Online Computer Repair - Archive for May 11th, 2009


Com­puter repair com­mon problems

Com­puter repair can be a tricky sub­ject. So much can hap­pen where one day your com­puter will work fine, and the next day it will not come on at all. When this hap­pens try not to panic. It can be a sim­ple fix. If you know what some of the easy fixes are then you might be able to have your pc up and run­ning in no time. Here are some com­mon prob­lems that goes wrong with your com­puter and some cheap com­puter repair fixes.
In my expe­ri­ence one of the com­mon prob­lems when your com­puter will not power up it is because of the cmos bat­tery. The cmos bat­tery is the tiny lit­tle sil­ver disc, that resem­bles a cal­cu­la­tor battery.To replace the cmos bat­tery you will want to dis­con­nect all elec­tric to your com­puter and care­fully remove the cover.The cmos bat­tery will be in the mother board. Gen­tly take it out not to harm your moth­er­board and care­fully replace it with your new one. Make sure that you put the new bat­tery in cor­rectly you may want to take note on the way the old one is in before remov­ing it so that you put the new one in cor­rectly.
Another easy fix in com­puter repair, also involves the cmos bat­tery. If for any rea­son you find your­self locked out of your note­book and you have for­got­ten your pass­word you can reset it by remov­ing the cmos bat­tery and putting it back in. Work­ing on a note­book how­ever, is a lit­tle more dan­ger­ous and tricky then a pc. If you find your­self need­ing to remove the cmos bat­tery in your note­book make sure you remove your power bat­tery and unplug your note­book first to avoid any injury’s.
Some­times your com­puter pow­ers on just fine but wont load your oper­at­ing sys­tem. If this hap­pens com­puter repair is as sim­ple as rein­stalling your oper­at­ing sys­tem. Most com­put­ers have a disc to do this but be advised if you are rein­stalling win­dows you might have to call Microsoft to get your win­dows legally acti­vated.
Another sim­ple com­puter repair is when your power sup­ply stops work­ing. Make sure your unit is unpluged and has no elec­tric going to it. Take off the cover and care­fully unscrew the lit­tle screws that hold in the old one. You will want to put these lit­tle screws some­where safe. Your new power sup­ply should fit right in where the old one is. If your replace­ment is the right size. This com­puter repair takes just a few minutes.


About Com­puter Repair

When you need your com­puter repaired you usu­ally call a tech­ni­cian to your home to repair your com­puter for now a days if its just a minor prob­lem you can some con­nect through your com­puter through a por­tal that allows them asses to your com­puter so they can find out whats going on with com­puter and if you have major com­puter repair issues.For instance if its a soft­ware trou­ble shoot­ing or if you work from your home and you need tech­ni­cal sup­port for your employ­ers web­site or the software.

Some­times though you have hard­ware issues and your com­puter needs to be shipped to the com­pany that man­u­fac­tured it for your com­puter to get repaired, some­times your com­puter might repaired for hard drive or the power sup­ply went bad. Get­ting your com­puter repaired by ship­ping it means a delay in work or just daily use so it also good to have a back espe­cially if you work from home and need it only daily bases. Another rea­son to have your com­puter repaired is for an upgrade in mem­ory or putting in new dri­ves or ports.

There are dif­fer­ent company’s out there that is will­ing to repair your com­puter for you you’ll just have to research your options and the prices of dif­fer­ent com­pa­nies the best options is to have a four year war­ranty on your com­puter so when you need to have your com­puter repaired it want cost a lot of money or issues.

Com­puter repair is usu­ally for older com­put­ers but some­times your com­puter might have a faulty unit or port, so its nice to keep a record of when you had your com­puter repaired, on what date, the repair prob­lem and how much it cost if it was on war­ranty then put war­ranty. This will help you keep up how many times you had your com­puter repaired and to tell if its lemon.

Know we a few steps in hav­ing your com­puter repaired and how you can repair is to keep it up to date on anti virus and spy ware soft­ware it helps you com­puter up to stan­dard and you want need to have your com­puter repaired so often you feel like it stays in the shop more then you use it. I hope I have helped you in try­ing to get the best way to get your com­puter repaired.


Phish­ing Attacks — Com­puter Repair

Hi, my name is Mr. Rufus Mukhenze, and I would like to send you 21 mil­lion dol­lars.” Does that open­ing sound famil­iar to you? It’s the start of what’s called a “phish­ing” attack, which seeks to steal your bank account infor­ma­tion by pre­tend­ing to be some­body that wants to help you out. In addi­tion to steal­ing your per­sonal infor­ma­tion, many of these attacks include file down­loads that, if you run them, will infect your com­puter and cause you to need online com­puter repair.

As a rule of thumb to keep your com­puter healthy and not need­ing online com­puter repair, you should never down­load file attach­ments in e-mails unless you were expect­ing to receive them from some­body. Even if the file is from some­one you know, it’s pos­si­ble that it could be a phisher spoof­ing their e-mail address. In other words–still an attack on your com­puter that could result in a visit to an online com­puter repair specialist.

Other exam­ples of e-mails which ask for your infor­ma­tion include requests to ver­ify your user name and pass­word, or text that claims you have won a prize and need to click a link to access it. The lat­ter type will often send you to web­sites which will down­load Tro­jans and other viruses to your com­puter, which you will not be able to get rid of short of using an online com­puter repair site to clean up your computer.

Tips to remem­ber:
– Never down­load attach­ments unless you were expect­ing to get one.
– Never send any­one your login and pass­word for bank­ing sites or other accounts. If an e-mail sounds authen­tic, call their cus­tomer sup­port line to make sure.
– Double-check to make sure the e-mail isn’t com­ing from a fake address. (e.g. ebay-admin@someothersite.com)
– If you ever get a virus, visit an online com­puter repair site.

By adher­ing to these tips, you can ensure that your com­puter stays safe and clean and that you won’t need access to online com­puter repair.

For­tu­nately, even if you acci­den­tally down­load some­thing you shouldn’t from one of these e-mails, or if your com­puter is ever oth­er­wise dam­aged, online com­puter repair ser­vices can help to get you back up and running.