Tech Support sites and forums represent everything that's right about the internet.
They are an under sung resource on the internet.
If you want to pay a tech to come to your home to look at your PC, you're looking at a bill of some $30-60.00 USD at a minimum. You will pay the same amount, or likely more, if you choose to take your PC into the shop.
But if you're willing to take the time to go to a PC help forum, register and post your problem, you will get a helpful response, usually more than one, in fact, that will either solve your problem or set you well on your way to solving your problem. It might take more effort than hiring a tech, but nine times out of ten (if you're patient) you will get the answer you need.
And, as a bonus, you will have acquired some very useful knowledge which you will be able to build on and apply to other PC problems you have in the future.
Lots of help and info for the PC and Internet user here. Forums include:
Really good forum. Lots of activity.
It's part of the new Help With Windows.com site which provides not only this forum but also posts the latest Internet, PC and Microsoft news headlines.
Interestingly enough HelpWithWindows.com is a creation of Rose City Software Which makes a number of first rate software programs including the multi-award winning Registry First Aid and TweakMASTER
How-to guides, safe downloads of free top-notch software and a host of useful Tips and Tweaks are among the reasons to spend some time at PC911.
Tek Tips Forums are some of the very best forums on the net. Anyone can benefit from a trip to Tek-Tips but it is especially for IT Pros.
I'm happy to say that I've partnered with Tek-Tips to provide these forums for visitors to my site. The categories I have chosen are the ones you will most likely want to visit.
You can sign up for the forums or sign into them right here. Please let me know if I can be of assistance or whether you have gotten the answer(s) you were looking for at the forums. |
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Cyber Tech Help : Free Computer Help and Technical Support
"160,976 answers and still going strong"
Protonics is an online bank of volunteers who make it their business to answer technical PC related questions fast and effectively, for free. You get help by registering and then submitting your question through an interactive interface to the website itself. As you submit your question their software collects info about your PC (NO personal data is collected) which they use in determining the answer to your problem. They then review your question and get back to you with a solution.
Protonic has won a number of
awards for their outstanding virtue and service. If you can, make a donation. It's worth it. If you're good enough at tech stuff, you can also
join their team
They also have a discussion board where you can comment and get feedback on a number of issues from Tech to Politicsto Almost anything.
I really like PC Pitstop, especially for beginners. They've really gone commercial but they've kept their core service. In fact, they regularly improve it. It's a good place to benchmark, diagnose and fix some of the more common PC/Internet safety issues. It's also free! You can get some good help from the folks at PCPitstop in their forums.
HiJack This forums:
Webopedia is a huge online reference of computer and internet terminolgy. If you can't get the definition of a tech term or phrase at Webopedia, you've probably misspelled it!!
They offer a daily newsletter featuring a new definition newsletter which features a new word every day.
You can see what the word of the day is at Webopedia right now by clicking on this banner.
Use this webopedia search box to find the definition of a term.
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Great place to go for tech news, tips and advice. Geeks To Go offers active
computer help forums where you can get and share tips and info on topics such as
PC Security,
Hardware, and
Operating Systems.
5 Star Support - Free Technical SupportA Free Computer Technical Support Site Featuring Free Computer Advice Along With Thousands of Tips, Tricks, Tutorials, DLL File Downloads, Free Monthly Newsletter and Much More!
Windows Problem Solving Community!WinGuides Support Forums
CNET Forums
More PC Help Forums
WUGNET
Great resource for Windows users. Shareware reviews, PC tips complete with a community support forum
Best Tech Sites - Links to the best computer certification and tech sites!
Very Good Tips and info!
www.Petri.co.il - Petri.co.il by Daniel Petri is one of the most comprehensive IT and certification related web sites. With hundreds of Windows NT/2000/2003/XP and Exchange 2000/2003 related tips, tricks and how-to articles, Petri.co.il has become one of the world's leading MCSE and IT related knowledge bases. |
The Langa List by Fred Langa is one of the most popular and informative tech newsletters on the net today. I get it myself. Fred offers a good deal to webmasters. It's an especially good deal for owners of new sites.
In exchange for placing one of his banners on your site or blog, Fred will include your site on his newsletter which will generate thousands of extra hits for you.
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Bleeping Computers is a first rate help site for computer novices. They've created a huge database of 16207 startup items that you can look up using this search box.
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Bleeping Computer also offers some very good and well run help forums including a Hijack This forum which I have found useful in a pinch.
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| The Process Library by Uniblue is probably the premier place on the net to find out just what it is that's running on your PC. A process, also known as task, by the way, is a software program that does a single task. Some processes are part of the operating system. Others load at boot-up or are initiated by the user when starting a program. The Windows Task Manager shows you which processes are currently running on your PC. To start the task manager, right-click an empty space on your Taskbar (at the bottom of your screen) and click on Task Manager or hit Ctrl-Alt-Del. |
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