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Fully Updated, Essential Skills for a Successful IT Career

Created and edited by the leading authority on CompTIA A+ certification and training, this four-color guide will help you pass CompTIA A+ exams 220-1101 and 220-1102 and become a certified IT professional with proven expertise in hardware and software. Mike Meyers’ CompTIA A+™ Guide to Managing and Troubleshooting PCs, Seventh Edition offers complete coverage of the latest exam objectives. You’ll get on-the-job tips, end-of-chapter review questions, and hundreds of photographs and illustrations.

Learn how to:

  • Work with CPUs, RAM, BIOS, motherboards, power supplies, and other personal computer components
  • Install, configure, and maintain hard drives
  • Manage input devices and removable media
  • Set up, upgrade, and maintain Microsoft Windows
  • Troubleshoot and fix computer problems
  • Establish users and groups
  • Set up video and multimedia cards
  • Administer smartphones, tablets, and other mobile devices
  • Set up wired and wireless networks
  • Connect to the Internet
  • Protect your personal computer and your network
  • Install printers and other peripherals
  • Implement virtualization and cloud-based technologies
  • Understand safety and environmental issues

Online content includes:

  • Practice exams for 220-1101 and 220-1102 with hundreds of questions
  • One hour of free video training from Mike Meyers
  • TotalSim simulations of performance-based questions
  • A collection of Mike Meyers’ favorite freeware and shareware PC tools and utilities

Each chapter features:

  • Learning objectives
  • Photographs and illustrations
  • Real-world examples
  • Try This! and Cross Check exercises
  • Key terms highlighted
  • Tech Tips, Notes, and Warnings
  • Exam Tips
  • End-of-chapter quizzes and lab projects

Table of Contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. About this Book
  6. Contents At a Glance
  7. Contents
  8. Introduction
  9. Instructor Materials
  10. Chapter 1 Safety and Professionalism
  11. Chapter 2 The Visible Computer
  12. Chapter 3 CPUs
  13. Chapter 4 RAM
  14. Chapter 5 Firmware
  15. Chapter 6 Motherboards
  16. Chapter 7 Power Supplies
  17. Chapter 8 Mass Storage Technologies
  18. Chapter 9 Implementing Mass Storage
  19. Chapter 10 Essential Peripherals
  20. Chapter 11 Installing and Upgrading Operating Systems
  21. Chapter 12 Working with Operating Systems
  22. Chapter 13 Users, Groups, and Permissions
  23. Chapter 14 Maintaining and Optimizing Operating Systems
  24. Chapter 15 Working with the Command-Line Interface
  25. Chapter 16 Troubleshooting Operating Systems
  26. Chapter 17 Display Technologies
  27. Chapter 18 Essentials of Networking
  28. Chapter 19 Local Area Networking
  29. Chapter 20 Wireless Networking
  30. Chapter 21 The Internet
  31. Chapter 22 Virtualization
  32. Chapter 23 Portable Computing
  33. Chapter 24 Mobile Devices
  34. Chapter 25 Maintaining and Securing Mobile Devices
  35. Chapter 26 Printers and Multifunction Devices
  36. Chapter 27 Securing Computers
  37. Chapter 28 Operational Procedures
  38. Appendix A Mapping to the CompTIA A+ Objectives
  39. Appendix B About the Online Content
  40. Glossary
  41. Index
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