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I stopped letting them do that.

Posted By: me on 2005-07-06
In Reply to: In my experience, I had to (sm) - hope this helps

Too many times they had inexperienced techs who messed everything up.  Once my computer crashed because of what they did.  Another time, another company, they deleted a program and nothing would work right.  Just because they say they are a computer tech does not mean they know anything.  Many do not even have a certificate, just a litle on the job training. 


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