by Shane Grantham | Apr 19, 2023
Many computers are part of my business and personal life. My main office computer is a Linux Mint 20.x machine which used to have Windows 7 installed. Linux does well on it the majority of the time but today it was slow and the hard drive LED was solid most of the...
by Shane Grantham | Mar 25, 2023
I was at a client recently working on their printers, Apple laptops, smartphones and Apple tablets. They asked me what kind of computer person I was. As they were asking me, I knew immediately what they meant. They thought I would say Windows instead of Mac/Apple. I...
by Shane Grantham | Oct 7, 2022
Every current operating system has updates and Linux is no exception. I recently installed Linux on an old, but usable Windows computer. Windows was left installed in case I needed it. When it starts, the laptop defaults into Linux Mint. When it was started for the...
by Shane Grantham | Mar 2, 2022
To refresh about anything on a Microsoft Windows computer I use the F5 key. On an Apple computer use the command(key) R combination. I use this the most on web pages and my email. I think it works on other apps and programs but I’m drawing a blank now....
by Shane Grantham | Jan 2, 2022
One of the things that can slow down a Microsoft Windows computer is hard drive fragmentation. This is where parts of a file are spread all over the drive and not in one contiguous piece. If you you have a sold-state drive, they don’t need...
by Shane Grantham | Dec 17, 2021
I have yet to see any technical articles on Linux and Ransomware so I wanted to share my thoughts. One of the dangers of using a computer is getting infected with malicious software. Viruses, key-loggers, and ransomware are some of these malicious software which can...
