by Shane Grantham | Apr 20, 2017
I got an emergency call this winter from a commercial client who couldn’t get their Microsoft Windows 7 computer to turn on. I had them make sure the power cable was tight into the computer’s power supply. They assured me the other end was plugged into the...
by Shane Grantham | Apr 20, 2017
In the past when you bought a new computer, it usually included restore media on CD or DVD. Sometimes it’s called recovery media. This media would be used to reinstall the operating and programs which came with the computer. If Windows got so messed up it...
by Shane Grantham | Apr 17, 2017
One of my services is setting up new computers and transferring files and settings from your old computer. I usually take the hard drive out of the old computer and temporarily connect it to the new one and then copy the files to a folder on the new computer’s...
by Shane Grantham | Apr 13, 2017
At a client the other day I discovered a questionable process running on a laptop computer. It was configured to run automatically when the laptop starts. The owner researched the process and it was the bluetooth driver for the laptop. Bluetooth technology is a...
by Shane Grantham | Apr 12, 2017
One of the Microsoft Windows keyboard shortcuts I have used since the earlier 1990s is the Alt-F4 combination. It simply closes the current window so you don’t have to use your mouse to click on the X in the corner. To execute the command, hold down the...
