by Shane Grantham | Apr 22, 2019
Last week I was eating lunch at a restaurant and as I was walking up to pay, something interesting happened. One of my computer clients and a networker was just ahead of me in line. We hadn’t seen each other in person for several years, yet we recognized each...
by Shane Grantham | Apr 21, 2019
An employee of one of my business clients called and said his PC is down in their Fort Wayne Office last week. We talked on the phone so I would know what they had tried to resolve the problem. It worked fine yesterday and when they went to use it today, no response. ...
by Shane Grantham | Apr 20, 2019
This Saturday morning I was leaving Basches Martial Arts about 0730 and noticed a missed phone call at 0705 from a husband and wife client of mine. I called them back and learned that their Kindle Tablet is frozen and unusable. A few hours later after I was done at...
by Shane Grantham | Mar 24, 2019
I had a Sunday phone call today from a long-time computer client. They couldn’t connect their Windows 10 work computer to the internet. My client does everything for their business on the internet and when it’s down, their business is down. Additionally,...
by Shane Grantham | Feb 27, 2019
I visited a new Computer Repair client recently and I’d like to share how they found me. It started when a partner of a local HVAC company sent me a LinkedIn message. They were looking for a reliable computer company they could count on. They had grown to 3...
by Shane Grantham | Feb 23, 2019
A client of mine was complaining of pop-ups on their Android Tablet this week. While they were reading a book on the tablet, a pop-up would take over the entire screen for a few seconds and then close itself. My client would continue reading and another one would...
by Shane Grantham | Feb 12, 2019
Today I was sending an email message to a vendor when an error message appeared I’ve never seen, “HTTP error 502”. I tried again from another device and same error. A few hours later I realized my mail account had gone over quota of 250 MB for this...
by Shane Grantham | Feb 10, 2019
I have an Apple iBook G4 laptop which is used for keeping current with Apple computers. I can do work on it like edit my web sites, email, and search the internet. Some of my computer clients have Apple computers and this is a good reason to stay in practice with...
by Shane Grantham | Feb 8, 2019
Tuesday was the New Haven Chamber Networking Group meeting at Rack and Helen’s Bar and Grill in New Haven. Our group is open to everyone and the cost is free. We start at Noon and today about 15 people attended our 1 hour meeting. Two or three new people were...
by Shane Grantham | Feb 5, 2019
On Saturday, one of my Fort Wayne computer repair clients called to say their Windows computer was speaking to them. It was telling them they were infected and not to shut down their computer. Something took over their Windows desktop and my client was helpless. They...
by Shane Grantham | Feb 4, 2019
Once in a while one of my computers has a problem and I have to troubleshoot it. Recently, a Linux PC of mine wouldn’t boot into Linux for me when I wanted to work on my web site. The splash screen showed the hard drive and CD ROM drive so I knew they were...
by Shane Grantham | Jan 31, 2019
I Recently installed Linux Mint 19.x from scratch on my main office laptop. I saved the previous hard drive with Linux Mint 17 on it. A problem with the desktop started happening with the volume control on the bar disappeared and I couldn’t move folders...
by Shane Grantham | Jan 30, 2019
Computer professional like me have computer and technology problems just like everyone else. If I don’t know how to solve it immediately, sometimes I find a workaround or I just live with it. My main office computer has Linux as the operating system and it has...
by Shane Grantham | Jan 30, 2019
Outside, It was the coldest it’s ever been in our almost three years of meetings, but we were warm in our private meeting room at Rack and Helen’s Bar and Grill. Five new people stopped in for the meeting and Monika said we were 18 people strong. I missed...
by Shane Grantham | Jan 28, 2019
This morning after my workout at Spiece Fitness, I was going to meet two of my computer repair clients who were a married couple. Their laptop was with me and I was going to give it back since it was repaired. I waited in the Bistro area at a table. My clients are...
