by Shane Grantham | Feb 7, 2024
There are so many threats on the internet so I do something for my computers almost every time I stop using them. I’m talking about turning off my network switch in my office. This disconnects the internet to all my wired computers. I do this when I retire for...
by Shane Grantham | Jan 29, 2024
Saturday evening I was with my wife watching a TV show and my smartphone rang. The number was from New York and I answered it expecting a scam or telemarketer. It was a computer user asking about my charges for computer work they were needing. After some questions...
by Shane Grantham | Jan 21, 2024
A new client needed help with his big plotter/printer last week so I made a service call to his office. They had recently bought a second-hand printer/plotter from a business. This unit was from 2003 and didn’t have USB or wireless capabilities as modern ones...
by Shane Grantham | Jan 18, 2024
For over twenty years I’ve been asked this question by my clients. For overnight, I usually shut it down if I’m doing nothing on it. This week I have left my main desktop computer on overnight for several days because I didn’t want to lose the web...
by Shane Grantham | Jan 14, 2024
A new computer repair client asked me to check their fairly new Microsoft windows 11 laptop last week. A fake-alert appeared on their computer stating they were infected. In the process of attempting to boot with a device other than the internal SSD, I got a message...
