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You can get tech support, diagnostics, virus removal, and tune-ups for free at any Microsoft Store.</span></span></p><p data-textannotation-id="dfdc061c35dfcb5ae4e938affa4b1695" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; word-break: break-word;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">For comparison, these services <em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="http://www.geeksquad.com/services/computers-networking/virus-and-spyware-removal.aspx" target="_blank" sl-processed="1" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;">cost $200</a></em>just for virus and spyware removal from Best Buy's Geek Squad.</span></p><p data-textannotation-id="52c375910d17871c432fccc27267c15a" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; word-break: break-word;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The free in-store services cover any software-related issues. Other services cost $49: hardware upgrades or installation, app installation, data backup migration, Windows 8.1 upgrades or installations, and OneDrive setup.</span></p><p data-textannotation-id="147b4df317a57db6b06ef7412825b2ed" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; word-break: break-word;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Even if you didn't buy your computer from the Microsoft Store, you're still eligible—including if you're running Windows on your home brewed PC (I called Microsoft to check).</span></p><p data-textannotation-id="bfd8cec21e24cc6d5cf865284004f890" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; word-break: break-word;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">If there are no Microsoft Stores near you, you can get remote tech support services from Microsoft, but they start at $99.</span></p><p data-textannotation-id="6e32386fdfbe9ddcda29a3244cca237e" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; word-break: break-word;"><font color="#000000"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://content.microsoftstore.com/en-us/answerdesk/" target="_blank" sl-processed="1" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;">Answer Desk. 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