Joe's Basement -Computer Sales & Service

Welcome to Joe's Basement!

This is my personal blog of my home-based Computer Sales & Service business. My shop is on the far NW side of Chicago near O'hare Airport. I service all makes and models of PC's, workstations, servers and related peripherals running under Microsoft Windows. I also repair and rebuild used computers for resale.

About Me

Name: Joe Kaminski

Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States

I have been in the Computer & Information Technology industry since my college days back in 1993. I have worked profesionally since 1999 with various Companies, contractors, staffing firms and outside vendors in and around Chicago. My strongest background is in computer, server and peripheral hardware and support in an Engineer or Technician capacity. I have a strong technical aptitude and a knack to figure and fix pretty much any hardware or software related issue. I am mainly a Microsoft guy and have only done limited work with Linux, mostly Fedora and Red Hat. I am honest, professional and sincere with all my Customers and strive to get the job done in a timely and efficient manner.

Friday, June 23, 2006

IBM Thinkpad A21M- P3x700mhz

I just finished Fred's Thinkpad this morning. His hard drive died on him a couple weeks ago so he stopped by my shop last night and dropped off the laptop along with a new 2.5" hard drive that I advised him to buy at Fry's Electronics. Well, I installed the new HD, reloaded Windows XP PRO, MS Office 2003 PRO and installed open source Anti-Virus, Anti-Spyware and Firewall software to help protect his system. It's running great now! I knocked it out this morning so he will be swinging by tonight after work to pick it up.