Are there any places around here that will help a person maintain a computer? My Windows desktop is completly fucked and slow, I don't know what to do with it.

Find a mom and pop computer place. DON'T take it to best buy or any of those type of places.

ghostface, I used to do that kind of work so I would be able to help you nominally. I can at least look at it and tell you what I think.

make an account and private mesage me.

but yeah: avoid best buy at all costs

I used Geek Squad and thought they did a great job. They helped repair my computer remotely. It cost about $125.

Computer Warehouse in Tysons Corner has some real knowledgeable tech people working there. They seem like they focus more on hardware, but it wouldn't hurt giving them a call. They are located in the Tysons Station shopping center (the one with Trader Joe's).

http://www.pcretro.com/computer-warehouse

I used to repair PCs on the side. Of course that was before today's situation where what it costs to make a one-hour job worth the bother of a tech would pay for half a new computer.

PerfectDisk 2008, it's great!

http://www.perfectdisk.com/products/downloadit/

It will really speed up your computer.

ok... second time guy posted about this app. decided to check it out. it's a disk defragmenter. not sure if it would help that much but i guess you could try the demo.

ill give it this, it is pretty: http://www.winxpcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23619

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this will probably make your computer a lot faster as im sure you have lots of spyware. http://www-ad-ware.com


"the wisdom of the wise will perish, the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish."



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/14/2008 01:19PM by Gravis.

I say take it to Best Buy - hope they loose it and sue for $50 million!

You could always take the money you throw away in repairs and just get an Apple. Then you won't have to worry about where to go to fix stuff.

Numbers Wrote:
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> You could always take the money you throw away in
> repairs and just get an Apple. Then you won't have
> to worry about where to go to fix stuff.

yeah because you will just have to send it back to apple where they will wipe your drive and reinstall OSX (and none of your software... oh, and kiss all your files goodbye). oh, but dont worry, selling your firstborn child just to afford one isnt a big deal. i mean, come on, you get an OS with poor software support and a strange interface.


"the wisdom of the wise will perish, the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish."

Numbers Wrote:
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> You could always take the money you throw away in
> repairs and just get an Apple. Then you won't have
> to worry about where to go to fix stuff.

You got my vote on dat 1 !

Gravis Wrote:
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> Numbers Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > You could always take the money you throw away
> in
> > repairs and just get an Apple. Then you won't
> have
> > to worry about where to go to fix stuff.
>
> yeah because you will just have to send it back to
> apple where they will wipe your drive and
> reinstall OSX (and none of your software... oh,
> and kiss all your files goodbye). oh, but dont
> worry, selling your firstborn child just to afford
> one isnt a big deal. i mean, come on, you get an
> OS with poor software support and a strange
> interface.

Well, if your speaking from experience, your first mistake was taking any computer to Best Buy to have repairs. I guess you haven't yet figured out what an incompetent bunch of idiots they are there.

Second, having had PC's and Macs, I can't imagine what you could have done to your Mac to require reinstalling the OS (unless you were upgrading to a newer one). Even then, it saves all your files.

Blame whatever happened to you on the morons at Best Buy, not Apple.

Best place I've found (cheap, does work, fast, etc.) ... they do work all over Northern VA but mostly focus in Mt. Vernon.

http://www.MtVernonComputers.com

Numbers Wrote:
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> You could always take the money you throw away in
> repairs and just get an Apple. Then you won't have
> to worry about where to go to fix stuff.


Even a moron like Rush Limbaugh can't get his Mac working.

http://valleywag.com/356284/rush-limbaugh-begs-steve-jobs-for-bug-fixes/

Numbers Wrote:
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> Second, having had PC's and Macs, I can't imagine
> what you could have done to your Mac to require
> reinstalling the OS (unless you were upgrading to
> a newer one). Even then, it saves all your files.

clearly you havent had a job as a tech. there are lots of reasons to reinstall OSX, and like windows, they all suck.


> Blame whatever happened to you on the morons at
> Best Buy, not Apple.

why would i waste my money one something that i know how to do myself? life has been much nicer since i ditched windows. i tried mac plenty and i do not like the clumsy interface or the "you dont need to do know that, stay away!" attitude that OSX presents you with. besides, OSX lacks software and hardware, big time.


"the wisdom of the wise will perish, the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish."

Bump! This needs to be read.