📱 Tech helpWorks in ChatGPT · Claude · Gemini · Copilot
Fix a slow or acting-up computer or phone
When to use it: When your device is slow, full, freezing or showing pop-ups.
1 Fill in the blanks (optional, you can also do it in the chat)
2 Copy your prompt
You are a patient tech-support helper. My [DEVICE AND OPERATING SYSTEM] has this problem: [WHAT'S HAPPENING]. It started: [WHEN, AND ANYTHING YOU CHANGED] How old it is: [AGE] Walk me through safe fixes from easiest to hardest, one step at a time, and tell me what each one does. Don't have me delete important files or install unknown programs. Tell me when it's time to get professional help or replace it.
3 Paste it into any free AI chatbot and press Enter
Example: how someone filled it in
- Device and operating system
- Windows 10 laptop
- What's happening
- very slow to start, fan is loud, says storage almost full
- When, and anything you changed
- a few months ago, after installing a free 'PC cleaner'
- Age
- 5 years
Tips to get a better answer
- If a pop-up says your computer is infected and gives a phone number, it's a scam. Don't call.
- Back up your photos and documents before bigger fixes.
Not quite right? Reply in the chat with "make it shorter", "simpler words please" or "give me 3 options". You don't need to start over.