| A computer technician is one who gives computer | | | | because it may not be feasible to invest in a registry |
| support to all computer users either individually or in | | | | cleaner if it is a single computer. Offices, or larger |
| their capacity as an employee of a computer service | | | | networks having many computers, can invest in a |
| center. As there could be hardly any individual whose | | | | registry cleaner taking guidance from a technician on |
| computer has never had any problem, there would be | | | | choosing the right one. |
| no one who has not required the help of a technician | | | | A computer technician may be a field technician or |
| at one time or other. | | | | bench technician. Field technician is the one who goes |
| A computer technician is needed to solve hardware or | | | | to provide computer support at the location of the |
| software problems that need immediate attention or | | | | computer owner. They are extremely helpful to |
| will be needed to give computer support of a general | | | | computer users who should ideally take guidelines from |
| nature that will help in the optimum performance of a | | | | them in maintaining the computer the right way and in |
| computer. There are often problems of a general | | | | managing small repairs themselves. |
| nature that will make the computer slow, or where | | | | A bench technician is one who works from his own |
| programs will fail to use all its options. Users should | | | | office or the location of the company that employs |
| seek the help of a technician not just to have those | | | | him. They are well equipped in providing online |
| problems fixed but also to understand what those | | | | computer support to users and also in providing |
| problems are, so that they can handle it themselves | | | | telephonic guidance to them for managing small repairs. |
| later. | | | | As far as computer repair is concerned, major repairs |
| One such problem of a general nature is registry | | | | will have to be done by bench technicians as such |
| repair. Registry problems often cause the computer to | | | | repairs may need better tools and more elaborate |
| perform unsatisfactorily and a computer technician will | | | | testing of the type that cannot be managed on site. |
| be able to clean it manually. If the user has got the | | | | Operating systems and hardware capabilities are |
| background and interest to do it, he can learn from the | | | | changing so fast that the computer models a |
| technician how to remove the unwanted files manually. | | | | technician is handling a few years after he got trained |
| If this does not appear feasible, guidance can be | | | | might be a far cry from the samples which have been |
| sought from a technician on how to do it using a | | | | used in his training classes. As a result a computer |
| registry cleaner. | | | | technician continually keeps on learning as he works so |
| A registry cleaner will do the job practically on autopilot, | | | | that every day he or she becomes better equipped to |
| fixing all the problems. However, even then taking | | | | provide advanced customer support. |
| outside computer support may not be a bad idea | | | | |