by Shane Grantham | May 9, 2017
I was at a new Fort Wayne computer repair client this spring doing some telephone and wiring closet work when I started thinking how I got this client. It began on a Friday afternoon a month earlier when I received a long distance call from a central Indiana location....
by Shane Grantham | May 5, 2017
A long-time computer client told me they were experiencing problems with the internet on their new windows 10 computer I set up this week. When I was working on it, it seemed fine so I asked questions to find out more. It seems to only happen during periods of...
by Shane Grantham | May 2, 2017
It’s been a year of Tuesday Networking in New Haven, Indiana last month and I’m inviting you to join us tomorrow at Noon. Our open business networking group began in April 2016 by the New Haven Chamber of Commerce to give all businesses a chance to promote...
by Shane Grantham | Apr 30, 2017
I was at a home this month working on a HP Windows computer for a Fort Wayne computer repair client. When I was through, my client and I were discussing where they got my name. It turns out a networker from the New Haven Chamber group gave them my business card. They...
by Shane Grantham | Apr 29, 2017
Today my LinkedIn network has automatically connected me to more than five people so far. The funny thing is I don’t remember sending an invitation to these people or accepting one either. A couple of them were from people I disconnected from as well. LinkedIn...
by Shane Grantham | Apr 27, 2017
This week I was setting up a new Windows 10 desktop computer for one of my home clients. I set up security software, web browsers, a media player and then transferred data from the previous computer to the new one. I asked my client to test the new computer and they...
by Shane Grantham | Apr 25, 2017
I was at a commercial client’s today working on a printer problem. When I was leaving , my client of seven years said to me they’d have to quit their job if it wasn’t for me helping with their computer. That made me feel great. They went on to...
by Shane Grantham | Apr 25, 2017
I still have at least one Fort Wayne Computer Repair client using Microsoft Windows Vista on a computer they’ve had for many years. It’s given us problems over the years, but I have been able to rectify them and keep it running. It’s now time to get...
by Shane Grantham | Apr 24, 2017
I received call where a Dell desktop PC won’t complete the startup of Windows 8.1. My client allowed an Apple Quicktime update to install and now Windows gets hung up at “Fatal Error C0000022. Applying update operation 54183 of 55236″ 92%...
by Shane Grantham | Apr 23, 2017
One of the questions I get asked often is, “Why is my computer slow?” One of my popular computer repair services is speeding up slow Microsoft Windows computers. Many things can slow down a Windows computer and one of them can be easily overlooked: a full...
by Shane Grantham | Apr 21, 2017
Windows 10 has a neat, built-in screen capture tool called the Snipping Tool. I use it to grab parts of my desktop screen to create images for my blogs. It’s pretty simple to use. You can open it by typing “snip” in the search window next to the...
by Shane Grantham | Apr 20, 2017
I got an emergency call this winter from a commercial client who couldn’t get their Microsoft Windows 7 computer to turn on. I had them make sure the power cable was tight into the computer’s power supply. They assured me the other end was plugged into the...
by Shane Grantham | Apr 20, 2017
In the past when you bought a new computer, it usually included restore media on CD or DVD. Sometimes it’s called recovery media. This media would be used to reinstall the operating and programs which came with the computer. If Windows got so messed up it...
by Shane Grantham | Apr 17, 2017
One of my services is setting up new computers and transferring files and settings from your old computer. I usually take the hard drive out of the old computer and temporarily connect it to the new one and then copy the files to a folder on the new computer’s...
by Shane Grantham | Apr 16, 2017
A while ago a business client called me about their Windows 7 laptop not playing Audio CDs. I fixed their problem by assigning a media player program to the audio file type and it worked for a month. Now they are saying CDs aren’t playing again so a service...
