Yard Sale Computer Repair Las Vegas

I was helping my friend set up his computer he bought at a yard sale yesterday. Of course it was not on the clock at my computer repair Las Vegas gig but I am able to talk my tools, both software and hardware with my home each night so I can help my friends. He had picked up a PC for $25 at a yard sale and to be honest he got a great deal. For his needs, rather simple ones, this computer will be perfect. The main thing he needs to do is pear down the services that windows XP has running and he definitely needed some guidance with that. 

First we wiped his hard drive and reinstalled windows. Otherwise we may have spent a long time dealing with the last owners problems or at the least the things that he or she had created that had nothing to do with my friend. If he had to call computer repair Las Vegas to do this job it could have easily been a several hundred dollar home computer repair job to first wipe the hard drive and then reinstall the operating system and all the drivers and the software and any added services that could have been tacked on but as it was it was a fairly simple operation of the operating system and then the software that he needed. He was very glad I had the knowledge and experience from computer repair Las Vegas to help him out or otherwise he may have been better off buying himself a new computer. 

That is what most people do. They will end up getting frustrated and going to the store and solving the problem by throwing money at it and then people like my friend and I will swoop in behind them and buy their old computer and use my experience from computer repair Las Vegas and benefit all around.

Computer Repair Las Vegas Tip #1 – Check Msconfig & Profile

The Computer Repair Las Vegas Tech Guy offers two more tips today to help you find your problem before you have to call me the Computer Repair Las Vegas Tech Guy.  First check msconfig to determine if any startup application is to blame, open the System Configuration utility to turn off all startup programs.  When it is open find the start up and then remove all the startup items. Once this is done you can restart your computer.  If your computer issue stops then go back to Msconfig and enable your autostart items one at a time until the issue resurfaces and then you know what your problem is and you can look into fixing the problem. There is a word to  the wise here from the Computer Repair Las Vegas Tech Guy as this is a pretty advanced way of trouble shooting and it is easy to get lost so be careful. Otherwise you may be calling me yourself.  One other thing you can do is to go into another profine  as sometimes a profile becomes corrupt and will not work any longer log out of your current account and log into a different one.  If the problem doesn't occur in the other account, something is wrong with your profile in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER section of the Registry.  Computer Repair Las Vegas Tech Guy will give this last tip a 5 star rating as far as potential for messing something up. The Registry is a touchy part of the operating system and if damaged it may be necessary to reinstall windows so be very very careful.  Even with the knowledge and experience of the Computer Repair Las Vegas Tech Guy on two different occasions I have had to reinstall windows.

Safe Mode and Boot Logging… What?

Here are a couple of tips from your Computer Repair Las Vegas Tech Guy that some of you may not have known and may help you when the times come for you to need a outside service. Open in Safe Mode.  You can try to go into safe mode through the Windows Advanced Options Menu. Unlike Last Known Good Configuration, Safe Mode will not fix a thing but it will attempts to start Windows by using a basic set of drivers. If you can successfully the computer in Safe Mode, then you may be able to make some changes in your computer and fix your problem with out  Computer Repair Las Vegas Tech Guy. You can also use Safe Mode to correct the problem — once you figure out what it is.  Another quick tip from your Computer Repair Las Vegas Tech Guy is to check Windows' boot logs for information if you suspect the problem is related to a particular device or driver.  Open the Windows Advanced Options Menu. Arrow down to Enable Boot Logging and press Enter to start Windows with this feature turned on.  The boot log adds new information to the bottom of the file, so scroll down to get the latest scoop. Look for lines that indicate one or more drivers didn't load properly. Boot logging occurs automatically when you use Safe Mode to log into windows, but the resulting log isn't very useful — it shows all the drivers Safe Mode doesn't use, but it doesn't tell you which ones may be causing the problems. Check back real soon for more. That's all from the Computer Repair Las Vegas Tech Guy today.