http://www.tinyplanetcomputer.com/ en-us Thu, 17 May 2012 9:39:09 GMT Thu, 17 May 2012 9:39:09 GMT http://www.tinyplanetcomputer.com/Time-is-running-out!.asp Theres only 7 more business days until our Sping Tune-up special is over! Your chance to get a great tune-up for $20 off is slipping away, stop in today! http://www.tinyplanetcomputer.com/Paying-too-much?.asp If youve been going somewhere else besides Tiny Planet Computer for your computer repairs, you might be paying too much. Check out how we stack up against the competition and then come see us to save some serious cash! We service Gloucester, Rockport, Essex and Manchester MA! http://www.tinyplanetcomputer.com/Have-you-entered-yet?.asp Were one month into our contest. Have you brought your computer in to get it fixed yet? #FixItToWinIt http://www.tinyplanetcomputer.com/We-live-up-to-our-tagline!.asp We say it right on our sign, our business cards and any advertising: We Heal Infected Bytestrade;! Its true! We can rid you of that pesky virus (or fake antivirus program), usually within a half a day. Sometimes we even kick them out with one hour service! Dont let your slow infected computer get you down,stop in and have ushealyour PCs infected bytes today! http://www.tinyplanetcomputer.com/Hard-Drive-Failure?-Maybe-NOT.asp Todays Tiny Planet Thought Of The Day: If a suspicious looking screen appears on your computer "warning" you that your hard drive is failing, dont click it. Simply shut down your PC and restart. There are many malware programs that disguise themselves as products that want to help you "fix" your "broken" computer... for a fee. http://www.tinyplanetcomputer.com/Spamming-your-friends?.asp There are some viruses that hijack your PCs address book and send copies of itself to all your friends. If your friends are complaining about getting spammed by you, its time to come see us! http://www.tinyplanetcomputer.com/We-love-doing-tune-ups!.asp Its Monday, and weve had FIVE people come in for a Tune-up! We love doing them, and if you come in for our awesome $49 Tune-up special you also qualify for our Fix It To Win It contest where you could win a brand new Antaeus desktop PC with LCD monitor! http://www.tinyplanetcomputer.com/Cant-Come-To-Us?.asp Need in-house computer repair service? We service, Gloucester, Rockport, Essex, Manchester and Ipswich! Whether you need a virus removed, your printer installed or whatever, Well come to you! http://www.tinyplanetcomputer.com/Check-It-Before-Its-Too-Late.asp Hear a clicking sound coming from your computer? It might be your hard drive. If your computer has been slowing down for no reason and you hear an occasional loud click, it could be time to bring it in and have us take a look. Remember, theres never a diagnostic charge at Tiny Planet Computer! #FixItToWinIt http://www.tinyplanetcomputer.com/We-can-see-your-roots!.asp Well, your rootkits! A rootkit is a type of virus that disguises itself as part of Windows, keeping antivirus software from detecting it. You may have a rootkit and not even know it! Were experts are virus removal and we can help insure your computer runs clean and secure. http://www.tinyplanetcomputer.com/No-more-TTY-Sorry.asp We regret to inform our hearing-impaired customers that Nextalk, the company that provided our TTY service, is out of business. If you wish to contact us you can still use our 978-281-3456 voice line using your usual relay service. http://www.tinyplanetcomputer.com/Fix-It-To-Win-It-Starts-Tomorrow!.asp We may be closed for Patriots Day today, but thats just because were gearing up for our "Fix It To Win It" contest! Starting tomorrow you can bring in your computer for any repair and be automatically entered to win an Antaeus PC built b...y Tiny Planet Computer. This machine comes completely with keyboard, mouse, an 18.5" LCD monitor AND we even will transfer the files from your old PC! The contest runs until August 17th. Check out ourSpecials and Promos pagefor more contest info! http://www.tinyplanetcomputer.com/New-rootkit-strain!.asp Theres a new strain of the ZeroAccess virus floating around. As always be careful what you click on. This strain has us doing a lot of re-installations because its nearly impossible to remove without damaging Windows. http://www.tinyplanetcomputer.com/One-week-and-counting!.asp Were just a week away from our "Fix It To Win It" contest! Who wouldnt want a chance to win a brand new PC? Come in, get your old PC repaired and it might just land you a brand new computer complete with an 18.5" LCD monitor AND well even transfer your files from your old computer to the new one! http://www.tinyplanetcomputer.com/Come-Down-Now!.asp Two quiet days makes for two very bored techs. Were all caught up and its super quiet right now which means fast same-day service for you! http://www.tinyplanetcomputer.com/Compare-us-to-the-rest!.asp Our spring tune-up special is in full swing, and one thing we are noticing a lot of are computers coming in with hard drives that are near death. This will cause a slowdown of your computer as the drive struggles to retreive data. While its not the cheapest repair in the world, check out our pricing and youll see that we can replace your hard drive for way less than the cost of a new computer! http://www.tinyplanetcomputer.com/TPTV.asp If you havent checked out our Youtube channel lately, nows the time! We just posted our first in what we hope will be a series of instructional videos designed to help the novice computer user with routine maintenance tasks. Our first installment shows you the proper way to clean dust from your desktop PC. http://www.tinyplanetcomputer.com/Were-more-than-virus-repair!.asp We talk a lot about virus removal, but were about so much more than that! Whether its building our rock-solid Antaeus, upgrading hardware to make your computer faster, replacing a defective hard drive or making a house call to fix your computer, were about making your computer experience a great one! http://www.tinyplanetcomputer.com/Need-fast-virus-removal?.asp Tiny Planet offers same-day virus removal, and most times its a fixed rate of $55! Where else can you get a virus removed for that price AND same-day service? Check around and then come see us. http://www.tinyplanetcomputer.com/Happy-Presidents-Day.asp Please note we will be closed Monday for Presidents Day. We will reopen Tuesday at 9AM. See you then! http://www.tinyplanetcomputer.com/People-love-their-computers!.asp Consumer Reports asked 950 Americans what they simply couldnt live without. 19% of people say they cant live without their computer. Thats higher than ATMs (5%) or Smart phones (7%). http://www.tinyplanetcomputer.com/Happy-New-Year!.asp Please note we will be closed for the New Years holiday today, January 2nd. We will re-open January 3rd at 9AM. Have a safe and happy new year! http://www.tinyplanetcomputer.com/Hard-Drive-Price-Increases.asp Due to flooding in Thailand which has affected all four hard drive manufacturers the pricing on all hard drives has increased considerably. As a result we have had to pass that increase along to our customers. We apologize for this increase but it is out of our control. There is no current estimated timeframe that drive prices will stabilize or return to their pre-flood pricing. Until the situation changes pricing will continue to fluctuate. http://www.tinyplanetcomputer.com/Holiday-schedule.asp Heres Tiny Planet Computers holiday schedule for November: Friday, November 11 (Veterans Day): CLOSEDThursday, November 24th (Thanksgiving): CLOSEDFriday, November 25th: CLOSED http://www.tinyplanetcomputer.com/Happy-Halloween!.asp Wishing everyone a safe and happy Halloween! http://www.tinyplanetcomputer.com/The-2012-Antaeus-is-ready!.asp Weve just released the specs for our 2012 Tiny Planet Antaeus computer. Weve listened to your feedback and made some upgrades to keep up with your increasing computer demands. The new Antaeus comes with a whopping 4GB of DDR3 RAM and a new Core i3 3GHz processor so you can do more things even faster than before. Weve increased the hard drive to a massive 1TB (Thats 1000 Gigabytes) so you can store more movies, music and pictures than ever before. Of course weve kept the regular features as well - Our multi-card reader still is standard, and all Antaeus systems still come with Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. Are you ready for the blinding speed of Antaeus? Stop in or check out our Antaeus product page today! http://www.tinyplanetcomputer.com/We-need-your-feedback!.asp Were considering adding disc duplication services to our lineup of available services here at Tiny Planet Computer. This would allow customers who make their own DVDs to get affordable copies made. Would you use a service like this? With enough interest we would love to make this available, but we need your feedback! Like us on facebook and let us know if you would use a service like this. http://www.tinyplanetcomputer.com/Got-a-virus?.asp Same day service on virus removal? YES! Drop off in the morning and get your computer back squeaky clean by dinner! http://www.tinyplanetcomputer.com/Back-to-school?.asp Heading back to school? Why not drop off your PC for a tune-up before you do! Drop your machine off early and get it back the same day (in most cases). http://www.tinyplanetcomputer.com/Enjoy-the-sun-while-we-tune-up-your-computer!.asp Its a beautiful summer day, why not give that tired PC a break and drop it off at Tiny Planet Computer for a tune up. Its all the excuse you need to get out and go to the beach! http://www.tinyplanetcomputer.com/Congrats-to-our-customers!.asp Congratulations to all our customers that came in during the month of June and took advantage of our "You Bet" anniversary promotion. Tiny Planet Computer gave away $787 worth of discounts to our customers during this promotion as our way of saying "thank you" for coming back for all your computer needs. Tiny Planet Computer wants to wish everyone a happy and safe Independence Day! http://www.tinyplanetcomputer.com/Final-week-for-our-anniversary-special!.asp On June 26th Tiny Planet Computer turned five years old! Thank you to all our customers for making this possible. Were in the last four days of our "You bet" promotion. Stop in to get your computer repaired and pick it up before June 30th at 5PM and you are automatically entered into our contest where you can get your repair for a significant discount or even free! Before paying your bill well have you reach into our special bag and pull out a poker chip. The number on the chip is your percentage of discount off your total bill. Thats right, the whole bill, parts AND labor! Dont miss out on this last chance opportunity to save on your computer repairs because when this promotion is over, well, its over! http://www.tinyplanetcomputer.com/Its-time-for-a-vacation!.asp This is just a quick note to our customers that Steve, our on-site technician and resident laptop expert will be on vacation next week. Pete will be in-store covering any drop-offs, but please note that we will not be scheduling any on-site appointments for the 13th through the 17th. http://www.tinyplanetcomputer.com/We-have-a-winner!.asp Tiny Planet Computer wants to congratulate Joe Guzzo of Gloucester, our first 100% winner! Joe had a power supply replaced with same-day service and got the entire thing for FREE! Think you can get free computer repairs? You bet! Stop in soon, there are four 100% winners left to draw! http://www.tinyplanetcomputer.com/Tiny-Planets-Turning-FIVE!.asp Tiny Planet Computer will be five years old on June 26th, and we want to celebrate by offering some great discounts to our customers! Come in for a computer repair any day in June and when you come to pick up you will get an opportunity to reach into the Tiny Planet Bag of Chance, where you will pull a token worth anywhere from 1-100% off your total repair cost. Thats right, we said all the way up to 100% off! If youve been putting off your computer repairs, now you have no reason. Stop by our store at 76 Rogers Street in Gloucester MA for your chance to get free computer repairs! Contest begins Wednesday, June 1st and continues through Thursday, June 30th. http://www.tinyplanetcomputer.com/Notes-for-the-week-of-May-23rd-2011.asp Just a quick note to our customers that we are no longer open on Saturday until after Labor Day. Our store hours are 9AM-5PM Monday-Friday. Our spring Tune-up special ends in FIVE DAYS! Hurry in now to take advantage of this great offer before its over! http://www.tinyplanetcomputer.com/Mac-viruses-CONFIRMED!.asp Mac users, you are no longer safe from viruses and spyware! Today Tiny Planet Computer removed its first Mac rogue infection. Be careful what you click on! http://www.tinyplanetcomputer.com/How-about-a-new-PC?.asp In addition to repairing computers we also build them! Our Antaeus is a full-featured Windows 7 machine that has all the horsepower to surf the web, play your favorite online game, listen to music and watch video. Equipped with 2GB of DDR3 memory, a massive 640GB hard drive and a 3.0GHz Dual-core processor, the Antaeus is all the home computer youll ever need. However, if your business needs a computer or youre a serious gamer, the Antaeus can be customized to your personal specifications. We can add an Intel i7 processor, more memory (up to 8GB), a faster video card or even a bigger hard drive. The possibilities are almost limitless! All our Antaeus machines are custom built, so stop in today and order yours. All Antaeus PCs come with a 1-year warranty that includes parts and labor. http://www.tinyplanetcomputer.com/Its-coming.asp Five percent? Twenty-Five percent? How much do you want to save? ONE HUNDRED PERCENT??? Tiny Planets 5-Year Anniversary savings promo is 22 days away, and people who like us on facebook get the inside scoop! Cant say any more here, just like us on facebook now and be part of the savings in the month of June! http://www.tinyplanetcomputer.com/One-more-reason-to-follow-us-on-facebook!.asp Want to know about our awesome promo coming up in June? The only way you can is to "like" us on facebook. We promise you wont be disappointed! http://www.tinyplanetcomputer.com/Time-is-running-out!.asp Our $49tune-up dealis half way to Memorial Day! Dont hesitate any longer, stop in with your Windows-based PC and have us tune it up for a significatn savings. We service Gloucester, Rockport, Manchester-by-the-sea and Essex as well as most of the North Shore. http://www.tinyplanetcomputer.com/Virus-alert!.asp We started our Monday out with SEVEN virus infected computers within one hour! Viruses are on the rise and theyre becoming harder and harder to trap. If youre infected with a virus bring in your computer to Tiny Planet Computer and let us make it healthy and happy again. Dont be fooled by the "fake anti-virus" alerts that coax you into giving up your credit card information. http://www.tinyplanetcomputer.com/Want-to-be-picked-up?.asp What we REALLY mean is, "Would you like us to pick up your computer?". Tiny Planet Computer offers free local pickup and delivery of your computer. If you live in Gloucester, Rockport, Essex or Manchester-By-The-Sea, Tiny Planet will pick up your computer and service it in our shop and deliver it back to your front door. All you have to do is plug it in and youre ready to go! Dont feel comfortable connecting all those wires? For a $40 fee after we deliver your computer we will re-connect all the wires and run a quick check to make sure everything works properly. Give us a call today! http://www.tinyplanetcomputer.com/We-CRUSH-Viruses-and-Spyware!.asp When you have an infection, where do you go? The doctor of course! So where do you go when your computer has one? Tiny Planet Computer! No matter what type of virus you have we have a solution for less than the competition. Our typical virus/spyware removal price is $50! Dont be duped by companies that promise to get rid of your virus, only to find that they just reinstall Windows and you lose all your data. We remove the virus and your files are still there, as it should be. Stop in today for more information. http://www.tinyplanetcomputer.com/Growing-pains.asp I would like to start by thanking all of our customers, both new and old for your business. You have helped make us what we are today. For the last few years the cost of doing business has steadily increased. Weve done our best to absorb those costs without passing them on to our customers, but the time has come that we have to change our rate structure just slightly to help offset the increasing cost of doing business in downtown Gloucester. As a result, effective April 15th 2011 our in-house rate will be increasing to $55/hour. We will still be charging in half-hour increments after the 1st hour. Subsequently our on-site rate will be increasing to $80/hour. We do apologize for these necessary increases, but we want to be able to continue to provide you with the same level of service for years to come. Thanks for your understanding. Steve Day http://www.tinyplanetcomputer.com/Does-your-PC-need-a-Tune-up?.asp Nows the time to stop in for a Tune-up. Tiny Planet is offering its annual Spring Tune-up special where we will tune up your computer for only $49! Thats normally a $69.99 value. Well get rid of those pesky viruses and get your computer running better than ever before! Check out our Tune-up web page for more details. http://www.tinyplanetcomputer.com/Think-PC-repairs-are-expensive?-Think-again!.asp Unlike our competition, Tiny Planet Computer realizes that while everyone relies on their computer, most would rather throw their old computer away and buy a new one instead of spending too much money to fix it. Before you become one of these people, check out how our prices rank against the big box repair shops. Youll be surprised at how inexpensive it can be! http://www.tinyplanetcomputer.com/Its-almost-time!.asp Spring is coming, and you know what that means! Its almost time for our Spring Tune-Up Special! http://www.tinyplanetcomputer.com/Think-data-first!.asp We cant state it enough - Back up your files! We replaced five hard drives today. Drive failures can strike at any time without warning and recovering your data from a failed drive is costly and never guaranteed. http://www.tinyplanetcomputer.com/Dont-Accept-Imitations!.asp Dont wait for weeks and pay too much when you can get it done cheaper AND faster at Tiny Planet Computer. We repair Windows-based PCs as well as Apple products. "Like" us on Facebook and get advance info on our upcoming annual Spring Tune-up special! http://www.tinyplanetcomputer.com/Dont-become-a-victim-of-Viruses-and-Spy-ware!.asp Tired of paying for Anti virus protection for your computer? There are lots of free alternatives for both home and small business use. Every computer should be protected against spy-ware and viruses. Some of the better free products are Avast! and Microsoft Security Essentials. http://www.tinyplanetcomputer.com/Thinking-of-buying-a-Mac?.asp Thinking of buying an Apple? Maybe you should consider this article that found factories in China using underage kids to assemble Apple computers. Apple is taking steps to correct the problem. http://www.derangedshaman.com/2011/02/14/apple-discovered-91-underage-kids-making-its-products-mostly-in-china/ http://www.tinyplanetcomputer.com/New-Facebook-Scam.asp The video of reporter Serene Bransons alleged stroke has become a tool for a Facebook scam. Sophos security expert Graham Cluley reports Facebook users are getting messages, which appear to be from friends, that say something like "OMG, this reporter had a stroke on Live TV" followed by a link. If you get this message, dont click on it. Doing so will ask you to install a "verified app" that will install the virus. http://www.tinyplanetcomputer.com/Snow-alert.asp Our area is currently under a winter storm watch for Wednesday, February 2nd. If we get the snow that is forecast Tiny Planet Computer will be closed for the day on Wednesday. For additional information please check back to this sites news section. Thank you. http://www.tinyplanetcomputer.com/No-on-site-appointments-today.asp Please note that we will not be scheduling any on-site appointments for today, January 21st, due to the weather. Our store will still be open regular business hours. http://www.tinyplanetcomputer.com/Snow-Emergency-Notice.asp Due to the City of Gloucester issuing a snow emergency, Tiny Planet Computer will be closed on Wednesday, January 12th in the interest of the safety of our employees and customers. Well be back on Thursday morning at 9AM. Thanks for your consideration and understanding. http://www.tinyplanetcomputer.com/Holiday-hours.asp Please note our holiday store hours for December. We hope everyone has a great holiday! DECEMBER 20-23: OPEN REGULAR HOURSDECEMBER 24: CLOSEDDECEMBER 25: CLOSEDDECEMBER 27-30: OPEN REGULAR HOURSDECEMBER 31: OPEN 9AM ndash; 1PMJANUARY 1, 2011: CLOSED http://www.tinyplanetcomputer.com/Same-Day-Service?-You-Bet!.asp Got a virus, spyware or just a pesky computer problem? We can take care of your software-related issues same-day if you drop off before 11AM in most cases. We service Apple and Windows-based PCs and were waiting to help you! We also have slots available for on-site appointments for the week leading up to the Thanksgiving holiday so if you need at-home or in-office service call today! http://www.tinyplanetcomputer.com/Its-time-for-a-vacation!.asp Just a quick note to let everyone know that Steve, our on-site technician, will be going to Texas for a few days for a much needed mini-vacation. As a result there will be no on-site appointments booked for Thursday, October 14th through Monday October 18th. We will also be closed on Saturday October 16th. http://www.tinyplanetcomputer.com/Please-read-for-important-information.asp Tiny Planet Computer will not be scheduling on-site appointments for the week of October 4 - 8 due to employee vacations. Please note that we will be closed on Saturday, October 9th, Monday October 11th and Saturday October 16th. In-house repairs are currently one-day turnaround on most software-only repairs. http://www.tinyplanetcomputer.com/Working-to-catch-up!.asp Due to unprecedented volume we are currently four business days out for in-store services. Please bear with us as we work to get through the backlog of recent work. Please note that we are also booked for on-site visits until September 13th. http://www.tinyplanetcomputer.com/Tiny-Planet-Lead-Times.asp Just a quick note to let our customers know that our current lead time for in-store work is three business days. This means that if you drop off a system on Monday we will look at it on Thursday. Our on-site appointment calendar is also booked out through August 30th. We apologize for any inconvenience. http://www.tinyplanetcomputer.com/New-web-site!.asp Designed By Day has re-designed our site with great new graphics and lots more information! http://www.tinyplanetcomputer.com/Come-get-your-PC-Clean!.asp For only $69.99 we can remove viruses and clean your computer! This isnt an ordinary tune-up, but it does have an extraordinary price! Stop in today with your Windows-based computer and take advantage of this great offer! http://www.tinyplanetcomputer.com/Spring-Tune-up-Special!.asp Check out our Spring tune-up special! For $49 you can have your computer up and running at top speed, virus and spyware free! This offer ends on Memorial Day so take advantage of it soon! Windows XP or higher machines only. Other restrictions apply.