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...
by Shane Grantham | Jan 19, 2019
One of my computer repair clients asked me to help them with a sad situation. My client wanted me to blog about it so here we go. One of their friends bought a laptop through the internet thinking they got a great purchase. The details are cloudy now, but something...
by Shane Grantham | Jan 16, 2019
I have a fairly new smartphone and it’s been a great tool for my business – I can be about anywhere and my clients and family can get in touch with me with a phone call, text, email, or a Social Media message. With all the good things it offers, one...
by Shane Grantham | Jan 16, 2019
We never know who will show up at the New Haven Chamber Group and I like the unpredictability. This happens because we don’t require a reservation every meeting and we make the group open to everyone – even businesses from the same category. Some of us...
by Shane Grantham | Jan 9, 2019
Every Tuesday you can network in New Haven, Indiana over lunch with other business people courtesy of the Chamber of Commerce. We meet upstairs in the ballroom at Rack and Helens Bar and Grill on Broadway Street at Noon. Membership isn’t necessary in the...
by Shane Grantham | Dec 28, 2018
The other day I was helping a computer client with a few things on their Microsoft Windows 8 laptop. After using it for an hour it appeared very slow for having 8GB of RAM. I asked the user if this was typical and they really weren’t sure. They owned the computer for...
by Shane Grantham | Dec 27, 2018
Some people don’t realize I also repair Tablets and last month I was presented with one which flickered during it’s use. To keep it running it needed to be plugged in during it’s use and it seemed the battery didn’t hold a charge any longer. ...
by Shane Grantham | Dec 14, 2018
One weeknight around 8PM an email was received from a business client. A seven year-old Toshiba satellite laptop wouldn’t power-on for my client. They thought the battery was the problem and rather diagnose through email, I said I’d come out the next...
by Shane Grantham | Dec 10, 2018
One of my strong points is I’m not afraid of technical challenges and I actually enjoy them. Not long ago I was asked to work on something not related to computers. I had a little experience with toilet repair on my own plumbing, but had never worked on anyone...
