by Shane Grantham | Jul 3, 2023
One IT(Information Technology) area I want to improve is in security. The IT certification organization compTIA has a series of certifications I’ve acquired. Years ago I got the A+, Linux+ and Network+. The certification I want to get next is the Security+...
by Shane Grantham | Jul 2, 2023
Working on my client’s computer issues makes it harder to work on my own problems. Lately, my main desktop computer has hesitated on start ups and I have to repair it often. I ran the disk utility and discovered it had bad sectors on the hard drive. This means...
by Shane Grantham | Jun 28, 2023
A new client called me last week with an Apple MacBook need. They wanted the battery replaced because it isn’t holding a charge like it did when it was new. I researched the procedure and discovered a few videos of it. It looked complex but one video I...
by Shane Grantham | Jun 14, 2023
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...
by Shane Grantham | Jun 2, 2023
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...
by Shane Grantham | May 28, 2023
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...
by Shane Grantham | May 28, 2023
Back in the early 2000’s I studied for IT three certifications and took tests for them. I passed them and have the A+, Linux+ and Network+ certifications. They’ve been forgotten in my computer career and this year I investigated if I’m still...
by Shane Grantham | May 26, 2023
One of the keyboard shortcuts I’ve use since the 1990s for GUI interfaces is still applicable to 2023. It works for any Microsoft windows flavor and it works in most Linux distributions. It’s the ALT-F4 combo. Hold the ALT key down while pressing the F4...
by Shane Grantham | May 24, 2023
I was leaving the gym today when I heard someone calling my name. It was one of my computer clients who was also a Catalyst Fitness member. He was telling me how his son does almost all of his computer work on his smartphone and how I should also work on...
by Shane Grantham | May 20, 2023
A computer client of mine was having printing problems on their Windows 10 desktop PC. A service call was made on their request to get them printing again. I looked at the installed printers in Windows 10 settings and found two printers and one was a copy. Both...
by Shane Grantham | May 5, 2023
This week I got an emergency call from a Fort Wayne business who couldn’t get their main computer program to work correctly. They were attempting to create a report which was due that day. I responded with an office visit within two hours. My client showed me...
by Shane Grantham | May 1, 2023
A New Haven client contacted me last month thinking they needed hardware added to their office Windows 10 computer. Their USB printer stopped printing the day before and they thought they needed to re-install the printer with the setup CD they found. I came out to...
by Shane Grantham | Apr 30, 2023
Last week a current client called me regarding their computer. When I arrived at their place, I walked toward their computer and they said it was the TV instead. They turned on the set and the picture was a splash screen stating the cable box was unavailable. Usually...
by Shane Grantham | Apr 24, 2023
I attended the first New Haven Chamber networking group in 2005 and got many clients from it. One of the businesses I assisted in 2006 called me just last month for help with their computers again. That’s over ten years between computer service calls. So how...
by Shane Grantham | Apr 23, 2023
I was entering something in Google Calendar on my smartphone the other day and I looked away at a client’s laptop I was repairing. When I tried to find it a few minutes later in the calendar, it had vanished! I searched for it on other days of the calendar, but...
