Software & performance tune-up
Bring tired machines back to life and keep the software that runs your day-to-day working the way it should - measurable speed gains, fewer reboots, longer hardware lifespan.
We'll confirm details in the wizard · Billed hourly, or $300/month on the Ryse Home Plan - 5 hours a month, banked up to 10. No trip fees inside Austin metro.
What's included
- Start-up cleanup, junkware removal, and disabled background processes that don't earn their keep
- Operating system updates, driver refreshes, and firmware brought current
- Storage health check, SSD optimization, and clear-out of forgotten downloads / caches
- Browser cleanup: extensions audited, profiles untangled, tabs rescued
- Software re-installs and migrations across Windows, macOS, and iPad/iPhone where useful
- Honest hardware upgrade recommendation when more RAM or an SSD swap will buy real years
What to expect
- 01
Measure the baseline
Boot time, app launch time, storage health, thermal behavior. We capture the before-numbers so the gains are visible, not hand-wavy.
- 02
Tune and update
Start-up items, services, drivers, OS updates, browser cleanup, and the few targeted tweaks that actually matter. We skip the registry-snake-oil and only change things we can defend.
- 03
Re-measure and document
Same baseline, after. You see the actual delta. We leave a short list of what to do quarterly so the gains don't drift away.
Questions, answered
On a typical 3–5 year old laptop with a healthy SSD: 2–3× faster boot, snappier app launches, longer battery life. On a machine with a failing drive or 8 GB of RAM running modern apps, the honest answer is sometimes 'an SSD or RAM upgrade will help more than any tune-up.'
Home network & Wi-Fi
Mesh design, dead-zone elimination, and properly-segmented guest + IoT networks - tuned to how your home actually uses bandwidth.
Learn moreDevice troubleshooting & repair
Fast diagnosis for slow performance, freezes, and hardware failures across PCs, Macs, tablets, and phones.
Learn moreWork-from-home setup
Dual monitors, docks, hardwired internet, and the ergonomic basics that make a home office feel like an actual office.
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Let's talk through your setup.
One conversation, no obligation. We'll listen to what's actually breaking, point you to the right tier, and book a visit if it's the right move.