.......Please ask me. I usually only do this for friends and family, but seriously, if you have a problem, drop me a msg. I'll do my best to figure it out.

ty for helping people out : )

That is such a nice offer Noa41! Thank you for your kindness!

Thanks guys. It's just so difficult to trust anyone here......... And more difficult for them to trust you.

Still on the search for that someone that has problems with a pc or laptop. I really want to help.

I try to stay updated and know all the programs. The one thing I hate though................................. NETWORKING.

What about website development and PHP?

Out of my realm Pilgrim. I can order each computer component, match all correctly and build them. No problems in 15 years with all the family pc's I've built......... I take that back. I had ordered a 750gb/black WD HDD for my pc 2 years ago and Windows 7 would not load. I sent it back to WD and they confirmed it was DOA.

They sent me a 1tb drive for the trouble.

Security maintenance and other security preventive maintenance is easy............. I know what a PC needs to stay safe. Well, As long as the person follows my direction.

Most people say they know everything about computers. YEP....... GOOGLE and You TUBE ;)

I've built custom systems myself. I thought about building custom webservers but that would be far too expensive for me. My main focus over the years has been web development.

I did get into bitmining a little about a year ago and was considering possibly building custom bit miners, but I don't bother with bitcoins anymore.

Right now I put my business on hold, but I'm working on an ecommerce project now.

So what programs do you recommend for protecting PC's?

I need help with my computer because I think I lost all my daughter's baby pictures/computer won't start!!

ok, so my old laptop wouldn't stop downloading and installing win 8.1 and it corrupts my system and renders the lapper useless.

after trying for countless hours to make it stop this and spending somewhere around 35 hours online with microsoft tech's, i finally gave up and purchased a new one. (microsoft refused to replace the orginal laptop)

now i have a year-&-a-half old, $600.00 paperweight.

it runs win 8 and the techs keep telling me that it is not supposed to install 8.1 on it's own, but every time i revert back to 8, it takes about 4 days for it to install 8.1 again...

Format the thing from a cold boot. Never install Win 8 on it again. Got a copy of Win 7 or anything else? Use that as the O/S.

well my problem with that is, i purchased a computer that came with a legal copy of windows, because of this 'apparently' forced upgrade, it no longer functions...but i shouldn't have to resort to an illegal o/s to be able to use it.

I didn't say illegal. You can format and put any licensed version of any O/S on it that you have.
eta: any brand that is IBM based, not Mac or Apple.

Just download the drivers for whatever brand of laptop it is after. If you can find the folder where they are now, save them before the format. Just because hardware is a brand doesn't mean you have to use the O/S that came with it.

Seems that the version it came with is the problem from what little you say. It will only happen again if you can not control the UPDATE settings for Win 8....if you put the same restore disc back in.

Therefore, use another O/S.

Just curious as we repair computers for a living.

well i was hoping i didn't have to put more money into this, as purchasing an additional computer has already cost me more than the original expense. (sinse i don't happen to have a box of o/s's laying around. haha)

But it still needs clean install.

Then try the restore disc that you have for it, after you format, if you think you can control the Windows Updates and not let it without your permission...can you do that?...that's your new assignment. lol

but i've done that several times, so did the microsoft tech.

even found an update that was supposedly causing the issue...removed it and it still updated....been around and around this mess for weeks now.

Did you re partition AND format the hard drive before that restore disc? Because if you didn't, it is just laying it on top of the first copy and the problem is still there. There's hooks into everything, everywhere in the registries...

I'd think you could take it in to a local pc repair shop and they would do a format and clean install for you for not too much. Only takes a couple hours.

i understand that and yes we did that, three times.

the problem seems to come from microsoft forcing this upgrade. the strange thing is, they keep denying the existence of the upgrade.

the last tech i dealt with (a level 3 tech at microsoft)had my computer under his control for his entire shift, he searched, cleaned, formatted, complete system restore, ran several anti spyware/virus...ect, programs...he even sent me to a microsoft web page to download a new win 8 o/s....

nothing has worked, hence the new lapper.

mmmmm, no. Restore is not clean install.

I'd take it in, don't you have a buddy with a licensed older copy of Windows? lol chuck Win8. Personally I won't even deal with it. Can't control anything over WinXP.