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

About the Author

Mike Meyers, A+, Network+, is the president and founder of Total Seminars, LLC, a major provider of PC and network repair seminars for organizations and government agencies throughout the world, including the FBI, FAA, and the United Nations. He is author of Mike Meyers' A+ Guide to Managing and Troubleshooting PCs and Mike Meyers' Network+ Guide to Managing and Troubleshooting Networks.