Mike Meyers' CompTIA A+ Guide to Managing and Troubleshooting PCs, Sixth Edition (Exams 220-1001 & 220-1002)

by Mike Meyers

Overview

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Fully Updated for Core 1 and Core 2 Exams—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 pass CompTIA A+ exams 220-1001 and 220-1002 and become a certified IT professional with proven expertise in hardware and software. Mike Meyers’ CompTIA A+® Guide to Managing and Troubleshooting PCs, Sixth 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. Also includes a voucher coupon for a 10% discount on your CompTIA exams!

Note: this textbook is intended for classroom use and answers to the end of chapter sections are only available to adopting instructors—please contact your McGraw-Hill Education sales representative.

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 all versions of 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 1001 & 1002
• One hour+ of free video training from Mike Meyers
• TotalSim online simulations of performance-based questions
• A list of Mike's favorite PC tools & utilities

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781260455069
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	05/08/2019
Edition description:	6th ed.
Pages:	1312
Product dimensions:	8.40(w) x 10.80(h) x 1.70(d)

About the Author

Mike Meyers, CompTIA A+, CompTIA Network+®, CompTIA Security+®, MCP, is the industry’s leading authority on CompTIA certification and the bestselling author of nine editions of CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide. He is the president and founder of Total Seminars, LLC.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Safety and Professionalism
Chapter 2: The Visible Computer
Chapter 3: CPUs
Chapter 4: RAM
Chapter 5: Firmware
Chapter 6: Motherboards
Chapter 7: Power Supplies
Chapter 8: Mass Storage Technologies
Chapter 9: Implementing Mass Storage
Chapter 10: Essential Peripherals
Chapter 11: Building a PC
Chapter 12: Windows Under the Hood
Chapter 13: Users, Groups, and Permissions
Chapter 14: Maintaining and Optimizing Operating Systems
Chapter 15: Working with the Command-Line Interface
Chapter 16: Troubleshooting Operating Systems
Chapter 17: Display Technologies
Chapter 18: Essentials of Networking
Chapter 19: Local Area Networking
Chapter 20: Wireless Networking
Chapter 21: The Internet
Chapter 22: Virtualization
Chapter 23: Portable Computing
Chapter 24: Understanding Mobile Devices
Chapter 25: Care and Feeding of Mobile Devices
Chapter 26: Printers and Multifunction Devices
Chapter 27: Securing Computers
Chapter 28: Operational Procedures
Appendix A: Mapping to the CompTIA A+ Objectives
Glossary