Complete A+ Guide to IT Hardware and Software Lab Manual: A CompTIA A+ Core 1 (220-1001) & CompTIA A+ Core 2 (220-1002) Lab Manual (Pearson It Cybersecurity Curriculum (Itcc))

The companion Complete A+ Guide to IT Hardware and Software Lab Manual provides students hands-on practice with various computer parts, mobile devices, wired networking, wireless networking, operating systems, and security. The 155 labs are designed in a step-by-step manner that allows students to experiment with various technologies and answer questions along the way to consider the steps being taken. Some labs include challenge areas to further practice the new concepts. The labs ensure students gain the experience and confidence required to succeed in industry. About This E-Book......Page 2 Title Page......Page 3 Copyright Page......Page 4 Contents at a Glance......Page 7 Contents......Page 8 About the Author......Page 16 Dedication......Page 17 Acknowledgments......Page 19 Credits......Page 20 We Want to Hear from You!......Page 21 What’s New in the Eighth Edition?......Page 22 Organization of the Text......Page 23 Lab 1.1 Getting Started in Windows 7......Page 27 Lab 1.2 Getting Started in Windows 8......Page 33 Lab 1.3 Getting Started in Windows 10......Page 38 Lab 1.4 Using a Search Engine......Page 42 Lab 1.5 Performing a Screen Capture with Snipping Tool......Page 44 Lab 1.6 Creating a Text File......Page 47 Lab 2.1 Identifying Ports......Page 54 Lab 2.2 Identifying Devices/Ports......Page 55 Lab 3.1 Using Windows to Discover Processor Information......Page 57 Lab 3.2 Identifying Processor Speed, Processor Socket, and Ports......Page 58 Lab 4.1 Determining the Configuration Method......Page 61 Lab 4.2 Examining BIOS/UEFI Options......Page 62 Lab 4.3 Accessing BIOS/UEFI Through Windows 8 or 10......Page 64 Lab 4.4 Configuring System Resources Through the Setup Program......Page 65 Lab 4.5 Examining System Resources by Using Windows......Page 66 Lab 4.6 Becoming Familiar with Device Drivers......Page 69 Lab 5.1 Performing Maintenance on an Antistatic Wrist Strap......Page 71 Lab 5.2 Disassembling and Reassembling a Computer......Page 72 Lab 5.3 Determining Amps and Wattage......Page 77 Lab 5.4 Performing a Continuity Check......Page 78 Lab 5.5 Drawing a Pin-Out Diagram......Page 79 Lab 5.6 Checking a Fuse......Page 80 Lab 5.7 Using a Multimeter......Page 81 Lab 5.8 Checking Wall Outlet and Power Cord AC Voltage......Page 84 Lab 5.9 Checking Device DC Voltage......Page 86 Lab 5.10 Using a Power Supply Tester......Page 88 Lab 5.11 Understanding the Windows 7 Power Options......Page 90 Lab 5.12 Understanding the Windows 8/10 Power Options......Page 92 Lab 6.1 Examining Memory Resources Using Device Manager in Windows 7/8......Page 96 Lab 6.3 Using the System Information Tool in Windows 7 to View Memory......Page 97 Lab 6.4 Using the System Information Tool in Windows 8/10 to View Memory......Page 98 Lab 6.5 Using Windows 7 Task Manager to View Memory......Page 99 Lab 6.6 Using Windows 8/10 Task Manager to View Memory......Page 101 Lab 6.7 Installing RAM......Page 103 Lab 7.1 Installing a Second PATA Hard Drive and Creating Two Volumes......Page 106 Lab 7.2 Installing a Second SATA Hard Drive and Creating Two Volumes......Page 110 Lab 7.3 Installing an External Hard Drive and Creating Two Volumes......Page 113 Lab 7.4 Installing a PATA/SATA Hard Drive with the Windows 7/8/10 Disk Management Tool, diskpart, and convert......Page 116 Lab 7.5 Striping and Spanning Using Windows......Page 127 Lab 7.6 Windows 7 Hard Disk Tools......Page 130 Lab 7.7 Windows 8/10 Hard Disk Tools......Page 132 Lab 7.8 Windows 8/10 Storage Spaces......Page 135 Lab 8.1 Managing Sound and Optical Drives in Windows......Page 137 Lab 8.2 Installing an Optical Drive......Page 140 Lab 8.3 Using DirectX for Diagnostics in Windows 7, 8, or 10......Page 141 Lab 8.4 Installing a Sound Card and Speakers in Windows 7, 8, or 10......Page 143 Lab 8.5 Installing a USB Scanner......Page 147 Lab 8.6 Changing the Drive Letter of an Optical Drive by Using Disk Management and the diskpart Utility......Page 148 Lab 9.1 Installing a Generic/Text-Only Print Driver on a Windows 7, 8, or 10 Computer......Page 151 Lab 9.2 Installing a Local Printer on a Windows 7, 8, or 10 Computer......Page 154 Lab 9.3 Exploring a Windows 7, 8, or 10 Printer......Page 155 Lab 10.1 Backing Up an iOS Device to a PC or Mac by Using iTunes......Page 158 Lab 10.2 Determining Memory Resources in an iOS-Based Device......Page 159 Lab 10.3 Determining Memory Resources in an Android-Based Device......Page 160 Lab 10.4 Managing Files on a Mobile Device......Page 161 Lab 10.5 Connecting a Mobile Device to a WiFi Network......Page 163 Lab 11.1 Logical Troubleshooting......Page 166 Lab 11.2 Designing a Computer Subsystem......Page 168 Lab 12.1 Exploring Serial Devices in Windows 7......Page 170 Lab 12.2 Installing a Windows 7 Internal or External Modem......Page 172 Lab 12.3 Introduction to Internet Explorer (IE) Configuration......Page 175 Lab 12.4 Verifying Computer Support for Microsoft Hyper-V Virtualization......Page 178 Lab 12.5 Installing Another Operating System Within Microsoft Hyper-V......Page 180 Lab 12.6 Introduction to Amazon AWS Cloud......Page 182 Lab 12.7 Installing VMware Workstation......Page 185 Lab 12.8 Installing Windows and Ubuntu as a VMware Workstation Virtual Machine......Page 186 Lab 12.9 Installing VirtualBox......Page 190 Lab 13.1 Creating a Straight-Through CAT 5, 5e, or 6 Network Patch Cable......Page 194 Lab 13.2 Creating a CAT 5, 5e, or 6 Crossover Network Cable......Page 198 Lab 13.3 Exploring NIC Properties with Windows 7, 8, or 10......Page 201 Lab 13.4 Networking with Windows 7, 8, or 10......Page 204 Lab 13.5 Connecting to a Windows 7 Shared or Networked Printer......Page 212 Lab 13.6 Connecting to a Windows 8 Shared or Networked Printer......Page 214 Lab 13.7 Connecting to a Windows 10 Shared or Networked Printer......Page 216 Lab 13.8 Installing a Wireless NIC......Page 218 Lab 13.9 Configuring a Wireless Network......Page 220 Lab 13.10 Using an FTP Server and Client......Page 222 Lab 14.1 Windows 7 Basic Usage......Page 225 Lab 14.2 Modifying the Windows 7 Start Button......Page 241 Lab 14.3 Windows 8/8.1 Basic Usage: Introduction to the Start Screen......Page 245 Lab 14.4 Windows 8/8.1 Basic Usage: Introduction to PC Settings......Page 250 Lab 14.5 Windows 8/8.1 Basic Usage: Working with the Traditional Desktop and Control Panel Utilities......Page 260 Lab 14.6 Windows 10 Basic Usage: Introduction to the Start Screen......Page 274 Lab 14.7 Windows 10 Basic Usage: Introduction to Settings......Page 285 Lab 14.8 Windows 10 Basic Usage: Working with Control Panel Utilities......Page 296 Lab 14.9 Windows 7 Taskbar Options......Page 307 Lab 14.10 Windows 8/8.1 Taskbar Options......Page 310 Lab 14.11 Windows 10 Taskbar Options......Page 316 Lab 14.12 Windows 7 File and Folder Management......Page 321 Lab 14.13 Windows 8/8.1/10 File and Folder Management......Page 330 Lab 14.14 Windows 7 File Extension......Page 341 Lab 14.15 Windows 8/8.1/10 File Extension......Page 343 Lab 14.16 Windows 7/8//10 Attributes, Compression, and Encryption......Page 346 Lab 14.17 Using regedit in Windows 7/8/8.1/10......Page 354 Lab 14.18 Windows 7 Backup Tool......Page 356 Lab 14.19 Windows 8/8.1 File History Utility......Page 359 Lab 14.20 Windows 10 File History Utility......Page 360 Lab 14.21 Creating a Windows 7 System Repair Disc......Page 361 Lab 14.22 Creating a Windows 7 System Image Disc......Page 362 Lab 14.23 Creating a Windows 8/8.1/10 System Recovery Drive......Page 364 Lab 15.1 Using Basic Commands from a Command Prompt......Page 367 Lab 15.2 Using the copy, md, del, and rd Commands......Page 373 Lab 15.3 Using the attrib Command and Moving Around in the Directory Structure......Page 384 Lab 15.4 Windows 7/10 Backup Software and the Archive Bit......Page 393 Lab 15.5 Setting Windows Environment Variables......Page 396 Lab 15.6 Creating a Batch File......Page 398 Lab 15.7 Windows 7/10 Backup Software......Page 406 Lab 15.8 Introduction to PowerShell......Page 408 Lab 15.9 Introduction to Python Scripting......Page 414 Lab 15.10 Introduction to JavaScript......Page 426 Lab 16.1 Windows 7 Installation......Page 440 Lab 16.2 Windows 8/8.1 Installation......Page 441 Lab 16.3 Windows 10 Installation......Page 443 Lab 16.4 Windows 8/8.1 Upgrade......Page 445 Lab 16.5 Windows 10 Upgrade......Page 446 Lab 16.6 Windows Registry Modification......Page 447 Lab 16.7 Windows 7 Backup......Page 449 Lab 16.8 Windows Update Utility......Page 450 Lab 16.9 Configuring Windows 7, 8, 8.1, and 10 for Ease of Access......Page 451 Lab 16.10 Windows 7/8/8.1 System Restore Utility......Page 457 Lab 16.11 Windows 10 System Restore Utility......Page 459 Lab 16.12 Upgrading a Hardware Driver and Using Driver Roll Back......Page 461 Lab 16.13 Disabling a Hardware Driver......Page 463 Lab 16.14 Installing Hardware......Page 464 Lab 16.15 Installing and Removing Windows Components......Page 465 Lab 16.16 Microsoft Management Console......Page 470 Lab 16.17 Exploring Windows Boot Options......Page 476 Lab 16.18 Windows System Configuration Utility......Page 481 Lab 16.19 Halting an Application Using Task Manager......Page 485 Lab 16.20 Task Manager Features in Windows 8, 8.1, or 10......Page 486 Lab 16.21 Using Event Viewer......Page 491 Lab 16.22 Using Task Manager to View Performance......Page 493 Lab 16.23 Performance and Reliability......Page 495 Lab 16.24 Windows Remote Desktop Connection......Page 498 Lab 16.25 Windows Task Scheduler......Page 501 Lab 16.26 Windows Steps Recorder......Page 502 Lab 17.1 Using the macOS Graphical User Interface......Page 505 Lab 17.2 Introduction to macOS System Preferences......Page 506 Lab 17.3 Using the macOS Terminal and Time Machine......Page 510 Lab 17.4 Using Ubuntu Live DVD......Page 511 Lab 17.5 Creating a Bootable Ubuntu USB Flash Drive Using macOS......Page 513 Lab 17.6 Linux Command-Line Basics......Page 515 Lab 17.7 Ubuntu Command-Line Challenge......Page 518 Lab 18.1 Encrypting a File and Folder in Windows......Page 520 Lab 18.2 Using Windows 7/8/10 System Protection......Page 524 Lab 18.3 Sharing a Folder in Windows 7......Page 526 Lab 18.4 Sharing a Folder in Windows 8/10......Page 533 Lab 18.5 Creating a Local Security Policy for Passwords......Page 541 Lab 18.6 Creating a Local Security Policy for Passwords in Windows 8/10......Page 548 Lab 18.7 Using Windows Defender in Windows 7......Page 555 Lab 18.8 Using Windows Defender in Windows 8/10......Page 558 Lab 18.9 Sharing Files with Windows 8/10 Public Folders......Page 560 Lab 18.10 Configuring a Secure Wireless Network......Page 561 Lab 18.11 Configuring Windows 7, 8, or 10 with a DNS Server IP Address......Page 563 Code Snippets......Page 566 Master IT hardware and software installation, configuration, repair, maintenance, and troubleshooting and fully prepare for the CompTIA® A+ Core 1 (220-1001) and Core 2 (220-1002) exams. This is your all-in-one, real-world, full-color guide to connecting, managing, and troubleshooting modern devices and systems in authentic IT scenarios. Its thorough instruction built on the CompTIA A+ Core 1 (220-1001) and Core 2 (220-1002) exam objectives includes coverage of Windows 10, Mac, Linux, Chrome OS, Android, iOS, cloud-based software, mobile and IoT devices, security, Active Directory, scripting, and other modern techniques and best practices for IT management. Award-winning instructor Cheryl Schmidt also addresses widely-used legacy technologies—making this the definitive resource for mastering the tools and technologies you'll encounter in real IT and business environments. Schmidt's emphasis on both technical and soft skills will help you rapidly become a well-qualified, professional, and customer-friendly technician. LEARN MORE QUICKLY AND THOROUGHLY WITH THESE STUDY AND REVIEW TOOLS: Learning Objectives and chapter opening lists of CompTIA A+ Certification Exam Objectives make sure you know exactly what you'll be learning, and you cover all you need to know Hundreds of photos, figures, and tables present information in a visually compelling full-color design Practical Tech Tips provide real-world IT tech support knowledge Soft Skills best-practice advice and team-building activities in every chapter cover key tools and skills for becoming a professional, customer-friendly technician Review Questions—including true/false, multiple choice, matching, fill-in-the-blank, and open-ended questions—carefully assess your knowledge of each learning objective Thought-provoking activities help students apply and reinforce chapter content, and allow instructors to “flip” the classroom if they choose Key Terms identify exam words and phrases associated with each topic Detailed Glossary clearly defines every key term Dozens of Critical Thinking Activities take you beyond the facts to deeper understanding Chapter Summaries recap key concepts for more efficient studying Certification Exam Tips provide insight into the certification exam and preparation process Master IT hardware and software installation, configuration, repair, maintenance, and troubleshooting and fully prepare for the CompTIA A+ Core 1 (220-1001) and Core 2 (220-1002) exams. This is your all-in-one, real-world, full-color guide to connecting, managing, and troubleshooting modern devices and systems in authentic IT scenarios. Its thorough instruction built on the CompTIA A+ Core 1 (220-1001) and Core 2 (220-1002) exam objectives includes coverage of Windows 10, Mac, Linux, Chrome OS, Android, iOS, cloud-based software, mobile and IoT devices, security, Active Directory, scripting, and other modern techniques and best practices for IT management. Award-winning instructor Cheryl Schmidt also addresses widely-used legacy technologiesmaking this the definitive resource for mastering the tools and technologies youll encounter in real IT and business environments. Schmidts emphasis on both technical and soft skills will help you rapidly become a well-qualified, professional, and customer-friendly technician. LEARN MORE QUICKLY AND THOROUGHLY WITH THESE STUDY AND REVIEW This book features chapter-ending exercises graded by course instructors. 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