Mike Meyers' CompTIA A+ Guide to Managing and Troubleshooting PCs, Fifth Edition (Exams 220-901 & 220-902), 5th Edition

ISBN10: 1259589552 | ISBN13: 9781259589553

By Mike Meyers

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Essential Skills for a Successful IT Career

Written by the leading authority on CompTIA A+ certification and training, this four-color guide will help you become a certified IT professional with proven expertise in hardware and software, and help you pass CompTIA A+ exams 220-901 and 220-902. Mike Meyers’ CompTIA A+ Guide to Managing and Troubleshooting PCs, Fifth Edition offers complete coverage of the latest exam objectives. You’ll get on-the-job tips, end-of-chapter review questions, and hundreds of color photographs and illustrations.

Learn how to:

Work with CPUs, RAM, microprocessors, BIOS, motherboards, power supplies, and other PC components
Install, configure, and troubleshoot hard drives
Manage peripheral devices and removable media
Install, upgrade, and maintain operating systems, including Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux
Troubleshoot common computer problems
Establish users and groups
Set up video and multimedia cards
Administer smartphones, tablets, and other mobile devices
Install and configure wired and wireless networks
Connect to the Internet
Secure your PC and your network
Install, configure, and manage printers and multifunction devices
Work with the latest virtualization technologies
Understand safety and environmental issues

Electronic content includes:

Practice exams for 901 & 902
One hour+ of free video training from Mike Meyers
TotalSim simulations of performance-based questions
Mike's favorite free PC tools and utilities
A complete PDF copy of the book

Instructor resources available:

Instructor's Manual
Power Point slides for each chapter with photographs and illustrations from the book
Test Bank cartridges with hundreds of questions for use as quizzes and exams
Answers to the end of chapter sections are not included in the book and are only available to adopting instructors

Chapter 1: The Path of the PC Tech
Chapter 2: Operational Procedures
Chapter 3: The Visible PC
Chapter 4: Visible Windows
Chapter 5: Visible Networks
Chapter 6: Microprocessors
Chapter 7: RAM
Chapter 8: BIOS
Chapter 9: Motherboards
Chapter 10: Power Supplies
Chapter 11: Hard Drives Technologies
Chapter 12: Implementing Hard Drives
Chapter 13: Removable Media
Chapter 14: Installing Windows
Chapter 15: Windows Under the Hood
Chapter 16: NTFS, Users and Groups
Chapter 17: Maintaining Windows
Chapter 18: Command Line Interface
Chapter 19: Troubleshooting Windows
Chapter 20: Input Devices
Chapter 21: Video
Chapter 22: Local Area Networking
Chapter 23: Wireless Networking
Chapter 24: The Internet
Chapter 25: Multimedia
Chapter 26: Portable Computing
Chapter 27: Mobile Devices
Chapter 28: Printers
Chapter 29: Securing Computers
Chapter 30: Virtualization
Chapter 31: The Right PC for You
Chapter 32: The Complete PC Tech
Appendices
Appendix A: Mapping to the CompTIA A+ Objectives
Appendix B: About the CD
Glossary

About the Author

Mike Meyers

Michael Meyers, MCP, CompTIA A+, CompTIA Network+, CompTIA Security+ (Houston, TX), is one of the industry's leading authorities on CompTIA certification. He is the president and founder and Total Seminars, LLC, a major provider of PC and network repair seminars for thousands of organizations including IBM, Lucent Technologies, GE, the FBI, the FAA and the United Nations. Mike is the best-selling author of the A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide.

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