Mike Meyers CompTIA A Guide to

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+™ 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

Andrew Hutz (Philadelphia, PA), CompTIA A+, CompTIA Security+, has ten years of writing experience in both IT and the music industry. When not working for Total Seminars, Andrew deals with Risk Management in the Cybersecurity arena, where he blogs at tgasec.wordpress.com. Andrew is working towards his bachelor’s in Software Development and Security.

Mike Meyers, CompTIA A+, CompTIA Network+, is the industry’s leading authority on A+ certification.  He is the founder of Total Seminars, LLC, a major provider of PC and network repair seminars for thousands of organizations throughout the world. He is series editor of Mike Meyers' A+ Guide to Managing and Troubleshooting PCs and Mike Meyers' Network+ Guide to Managing and Troubleshooting Networks.

Travis A. Everett, CompTIA A+, is a software developer, writer, and editor. Travis holds an MFA in creative writing from Old Dominion University and was a contributing author to the Mike Meyers’ CompTIA A+ Certification Passport, Sixth Edition.

Andrew Hutz, CompTIA A+, CompTIA Security+, has ten years of writing experience in the IT industry. He writes the risk management and cybersecurity blog TGA Security, and is working toward a bachelor’s degree in software development and security.