Product Description

A+ Certification, Second Edition isn't just an ideal A+ exam preparation guide: it's an outstanding day-to-day reference for every PC technician and support professional, regardless of experience. Pete Moulton covers every objective required by the January 2001 update of both CompTIA's A+ exams, presenting more useful information -- and more challenging sample questions -- than ever before. Moulton presents essential configuration, installation, upgrade, troubleshooting, maintenance and safety techniques, as well as in-depth discussions of every key PC component, including the latest Pentium IV processors and motherboards, new memory types, I/O, networking, printers, USB/FireWire interfaces -- even the latest flat panel monitors. The book's extensive Windows coverage has been thoroughly updated to reflect both Windows 2000 and Windows Me. For all PC technical, maintenance, and administrative professionals responsible for supporting PC users, troubleshooting PC problems, and maintaining or repairing Windows PCs.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3001019 in Books
• Published on: 2001-11-13
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 1120 pages

From the Back Cover

Written by the team who trained 1200 Compaq employees for the A+ exam!

Covers the new 2001 Core A+ and Windows modules!

• A great A+ prep guide and an outstanding on-the-job tech reference!
• Best practices for PC configuration, installation, upgrades, maintenance, and troubleshooting
• Up-to-the-minute coverage: Pentium 4, Itanium, FireWire, USB, Windows Me/2000, flat panel monitors, and more
• Includes even more sample test questions—and carefully explained answers

A great A+ study guide and a great technician's reference in one book!

A+ Certification and PC Repair Guide, Second Edition is more than a great A+ exam preparation guide: it's an outstanding day-to-day reference for every PC technician and support professional—regardless of experience! Top A+ trainers Pete Moulton and The Moulton Company cover every objective required by the January 2001 update of both CompTIA's A+ exams and present more useful information—and more challenging sample questions—than ever before!

• All the basics of configuring, installing, upgrading, maintaining, and troubleshooting PCs
• Up-to-the-minute coverage of all key PC components such as motherboards, CPUs, and memory
• Powerful new technologies: Pentium 4, Itanium, USB, FireWire, flat panel monitors, and more
• Windows 9x/Me/2000 fundamentals, architecture, configuration, and more
• Networking, notebook PCs, printers, and much more

A+ Certification and PC Repair Guide, Second Edition delivers practical, real-world coverage of every new A+ exam objective—with more sample exam questions, more detailed answers, and complete "study break" reinforcement sections in every chapter. Use it to get certified fast... then, refer to it every day, for the accurate, concise solutions you need to succeed as a technical professional!

About the Author

PETE MOULTON leads The Moulton Company, a national training company based in Columbia, MD. Recently, The Moulton Company trained 1,200 Digital Equipment Corp./Compaq employees for the A+ certification exam. The Moulton Company also produces the weekly radio show Dial A Nerd, talk radio for the technically challenged, on WJFK-AM in Baltimore (syndicated on the Liberty Works Radio Network).