Posts by Clint Blizzard

  • Building a Gaming Rig – Part 1

    by Mar 27, 2009

    A customer of ours recently approached us about building a really nice gaming computer. Yes, I’m a gamer, and I enjoy building computers. I’m still running a 2.33 GHz Core 2 Duo and a GeForce 8800GTS on my personal computer, and it’s starting to show its age, so how could I pass up this opportunity […]

  • BitDefender 2009 Settings

    by Jan 15, 2009

    We’ve been recommending and selling BitDefender Antivirus for some time now, but we’ve found it has its quirks. Recently we’ve been getting some fairly widespread complaints about sending and receiving multiple duplicate emails. It wasn’t long before we determined that everybody that was sending out duplicates was a customer using BitDefender 2009! The culprit? The outgoing email scanner. Evidently, […]

  • Useful Tools

    by Jan 15, 2009

    All the time, I see customers bringing their computers into the shop because of a spyware infection. No matter if it’s a minor or major infection, at least half of them have AdAware and/or Spybot – Search & Destroy installed. Think about that for a moment. For years, these have been two of the most recommended tools on the internet for spyware removal, and […]

  • It’s the Little Things…

    by Dec 12, 2008

    … In slow motion, my index finger descends to the power button. Immediately after the button is depressed, I reel backward from the racket now being emitted from this beast. Unsure of what this terrible caterwaul is, I quickly turn the computer off. My ears ring as peace returns to the land…

  • You and Your Antivirus

    by Dec 10, 2008

    Before I get on with my wordy story, I thought it would be fitting to start this blog off right with a sentiment I think we can all agree with: computers don’t make sense. This is something you will probably hear from me a lot! For instance, it’s interesting what nonsensical things you’ll see and learn when you […]