Mike Meyers' Guide to Supporting Windows 7 for CompTIA A+ Certification (Exams 701 & 702)
ISBN: 9780071763929 | 0071763929
Edition: 1stFormat: Paperback w/CD-ROM
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
Pub. Date: 8/25/2011
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Complete coverage of the new Windows 7 topics and questions added to the 2009 CompTIA A+ exams Mike Meyers' Guide to Supporting Windows 7 for CompTIA A+offers up-to-date information on the new Windows 7 material and questions that have been added to the 2009 CompTIA A+ exams. Mike Meyers is well-known for his proven program of delivering the key information you want and need to pass the exam. He has become the preferred author for technicians who want to be successful on the job. Meyers' "in the trenches" voice and the clarity of his explanatio... MORE
| Acknowledgments | p. xv |
| Introduction | p. xvii |
| Meet Windows 7 | p. 1 |
| Comparing Desktops-The Taskbar | p. 2 |
| Comparing Desktops-The Notification Area | p. 6 |
| Windows Explorer-Almost Perfect? | p. 8 |
| Touring Windows Explorer | p. 9 |
| Default Libraries | p. 13 |
| Creating Your Own Libraries | p. 15 |
| Bye, Bye Sidebar-Hello Gadgets | ... MORE |
| Meet Your New File System | p. 18 |
| The Windows 7 Interface-Better Than Vista | p. 19 |
| Chapter Review | p. 20 |
| Questions | p. 20 |
| Answers | p. 21 |
| Installing Windows 7 | p. 23 |
| Editions of Windows 7 | p. 24 |
| Preinstallation Tasks | p. 26 |
| Identify Hardware Requirements | p. 26 |
| Verify Hardware and Software Compatibility | p. 28 |
| Decide What Type of Installation to Perform | p. 32 |
| Determine How to Back Up and Restore Existing Data, If Necessary | p. 32 |
| Select an Installation Method | p. 32 |
| Determine How to Partition the Hard Drive and What File System to Use | p. 33 |
| Determine Your Computer's Network Role | p. 33 |
| Decide on Your Computer's Language and Locale Settings and Plan for Post-Installation Tasks | p. 33 |
| The Transition to UEFI, GPT, and BOOTMGR | p. 33 |
| EFI/UEFI | p. 33 |
| Implementing UEFI and GPT in Windows Vista and Windows 7 | p. 46 |
| Chapter Review | p. 50 |
| Questions | p. 50 |
| Answers | p. 52 |
| Boot Issues with Windows 7 | p. 53 |
| WinPE and the Death of Recovery Console | p. 54 |
| Getting to and Using Windows RE | p. 55 |
| Getting to Windows RE | p. 55 |
| Using Windows RE | p. 57 |
| Chapter Review | p. 86 |
| Questions | p. 86 |
| Answers | p. 88 |
| User Account Control-From Vista to Windows 7 | p. 89 |
| UAC in Windows Vista | p. 92 |
| How UAC Works | p. 96 |
| How to Turn Off UAC | p. 99 |
| UAC in Windows 7 | p. 100 |
| A More Granular UAC | p. 101 |
| Chapter Review | p. 103 |
| Questions | p. 103 |
| Review Answers | p. 105 |
| IPv6 | p. 107 |
| IPv6 Address Notation | p. 108 |
| Where Do IPv6 Addresses Come From? | p. 110 |
| IPv6 Subnet Masks | p. 112 |
| Global Addresses | p. 112 |
| Aggregation | p. 114 |
| Chapter Review | p. 116 |
| Questions | p. 116 |
| Answers | p. 117 |
| Windows 7 Networking | p. 119 |
| Classic Folder Sharing | p. 120 |
| Simple File Sharing | p. 123 |
| File Sharing Wizard-Vista Style | p. 125 |
| What Are We Sharing? | p. 127 |
| Windows Rallies to the Solution | p. 128 |
| Public and Default Folders | p. 130 |
| Windows Network Location | p. 131 |
| HomeGroup | p. 142 |
| Windows 7-The Best of All Worlds? | p. 149 |
| Chapter Review | p. 150 |
| Questions | p. 150 |
| Answers | p. 151 |
| Windows 7 Utilities | p. 153 |
| Action Center | p. 154 |
| BitLocker Drive Encryption | p. 156 |
| Event Viewer | p. 159 |
| Performance Information and Tools | p. 161 |
| Chapter Review | p. 164 |
| Questions | p. 164 |
| Answers | p. 166 |
| Mapping to the CompTIA A+ Objectives | p. 167 |
| CompTIA A+ Essentials Objectives Map | p. 168 |
| CompTIA A+ Practical Application Objectives Map | p. 182 |
| About the CD-ROM | p. 193 |
| System Requirements | p. 194 |
| Installing and Running Total Tester | p. 194 |
| About Total Tester | p. 194 |
| Accessing the PDF Copy of the Book and the CompTIA A+ Exam Objectives | p. 195 |
| Technical Support | p. 195 |
| Index | p. 197 |
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Mike Meyers, CompTIA A+, CompTIA Network+ CompTIA Security+, MCP, is the industry's leading authority on CompTIA A+ certification and the bestselling author of seven editions of CompTIA A+ All-in-One Exam Guide. He is the president and founder of Total Seminars, LLC, a major provider of PC and network repair seminars for thousands of organizations throughout the world, and a member of CompTIA.
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