Mike Meyers' A+ Guide to Operating Systems [Paperback]

Michael Meyers (Author)

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Publication Date: January 6, 2004 | ISBN-10: 0072231246 | ISBN-13: 978-0072231243 | Edition: 1

Mike Meyers, one of the premier computer and network skills trainers, delivers a learning system designed to explain key IT principles in an easy-to-understand format. This terrific guide will not only help prepare you to pass the exam, but also to help you become a good PC technician. Meyers covers topics beyond the exam, and essential for students to know, from existing to emerging technologies.

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Essential Skills for On-the-Job Success

Mike Meyers, one of the premier computer and network skills trainers, has developed a learning system designed to teach A+ PC technician skills in an easy-to-understand way that will prepare you for an IT career. Mike gives you helpful tips throughout the book, end-of-chapter practice questions, and hundreds of photographs and illustrations. Completely up to date for the new CompTIA A+ standards, this comprehensive guide will help you pass the A+ Operating System Technologies exam and become an expert PC technician.

Inside this book, you will learn how to:

• Identify PC components
• Manage files, directories, and disks
• Work from the command line in DOS
• Install, configure, and upgrade Windows 9x/ME, Windows NT 4.0 Workstation, Windows 2000 Professional, and Windows XP
• Interpret common error codes from the boot sequence
• Load and configure application device drivers
• Connect to client-side networks
• Set up a system for Internet access

The CD-ROM features:

• Three full practice exams with hundreds of questions for the Operating System Technologies requirement. Available in Practice or Final Mode.
• Useful tools and utilities for PC technicians
• One hour of LearnKey video training featuring Mike Meyers teaching key A+ topics (online registration required)

Each chapter includes

• Learning Objectives
• Many Figures and Illustrations
• Real-World Examples
• Try This! and Cross Check Exercises
• Tech Tip Sidebars
• Helpful Notes and Warnings
• End-of-Chapter Quizzes and Lab Projects

Part II of Mike Meyers’ A+ Certification Guide

About the Author

Michael Meyers, MCSE, MCP, A+, MCP, Network+ (Houston, TX), is one of the industry's leading authorities on A+ certification. He is the president and founder and Total Seminars, LLC, a major provider of PC and network repair seminars for thousands of organizations including IBM, Lucent Technologies, GE, the FBI, the FAA and the United Nations. Mike is the best-selling author of the A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide, which has sold over 500,000 copies in five editions.

Product Details

• Paperback: 504 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media; 1 edition (January 6, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0072231246
• ISBN-13: 978-0072231243
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,936,766 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars What is what?, May 11, 2004

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I am almost finished with this book and cannot tell when I am learning what Mike Meyers thinks is important, and when I am learning something pertinent to the OS exam. Also, the Q&A at the end of each chapter provide no answer keys.

I passed the hardware exam and was confident that I would. I already had sufficient hardware experience. I am extremely unsure that this book will prepare me for the OS exam. Definitely not what I expected.