Record your passwords.  Shane Grantham Consulting

Record your passwords. Shane Grantham Consulting

This month I was helping a business computer client with their main computer program.  It was on a Windows 10 desktop computer.   It had been downloaded off the internet and for some reason they couldn’t install it. After I repaired the problem, I was ready to...
Why is it set to a server in Moscow, Russia?

Why is it set to a server in Moscow, Russia?

One of my clients had a a problem in their business office last week. Intermittently, they would get an unsafe message about a web site the company has been using for years. We know it’s safe and some of their computers were fine on this site.  All sorts of...

“Did you get my check?” Shane Grantham Consulting

I take many forms of payment like credit cards, cash, Venmo, Paypal, and the Cash App.  Most of the time I get paid by check for my computer services and it goes very smooth.  This last two weeks I had a long-time client attempt to mail me a check to my business P.O....
Reader Choice awards. Shane Grantham Consulting

Reader Choice awards. Shane Grantham Consulting

Once again this year my company was nominated for the Fort Wayne Newspapers Readers Choice Awards in the categories of Best Computer Repair Store and Best Electronics Store.  My company is neither one of these two, but it’s the closest categories they have for...
My Desktop PC’s video isn’t working

My Desktop PC’s video isn’t working

Someone new called me last week about their Dell desktop computer.  It wasn’t displaying any video on the screen before they brought it to me.  When I fired it up on my workbench, the video worked fine.  Later I contacted them and found out it was a sporadic...
The Linux GRUB loader.  Shane Grantham Consulting

The Linux GRUB loader. Shane Grantham Consulting

My favorite Operating System is Linux and the loading process is managed by the GRUB boot loader.  GRUB is not something you would find in the ground!  GRUB stands for Grand Unified Boot Loader. It allows the computer to boot one or more operating systems among other...

Linux Workspaces have increased my productivity

The main computer in my office (I have four desktop computers) runs Linux Mint with two monitors. Two monitors used to be enough for all the open programs I used. It would be more productive to have more monitors but my computer hardware doesn’t have another...

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