What’s the best way to backup your BIOS?
You’re planning to update your BIOS to a new version, and you’d like to make sure you don’t lose any of your current BIOS settings. What’s the best way to guarantee a good backup of your BIOS information?
CompTIA A+ 220-701: 3.3 – Installing Windows Vista
The Windows Vista operating system takes a departure from previous Windows versions with a streamlined installation process. In this video, we’ll take you from beginning to end with a clean install of Windows Vista on one of our virtual machines.
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What file system options are available?
During the Windows XP clean install process, what file system option(s) are available? Select one answer.
What voltage is this?
You are installing a new computer at a remote office in another country. What’s the best way to determine the voltage of the wall outlet power source and how can you configure the computer for best results?
CompTIA A+ 220-701: 3.0 – Using a Virtual Machine
Although the topic of virtual machines isn’t part of the CompTIA A+ requirements, using a VM on your computer can really make a difference when studying about Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Vista. In this video, you’ll learn about virtual machines, configure a VM, and you’ll learn some tips for running multiple virtual machines on your desktop.
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High speed surfin’ safari
At a minimum, what TCP/IP configuration parameters are required to surf web sites on the ‘net using their fully qualified domain name (i.e., www.google.com)?
What’s wrong with my power?
You’ve upgraded the power supply of a computer a week ahead of a video card and hard drive upgrade. However, when the computer is powered on, all of the components are functional except for the DVD-RW drive. Prior to the installation, you checked the voltage at the wall outlet and the voltages coming from each output from the power supply. What is the most likely cause of this faulty DVD-RW drive?
Where’s your wireless network?
Your organization provides a wireless network for mobile connectivity in the office. To use the network, the wireless network information must be manually added to the configuration of each wireless device. You notice that other computers can’t see the wireless network unless they are also manually configured. Which wireless configuration can cause this?
Is your webcam broken?
In Windows XP, you notice that the USB attached webcam is not working. What system utility can tell you the status of the webcam?
The memory non-upgrade
You have upgraded the memory in a computer from 1 gigabyte to 2 GB. For the upgrade, you replaced two 512 MB DIMMs with two 1 GB DIMMs. Unfortunately, when you boot the computer the BIOS memory check only shows 1 GB of RAM. What is the most likely cause of this problem?