Best Free Study Guide for A+ Hardware and Operating Systems
Charles M. Kozierok has edited and adapted this
excellently written Guide
to A+ Core Hardware Technology and A+ Operating Systems Technology,
or what he calls A+ 4 Real. This free training
guide is written
for the CompTIA
A+ Core Hardware Certification Exam 220-301 and Operating Systems Certification Exam 220-302. This A+ (A Plus) study and preparation guide is one of the
best freely
available online training books for the A+ certification on the web
today.
CertiGuide
to A+ Hardware and Operating Systems Technologies
Introduction
and “Guide to the Guide”
- About the Authors (Parts: 1 2 3 )
- About the Book (Parts: 1 2 )
- Acknowledgments
- The CPU and the Life Cycle of Operating Systems
- Operating System Features
- System Configuration Tools
- File Structure
- File Attributes
- File Naming Conventions (Most Common Extensions)
- Lost in the Maze? How to Search
- File Management
- Backup/Restore
- CDI System Commands
- The Registry
- Classic View and Category View
- Control Panel Categories
- Appearances and Themes
- Network and Internet Connections
- Printers and Other Hardware
- Add or Remove Programs
- Sounds, Speech, and Audio Devices
- Performance and Maintenance
- User Accounts
- Date, Time, Language, and Regional Options
- Accessibility Options
- Category View - Summary
- Troubleshooting the Windows Start-up “Journey”
- Troubleshooting Black Screen Error Messages (Parts: 1 2 3 )
- Real World Scenario: How Might a Black Screen Error Happen?
- Fatal Errors: Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) or ***STOP
- Turning Off Restart on ***STOP
- Lock-ups
- Troubleshooting Registry Problems
- Less Fatal Errors
- Safe Windows Start-up
- Troubleshooting Printing
- Troubleshooting Utilities
- Virus – Computer (Age) Illness
- A Look Back to the Roots of Linux
- Linux Distributions (Parts: 1 2 )
- Further Links and Info
- The Major Components and Interfaces of Linux and Their Functions
- Linux System Interface: The Command line
- The User Model
- Basic Concepts and Procedures for Creating, Viewing and Editing Files and Directories
- Command Line Functions And Administrative Utilities
- Package Management
- System Run Levels
- System Backup and the tar Archiving Utility
- Networking with Linux
- History of the X Windows System
- The Gnome and KDE Desktop Interfaces
- Example of Configuration (Parts: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 )
- Installing Mac OS X
- Let’s Get Some Users!
- You are Booted Up, Now What?
- Connecting to a Network
- Verifying the Connection
- Enabling Email
- Sharing More Than Your Spam
- Other Connections
- Using the UNIX Terminal
- Troubleshooting - Because Even a Mac Can Have a Bad Day
- Recovering from a Lost Password
- Fundamentals of Computer Graphics: Pixels, Resolution and Color
- Graphic Card Types and Functions
- Card Components, Modes and Architecture
- A Little Background
- Catch the Bus!
- The Three Buses
- Parallel SCSI Standards and Features
- SCSI IDs
- Logical Unit Numbers (LUNs)
- SCSI Bus Termination
- SCSI Connectors
- Summary: SCSI Types, Standards, Speeds, Cables and Connectors
- RAID
- iSCSI
- Fibre Channel
- Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA)
- Additional information/Links
- Testing an ATX Power Supply
- Power for PC Survival: Surge Protectors
- Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPSes)
- Further Information Links
- What You Need to Know for the A+ Test
- HazCom: What it is and Where it Came From
- The Major Elements of the Hazard Communication Standard
- Reading and Understanding MSDSs
- Some Ending Notes
- Links to Additional Information
- History of Networking
- Cables and Fibers
- OSI Reference Model and Networking Protocols and Technologies
- Internet
- Wide Area Networking (WAN)
- Modem, IDSN, DSL and More
- Wireless
- Video and Voice Transmission over IP
Chapter 15: Wireless LANs
Chapter 16: Network Load Balancing and Clustering
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