by Shane Grantham | Jan 14, 2018
Last week someone new found me on Google and called me about their Lenovo all-in-one computer. “We were in FaceBook and all of a sudden a ‘No operating system’ error popped up on the screen. No matter what we do, it won’t go away.” We...
by Shane Grantham | Jan 12, 2018
LinkedIn is the quieter, professional counterpart to Facebook in my experience. It seems to be a mystery to some of the business people I work with who aren’t always sure how to use it. One of my services is helping you with LinkedIn and beefing up a...
by Shane Grantham | Jan 11, 2018
On Tuesdays at noon in New Haven, Indiana I run a business networking group for the New Haven Chamber of Commerce. We are open to everyone and don’t limit one person per business category. Even though it’s sponsored by the Chamber, one doesn’t have...
by Shane Grantham | Jan 6, 2018
One thing bothers me about Microsoft Windows 10 web browsers – they don’t identify themselves. When I say identify themselves I am speaking about listing their browser name in the browser title bar header at the top. I’ve tested Opera, Firefox,...
by Shane Grantham | Jan 4, 2018
The New Haven Chamber of Commerce networking group is starting up again January 9th after a two week break for the Holidays. You don’t have to be a New Haven Chamber member to attend and we don’t limit attendance by category. Everyone is welcome! We meet...
by Shane Grantham | Dec 22, 2017
Not long ago a Fort Wayne computer repair client asked me help with their desktop computer which wouldn’t start Microsoft Windows as it had for years. Before I arrived, they had attempted to restore to an earlier point and failed. Next, they tried to re-install...
by Shane Grantham | Dec 19, 2017
I use the social media platforms, Swarm and Instagram on my smartphone quite often . Swarm used to be called Foursquare and is location-based. It allows you to check-in to locations, businesses and venues to find information and get points. Instagram allows you to...
by Shane Grantham | Dec 15, 2017
I facilitate a business networking group for the New Haven (IN) Chamber of Commerce. I try and make the environment as quiet as possible during the meeting so we can focus our attention on each person when its their turn to speak. We have a private room away from the...
by Shane Grantham | Dec 13, 2017
Last month, I had a computer service call to help recover data from a Windows 7 computer so it could be moved to a new Windows 10 computer. The files and folders and bookmarks were pretty straight forward for me. My client also wanted his email setup on the new...
by Shane Grantham | Dec 11, 2017
I got a call from a business client today who couldn’t access one of their email accounts this Monday. They use Outlook Web access through Mozilla Firefox and it’s been working until last week. Previously, I set their home page to their Outlook web site,...
by Shane Grantham | Dec 9, 2017
I was helping an employee of one of my commercial accounts today with a printer issue in his home. He was trying to set up his USB printer for sharing on his computer so his wife’s computer could print to it. Both computers are Microsoft Windows 10 models and he...
by Shane Grantham | Dec 7, 2017
A Fort Wayne computer client of mine called me today about his Windows 10 computer and Google Earth. They work with groundwater and watershed issues and maps are important for his consulting company. They double-clicked on the downloaded icon for Google Earth and the...
by Shane Grantham | Dec 5, 2017
I was working on my wife’s Samsung Galaxy tablet today because it was dropping the WiFi connection. I checked the WiFi settings and told it not to search for open WiFi networks. This didn’t seem to solve it and I looked elsewhere. The chrome browser...
by Shane Grantham | Dec 1, 2017
I was helping a client compare two computers on Cyber Monday so they could choose one. They were both laptop/tablet convertibles. The HP had a three year warranty and the Dell had one year so the HP wins here. The HP had two drives: an SSD for the operating system...
by Shane Grantham | Nov 30, 2017
A few years ago I used the social media site Pinterest quite often for posting computer, networking group, and personal pictures. My Pinterest account has 72 boards I created like baseball cards, my clients, and cars. Somehow, I got bored with Pinterest – most...
