**Fully Updated, Essential Skills for a Successful IT Career *Created and edited by the leading authority on CompTIA A+ certification and training, this four-color guide will help you pass CompTIA A+ exams 220-1101 and 220-1102 and become a certified IT professional with proven expertise in hardware...

**Fully Updated, Essential Skills for a Successful IT Career *Created and edited by the leading authority on CompTIA A+ certification and training, this four-color guide will help you pass CompTIA A+ exams 220-1101 and 220-1102 and become a certified IT professional with proven expertise in hardware and software. Mike Meyers' CompTIA A+(TM) Guide to Managing and Troubleshooting PCs, Seventh 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.

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 Microsoft 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 220-1101 and 220-1102 with hundreds of questions

• One hour of free video training from Mike Meyers

• TotalSim simulations of performance-based questions

• A collection of Mike Meyers' favorite freeware and shareware PC tools and utilities

Each chapter features: - Learning objectives

• Photographs and illustrations

• Real-world examples

• Try This! and Cross Check exercises

• Key terms highlighted

• Tech Tips, Notes, and Warnings

• Exam Tips

• End-of-chapter quizzes and lab projects