Archive for August, 2009
AVG Free Isn’t Free: Confessions Of A Former AVG Junkie
Posted by Bradley Chapple in Articles, General Technical Advice, IT Consulting, Reviews, Viruses, Spyware & Tojans... Oh My! on August 28th, 2009
So, here I go… attacking another well-known player in the Antivirus market, and this time it’s a favorite among IT golden-boys everywhere.
Today, I’m going to talk about AVG Free.
AVG is one of those companies you just love to like.
First of all, they offer a decent free product.
Second, they are one of the “underdogs” of the [...]
Will Reimage Put the “Computer Guy” Out of Business?
Posted by Bradley Chapple in Articles, Computer Repair, Computer Services, General Technical Advice, Home Computing, Reviews, Viruses, Spyware & Tojans... Oh My! on August 16th, 2009
Recently, I have been looking for some ways to help make things more efficient, here in my computer repair business.
Most of our clients know that we have a 3 hour cap on a residential single-computer repair or service jobs.
If this is the first you’ve heard of this “3 Hour Cap”… let me explain: It means, if [...]
Is a Fragmented Hard Drive Making Your Slow Computer Even Slower?
Posted by Bradley Chapple in IT Consulting, Purchase Advice, Questions & Answers on August 14th, 2009
Ever wonder what’s keeping your computer so slow? At the end of your rope? Don’t give up, yet! If you’ve been around computers long enough, you may have heard someone ask, “Have you DEFRAGGED your hard drive?” Maybe you know what this is, or maybe you don’t… but, there are a lot of misconceptions out there. This post explains what disk fragmentation really is (in a way you can understand), and discusses WHY you need to defragment your hard drive. We also talk about what tools to use in order to get the best possible increase in performance… Hint: It ain’t the built in Windows tool.
Aspen Computer Services’ Content Creation Campaign Off to a Great Start!
Posted by Bradley Chapple in Company News on August 7th, 2009
The addition o f the blog here at Aspen Computer Services has been a big change around here, but it’s been worth it. We’ve also been working on some full articles on some other sites, such as Squidoo and others. We’ve already posted a “lens” over on Squidoo. See my Squidoo lens [...]

