by Shane Grantham | Jul 28, 2025
Some servers and connectivity devices have default accounts and usernames. This would be “admin”, “administrator” or “user”. Hackers and people in the know are aware of these and may use methods to acquire the passwords for them. To...
by Shane Grantham | Nov 1, 2024
Recently, a computer repair client told me a story of a computer place who wouldn’t listen to them. This was before they found me for their computer needs. My client didn’t want a password for their Windows operating system. It was in a locked building...
by Shane Grantham | Oct 29, 2024
I had a desperate person call me today who couldn’t log into their accounting computer today. Their password wasn’t working and they couldn’t get into the windows 10 desktop. Payroll was coming up and they were close to reloading Windows from...
by Shane Grantham | Jul 27, 2023
This month I was helping a business computer client with their main computer program. It was on a Windows 10 desktop computer. It had been downloaded off the internet and for some reason they couldn’t install it. After I repaired the problem, I was ready to...
by Shane Grantham | Sep 2, 2022
A recent computer project for a business computer client made me think of a good policy for anyone using logins and passwords. First a little background. I got a call from one of my financial/accounting clients who was getting a new computer for their business...
by Shane Grantham | Jul 25, 2022
I was asked to reset a user’s password on their Apple laptop this month and tried all kinds of things but never got it to cooperate. It never would boot into the recovery console, Safe mode, or the boot menu. The owner was asked twice over a week if they found...
