Free Tech Support and Troubleshootingby Mary Ann Romans | More from this Blogger 27 Mar 2008 11:50 AM Is your high tech computerized dryer spitting out the clothes? Did your iPod go iKaplunk? Are your VHS and DVD player refusing to work nicely together? Before you go out and upgrade your appliance or gadget or spring for expensive technical support, why not visit this free and extensive website that offer technical support, instructions, manuals and troubleshooting for whatever ails you and your technology. FixYa (http://www.fixya.com) has a bunch of experts just waiting to help you fix your problem. With a $6 million budget, the site is filled with great stuff. FixYa consists of a community of users who make it their work to help people figure out what is wrong with their various computers, digital devices, appliances and techie gadgets. Real tried and true solutions are offered to get everything back up and running. The goal of FixYa is to keep computing waste out of the landfills and support consumers at the same time. If you have a problem that needs solving, head over to FixYa. You can search by your problem or by your product. You can also browser manufacturers or browser recent problems. Issues are solved by message posting or through live chat. The questions are based on real life scenarios, rather than those standard troubleshooting guides that can be so frustrating. In addition, FixYa stores more than half a million product guides and manuals. Recent problems on the site include transferring digital video from a Canon digital camera to a Toshiba laptop, a plasma television that developed a weird sagging silver strip down its screen, and a blurry web camera. Do any of these issues sound familiar? Maybe you can help solve them. If for some reason, the folks on FixYa can't fix it for ya, they also have an extensive list of reputable repair service providers and warranty management tools. Mary Ann Romans writes about everything related to saving money in the Frugal Blog, technology in the Computing Blog, and creating a home in the Home Blog. You can read more of her articles by clicking here. Related Articles: Learn more about Mary Ann Romans  Mary Ann Romans is a freelance writer, wife and mother of three children. She lives in Pennsylvania with her husband, the kids and a 16-pound cat. Relevantcomputers tags User Comments No comments on this article yet. Be the first to comment! Community Tags digital, gadget, repair, tech support, warranty Discuss this article
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