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I’m currently in the process of trying to open a small business and trying to figure out what I should describe the category for these skills: Virus and Spyware Removal, Remote Backup, Desktop Cleaning (Inside components, fans, etc), PC tune up (removing junk files, tweaking registry, etc). I’m leaning towards maintenance, as that is what my business is going to be the primary focus on.

Yeah, that’s maintenance.

My dongo broke and when i bought another one and tried to run it it stated i had to uninstall a previous speed manager file. I uninstalled everybit of it. I also tried a restart of the system to an earlier time. I even put it into the computer repair shop and they looked for the file but couldnt find anything.They said they would have to reinstall windows. It cost £60 but i have an exam tommorow and need the computer.

Try using ccleaner, download and update, its free, this removes any temp files/folders, also run the registry scan. If the speed manager is the problem that is. That shouldnt stop you installing anything. So it must be something else. You could also try, right clicking on the icon for your dongle, then on explore and try a manual install fromt there. Failing all the above, if you have your product key and you know someone with windows cd ( your version obviously ) then you could try a repair install of windows, so you dont lose data, though you will have to update and change settings, or a fresh install. Have you also tried running an antivirus and antispyware program to make sure thats not causing the problem.

Hope this helps

i am nearly at the end of school and need to decide what to do next. i want to go into pc repairs but don’t know how to get there?
any idea?
thanx, sturg

you’ll have to go to a community college.

fortunes worth of new stuff, every time they suffer a computer glitch?

Or they are just good at IT and fixing their own stuff…

What courses are near to Burleigh Heads Queensland ?

You should contact your local college to see which courses you should take to become a computer technician.

You can also go to Professormesser.com has many good video tutorials for PC Repair and Computer Networking:

http://www.professormesser.com/2008/03/15/professor-messers-free-comptia-a-certification-training-course/

You can contact Mr. Messer at the above website to get good advice on how to become a computer technician.

Good luck and I hope this helps!

I am looking for a computer repair company or technician for Irvine that knows pc computers, macs , networks and printers. Any Recommendations would be helpful.

I would recommend Act Global Support http://www.Actglobalsupport.com , they are amazing and they are Google Partners and they know what they are doing. I used them first for Google Apps, and then I found out they do computer repair and from there I started using them. And the best part about them, and I promise about this, is that you can negotiate your rates with them. I love that about them they are very honest and understanding. They will work with you if your having financial problems (well at least they did for me) I have a small business and they really went out of the way to help me. And they fix macs to.

I am concerned about #1. can they copy things while working on the problem?
#2. can they get my passwords?
#3. Is this a good idea to use someone like this?

well i let them repair my PC and have a deep look to see what needs to be done. BUT i make sure my ’sensitive’ information like pin number for credit cards etc are erased and i put all my ‘ sensitive’ documents on a CD or pen drive and erase them from my computer. that way they do not have much info to copy if they try and I’m at ease. same goes for bookmarks, sites visited. etc

my computer,is in really bad shape missing pieces broken all around .is there anyway that cost less than a 100 bucks?

Check out yelp.com and hopefully you’ll find a place consumer reviewed in your price range.

Good luck.

I am currently in college for computer programming, and wish to fix computers locally on the side. What I was planning on doing was running an ad, along with prices offering general PC repair locally on Craigslist. If I was to do this and attract business would I need a DBA or some other kind of license?

You will need a city business license, probably, and you will want to register a DBA name as well.

What are some good books that focus in the field of computer repair, so far i have the "PC Technician Street Smarts, Updated for the 2009 Exam: A Real World Guide to CompTIA A+ Skills", i am currently studying so in a few years i can get a job in that field until i go to college and expand on the concept even more, so any books you can post will be very helpful and please review them, thanks

You can look for slightly older books for most aspects of basic computer knowledge are constant.
In fact, the slightly older books which you can acquire at quite a discount can do well to help
you understand the basic PC hardware and software, the Microsoft Windows operating systems
and their now distant predecessors of DOS. You probably need to work from material up to at
least 2007 which is the year Windows Vista was introduced. The new Windows 7 is essentially
Vista with some tweaks such as the elimination of Outlook Express/Windows Mail .
The basics of PC hardware have been the same for years. Some important details have changed
for example the PCI Express bus has become the dominant video card when for years, the
Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) at speeds from 2X to 8X was the dominant video bus.
USB standards have upgraded from USB 1.0 at 12 megabits/second to USB 2.0 at 480 megabits
per second and I think a USB 3.0 specification is understudy if not yet approved.
Processors are more complicated, I probably need to see a recent CompTia write up about
processors for they reached a speed limit of about 3.8 gigahertz and improvements went to
widening their busses, increasing the speed of the busses, increasing the number of parallel cores
processing information, increasing the size of their onboard primary cache and now onboard secondary cache.
I would search Yahoo! search, Amazon.com, Ebay and half.com, Craigslist.

Moreover I would look for free sources of A+ Tutoring by searching on YouTube.

You can often find great computer books at Micro Center if you have one of their stores in your
area.