Registry Cleaning
Through normal computer usage significant changes can be made to the registry (also known as the nerve center) of your computer. These changes can increase it's size and affect the consistency of your registry which in turn can lead to various issues and anomalies. Defragmenting, cleaning and compacting the registry can give a significant boost to performance.

This category of computer service covers a broad spectrum. Keep in mind that there are literally hundreds of scenarios that qualify as general service calls. This list only represents a small handful of common examples:

• Wireless router installation and configuration
• Secure existing wireless and wired network
• Printer installation
• Setup and optimize a new computer
• Install high speed internet service
• Minor upgrades - i.e. DVD-Burner, RAM, Additional Hard Drive
• General maintenance and COMPUTER related tasks
• Basic network and software troubleshooting and diagnostics
• Setup a basic 2 or 3 computer network to share data like music, pictures and printers
• Automate a backup routine to protect vital, irreplaceable data
• Recover deleted files that have been emptied from the trash can
  
  

There are over 10,000 new spyware/malware threats discovered in the wild every week! Two out of 3 computers are infected with one or more of these harmful and invasive pieces of software.

Geek Matrix will pick up your computer at no charge, clean it and return it exactly as it was before it got infected with all of your data and programs intact. Turn-around time is usually 24 hours.

Some repair shops will insist that wiping the system and starting from scratch is the only way, but this is hardly ever the only solution, let alone the best one. Have someone clean your system that knows how to clean it the right way.

* * * DISCLAIMER * * *
Geek Matrix is in no way responsible for missing files or damage caused to programs, hard drives or other computer hardware if you attempt to clean your computer on your own using these steps. Many of these techniques require a trained technician to interpret data and act accordingly. It is a very real possibility that you can make your situation worse and in some cases impossible to recover from.

What We Do

1. Run System Restore to get a PRE-CLEANED state saved on the system
2. Restore the computer to a previous clean restore point
3. Run Windows Update to get computer up to date
4. Run HijackThis - produces a log of potentially infected system process before cleaning
5. Disable System Restore - some spyware hides itself in this location on a computer
6. Install User profile Hive Cleanup by Microsoft - This closes leaked registry entries
7. Run Dial-A-Fix to re-enable vital user permissions
8. Run Cleanup - Removes various temporary files and internet cache files
9. Run CCleaner - scan and fix broken registry entries
10. Run SmitfraudFix - removes variants of the malicious smitfrad spyware
11. Run ComboFix - fixes various issues and displays a list of new files from past 30 days
12. Run CWShredder - removes variants of the CoolWebSearch spyware
13. Run FixVundo - removes variants of Trojan.Vundo and Trojan.Conhook
14. Run Roguefix - removes various fake security warnings
15. Run Stinger - check for and clean system of virus infections
16. Install Superantispyware - one of the best free general spyware removers on the market
17. Install AVG Free - one of the best free anti-spyware programs on the market
18. Install SpywareBlaster - free application to immunize computer from known attacks
19. Install ThreatFire - one of the best free applications to protect against virus behavior
20. Run HijackThis - produces a log of system process to verify success of cleaning
21. Re-Enable System Restore
22. Re-Run System Restore to get a POST-CLEANED state saved on the system
    
    

Sometimes it is necessary to reinstall your operating system from scratch.  The flat rate service for this is $129.  This includes:

• Back up Personal Data (Pictures, Documents, Music, etc)
• Reinstall the Operating System
• Install various drivers and settings
• Perform Updates to OS
• Restore All Data To Computer
• Install Common Applications, along with ANY supplied by customer.

An additional charge of $15 will be charged if you would like to back up your documents to DVD discs. Additional DVD discs are $5 each.

Hard Drive Image
The first step to take when a computer begins to fail is to remove the drive, if possible, and install it in a designated workstation computer as a secondary hard drive. In the case that a hard drive cannot be moved or moving it would risk further damage, it is possible to start the host computer using alternate boot methods other than the damaged hard drive using various methods such as boot cd's, flash drives or an external hard drive.

After a boot solution has been found it is wise to disable hardware features such as S.M.A.R.T. hard drive monitoring or other manufacture automated diagnostic features. Then you would use specialty software to pull and duplicate any information that is still available. Any writing or copying to the damaged drive is HIGHLY discouraged and should be avoided at all costs as it can create more damage and increase the likely hood of losing more data.

Be careful when attempting to use Microsoft's Scandisk or CHKDSK utilities as these programs can actually have much more disastrous results depending on the type of problem your computer is having.

After safely backing up as much data as possible on a new hard drive we can begin more aggressive techniques to recover hard to reach data. It is rare to recover 100% of data in these conditions, but the sooner these recovery measures are started the higher the percentage of data that can be saved.

Revive Dead Hard Drives
If a hard drive is completely non-responsive or seems to be 100% dead, sometimes you can replace a circuit board from a working hard drive in order to revive the dead hard drive. It is still good practice to extract as much data off the drive as possible as this solution comes with no warranty from the manufacture.

Other methods include re-writing the Master Boot Record or re-constructing the hard drives partition tables. It is important to exhaust all efforts in extracting data before performing operations like these.

Physically Damaged Hard Drives
For this extreme situation the number one thing to do is to call an experienced data recovery specialist. A company that has the means to dismantle and rebuild a hard drive in a specially designed "clean room" is the best option. These options are typically very expensive, but in some cases are the only way to save your data.

• Electronics devices contain hazardous materials such as lithium, nickel-cadmium, mercury, zinc, lead acid, alkaline, zinc carbonaire, sliver oxide, etc... which are legally regulated by the U.S. EPA.
  
  

• The EPA estimates that in 2007, 53 million computers became obsolete, as well as 35 million monitors and 82 million mice and keyboards.
  
  

• Recycling your electronic end-of-life products properly conserves valuable resources eliminating much of the requirement to use virgin materials.
  
  

• Recycling saves valuable landfill space and reduces the amount of toxic chemicals that can cause cancer and disease entering landfills daily.
  
  

• Geek Matrix will pickup computers, laptops, printers, monitors and mobile devices and completely destroy any sensitive data stored on these devices using industrial and government grade tools.
  
  

Photo Restoration Examples

To see the before and after image, just move the mouse pointer over the picture and back off again. Click on the images for a larger more detailed version.

3 On The Beach	Cheerleader	Family 1	Family 2
Girl Car	Sweeping

Photo Editing Examples

To see the before and after image, just move the mouse pointer over the picture and back off again. Click on the images for a larger more detailed version.

Eagle	Syma	Jeep	Brooke
Bryan	Statue Glare	Wedding	DJ

Packages
$30 for 300 dpi resolution per 100 photos - Good quality for 3" x 5" prints.
$65 for 600 dpi resolution per 100 photos - Best quality for archival purposes and larger prints.

What's Included

• All work is done locally - your pictures will not be shipped overseas
• Photos are handled carefully and scanned into JPG format for maximum compatibility
• Basic color correction available at no additional charge upon request
• Saved on CD, DVD or SD Card for easy viewing on your devices
• A second set of lower resolution images are created for easy emailing and sharing online
  
  

Help finding and registering a domain name

Content is typically provided by the client, but can be provided at an additional charge

Account maintenance is offered at $50 per month.

Pages take from 1 to 3 days each to complete

Setup for up to 5 email account

Features

• No Contract
• 99.9% Uptime Guarantee
• Free / Instant Setup

Benefits

• Unlimited Subdomains
• Unlimited Pop3/IMAP Email Accounts
• Unlimited FTP accounts
• Unlimited MySQL Databases
• Extensive Realtime Statistics
• Web Mail
• Spam Assassin

Tools and Server Side Extensions

• Sitebuilder - Online Website Editor
• CGI
• PHP 5
• MySQL 4+
• Perl
• Ruby On Rails
• Python
• SSH
• SSI
• Cron
• Frontpage
• Curl
• GD
• Image Magick
• Streaming Audio/Video

Control Panel Features

• Fantastico
• Sohlaunch
• Mult-Language
• Hotlink Protection
• phpMyAdmin
• IP Deny Manager
• Custom Error Pages
• Redirect URL
• Web Based File Manager
• PW Protected Folders
• Instant Blogs
• Instant Customer Support Desks
• Instant PHPnuke
• Instant Forums
• Instant Guestbook
• Instant Portals
• Instant Counters
• Instant FormMail

E-Commerce Features

• Shared SSL
• Agora Cart
• osCommerce
• ZenCart
• Cube Cart
  
  

Illustrator Vector Graphics

Raster Image Graphics

Image Collage Design