Herron’s Computer Care

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Herron’s Computer Care is now an Authorized Reseller for all AVG Security Products.  We can provide new licenses as well as upgrades or renewals for your current AVG products.

Have you just got a new machine and want some help getting it all setup? Do you have an older machine and want to do some upgrading? Maybe looking for a new hard drive or video card?

We can help!

Give us a call and we’ll help cure whatever computer woes you have.

Our technicians are CompTIA A+ Certified.

Is your computer getting slower and slower by the day? Are you getting a bunch of pop-up screens with advertisements for porn sites or a variety of different anti-virus programs? What about never-ending warnings that your computer is infected with some trojan or spyware you’ve never heard of? Have you already clicked on one of those “friendly” pop-up screens that said it could fix your computer and realized it was all a scam?

Lets face it. There is a lot of junk on the Internet and there are people out there who really do spend their days looking to ruin yours. Before you choose to toss the computer out into the trash give us a call. In most cases we can repair your machine without losing all your files and have it back to you in top shape.

We provide data recovery services for both desktop and laptop computer hard drives along with a variety of other storage devices.  In many instances, even though you may no longer be able to access the information, the data stored on your hard drive may be recoverable, even if the files have been deleted or the drive has been erased.

We can help recover those photos you think you’ve lost.

Recovery is not always possible but very frequently it is successful.  The key is to recover the files quickly after you discover the loss. The longer you wait the less chance there is for successful recovery.

Give us a call if you think we can help.

Many of the best applications are available on the Internet for little or no cost. The following programs are some favorites.

Freeware

• System cleaner - CCleaner
• Encryption package - GnuPG for Windows
• File renaming utility - Bulk Rename Utility
• File restoration utility - PC Inspector File Recovery
• Drive encryption software - Truecrypt

GPL or Something Similar

• Secure file Eraser - Eraser
• Office suite - OpenOffice
• Internet browser - Firefox
• Multimedia viewer - VideoLAN
• System restoration utility - Trinity Rescue Kit
• “Live” Linux package - Knoppix
• FTP client - FileZilla

Free for Noncommercial Use

• Antivirus software - AVG Anti-Virus
• Picture viewer - IrfanView
• Spyware remover - Spybot
• Windows firewall - ZoneAlarm

We’re sorry but we’re currently not accepting most requests for laptop repairs outside of software configuration issues such as application installs or removals, virus cleanup, or driver updates. We will, if needed, perform hard drive replacements and memory upgrades on a variety of models.

Unfortunately, our facility is not adequately configured for repairs requiring more extensive disassembly of laptops.