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 | 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...
by Shane Grantham | Apr 5, 2023
I have a computer client which misses their Facebook account which stopped working some time last year. I’ve been on-site at their location three times so far trying to fix this mess. It seemed to have started when their spouse died last year. The details are...
by Shane Grantham | Mar 21, 2023
This weekend a new person called me with a laptop problem. His fairly new laptop stopped working and he wanted me to find out what happened. He dropped it off on Saturday and Monday morning bright and early I was working on it. I tried my different techniques...
by Shane Grantham | Feb 25, 2023
This week I’ve been reviewing my technical email bulletins because I discovered about 40 from last year I hadn’t processed. Most of them are serious and related to computer and IT consulting. Once in a while one of them will be fun and...
by Shane Grantham | Jan 30, 2023
Between 2000 and 2003 I studied for and passed three CompTIA professional certifications. They were the A+, Network+ and Linux+. Last week I bought a current A+ book of over 1000 pages so I could get current with this certification. I went on-line to the compTia web...
