by Shane Grantham | Sep 22, 2017
My workshop/garage has all kinds of old computers and electronics I keep for spare parts. Lately, I’ve noticed the collection is growing beyond my means to hold it all. Additionally, it is aging and the demand isn’t as great for some of them. I wanted...
by Shane Grantham | Sep 20, 2017
I received a phone call one Friday afternoon from someone I didn’t immediately recognize. The caller had a computer issue they needed fixed. They mentioned we were connected on LinkedIn and then I realized where I knew them from. They didn’t ask many...
by Shane Grantham | Sep 14, 2017
Not long ago I was asked to help a business user with their dead laptop. They had toiled for a day or two trying to get Windows to start, but failed. When I got involved, I noticed it was a Windows 7 by the sticker on the hand-rest. That made it about seven years old...
by Shane Grantham | Sep 7, 2017
People contact me in a number of ways about my computer business. Some of these ways are Twitter, Facebook, email and my web site. Even with these high-tech methods, the telephone is still probably the most popular way they contact me. Along with this convenience...
by Shane Grantham | Aug 31, 2017
It seems I’m always too busy or tired to repair my own computers. Solving my clients problems, doing my bookkeeping, marketing, and computer training seem to interfere. One of my computers has been challenging to use lately and it’s becoming unreliable. I...
by Shane Grantham | Aug 21, 2017
This week I was installing RAM on a Microsoft Windows 10 computer for a business client at their location. After I finished the job, the computer was faster than before my visit. Before I leave any client location I ask if there is anything else they need. Today my...
by Shane Grantham | Aug 17, 2017
The hard drive in your computer is an important device that holds your files while the computer is running and when it’s not. Some of these files are operating system files like Windows or Linux or Mac. Other types are software programs that allow you to get...
by Shane Grantham | Aug 14, 2017
Last month a networker mentioned they may have a project for me with two other companies. I wasn’t sure how much they or the other two companies knew about my company. I wanted to make it easy for them if they did not. I didn’t want to lose this...
by Shane Grantham | Aug 12, 2017
I must be doing something right with Social Media because over the past few weeks I have been asked to speak at two different networking groups on LinkedIn. In the networking group arena when I meet a new business person, I ask them if they are a member of LinkedIn...
by Shane Grantham | Aug 10, 2017
My internet provider, Comcast or Xfinity, has a nice, on-line streaming service. It allows me as a subscriber to watch live television, watch my recorded TV shows and watch popular shows on a computer. It works wonderfully on Microsoft Windows devices, but for Linux...
by Shane Grantham | Aug 8, 2017
A call from a business client was received recently who wasn’t happy with the security product I installed. It wouldn’t allow them to get any work done on their Microsoft Windows 10 computer. “This is driving me nuts”, they said. “Can you...
by Shane Grantham | Aug 4, 2017
Many times while I work on a computer I have multiple web browsers open. Firefox, Tor, and Chrome may all be open in Linux or Windows. Sometimes it’s so I can have multiple email accounts open for my company email. It won’t let me do that on multiple tabs...
by Shane Grantham | Aug 3, 2017
I was at a coffee shop picking up a client’s dead laptop one day. As I was leaving I bumped into a networker who asked me to help with their mobile hotspot device. The hotspots came from their cell provider and they had their original one which failed and a...
by Shane Grantham | Aug 2, 2017
This summer I had a computer service call to a current client for many different technical complaints. One of the perplexing ones was low audio on their very nice Harmon-Kardon externals speakers connected to their Microsoft Windows 7 desktop computer. No matter...
by Shane Grantham | Aug 2, 2017
I was helping a computer repair client of mine with a client of theirs recently. My client was attempting to access their client’s Microsoft Windows computer via a remote control service on their own Windows 7 computer. They tried for hours one day and never...
