How To Start A Computer keep enterprise

Starting a computer keep company is something that with some sense and training almost whatever can do. As a man owning an independent computer keep company as well as a website to help others that keep home users I thought it would be nice to point out the steps needed to start a company helping home computer users as well as some of the skills needed to get started.

There are four steps to getting the company started.

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Business license

Every area is separate but the legal aspect is all the time leading and lends credibility to your business. Get your company license and also get insurance in case something goes terribly wrong, like lost company data that gets pinned on you.

Business cards

Of policy you need some kind of a calling card. I know a small businessman who years back worked out that his company increased per month for every company card he gave out. Go to Staples or Office depot as they have low prices for 500 or 1000 cards with some customization.

Flyers

The bulk of your company will come from flyers that you post up in assorted places. Put up flyers wherever possible. I have gone to supermarkets, bulletin boards at large businesses as well as small and Real Estate and mortgage offices. Your best success will come in offices where a lot of independent habitancy work with their main computer being at home not supported at their work.

Computer software

There is no way nearby this. Over time you will find great software for diagnosing problems as well as for fixing problems. Two of my favorite Cds for keep are the greatest Boot Disk as well as the Windows greatest Boot Disk. Both of these are free Cds to download and consist of a great many pieces of freeware that will help you out. These two Cds are self booting which is nice but you may also originate a disk over time that has software you can run right out of Windows.

Website

A website is critical. You do not need something certainly slick but you do need a site for marketing as well as so that habitancy can sense you or direct others to sense you. The basic info on the site should be your email, phone number, services you offer and maybe a menu of services that you offer. You will find that you do not have to prove how much great you are than every person else because word of mouth can move very quickly.

There are also some skills that are very leading to have to get your company started:

Strong windows skills

This can not be overstated. The man that has a strong knowledge of how the assorted parts of Windows work is the one that can diagnose and fix the qoute fastest. Although you want to have a lot of billable hours you want to be sure that you are not fiddling nearby finding for a fix as your clients will lose confidence in your ability and you will feel bad about taking so long to fix a problem. Keep up with great message boards like the ones at http://www.neowin.net, as well as others that have a lot of fixes. Also it is leading to know the Windows boot process and how the local group policy works. I hate to say it but I have learned more from supporting my mom's computer over the years for free than I have learned from my own machines because she is not nearly as faithful as I am in operating a computer. Remember that most users are not going to have any idea how their computer broke so your own probing questions are often great than just diving straight in and troubleshooting. Lastly know what each of the processes does on a running Pc and have a good feel for what to make of errors in the error logs of the machine, these are all the time invaluable. You can get pathology of errors from the logs at http://www.eventid.net .

Virus knowledge

Keep up with the most recent viruses and how they are affecting computers. A very small whole of viruses inventory for a great percentage of the infections out there and once you isolate how a virus has wreaked havoc the faster you can get rid of it and get the engine up and running properly again. I use http://www.sarc.com as well as the Internet Storm town for this kind of information. When you get a buyer set up with anti virus pick a favorite like Norton or McAfee instead of a free virus scanner so that the user does not have you to blame if they get reinfected by viruses. Use good ability operate by setting up a realistic upgrade and weekly scan schedule based on the user's computer habits.

Spyware knowledge

This is a certainly tough one. I keep up with spyware just by searching on the net and trying to find the resources that habitancy are using to get rid of spyware. Also as you use products, especially free ones for fixing Pcs like adaware or Spybot you will get a good occasion to see what habitancy are getting infected with regularly. I used to see Bonzi buddy a lot but now it is more aggressive spyware that troops you to fix in safe mode as you lose your regedit. Whenever you are getting a buyer up and running though it is a best practice to have them use Spyware Nuker or one of the other pay products instead as then you do not have to worry about being the only point of failure if a computer gets reinfected.

Registry knowledge

No one expects you to know the registry inside and out but be sure that you are very proficient with the current user and local engine hives of the registry as that is the most customizable quantum of the registry. Also take note of keys that are being affected by assorted spyware and viruses. Quite often I will find unasked for extras in the filesystem that stop me from using the regedit command but I have had luck using regedt32 or going into the registry from safe mode. Again the great you know the registry the great off you will be when fixing problems.

Hardware knowledge

I have an A+ certification from years back and I am sure that this gave me a great grounding as hardware has changed over the years. You have to be able to at minimum be able to build a Pc from scratch as this will give you knowledge of each component of the computer, teach you about Bios upgrades and drivers and where to find them. There are so many sites on the internet which specialize in each component of a Pc that Google will be your best bet for finding information. Another great reserved supply is Maximum Pc as they all the time have up to the small news on cutting edge hardware as well as software. A couple of good sites that I frequent are http://www.tomshardware.com and http://www.lockergnome.com

Staying up to date with the most recent news

This one should go without saying. One of the best ways to start a day in my eyes is to use my Maxthon browser add-on (I know I should have converted to Firefox already but no I haven't!) and open up http://www.neowin.net http://www.activewin.com http://www.pcmag.com http://www.wired.com http://www.cnet.com http://www.incidents.org http://www.internettrafficreport.com

Marketing

One thing that I have only touched on so far is marketing. After you have the skills down the most leading thing you can do is store your business. There are a few things also flyers. You can do sneaky things like leave a couple of cards at the local bookstore in the computer section, send keep type articles to the local newspaper and hope to get them published, and ultimately strike up computer conversations in the line at the local grocery store. In the more mainstream marketing methods you should join the local chamber of commerce, volunteer to do computer work with local charities, put ads in any local newspapers especially the free ones, and be sure to get together with other habitancy in the industry

How To Start A Computer keep enterprise