Geekman to the Rescue - Confidential In-Home Computer Repair






	It all started by accident really. I was at one of my favorite watering holes, when a friend asked me if I could help him with a problem he was having with his computer. It seemed that the computer's manufacturer wanted my friend to reformat his hard drive and reinstall his operating system and program files. My friend was not even remotely comfortable with this idea. This wasn't the first time any of my friends had me asked for help, but as my friend describe what his computer company wanted him to do, I knew, if I agreed to help, that I was in for hour and hours of work. So as I began to roll my eyes, trying to figure out a nice way to get out of helping, my friend took me by suprised and said three simple words: "I'll pay you!" And thus, Geekman to the Rescue was born.

	My interest in computers was sparked back in junior high school when computers were called "PET"s -- believe it or not, Commodore came up with the name PET to capitalize on the pet-rock fad of the 1970s. (PET was actually an acronym for "Personal Electronic Transactor".) Within a few months, I was over at my high school with all the other computer geeks --there were only a handful of us back in 1980-- hanging out afterschool working on the high school's mainframe (a Digital Equipment Corporation DPD-8) for hours and hours on end learning [now] archaic programming languages like BASIC, Pascal, and Fortran, in preparation for my college days.
	But it wasn't really until the 1990's that my interest in the hardware of computers really took off. The proliferation of computer megastores like Fry's, CompUSA, and Incredible Universe, provided me with access to thousands and thousands of components so that I could build the kind of computer I wanted and customized it in such a way as to make it distinctly mine. And with every machine I built or customized, there was always a friend (and even my employers) who needed help. When working with clients, the Geekman subscribes to three basic principles: Computers work best in their native environment -- and especially with your monitor, your keyboard, your mouse, your printer, and all of your other peripherals. Do you really want to crawl under your desk, unplug all those cords, load up your car, lug it all in to some big box store, and then try to hook it all back up again when you finally get it home? If you're like the Geekman, you've probably got some things on your computer you don't want just anybody looking through (especially those guys at the big box stores). And while there are some other companies out there who also do in-home computer repairs, they are not always available when you are, like in the evenings or on weekends. Geekman to the Rescue schedules appointments for the late afternoons and early evenings nearly seven days a week.
	The Geekman focuses his rescue efforts on those in need in the Greater Long Beach area, as well as its surrounding communities. When an appointment is requested outside the city of Long Beach with travel time greater than 20 minutes one-way, the Geekman may require additional compensation. You will always know in advance whether a travel fee will be necessary. While the Geekman prefers to work on your computer in its native environment --namely, in your home or office-- for certain services, such as "Clean Installs", you may drop off your computer at Geekman to the Rescue's headquarters and avoid travel related fees.

	What makes Geekman to the Rescue one of southern California's leaders in in-home computer repair? Perhaps it's the Geekman's commitment to PCs and the people who use them. It is said that "you can't be all things to all people" and to "do what you do and do it well." That's why Geekman to the Rescue does not install home theater sytems, nor telephone systems, nor security systems. Consider Geekman to the Rescue your PC specialist! And since the Geekman's focus is strictly on PCs . . . he doesn't work on Macs or Linux systems.