The PC Sanity Experience

 

You may just want to optimize or upgrade your PC, you may want one-on-one tuition, you may want your PC made more secure from Internet threats, you may want help with a software problem – we handle a wide range of computer problems, just give us a call. Click here to see a more comprehensive list of our services.

You will find that we are extremely user-friendly, catering to novice and mature age users.  We promise you plain-language, patient, honest advice and personalized service.   We concentrate on the quality of service provided rather than the quantity of customers served.  We will even advise you on how to best prevent future problems.

Remember we particularly cater to novice/mature users.  We provide patient and understanding service.

Our computer technician is mature, friendly, extremely patient and very understanding even if you are a complete newbie.  He has a Diploma in Information Technology (Network Engineering) awarded to him in December 2005 after also successfully completing Certificate III & IV in Information Technology (Network Administration) in 2004.

 

Booking your consultation

When you book your consultation we will ask for some system information about your PC.  However, if you do not know how to find it or do not feel confident attempting to find it even with our email/phone instructions, then it can wait until the technician arrives for the consultation OR you can click here to use BelArc Advisor to display your system information. We will also like to know exactly what error messages you are getting OR exactly what symptoms the PC is exhibiting OR what you were doing immediately before the PC began to play up.

Tip: To record error messages, press PrintScrn key and then paste that image in a Word document so that we can get the exact error message when we inspect your PC.

 

Before we arrive

Before our arrival we recommend you have a list of all of the computer issues you would like us to address.  It is much more efficient for us to get this list at the beginning of the appointment rather than be advised of extra things part way through the consultation.   However, we understand that you may not know/remember everything that you wish us to address so we will accommodate any reasonable request during the consultation.

You should also have the following items ready at hand:

 

1)           Your operating system CD (e.g. Windows XP) with the serial numbers.  

2)           Any other CDs such as anti-virus, firewall programs or drivers for video, sound card, modem etc with their respective serial numbers.

3)           Rescue CD or floppy (if supplied when you purchased the computer).

4)           Your login and password to access Windows and (if applicable) to connect to the Internet.

 

Upon our arrival

Once we enter your home or business we will review your computer problems and our Client Agreement.  You'll be asked to sign the Client Agreement before our technician can begin work.  Unfortunately, providing time estimates is very difficult e.g. if your computer is loaded with spyware, causing it to run extremely slow, it is difficult for any technician to estimate how long it will take to run anti-spyware scans to rid your computer of these pests.  The speed of your system and the sheer number of files on your hard drive to be scanned can vary so much from one PC to the next.

Either during or at the end of the visit, the technician will explain in plain language what we have done to your PC.   We also explain how you can best avoid further computer problems/infections.   Full payment of the account is to be made immediately -we only accept cash (for Residential clients) and cash or business cheques (for Business clients).

 

After the technician has left

If you experience any problems after the technician has left, please do not hesitate to call us and we will endeavour to assist with your enquiry.  Follow-up email or phone support is provided free of charge within a reasonable period from the date of your consultation.
 


 

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