by Shane Grantham | Feb 21, 2023
In my line of work it’s important to keep up on the latest operating systems and hardware. If I didn’t do this, it would be difficult to service operating systems as they came on the market. It’s harder to stay up on hardware since there are so many...
by Shane Grantham | Jan 2, 2023
Yesterday I wrote about my HP laptop that has Linux and Windows XP on it. It’s used only for my Video hardware convertor and programming my ham radio Handie-Talkie. I didn’t mention that It’s never put on the internet in Windows XP – So...
by Shane Grantham | Jan 1, 2023
Around 2005 my wife got a business-class laptop with Windows XP on it. She used it for several years and then stopped using it and opted for a tablet instead. It was still in great shape when it was retired and I held on to it and stored it for the future. Typically,...
by Shane Grantham | Dec 30, 2022
I was on a service call today performing a computer check-up and tune-up. My client’s computer had thousands of files in various folders on their Windows 10 computer. My client hasn’t copied any of these files to a backup device that they could remember....
by Shane Grantham | Dec 5, 2022
In my computer business, I try and answer my phone days, nights and weekends. I got a phone call on Thanksgiving from a desperate computer owner. Their recently purchased a liquid-cooled gaming computer went dead while they were using it. A day earlier, it stopped...