by Shane Grantham | Mar 4, 2022
One thing I do with my internet-connected devices is disconnect the network signal when I’m not using them. Other times I power down the device completely. On Ethernet connected computers I will shut down the ethernet switch in my office when I leave for...
by Shane Grantham | Mar 1, 2022
Being in the Information Technology business, I have many computers. Some are regular stationary computers with large cases and some are all-in-one computers with the screen and computer in one unit. The other types are Raspberry Pi’s which are hobby computers...
by Shane Grantham | Feb 28, 2022
It only took three years or so but my Android smartphone hotspot is now functioning! On my previous smartphones I set them up for my laptops to use when I wasn’t near WiFi. And I wanted it working on my new one at the time. Setting it up was easy for me on...
by Shane Grantham | Feb 27, 2022
I got a phone call today from a long-time computer customer who has a Linux computer. They could print yesterday and today they can’t after sending an obituary article to their HP printer. Troubleshooting printers using remote control tools is challenging if the...
by Shane Grantham | Feb 25, 2022
Every couple days my Linux Mint desktop computer has hard drive problems where I can’t write files to the drive. Or it freezes in mid-use. Sometimes it won’t start Linux and I have to run it in recovery mode and then I run the manual file check utility on...
