A doctor for your computer. Free, and in plain words.
Geek Doctor is a free Windows companion. It examines your computer, explains what it finds in ordinary language, and then — only with your permission — carries out the prescription you agreed to.
Three steps, every time:
1. Examine
Geek Doctor runs a checkup: it looks at the things that keep a computer safe and quick — protection up to date, updates waiting, what's starting up, what's filling the disk — and writes down what it finds.
2. Explain
Every finding is written in a notebook you can open any time, in words a person would use. What changed since last time is said first. There is no score and no alarming red counter — a checkup is information, not a sales pitch.
3. Prescribe
If something is worth doing, Geek Doctor says what it is, why, and what it will change — then waits. Nothing happens without your say-so for that item.
The Standing Prescription: approve once, stop any time
Some care is routine. With a Standing Prescription, you approve a named care plan once — scheduled checkups, keeping your protection definitions current, installing Windows security updates, and clearing temporary files. Geek Doctor then does only what the plan says, writes every action in the notebook ("While you were away, I cleared 13 MB of temporary files. Nothing else was touched."), and stops the moment you tap revoke. Plans expire on their own after 90 days. Things like emptying the recycle bin, changing what starts with your computer, or installing programs are never in a plan — those always ask, every time.
Who moved in?
New computers arrive with programs nobody asked for. Geek Doctor keeps a plain list of what is installed and flags the known space-takers and trial offers, so you can see who moved in — and decide who stays.
Get Geek Doctor — free
Version 0.2.0, for Windows 10 and Windows 11. The installer is a small file (about 2 MB). For now we send it by email — write to us and it will be in your inbox, free, with nothing else attached and no list to join.
Ask us for the installer (free)
Please read this before you install — the honest warning
When you run the installer, Windows will probably show a blue warning screen. That is because Geek Doctor is not yet signed with a paid Microsoft certificate. Signing is how Windows checks that a program comes from a company that paid to be verified. It costs money every year, and we have not bought the certificate yet — so Windows cannot vouch for us, and it tells you so. That warning is Windows doing its job, and on any other program you should take it seriously.
If — and only if — the installer came from us (by email from teambotics@gmail.com, or from a download on this page), it is safe to choose "More info" and then "Run anyway." If the file came from anywhere else, delete it. A signed version is coming; until then, this page and our email are the only places to get Geek Doctor.
Why this exists
Firsthand, from the founder: Geek Doctor was built by someone who worked the Geek Squad counter at Best Buy Canada — and trained the Agents who staff it. At that counter he watched routine, minutes-long fixes sold as services to people who were frightened and could not judge the price — and watched customers leave still not knowing how the problem happened, so it would happen again. Geek Doctor is the counter experience he believes should have been offered: the fix, and the explanation, together. A repair is not complete if the customer leaves just as vulnerable.
That is one person's experience at the stores he worked in, told as his — not a claim about every store or every Agent. The people on the floor were never the problem. Read more in the blog post he wrote about it.
Already paying for help?
Many people pay every year for a tech membership or service plan. Before you renew, compare: what are you paying for? — and take the five questions to your provider's phone line. Compare their answers with what Geek Doctor does free.