Finding the right computer repair shop to fix your laptop can be frustrating. A simple Google search for Boston computer repair services brings up over a million results. How do you know which is the best shop? Which of them will provide you and your laptop with the best service? Who is the most qualified, and will provide you with experienced technicians to fix your laptop as soon as possible?

As a computer repair and IT services company, we often receive phone calls from customers who are at their wit’s end from struggling to find a trustworthy, professional computer repair shop. Many of these phone calls are pertaining to virus removal. Our technicians are on the road each day, on their way to quickly and efficiently perform onsite virus removal. Customers frequently drop off their laptops at our convenient Boston MA computer repair location at 323 Newbury Street in Boston. Because we perform virus removal services often, A+ Mobile PC Doctors is constantly testing the newest anti-virus, anti-spyware (anti-malware) and computer security software. From years of experience, we have found that AVG’s paid version of their anti-virus software and the paid version of the AVG Internet Security 8.5 are the best virus deterrents.

Another reason to make sure that you choose the right computer repair company is because it’s quite common for an inexperienced computer technician to diagnose a laptop with the wrong problem. Like a dicey auto repair shop, some shops will exaggerate the problem, requiring you to pay more for their service and for parts that are unnecessary to replace. With the current state of the economy, this practice is even more prevalent today.

Make sure you make the right choice and call A+ Mobile PC Doctors at 1-866-417-3945 for any computer repair service you might need. We are known in Boston for our speedy onsite service, whether it is virus removal, data recovery, hardware diagnostics and repairs, laptop repairs, residential networking, and more. It doesn’t matter if your impaired computer is at your home or office; we will send one of our technicians out promptly to diagnose and fix the problem.

The downright ridiculous has just become a reality.

Minority Report

Gesture-based computer technology has just been developed by an MIT grad student named Pranav Mistry. It’s similar to the special effects -rendered computer that Tom Cruise used in Minority Report. If you don’t feel like watching the video, some of the coolest features of this new technology are, oh yes, the ability to project images on the wall like Tom Cruise, take pictures without a camera by using the “snapshot” gesture, dial a telephone number on the surface of your palm, pick up a book at a book store and instantly pull up and project reviews from the Internet, scan a newspaper and project available video of current headlines (how reminiscent of Harry Potter!), and as Mistry demonstrates, to play Pong with friends on the floor of the Red Line.

The newest, most exciting technology is constantly bubbling up out of Boston’s higher education campuses. There are so many computer repair shops out there, but for professional service and reliable results, only A+ Mobile PC Doctors is the best for Boston computer repair. We’ll come directly to your home or office and serve all of your computer repair needs. Virus removal is a common problem, and there are a ton of precautions that a person can take — but every once in awhile, a virus can get past even the most reliable software. For laptop repair, A+ Mobile PC Doctors is your best bet.

Visit A+ Mobile PC Doctors or call us toll free at 1-866-417-3945 to speak directly to one of our insured computer technicians.

Remember the file sharing application Kazaa? I remember when I first discovered it. I regularly went on music-downloading binges, thinking that I was getting free music with no strings attached. Or so I thought. Soon after bulking up my hard drive with downloads, loading a simple website like Google.com grew to become a thirty-second process, and I found a new ability to take care of household chores while waiting for my favorite applications to open up.

Someone finally broke the news to me. Apparently, there is no free lunch when it comes to downloading music. A nasty little virus was tagging along behind each new mp3 I downloaded. A friend offered to reformat the hard drive on my computer.

“Will I lose all my music?” I asked.

“Yep – but you really have no choice,” was the response. I cried myself to sleep that night.

Turns out, I may have been able to save my many cherished pop punk mp3s if I had sought professional IT help. Viruses, malware, corrupted file systems, a system crash; these are a few things that can make your computer act funky and require reformatting the hard drive. I recently interviewed Michael Thomas, owner of A+ Mobile PC Doctors, and asked him what he does when a computer needs its hard drive reformatted.

1. Consider if there are files that need to be recovered or existing software license keys that are needed once reformat/reinstallation is complete (e.g. Security/Anti-Virus software, etc.). If so, take Data Backup steps and recover license keys if possible – once data is backed up:

2. Run Reformat/Reinstallation process

3. Load NIC Driver

4. Install Security Software: pre-existing or  AVG (AVG FREE – if doesn’t have a paid version)

5. Connect Internet connection, launch browser and validate security software

6. Update security software but DO NOT run system scan

7. Load all SYSTEM drivers (not peripherals such as printers, cameras, etc.)

8. Perform Windows Updates using Custom Selection (DO NOT Install IEv8, and do not remind about this installation again)

9. Install Firefox, Adobe Acrobat Reader (free), Adobe Flash (free)

10. Install CD burning software if customer has it

11. Install MS OFFICE if customer has CD. If installing MS Office 2003, then install MS Office Compatibility Pack

12. Configure desktop (properties) to show My Documents, My Computer & My Network Place. Also ad d the Quick Launch to the Windows Nav Bar, and if installing MS Office, add shortcuts for Word, Excel, PPT & Outlook

13. Check power settings, screen saver and wallpaper

14. Install any specialty software at customer’s request (e.g. QuickBooks, etc.)

15. Reinstall data from data backup once data is cleansed of malware

Only a professional computer repair company like A+ Mobile PC Doctors will have the knowledge and expertise to back up your data, isolate the problem, and reinstall the data in good condition. And a bit of advice for music junkies – stay away from file-sharing applications like Kazaa. They’re always a bad idea.