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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+(R) 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

About the Author

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Mike Meyers, CompTIA A+, CompTIA Network+(R), CompTIA Security+(R), 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.