I'm often asked "Which antivirus is the best?".  We use a variety of AV solutions: Microsoft Security Essentials, Symantec Corporate, Trend Micro, AVG, and others, depending on the device(s) and the situation.

The 'best' antivirus is frequently the latest one released.  Fortunately, the teams at AV-Comparatives and Virus Bulletin put the various programs through comparative tests.  Check out these sites to see which you think is the 'best'.

A customer called about their Dell Inspiron 6400 laptop not being able to boot into XP.  The machine would perform the POST and start the boot process but would flash a message, the screen would go blank, and the machine would just sit there - no hard drive activity, no spinning CD, nothing.  We could F12 into the boot menu and run diagnostics (which passed).  We could F8 to the boot menu and select any option we wanted but nothing would happen.

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Spring is the time that most people think of cleaning but now is the time to get your computers ready for year end.  It's time take some time to make sure that your machines are in the best shape to handle the upcoming yearend workload.

To help you out, we've put together a checklist of items that you should consider performing to keep your computer running its best.  Most of the items on the list are simple to do but take some knowledge of your computer and some time.  Others, you may want to skip or have someone else do for you (give us a call if you want to schedule an appointment for us to take care of this).  Some of the items reference articles elsewhere on this website where you can get additional information.

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