hearing about Windows 10 and its end of life for a month or so. It may be Oct 2025 from tech podcasts and articles that I see. This could change because it’s Microsoft’s decision and it usually does as users complain. Windows 10 is on...
by Shane Grantham | Nov 15, 2024
I use three operating systems in my business and personal life: Windows, Apple, and Linux. Most of my clients use Microsoft Windows so I’m probably better with windows operating systems. Most of my computers are Linux-based yet I have windows 10’s and one...
by Shane Grantham | Nov 14, 2024
Some people think I’m odd to scan all my paper documents for personal and business. I like having electronic copies of invoices, receipts, phone notes and others that I can look at in the future. Once they are in PDF form, I can back them up to USB drive or...
by Shane Grantham | Nov 13, 2024
My garage Linux desktop computer froze today when I was running a video off the internet. This computer is pretty old and was probably given to me 10 years ago. It was playing the video and all of a sudden, the screen froze and then lines started flashing on the...
by Shane Grantham | Nov 3, 2024
This week I found an email from Gibson Research which is a technology company. They have a hard drive diagnostic and repair program I purchased about 20 years ago. I used it for testing hard drives and sometimes it would repair problems. The email message...
