by Shane Grantham | Jul 22, 2017
I get asked questions frequently by networkers, clients and others about computer matters. One I got last week was really good and I will discuss it now. A client asked, “Does my computer need to be wireless to print to a wireless printer?” They were...
by Shane Grantham | Jul 20, 2017
I get spam and phishing emails just like you and everyone else in the world. Sometimes, I analyze them to get the real story. You can examine the email header in an email message to get more information to determine if it’s fake or not. To get this extra...
by Shane Grantham | Jul 20, 2017
Not long ago I was at business client of mine and we were creating drive mappings to a Linux server. The computer we were using was a Windows 7 professional model like the others in their company office. Their Linux server uses the Samba service to allow Microsoft...
by Shane Grantham | Jul 16, 2017
I was on-site at a company a few days ago and was asked to assist the office manager in setting up a new employees computer. The office manager followed their notes, but was unsuccessful in getting this computer connected to their local network and the internet. My...
by Shane Grantham | Jul 12, 2017
I use Comodo Internet security suite on my computer clients’ computers as well as my own. Comodo has versions for Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems. It seems to do a great job, but can be challenging to configure sometimes. It has many great parts and...
by Shane Grantham | Jul 7, 2017
The Reader’s Choice Awards always sneaks up on me and like many of you, my company is on the ballot. Voting is supposed to start today and my company is under Shopping / Electronics Store-Computer Repair Store. Look for Shane Grantham Consulting. It would be...
by Shane Grantham | Jul 5, 2017
A few days ago I installed Linux Mint 18.1 on a laptop which originally had Microsoft Windows 7 as the operating system. The installation went pretty well with the video, network. mouse touchpad and sound systems all working. Today, I went to use the laptop and the...
by Shane Grantham | Jun 29, 2017
I have a Dell laptop which was having hardware problems these past two days. When it was powered on, it would try and start Windows 7, fail and then freeze during the repair procedure. I tried running the Dell built-in diagnostics with the F12-key as the computer was...
by Shane Grantham | Jun 28, 2017
My security product of choice is Comodo Internet Security for Windows and Linux computers. During installation of Comodo, it prompts the user to let it change the browser’s home page to Yahoo. If you do nothing, it gets changed so the installer has to click the...
by Shane Grantham | Jun 23, 2017
We all get fake(phishing) email messages and today I wanted to investigate one I get on a regular basis. It’s supposed to be from a company I formerly did business with so I was curious to see what it was about. I don’t typically open suspicious email...
by Shane Grantham | Jun 22, 2017
My smartphone gave a warning this morning that an application tried to access something it shouldn’t have. An investigation began and I opened up the list of applications(apps) to see if anything looked suspicious, On my Android I opened Settings -More...
by Shane Grantham | Jun 21, 2017
I was looking at the system statistics of my Windows 10 desktop computer today and noticed something interesting. The total size of the RAM or Memory for the computer is 4.00GB, but the usable part is only 3.42GB. Memory temporarily holds programs, the operating...
by Shane Grantham | Jun 20, 2017
Earlier this spring a new computer client asked me to convert their VHS tape they created in 2001 of a martial arts demo they filmed. It wasn’t copyrighted or trademarked so I didn’t see any legal reason not to go ahead with the request. It’s been...
by Shane Grantham | Jun 19, 2017
I love Social Media because it let’s me show off personally and advertise professionally. It lets me see what’s going on with my family, friends and clients. Another use is promoting Networking Groups I attend and the one I help run. At last weeks New...
by Shane Grantham | Jun 17, 2017
I’ve been attending networking groups for 11 years on a weekly basis and it has definitely kept me in business and made business fun, too. Some weeks I do two meetings, but usually it’s one. All this networking translates into attending many different...
