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 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 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...
