by Shane Grantham | Oct 1, 2017
I learned early in my work life that it’s important to collect recommendations from people who know your work. My father relied on colleague’s opinions of people he was hiring and he taught me to ask my employers for recommendation letter’s when I...
by Shane Grantham | Sep 28, 2017
Fort Wayne Readers Choice Awards is finished for this year. My category was Electronics- Computer Repair store and I didn’t win first, second or third place. Naturally I was curious who won and I started comparing the winners to my company. Two of the winners...
by Shane Grantham | Sep 27, 2017
This weekend I was messing around with an old Dell business laptop which still had its original operating system, Windows XP, installed. I wanted to see if the laptop would let me install Linux Mint 18.2 on it and allow Windows to remain functional in a dual-boot...
by Shane Grantham | Sep 27, 2017
I take a lot of photographs with my smartphones and they pile up fast. I just checked the SD Card in one phone and it has over 500 photos in two months time. When it gets this full, I like to use my computer with 2 large monitors to sort and file them on my server. To...
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...
