Does anyone know anything about Tech Live Support?? I was signing up for UpDateDriver , which I now find out is a scam, and all of a sudden this guy from India comes on and before you know it I am signing up for Tech Live Support to a tune of $599. I am believing that they might be a scam too. I thought this software and support were legit because they had the Microsoft symbol on them. I don't know if it would be any good to try and get my money back. I may have to call my credit card company. Thanks for your help!

I cannot find anything that indicates Tech Live Support has any connection with Microsoft.  In fact there are several links that state it is a scam.  The best solution for you is to contact your credit card company immediately and tell them exactly what has happened as they are the only entity that can help you with this matter.

Hi,

I feel sorry to hear your experience. I understand it really depressing to encounter such situation.

To up date the drivers, I would like to suggest you download the latest drivers from the manufacturers website and install on your computer.

Also, Windows update might have the drivers. You may run Windows Update to ensure you have the latest drivers.

Please note: Since all drivers in Windows update are produced from manufacturer and then after passing the Windows Logo Program testing, then they can be distribute onto update, that should be little delayed. I suggest we download the latest driver applied to Windows 7 from manufacturer site.

I agree Rick Dee.

As I know, Microsoft support only uses live meeting for troubleshooting. Logo's are easily copied and posted.

Please also review the link below to prevent it from happening in the future.:
 
Avoid tech support phone scams
 
http://www.microsoft.com/security/online-privacy/avoid-phone-scams.aspx

Hope it helps.

Regards,

Blair Deng

Dear Customer,

Firstly, We apologize for any inconvenience caused to you. We at Tech Live Connect believe in Customer Delight and it has always been our mantra . We believe in doing authentic business and you can visit our website www.Techliveconnect.com for further information about the company.

We request you to kindly share your order ID, email address or phone number so that we can reach out to you with an appropriate resolution.

You can also share your details at Support@techliveconnect.com and be rest assured for a prompt & appropriate resolution.

Best Regards,

Team TLC

Dear Customer,

Firstly, We apologize for any inconvenience caused to you. We at Tech Live Connect believe in Customer Delight and it has always been our mantra .

I know nothing about TLC (other than the Australian meaning of the acronym, "Tender Loving Care"!) but I would be very careful in spite of the above reassurances. $600 appears to be a very stiff fee, seeing that Microsoft will charge around half this amount to fix a specific customer problem. What exactly do you get for this amount?

If you need support, why not get it from a local company who has an interest in keeping up its reputation?

If you choose to go ahead regardless and if you give TLC remote access to your machine then I would take these precautions beforehand:

1. Burn a Windows Repair CD via the Control Panel / Backup and Restore.
2. Create an image of your installation via the Control Panel / Backup and Restore. Store it on an external hard disk that you keep well away from the PC for most of the time.
3. Change all admin passwords.
4. Delete all files that contain account details (Windows, Internet, Banking).

If TLC hacks the machine or damages your installation then you can easily drop back to this image.

Hi Forest,

We have more than 3 million satisfied customers across the globe and we continuously strive  for customer satisfaction. Please visit our website for further credentials and details about Tech Live Connect.

Best Regards,

Team TLC

• Edited by Tech Live Connect Tuesday, March 04, 2014 8:02 PM typo

Hi Forest,

We have more than 3 billion satisfied customers across the globe and we continuously strive  for customer satisfaction.

Best Regards,

Team TLC

I suggest you check your numbers. 3 billion customers means that you have signed up just about everyone on this globe who has a PC, if not more. You would be slightly (but only slightly!) more credible if you had said "3 million". In view of your extravagant claim my recommendation to the OP is to look for help elsewhere.

Dear Customer,

We request you to kindly share your order ID, email address or phone number so that we can reach out to you with an appropriate resolution.

You can also share your details at Support@techliveconnect.com and be rest assured for a prompt & appropriate resolution.

Best Regards,

Team TLC

Hey, I just happened across your post while pulling up the number for Tech Live Connect. Following an extremely painful recovery from a complete computer breakdown (resulting from being unable to delete Avast although trying diligently, then downloading Norton - they locked each other up until I had to buy an external DVD drive and pay Microsoft to unlock and reboot my hard drive, all of which took three months to figure out) I paid Tech Live Support $800 for a three-year subscription for three computers. This was a couple of years ago. 

I adore this company. It provides a wonderful service. Any time one of my computers gets slow or a bit wonky I call up TLC, one of their technicians takes remote control of my computer, and they spend hours cleaning things up, deleting malware (e.g., that had hijacked my browser), transferring everything from my old computer to my new computer, helping get rid of duplicate files - they will do anything I ask. They are unfailingly polite and helpful. Their spoken English is completely easy to understand, and at the end of each session a supervisor comes on the line to ensure I'm completely satisfied with the service provided. 

I recommend Tech Live Connect without reservation. I live in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

I recommend Tech Live Connect without reservation. I live in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

You unsolicited and glowing praise sounds fine but a company that boasts 3 billion satisfied customers is inherently suspect.

WARNING!!!  Absolute Scam!

These guys started calling me a month ago (maybe I am one of their 3 million happy/satisfied customers?), out of the blue, claiming that my computer was notifying them that there was a virus on my computer, and that they were calling to fix it.  When I asked who they were, they claimed that they were a 3rd-party Microsoft Partner, with authorization to fix my Windows computer.

So here's the problem...I'm a super-geek, and I know more about computers than most people.  And because of that, I also know for a fact that I have NEVER (in 40+ years) EVER purchased a computer-monitoring product through Microsoft, or anyone else for that matter.

So when I told Pakistani "John" that I needed proof that they were who they said they were and had a contract with Microsoft to fix MY computer, they hung up on me.

The next day, Pakistani "Michael" called me with the same spiel.  When I asked for proof, he yelled at me and told me that he didn't have time for this, and hung up on me.

The next day...etc, etc, etc.  After about 4 days straight of this, I began telling them that they needed to take me off of their list.  That I didn't want their service, and that if they kept calling me I would report them to the telephone company.  The last guy I told that to a few days ago laughed at me and said "good luck with that, we're in Pakistan, and you have no jurisdiction over us."

So finally, after that last rude comment, I did the following:

 - verified that my number was on the "Do Not Call" list

 - blocked their number within iOS

 - called AT&T to see what the could do on their end (nothing...typical AT&T)

 - reported the number to the FCC

Sooo....that was they day before yesterday.  Today, out of the blue, I get called by Pakistani "Joe", claiming to be from "Tech Live Connect", at a completely different Jasper, Alabama number (same area code).  So I decided, since they wouldn't take no for an answer, I would gather as much information as possible.

So I act stupid and listen to his full spiel:

 - "he is from Tech Live Connect, and has been hired by Microsoft to fix viruses on Windows computers."

 - "he is getting a message on his client that my computer is infected and needs to be fixed."

 - "Could I please hit "WINDOWS+R" and type "www.teamviewer.com" so he could fix me computer."

so i'm thinking, WHAT???!!!  But I play along....

 - "great...you should see a beautiful girl on the right side of the web site?"

 - "Below her picture on the left side is a "Join Remote Control Session...Could you please click that link?"

 - "great...now it should be downloading our client to help you.  When it is done, please run the application."

 - "Great...not there is an ID and password...can you please tell me them so I can fix your computer?"

At this point I stopped, because there was no way in hell that I was going to let them connect to my work laptop, much less any other computer of mine.  So I asked him again who he worked for, and he got mad and said he needed to connect to my computer and he worked for Tech Live Connect.  When I mentioned that I don't remember purchasing a service from them he said to trust him, I did, and that he needed to fix my computer.

So now I'm done.  I told the guy that I was not giving him the information, that I wrote everything down, that I have his 2 phone numbers now, and that not only have I asked them to quit calling me, but that i was also giving all of this information to the FBI for fraud.  He hung up.

Anyway...to each his own, but be WARNED - This is a SCAM!!!

Stop Scamming People

Anyone good with computers can provide a resolution to problems. The question is how you trick them into buying services that gonna cost you nearly 600$.
In that amount you can buy a new computer.

I had an encounter with you people and i was shown events in the event viewer and told that they are damages in my computers. Really, errors and warnings need to be removed to fix my computer and no software can do that for me, what i needed was a technician to do that for me.  Then i was shown services which were stopped and so many were stopped that i needed a technician again to make them running. 
Simple errors and warnings were shown like threats and stopped services that are not always required were shown like disaster.
Now i can find certified technician only in Microsoft store or your company.
Really.

Watch out people they are associated with many softwares out there.
example: Driver Support, Driver manager, reg clean pro, etc.
When you buy them in order to activate you will need to call a number most of the time these  people are on the other end.

Stop Scamming People

Anyone good with computers can provide a resolution to problems. The question is how you trick them into buying services that gonna cost you nearly 600$.
In that amount you can buy a new computer.

I had an encounter with you people and i was shown events in the event viewer and told that they are damages in my computers. Really, errors and warnings need to be removed to fix my computer and no software can do that for me, what i needed was a technician to do that for me.  Then i was shown services which were stopped and so many were stopped that i needed a technician again to make them running. 
Simple errors and warnings were shown like threats and stopped services that are not always required were shown like disaster.
Now i can find certified technician only in Microsoft store or your company.
Really.

Watch out people they are associated with many softwares out there.
example: Driver Support, Driver manager, reg clean pro, etc.
When you buy them in order to activate you will need to call a number most of the time these  people are on the other end.

                                                                mayihelp

Exactly who are you addressing in your post?  No one in these forums is responsible for SCAMMING as far as I know so stating "I had an encounter with you people..." is a GROSS mis-statement!!  And I don't appreciate the implications of your accusation!

When I saw the word Microsoft in an ad for Tech Live Connect, I felt good about signing up for services.  However, like some users, I felt the need to investigate the company a bit.  Like everywhere else, some of its employees were better than others, but I found them all to be very diligent and persevering in solving or trying to solve problems. Despite the sometimes thick accents and "global" etiquette, we managed to communicate for the purpose of resolving problems. Questioning one TLC representative directly, I was told the company is not Microsoft but its technicians train in Microsoft-certified programs.

New to subscribing to technical support and in great need of help, I paid $299 for a year's worth of support.  From later comparisons, I found out this was expensive and thought I might've been ripped off.  However, the technicians were willing to put in countless hours and always got my computer to function well enough, if only temporarily.  I don't know if other companies that charge less would've been so willing and persistent.

I do think they were too persistent, however, in trying to get me to purchase the Advanced Identity Protector, especially when they did so after many tiring hours of my being in front of the computer.  When my computer seemed at its worst, I finally gave in to their relentless sales pitches.  Ultimately, my laptop became totally inoperable.  That's when I felt I'd indeed been ripped off, thinking they must've or should've known from the types of problems they were having to solve, or the type of support they were providing, that my computer was on its way out.  But TLC issued me a pro-rated refund for the remaining tech support and, at my request, a refund for the AIP. 

In my experience, this company's employees work very hard and its management strives to please customers.  Because TLC immediately refunded my money for tech support I no longer could use and refunded, with reserve, money from a purchase I felt I was unfairly pressured into, my respect for its business ethics has been restored.  They did the jobs; they kept their word.

When I saw the word Microsoft in an ad for Tech Live Connect, I felt good about signing up for services.  However, like some users, I felt the need to investigate the company a bit.  Like everywhere else, some of its employees were better than others, but I found them all to be very diligent and persevering in solving or trying to solve problems. Despite the sometimes thick accents and "global" etiquette, we managed to communicate for the purpose of resolving problems. Questioning one TLC representative directly, I was told the company is not Microsoft but its technicians train in Microsoft-certified programs.

New to subscribing to technical support and in great need of help, I paid $299 for a year's worth of support.  From later comparisons, I found out this was expensive and thought I might've been ripped off.  However, the technicians were willing to put in countless hours and always got my computer to function well enough, if only temporarily.  I don't know if other companies that charge less would've been so willing and persistent.

I do think they were too persistent, however, in trying to get me to purchase the Advanced Identity Protector, especially when they did so after many tiring hours of my being in front of the computer.  When my computer seemed at its worst, I finally gave in to their relentless sales pitches.  Ultimately, my laptop became totally inoperable.  That's when I felt I'd indeed been ripped off, thinking they must've or should've known from the types of problems they were having to solve, or the type of support they were providing, that my computer was on its way out.  But TLC issued me a pro-rated refund for the remaining tech support and, at my request, a refund for the AIP. 

In my experience, this company's employees work very hard and its management strives to please customers.  Because TLC immediately refunded my money for tech support I no longer could use and refunded, with reserve, money from a purchase I felt I was unfairly pressured into, my respect for its business ethics has been restored.  They did the jobs; they kept their word.

And we have another unsolicited glowing review!  There's more cow manure in this than there is in a cattle feedlot, and there's a lot of manure in a feedlot!!