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07-Feb-2008, 12:31 PM #1
PC repair courses
I am uncertain if I am in the correct forum but maybe someone can direct me. I am interested in taking courses that would teach me how to repair my own PC. What kind of courses would this be and what are their names.? Where would I go to take them?
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07-Feb-2008, 01:07 PM #2
Is this just to repair your own PC or to repair generally

Quite a few free tutorials on the web, but I find the best place is probably here and get the support for the specific issue you have
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07-Feb-2008, 07:29 PM #3
This is to repair mine, friends, or my family members PC in general when there is ever a problem. I do not want to necessarily become a member of the "Geek Squad" but I would like to understand my computer a little more and be able to fix a problem without having to contact tech support person.
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07-Feb-2008, 08:09 PM #4
Practice makes perfect,
(or maybe worse, but then life is a learning experience).
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10-Feb-2008, 05:14 AM #5
Mike Meyers has some pretty good books some of the at home courses use these but I would be careful using some of the at home courses because I know from experience that most likely you'll get out of date materials. Just buy a new Mike Meyers A+ certification book.
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11-Feb-2008, 03:35 PM #6
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This is to repair mine, friends, or my family members PC in general when there is ever a problem. I do not want to necessarily become a member of the "Geek Squad" but I would like to understand my computer a little more and be able to fix a problem without having to contact tech support person.
Heh, the most immersive PC repair experience I ever got was from working for Geek Squad

You guys can laugh, but when you're working on 20 machines at once every day, you learn "problem trends" a lot faster than you would from working at most other places
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11-Feb-2008, 06:28 PM #7
Since I need to learn to repair the computers before I work for the "Geek Squad", I will try the Mike Meyers books first.
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