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At Panther TEK we know your computer is an important item for both your home and business use. If you're having problems with your computer or simply wish to learn how to use it, then call or email us for a FREE initial consultation. We offer a wide range of services to help solve your computer problems and we come to your location to do the work, whether you're a residential or small business customer. Just call us and have the benefit of a skilled technician come to your location to fix the problem, 7 days a week. You'll also receive friendly, professional and high quality service at a reasonable rates and the trip charge is included in our prices. We have same day and emergency service available. Contact us today and let us put our experience to work for you. Here is a list of our current services and prices. 

Ask about our discounts for Senior Citizens, Cat Galaxy listeners & cat rescue organizations

We service customers in the Phoenix metro area including: Scottsdale, Fountain Hills, Paradise Valley, Carefree, Phoenix, Tempe, Mesa, Chandler, Ahwatukee, Glendale, Cave Creek, New River, Gilbert, Avondale, Peoria, Moon Valley, Sunnyslope, Laveen, Higley, Tolleson, Queen Creek, Deer Valley, Sun City, Surprise, Buckeye, Youngtown, Litchfield Park, El Mirage, Maryvale, Goodyear, & Anthem.

Get a 20% discount off our computer repair and troubleshooting services through July 5th as we celebrate our nation's birthday. We will also be open July 4th for your repair needs.

Panther TEK Computer Courses 

Here is a current listing of our computer courses.  These specially designed courses allows our customers to do the course at their own pace and they also never have to leave their home as the instructor comes to them and teaches them on their own computer. Our computer courses include:

Beginning Windows XP

Beginning Windows Vista- New

Beginning Macintosh

Beginning Internet

Beginning Microsoft Word

Beginning Adobe Photoshop

Digital Camera Use & Import- New

iPods and MP3 Players 101- New

Introduction To Internet Radio- New

Introduction to Google Adwords & Microsoft Adcenter- New

Introduction to Blogging and Blog Creation- New

Intermediate courses are available as well for the student that has already learned the beginning steps on using their computers. The computer courses are taught 1-on-1, are also designed to be fun so you can eventually get over the anxiety of using a computer. For more information about the courses contact us at 480-980-8541. Panther TEK is based in Phoenix, AZ and we're locally owned and operated.

Computer Slowdowns: Is There A Solution?

While you are on your computer you begin to notice that it is slowing down. You figure that by defragging your computer it will solve the problem. While defragging may help clean up some of the files to clear space on your computer, it is not always the solve everything choice. Here are a few tips to help keep that computer from slowing down.

1.   Install a good anti-spyware program. Programs such as Ad-Aware from Lavasoft clears and deletes spyware from your computer. Remembering to run this program regularly as well as updating it will help keep the new spyware hiding on your computer in check. Spyware can easily bog down your computer and slow things down because it runs in the background and can use up quite a bit of RAM (or your computer’s memory).

Also, make sure that you are getting a good and reliable spyware program. Often times when you receive a spyware notice in a pop-up or an email and download it can possibly do nothing more than add more spyware and even viruses to your system.

      2.   Purchase and install a good virus protection program. AVG (which you can download for free from grisoft.com) is probably the best so far in combating viruses and worms. Both worms and other viruses can also cause your computer to slow down.

Make sure you also update the data files regularly on your anti-virus programs as well. The data files often give these programs new listings of viruses to scan for. The companies usually update these regularly as new computer viruses are constantly being discovered. Set your anti-virus software to download these updates automatically so you won’t have to download them manually.

3.   Clear your temp files. You can do this by launching Internet Explorer then choose “Tools” then choose the “Options” menu. Then click “Delete Files.” By clearing the temp files you can help speed up your computer a bit.

4.  Add extra RAM. Some Operating systems such Windows XP needs plenty of memory to run efficiently. Though 256MB of memory is good, 512MB is even better especially with so many people now hooking up to high speed Internet. Having more memory also allows the user to multi-task (among programs) a lot better as well.