A sincere Thanks!

[cyndy10]

Nothing says it better than this:

I am an authorized "Google Answers Researcher" where folks come and ask for hard to find informatuion on the Internet and paid researchers find the information. --Recently, a customer came asking about computer repair.

I did not "officially" answer the question, but the asker may ask me to "post in the answer box after they come here and check out the site.

Here's the link:
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=603437

Here's the text:

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Subject: a free website in teaching pc repair cost free
Category: Miscellaneous
Asked by: rolandonyc-ga
List Price: $2.00

QUESTION: Where can I find a free of charge course of pc repairing in the web?

Clarification of the question: What I need to find is a free of charge course in PC Repairing; otherwise a WEBSITE with a free service for a senior person.

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MY COMMENT (which may be the official answer by the time you read this):

Subject: Re: a free website in teaching pc repair cost free
From: cynthia-ga on 09 Dec 2005 03:50 PST

Hi rolandonyc,

Once, a long time ago (1998), I was too broke to get my computer
fixed. When I finally did get enough money, I realized I had nearly
enough to buy a second computer. So I waited a couple more weeks,
maybe a month, and bought a second tower through the newspaper. It
came with a monitor, keyboard, all that. I set it up and got back
online. Then, I started trying to figure out how to fix my old broken
one.

I stumbled onto the COOLEST site:

VirtualDr.com
http://discussions.virtualdr.com/forumdisplay.php?f=25

Please note I have not linked you to the front page, but to the page
for people that have broken machines running Windows XP. I did that so
you can scan the questions people are asking.

This is the main page: http://www.virtualdr.com/

In no time at all, really, it was less than a week, my old computer
was as good as new. Then my husband and I both had computers. ALL for
FREE! (except the cost of the computer, which would have been a
repair)

You'll want to poke around at VirtualDr and find out where you should
be looking. If you want, you can describe your computer problem, and
I'll point you to the right section of VirtualDr.

What happens at VirtualDr at first is --you register. You can then
either search the site for a similar problem that you're having, or
START A NEW THREAD! Then, folks will help you step by step. It doesn't
matter how new you are, these folks are patient and kind. If you don't
understand them, you can tell them and they will use smaller words and
break it down into smaller steps.

Best of all, it's all free.

I have received an incredible amount of help there. What ended up
happening was I fixed the other computer with their help. In fact, I
have NEVER taken a computer to a shop, ever again!

I simply can't speak high enough about the good work these volunteers
do. When you start praising them, they urge you to start scanning
questions to see if you can help anyone. So, I did that and now I help
others on the site where I first learned how to troubleshoot and
repair my own computer.

It's sectioned off by operating system. If you are having another type
of problem, say networking or hardware problem, there's sections for
that too.

If you check it out and find it suits your needs, and you decide this
suggestion qualifies as an answer, please let me know and I'll post it
in the answer box.

~~Cynthia

Added: This link at VirtualDr is also very helpful:

Virtual Dr Forums - Computer Tech Support
http://discussions.virtualdr.com/index.php?

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THANKS EVER SO MUCH!!!

Even though I have not been around lately, I'll come back and scan questions and see who I can help...

Sincerely,

~~Cynthia

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[Steve R Jones]

Nice thread. Thank you

[BIG JOHN]

Dear Cynthia, thank you for the kind words. I have proudly been associated with VDR for 8 years +. We are like a big family & we probably have the best crew & membership of any forum on the net. Everyone goes out of thier way to help others. You can search far & wide but you will not find a better place to solve your problems on the internet. BJ

[Nix]

Hmmm warm and fuzzy.

Very nice.

[KatMac]

Couldn't agree more. I knew zip about PCs when I came here so many years ago. Two years ago the folks in hardware helped me do a complete rebuild around my motherboard. It's been awesome, stable and still humming along nicely. You just can't beat the education gained and shared around here, and member generosity, that's for sure!

[buf]

I knew she was a good secretary when I first began dictating that to her. By gosh, she got it all--word for word. Great transcription.
Captured my feelings exactly. Thanks Cynthia