Introduction

If your contemplating purchasing a computer, laptop, notebook, or any other computer related equipment we can assist you by offering advice, and ensuring you are not sold all those extras that you don't need. Apart from costing you money these additional software packages more often than not will slow down your system, and very often we need to remove them when we fix pc's and laptops. We work with many Microsoft alternatives and can often save over a hundred pounds in unneccesary software costs on a new system, plus recurring annual costs.

"We quite often recommend uninstalling all pre-loaded anti-virus, and trial software prior to even using your new computer which has been pre-configured in the store, to give you control from from the start, after all it is your computer."

Implement a backup and disaster recovery plan. We are becoming more and more dependant on our computers and our data that they contain. If you have ever had your pc or laptop stolen, or damaged by a flood or fire, you will be all too familiar with the consequences of not having a backup and recovery plan. If not it isn't too difficult to imagine the consequences of having no email, no address book, no correspondance, no precious photographs of your family etc.

We have been involved in backing up and managing large volumes of data for many years. Even implementing a simple, cost efective solution using a low cost memory stick, or burning dvd's can save you a fortune in the long term.Backing up can be

Our disaster recovery services  including backing up your files, photographs, email , usernames and passwords for email and website logins.

Home and Business Network Services

Often for many household one computer is no longer enough to go around, a home network often becomes a necessity in a household with multiple computers and users.

If you need a network at home to share your internet connection, printers, and files between your pc's, laptops, games consoles and mobile phones we offer a full range of services.

Our network installation, modification and upgrade services are also available to businesses and organisations with multiple pc's per location. No job is too small, if you have a problem, or need some help or advice, please contact us.

PC and laptop repairs, upgrades and new installations.

We are a Portsmouth based independant small business and offer a friendly, reliable quality service at a reasonable price.

We have many years of experience installing, configuring, and repairing computers, computer related equipment and software.

If upgrading your pc or laptop, or installing new hard disks we can transfer all of your data contained on your old system onto your new system.

We are experienced with the removal of malicious software such as viruses, trojans, worms, adware and spyware. Quite often we can remove your inadequate anti-virus software and install a more robust solution.

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Broadband installation and repair

We have many years of experience, configuring, setting up and optimising broadband modems, routers, wireless routers, wireless laptops etc. Oour broadband services include;

• Installation ofl broadband modems, routers, wireless routers etc.. and dealing with your security requirements.
• Re-configuration of existing connections, network configuration, configure file sharing between your PC's, Laptops and Netbooks,and address your security.
• Removal of unnecessary third party software.
• Installation of wireless routers, network configuration, configure file sharing between your PC's, Laptops and Netbooks,and address your security.
• If you're considering getting home broadband or mobile broadband installed or upgraded please contact us first, we are always up to date with the latest deals and  quality of service in the Portsmouth area.
• Games console configuration

We provide all levels of technical support via our private customer forums, from simple broadband set-up problems to complex website issues our forums provide an excelent method of communication, with the added benefit of documenting problems, changes, and solutions.

• Website development projects, website troubleshooting, website upgrade and modifications, pay per click adevertising campaigns, search engine optimisation, and site map submission are just a few examples of areas in which we support ou customers with our private forums
• Our forums are strictly for private use for communication between our support staff, and our customers, each customer has their own forum, or forums with password protected access.
• The process is simple, log in, and start a new thread for each problem, set up your notification
• Our Fanatical 24/7/365 support is available to individuals, companies and organisations on a paid subscription basis.
• Monthly, and annual paid subscription plans are available, every customer has different requirements,  please contact us to discuss yours.

Website Support Services

If you're new to Joomla and interested in building and maintaining your own websites we can provide you with as much or as little support as needed to suit your requirements. We can assist you with registering domains, choosing a host, installing Joomla, modifying templates, choosing, installing and configuring Joomla Components, templates, modules and plugins, and also set up E-commerce for you. We can also set up mail servers for you to suit your email requirements. We are extremely flexible and can provide a high level of support at the begining of your project, which we can reduce as we teach you how to manage without us.

If you don't want to get involved or don't have the time, we can build you a website, and manage it for you, including software updates, site updates, search engine optimisation, managing pay per click advertising campaigns etc. We are extremely flexible and can provide a support package to suit your needs.

For existing Joomla users we offer all kinds of support, installing additional components, modules and plugins, troubleshooting and fixing problems, site backups, site migration, and rebuilds.

Website Design Services

Portsmouth Computing's preferred content management system is the award winning Joomla!. We have been working with Joomla, its components, modules, plugins and templates since it evolved. Prior to that we worked for several years with Mambo and also with Typo3. We bagan using various software pakages to produce websites well over ten years ago, and before that we used the good old text editor, which we still use now.

Joomla! is a free, award-winning content management system written in PHP which is allows users to easily publish their content on the world wide web and intranets. Joomla is created as an open-source project where individuals and teams contribute their skills to its development as well as its supporting systems.

While Joomla is packed with features, its greatest quality is that it is extremely extensible. Because of its extensible structure, there aren't many things you cannot do with Joomla!. A short list of some important features of Joomla! are the following:

If your looking for a cost effective hosting solution for your Joomla site we recommend Siteground, who have very competitive Joomla Hosting packages which include cPanel. Apart from hosting Joomla on our own servers we have used several Joomla hosts over the years and found Siteground to be one of the best for all round performance, and price. Siteground Joomla hosting services include;

• FREE Joomla installation
• Joomla-optimized servers
• 24/7 Joomla support

If you are not happy with your current Joomla host Siteground can assist you with site transfer and currently offer the following

• Free file transfer
• Free database transfer
• Siteground also have a selection of free Joomla templates available.

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