by Shane Grantham | Jan 3, 2024
Being in the computer/IT field, I tend to neglect my own computers. Take for example my computer file server. It was a Ubuntu server distribution which was having problems installing updates over the last few months. In December I started researching and found it was...
by Shane Grantham | Dec 30, 2023
This week one of my businesses texted me about a laptop. It took a tumble recently and now it fails to charge. Now the laptop won’t turn on and the owner was worried all their data is gone as well. The laptop was brought to me and a visual inspection revealed a...
by Shane Grantham | Dec 20, 2023
This month I was helping a client with their laptop computer. Their main program was having problems reading data from their 4TB (terabyte) external drive. I feared the drive had a hardware issue or the USB port on the laptop was faulty. Luckily, it wasn’t...
by Shane Grantham | Dec 15, 2023
Last month a computer client messaged me about their new wide-screen television. They wanted to connect their audio system they’ve owned for many years to it. It had a CD changer and tuner along with an amplifier. I made a visit to the client’s location...
by Shane Grantham | Dec 9, 2023
I hear different information about protecting Apple laptops with anti-virus software depending who I listen to. Some say you need it and others say you don’t. The ones that say you don’t say you need to keep the operating system and applications...
by Shane Grantham | Dec 8, 2023
We all know to do it and some of us never do it. It’s backing up or archiving the files we create. Every once in a while I encounter a computer user who never backs up their files. Maybe they don’t know how and thought they’d never lose a file or a...
by Shane Grantham | Nov 24, 2023
Many years ago I recall using my Windows 10 laptop on a service call when suddenly it restarted with a Windows 10 update. I don’t think it gave me an option to delay it or stop it. When everything was done updating, my bookkeeping program was corrupt and...
by Shane Grantham | Nov 20, 2023
One of my clients has a landline phone that uses cellular service through ATT. It uses a base station unit which we connected to the building’s telephone wiring system through the RJ-11 wall jacks. This allows all the phones attached to the RJ-11 boxes to...
by Shane Grantham | Nov 14, 2023
A new client called Saturday with something new to repair. It was an arcade game console called Street Fighter. The game is played by standing in front of the console and screen and pressing buttons and moving joysticks move your character in a fight. It went dead...
by Shane Grantham | Nov 12, 2023
I hear a lot of new stories on Artificial Intelligence and how it’s so helpful for computing. I’ve also heard how it’s bad for our privacy and how it’s helped those in charge predict our behavior. It can be used to create fake articles and...
by Shane Grantham | Nov 6, 2023
My wife is part of the Fort Wayne Komet Hockey organization. They provide pocket schedules to fans and have them in boxes for businesses to display at their locations. I want to help them out by getting them into your hands for you or your organization. I’ve...
by Shane Grantham | Oct 29, 2023
My company doesn’t have a landline phone because I’m out and about much of the day and no would be able to answer it. I do have a smartphone and this is my main communications device. I can answer it as I’m at the gym or driving or at a...
by Shane Grantham | Oct 20, 2023
One of the features of Microsoft Windows 11 I read about last year was intriguing. It’s Linux running as a Virtual Machine (VM) called the Linux subsystem. It can be installed from the Microsoft Store and I tried earlier this year without any success. I love...
by Shane Grantham | Oct 8, 2023
Like many of you I use computers often and sometimes have many programs and web browsers open. Many years ago I discovered a shortcut for closing programs. I probably read it in a computer magazine. It’s a keyboard sequence of two keys: Alt and F4. You hold...
by Shane Grantham | Oct 7, 2023
When I first got notified of winning a Fort Wayne Readers choice, the August email message said I was a finalist and it also said my company was 2nd. On Sept 30th, I learned there were five finalists for three places in my category of Computer Repair Store. This...
