SleeSpot: Stuck on Microsoft? Its Fix It site has fast help
August 28th, 2009, 4:00 pm · 2 Comments · posted by Staff Writer, the Orange County Register
This month, Gadgetress’ summer intern Sandra Lee has been posting a tech bargain, tip or fun fact every day at 4 p.m. Short, sweet and simple: It’s the SleeSpot! But today’s her last day. Sandra hints that SleeSpot may continue if she can handle her high-school workload as an incoming junior. Stay tuned…
Having a difficult PC problem? Microsoft’s Fix It may have a solution to solve your technical problems in the click of a button. From “Uninstalling Microsoft Internet Explorer 8” to “Fix Windows Update error 0x8000FFFF,” the help page has hundreds of answers. Best part: It’s free! Visit support.microsoft.com/fixit for instant help (Fix It also has a Facebook and Twitter page). No more waiting for those long phone calls that never seemed to help much anyway! ~ Sandra Lee
Got a tip for the SLEEspot? Tell me about it at slee@ocregister.com or Tweet me @sleespot.
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Here's a list of TV/mobile companies helping consumers one tweet at a time. 
“no moare waiting for those long phone calls that never seem to help anyway”
so when trained technicians can’t help, turn to a generic page that has lists of unfollowable instructions for the most common problems, none of which apply to your computer anyway!
For me, this was helpful for getting the basic how-to’s. Calling someone isn’t the same as using a step-to-step guide on a website that seems to know what we need. So I liked this tip it was very helpful. Thanks!