Hit or Miss iYogi is a hit or miss proposition. About three-fourths of the techs are fantastic and they bring a level of professionalism to their work. However, there are about one-fourth who perform at a subpar level. It is the way it is--there is no predicting when you will get a bad apple.

Am pleased wtih your most ofservice A lot of what I wanted involved OpenOffice.org and open source software tweaking. Most of those problems were not solved, so Eudora OSE and SeaMonkey Mozilla (my default) and not fully functional on 8.1 Pro which I purchased from iYogi. (My new laptop came with 7 Pro which jammed.) The Windows programs are fine. I do believe that iYogi should stop "selling software/services" to someone who has prepaid for a year. Given a choice - since 1992 when I entered computers - I prefer NOT to use a Microsoft product but to get my machine running, I ended up with Outlook (don't like the layout but it works fine), MS-Office and Windows 8.1 Pro.

Long time confidence I have depended on Iyogi almost from the beginning when Microsoft handed over support questions. Success with these questions led to signing up for annual relationships. The skill level over the remote connection is normally as good as I have ever experienced. Note, the service is available 24/7. Any time I have a problem - late at night, weekends. If the resolution is not quite right, I reconnect and get it resolved immediately. Note, the cost for this superb year-long coverage, is in the range of only two hours from a local tech. Iyogi has worked hard to earn my business.

Scam Scam! They say refund of non-existing charge. They want access to your computer. When I mentioned calling the police the guy, ('Paul' with a heavy Indian accent) said, "Fine, I'm charging you $299!" and hung up. So stupid and wrong. Don't be more stupid than they are.

Helpful I have had a positive experience getting problems resolved. The only problem I didn't like was sometimes I was on the phone with the support guy for 3 or4 hours. The other thing I didn't like was every time I call they were always trying to sell me something. If I need to renew something they should send me and a 2 month advanced notice when it is due. That way I can save money for that service I need.