by Shane Grantham | Dec 19, 2016
A networker called me today with an interesting scenario: Their Windows 10 laptop mouse touch-pad stopped working in Facebook and AOL. Everywhere else they were fine including word processors and spreadsheets. The mouse touchpad works in other web pages as well. I was...
by Shane Grantham | Oct 22, 2016
I was at an office this week where a Windows laptop was experiencing problems connecting to my client’s wireless router. There were no other wireless devices in the office. The other computers were wired with ethernet cables to the router and they were...
by Shane Grantham | Sep 10, 2016
Wireless networking in Linux used to be a challenge to configure. I remember back around 2002 when I started getting back into Unix and Linux and how hard it was to get a laptop to work with a wireless network adapter. It would take me hours sometimes and would entail...
by Shane Grantham | Aug 15, 2016
A recent laptop repair on a Samsung Windows laptop turned into a nightmare. The owner called me to work on his laptop which was dropped on it’s edge with the AC adapter/charger connected. The laptop no longer charged from the AC adapter and I offered to see if...
by Shane Grantham | May 5, 2016
I’ve seen many laptops over the years and one feature I like to have isolated from the keyboard are the audio controls. Cheaper models put them on one of the keyboard keys sharing duty with another key. On more expensive models I have seen them on a separate...
by Shane Grantham | May 2, 2016
I have been working on a Microsoft Vista laptop last week when I have time. The previous owner retired it and gave it to me because they got a new Windows 10 one. I try to use many different operating systems to stay up to date on them – even older ones. The...
