My Tech Guys are once again proud to be supporting 38th Comox Valley Child Development Telethon at their new venue in the Sid Williams Theatre with a partnership with Shaw Business.  

We will be streaming the event live on our website for all you folks that can't make it down to the theatre to watch it live and will archive it on our site to watch in the future.

Bob Wells is working extremely (as he is the Extreme Geek) hard to get all the geeky stuff ready for the event with Brian Bailey our Climbing Geek. We also are so proud of Frank Biermann who is stepping up to help man the phones  at this years event as well...so keep an eye out for our Recycled Geek.  

5-2401 Cliffe Ave, Courtenay  

Wow, how time flies.  7 amazing years of sales, support, thousands of customers, laughs, tears and joys!!!

On Friday November 15th we will be hosting an all day event with prizes on the hour and the grand prize of a Nexus 7 at 4 PM.  We'll have snacks and a BIG Birthday cake. We will be having specials, giveaways and 7% off all computer accessories, so come on down to our Courtenay store on Cliffe Avenue and come ask the geeks anything!!!  

"It's been an absolute amazing ride so far!" says proud owner Bob Wells, "We have seen some staff come and go, but we have had an amazing core of staff and customers that have supported us and allowed us to grow to what we are today....Thank You"

Windows 8 has had the biggest change since it was released just over a year ago with Windows 8 Service Pack 1.  We are recommending people be cautious and backup all data before attempting to install the Service Pack.  Although it will bring back the start button, it still lacks the functionality of Windows 7 or XP for most of our customers.   

Wondering if you should update or want to know how to get Windows 8 to work like Windows 7 or XP, give us a call. 

If you have not seen Windows 8, here is a little background to get you up to speed.

Well, we all survived another year of appeasing the ghouls, ghosts, zombies, witches and all the little critters with mounds of sugar and candy!!

Can we "three-peat" this year folks....YES WE CAN!!!!! For the past 2 years we have won the "Most Entertaining Float" in the great Comox Valley Christmas Parade put on by the Downtown Courtenay Business Association. And we hope to keep that success going again.

This years theme is "Winter Wonderland" and will be taking place on 5th Street in the picturesque heart of downtown Courtenay at 2 PM on Sunday November 24th.

Come out and support us again and see the friendly jolly fat man, Old St. Nick!!

Windows 8 Service Pack 1 is now out, that is the biggest update to Windows 8 since its release a year ago.  We'll have more on this next month but you can read up on it here. 

Most of us are familiar with the little pop-ups we get asking us to install updates.  While they only take a few minutes to complete, many of us are guilty of postponing them or just ignoring them completely. But keeping up with these computer updates is actually very important when it comes to having a healthy and secure computer. These updates are just as important as having an anti-virus program. Sometimes the auto-magic updates can fail so we suggest checking to make sure you have the latest versions of the following once a month. 

 Some of the most common updates are:

• Windows or Apple OS updates
• Java (Update to the latest (Version 7.45) 
• Adobe Acrobat Reader (Version 11.0.4)
• Adobe Flash Player (Version 11.9.900.117)
• Microsoft Office
• Simply Accounting / Quickbooks 
• iTunes

If you have any questions or feel its been awhile since you've done any updates, call us and book a in-home service call or remote service call 250-890-1065

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Thanks for taking the time to check out our newsletter.  Always feel free to call, pop by our Comox or Courtenay stores, or send us a message if you have any questions or need help.

Sincerely,