Computer Solutions
Media Tigers computers was launched in 2002 and have successfully established a loyal customer base, which is growing all of the time. We provide computer services to private users and small to medium businesses in the Portsmouth, Fareham and Gosport areas of South Hampshire.
We provide a wide variety of computer services which include building new high quality computers systems for home use and companies with online businesses, providing electronic point-of-sale EPOS systems to retail outlets for either for single till or multiple tills. We are specialists in diagnosing and pc repair, we repair all manner of computer problems in cluding windows Vista. If you're having problems with your upgrades, or your computer is running slow, we can help and we also providing technical support on all aspects of website maintenance, ISP services, email problems, spam & virus removal, broadband and wireless networks.
One of the main problems with Vista at the moment is the lack of backward compability i.e. it will not run the same software as Windows XP and does not support older hardware such as printers, scanners and camera's, our solution to this is to make Windows Vista Computers Duel Boot, by having Both XP and Vista Installed onto your PC.
Once we have configured your PC when you first start your PC you will be presented with a simple boot menu which allows you to choose which operating system you wish to use.
For more information on this service please call use on 0845 130 4282
Due to constant usage over a number of years your computer system becomes cluttered with temporary files, old downloads, browser files from websites, as a result your computer starts to run slow, in order to improve your computers performance Media Tigers provides a full optimisation service for computer systems, these include:
- Cleaning up of your disk drives and remove unwanted files, including all temporary internet files.
- Optimise your hardware and software and speed up your computer system start-up
- Optimise your computer system for settings that might be slowing it down and corrects them.
- Optimise the Internet settings for the computer
- Clean-up the computer the windows registry to remove unwanted entries
Computer security and virus removal
We can install and set-up full internet security which includes antivirus and firewall software, and then check to make sure everything's running correctly on your system, we also offer a virus removal service as part of our computer security services
No matter whether you call it identity theft, phishing, skimming or social engineering, almost all of these activities are variants of the age-old crime of fraud. The increasing use of electronic systems in day-to-day life has vastly extended the scope of these fraudsters and the potential profits they can reap.
Identity theft involves stealing information from your computer and using your information to obtain goods or services, Media Tigers can help you protect your by setting up Internet Security on the computer or laptop.
Identity theft can also arise when you replace your computer or hard drive, you may format your hard drive but this does not remove your information, the information remains on the hard drive and can easily be recovered. There have been many cases reported on recently where personal information off hard drives has removed by fraudsters operating third world countries, a lot of the old computers and hard drives end up for sale in these countries
In order to stop this Identity theft your hard drives need to be security formated to remove sensitive personal information, Media Tigers has the correct software to protect your identity.
Setting up Email
We can provide expert advice on how to setup all your email accounts in Outlook or Outlook Express plus
Mozilla Thunderbird and others and can transfer contacts - as well as setup sub accounts and advise how to organise your email folders.
Computer Problems
If your PC just stops working, or is running very slowly, it can be a problem with either the operating system or defective hardware. We can help diagnose and fix a wide range of operating system and hardware related PC problems at our premises, this includes:
- add new hard drives, for both PC’s and Laptops, this includes both Sata and IDE 2.5" hard drives on Laptops
- moving the customers files from the old hard drives to the new hard drives, plus memory, processor and graphics cards upgrades,
- upgrading the operating system adding new hardware including digital camera readers, printers, scanners, digital music players, and external data storage.Tune-up the computer to optimise the registary, identify and fix any problems on the computer and remove unwanted files.
- Relocate email and document default locations from C: drive to D: drive, if your C: drive gets currupted your lose all of your emails, contacts and any documents stored on the C: drive.
Computer Cleaning
A common problem with computer systems working in a dusty or dirty environment is that computer components get clogged up with dirt and household dust causing the computer to overheat and eventually stop operating, we have had numerous occasions where a customers faulty computer was down to the cooling fan and the heatsink not operating due be being clogged up with dirt, the only solution to this problem is to strip out all of the affected computer components clean them all and then reassemble and test the computer. In some cases we have added additional fans to give better cooling for the processor graphics card and hard drive all of which are adversely affected by excessive heat.
Setting Up Broadband
We can set-up a new broadband connection to your computer system or make sure you get the most out of your current connection. This includes setting up both Cable (Virgin Net) and BT broadband, we can set-up wireless routers from Virgin Net, Belkin, Linksys, Netgear, BT and many more, but if the problem is with your existing PC or a router, we can often help with this as well.
Data Recovery
We have been providing a successful data recovery service for four years and we have the experience and technical expertise to handle most data recovery situations, no matter how tragic or catastrophic the circumstances. All recovered data is written to a CD or DVD and returned to the customer.We guarantee confidentiality and privacy for your personal data files
Our Data recovery now includes both Sata and IDE 2.5" hard drives on Laptops, and 3.5" Sata hard drives on PC's
Based on our four years in designing and building quality computer systems, we have gained in-depth knowledge of computer hardware and have produced a number of computer specifications aimed at the home user, business user, home entertainment and very high specification gaming computer users, including online gaming. As we only use high quality parts in our computer systems you can be assured that if you purchase a computer system from Media Tigers it will be built to the highest standards and all of our computer systems come fully tested before they leave our premises so when you plug it in, it works.
The prices for all of our new computer systems include a Full Windows installation and internet security installed.
To find out more about our quality computer systems please contact us to discuss your requirements on
Whether you're looking for a single item of EPOS hardware to replace an old one, or a brand new, complete retail point-of-sale solution Media Tigers can supply you with a complete EPOS solution which includes
- barcode scanners
- label printer
- till drawers
- receipt printers
- Epos terminals - based on a computer system running on windows
- Epos software - runs on windows 2000 or xp home
if you have existing epos systems we can export your product information into your new epos terminal. Our epos solution can be either a single terminal or multiple terminals running on a server on an Ethernet network
Telphone: 0845 658 5171 or 0845 1304282
E-mail: info@mtcomputers.biz