[Hidden-tech] PC technician recommendations?

[nestor at fuzzy-math.com]

Any good, well: honest, Pc tech will tell you to start over.  The best  
you can do with a swamped PC that has out of date antivirus or none at  
all is backup as much data as possible and reinstall windows.  The  
other option is to "contain" or remove all the bad stuff you can find,  
defrag, and clean the registry (which never seems to net great  
results).  That would take a while, and I know I'd charge you a bundle.

On Dec 7, 2009, at 1:21 AM, Hope Nilsson wrote:

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> Hi HT folks,
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> I've got a laptop that needs some attention. It's been slow for ages  
> but now it's clearly got some nasty malware on it and is refusing to  
> boot up. It's not my primary machine, or I'd have put more effort  
> into fixing it. Can anyone recommend a good PC technician in the  
> North Adams area (or within an hour or so's drive)? I'd like someone  
> to clean the machine out, make sure nothing nasty is lurking around,  
> and get it back to a reasonable state of functioning.
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> Thanks in advance for any suggestions!
>
> Hope
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