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...
by Shane Grantham | Dec 5, 2018
A few weeks ago a Fort Wayne computer repair client asked me to replace the CPU fan in their HP Pavilion laptop. They bought the replacement fan and delivered it to me with the laptop. The fan noise was very loud and from my experience, it was failing. Most...
by Shane Grantham | Oct 27, 2018
Last week a long-time computer client texted me with a problem on their HP laptop. It has Microsoft Windows 7 as its operating system and is connected to their HP inkjet printer via a USB cable. My client was printing reports for work and the first one was perfect....
by Shane Grantham | Oct 11, 2018
This summer I received an email from a guy named Bill. He is a computer professional who has a web site featuring on-line privacy. Bill wanted to share an article he wrote on browser security with me and my blog readers. So far, I like the site so I’m going to...
by Shane Grantham | Oct 8, 2018
You may think all I do is work on computers, but there are other IT things I do. One of them is computer network cabling. I can make ethernet cables, install new connectors on ethernet cable ends, and run cables in simple situations. I learned to do this back in the...
by Shane Grantham | Sep 28, 2018
One of my office computers is a Microsoft Windows 10 desktop which has a touchscreen option. Since Microsoft windows is vulnerable to malicious software, I have Comodo Internet Security installed and this is my security software of choice. Comodo probably...
by Shane Grantham | Sep 26, 2018
Last week I was updating my Mailchimp contacts with my newest computer clients. These clients are in my Google Contacts which can be accessed from all my devices: smartphones, computers and tablet. A newsletter will be sent out and I hope to have a current client list...
by Shane Grantham | Sep 24, 2018
Last week a networker contacted me and requested my help with an IT problem. Today, I was supposed to visit their office and I wanted to verify and get a time. All my communications are done through my smartphone or in person and I was sure our conversation was done...
by Shane Grantham | Sep 22, 2018
A friend asked me for help Wednesday on their business desktop computer in their small business. It was connected via a wireless network card to their wireless router for internet connectivity. Intermittently, it would drop its network connection. I asked again on...
by Shane Grantham | Sep 19, 2018
A frantic call was received from one of my Fort Wayne Computer repair clients last week. They were in the middle of a project for one of their clients and walked away from the laptop. On their return, Windows 7 displayed a “shutting down Windows” message...
by Shane Grantham | Sep 17, 2018
About a year ago I stopped sending my regular email newsletter to my computer repair clients. It was a pretty short and simple email which would highlight one of my recent blogs. It was sent to my clients just in case they don’t read my blog on my web site or...
by Shane Grantham | Sep 11, 2018
This weekend I was working on my blogs for my two web sites. One of the stories was about an Android application and it needed a picture for the beginning of the story. A screenshot was taken of the app on one of my old smartphones and I thought it was going to be...
