Troubleshooting the PC with A+ Preparation Paperback - 2005 - 3rd Edition
by Patrick E. Regan
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This easy-to-understand book provides readers with the complete knowledge to learn how to install, configure, manage, maintain and successfully troubleshoot a PC running Windows 9X, Windows 2000, Windows XP and Linux. It is also prepares the students to pass the COMPTIA's A+ (2004) exam and Microsoft's Certified Desktop Support Technician (MCDST). It is assumed that users of this text are familiar with and how to use the computer, have a general understanding of Windows, and have basic word-processing and spreadsheet skills. The text starts with a discussion of the basic hardware components (processor, motherboard, RAM, and drives), followed by add-on peripherals, and ends with a discussion of the various operating systems. Key Features:
- Real-world examples motivate interest.
- Built-in, hands-on exercises provide accessible, easy-to-grasp presentation.
- End-of-section questions check understanding and prepare for the COMPTIA's A+ and Microsoft MCDST exams.
- Many websites for additional information.
- Appendixes include POST codes, operating system error messages and Windows Stop errors. The book also lists and describes the common BIOS settings and Apple Macintosh beep codes.
- Updated to include the newest technology including AMD Athlon 64 and Opteron processors, BTX form factor, PCI Express, mini-PCI cards, USB 2.0, serial IDE and SCSI devices, extensible firmware interface, and spyware and wireless networks.
- Information on Windows 2000 and XP have been greatly enhanced.
- Detailed information on troubleshooting and disassembling and reassembling notebook computers.
- More information on installing, configuring, maintaining and troubleshooting Windows applications including Microsoft Office, Microsoft Outlook Express, Microsoft Outlook, and Internet browsers.
- Detailed information on installing, configuring, maintaining and troubleshooting Linux.
- Introduces Apple Macintosh computers.
- Prepares readers to take and pass the COMPTIA's A+ (2004) and the Microsoft's MCDST exams.
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- Title Troubleshooting the PC with A+ Preparation
- Author Patrick E. Regan
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 3rd
- Edition 3
- Pages 1202
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher New Riders Publishing, Upper Saddle River, NJ
- Date February 21, 2005
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated
- ISBN 9780131194670 / 0131194674
- Library of Congress subjects Microcomputers - Maintenance and repair
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004060045
- Dewey Decimal Code 004.16
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