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...
by Shane Grantham | Feb 23, 2022
This week I was presented with a tough challenge. A year-old Android smartphone was having difficulty downloading legitimate apps (Kroger and Great Clips). The message that continually displayed was “pending” without any error messages. We could let it sit for 10...
by Shane Grantham | Feb 17, 2022
Throughout my computer consulting career I have set up and improved the security for many Wireless (WiFi) routers. If it’s for a private company or home I use the most security possible to thwart intrusions. A feature that most routers have now is a Guest...
by Shane Grantham | Feb 12, 2022
I was helping a computer client yesterday figure out a slow wireless connection to their work laptop. From what I can recall, the network had many wireless clients including smartphones, laptops, and desktop computers. They also added some repeaters throughout the...
by Shane Grantham | Feb 9, 2022
One of the things I do in computer maintenance for Microsoft Windows is check if your hard drive is on a optimize schedule. Optimizing can speed up Windows by putting all the parts of a file in a continuous location. In this way the read head of the hard drive...
