CompTIA A+ Certification All-In-One Desk Reference for DUMmIES.pdf

CompTIA A+ ® Certification

ALL-IN-ONE DESK REFERENCE

FOR

DUMmIES

by Glen E. Clarke and Ed Tetz

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CompTIA A+ ® Certification All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies ®

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About the Author

Glen E. Clarke (MCSE/MCSD/MCDBA/MCT/CIW SA/Security+/Network+/A+)

is an independent trainer and consultant, focusing on network security and

security auditing services. Glen spends most of his time delivering certified

courses on A+, Network+, Windows Server 2003, SQL Server, Exchange Server,

Visual Basic .NET, and ASP.NET. Glen also teaches a number of security

related courses covering topics such as vulnerability testing, firewall design,

and packet analysis.

Glen is an experienced author and technical editor who has worked on nine

certification books. Glen designed and coauthored the award nominated A+

Certification Bible and has worked on certification titles involving topics such

as Windows 2000/2003 certification, CIW certification, Network+ certification,

and Security+ certification.

When he’s not working, Glen loves to spend quality time with his wife, Tanya,

and their three children, Sara, Brendon, and Ashlyn. He is an active member

of the martial arts community, where he currently holds his first-degree black

belt in Tae Kwon Do. You can visit Glen online at www.gleneclarke.com , or

contact him at glenclarke@accesswave.ca .

Ed Tetz graduated in 1990 from Saint Lawrence College in Cornwall, Ontario

with a degree in Business Administration. He spent a short time in computer

sales, which eventually led to a computer support position. After several

years of providing system and LAN support to small and large organizations,

in 1994 he added training to his repertoire. He holds certifications for A+, ITIL

Foundations Certificate in IT Service Management (IT Infrastructure Library),

Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer

(MCSE), Microsoft Certified Database Administrator (MCDBA), and Chauncey

Group’s Certified Technical Trainer (CTT). Since 2002, he has been a full-time

consultant for a value added reseller in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Over his years of

work experience, he has supported Apple Macintosh, IBM OS/2, Linux, Novell

NetWare, and all Microsoft operating systems from MS-DOS to Windows Vista,

as well as hardware from most of the major vendors. He

welcomes comments from his readers and can be contacted at ed_tetz@

hotmail.com , if you are not trapped by the junk mail filters, or info@

edtetz.net .

Dedication

To my beautiful wife, Tanya, who has made all my dreams come true.

I cherish every moment we spend together.

— Glen E. Clarke

I would like to dedicate this book, with love, to my wife, Sharon, and my chil-

dren, Emily and Mackenzie. They have put up with a lot during the writing of

this book, especially the loss of my time, which is now gone forever. If I owe

anyone my gratitude for having this book written, it is them.

— Ed Tetz

Author’s Acknowledgments

There are so many hard working people that are needed to write a book and

these people never get the credit they deserve — so I will attempt to show

my appreciation. I want to thank the people at Wiley for their hard work and

continued support. A special thank you to acquisitions editor, Katie Feltman,

for asking Ed and I to do this book and for her patience as I worked through

the chapters. I also want to thank project editor Blair Pottenger for his

patience and quick responses to any questions I fired his way! Much appreci-

ation goes to copy editor Andy Hollandbeck for an outstanding job on the

editing of the chapters — you have made a huge difference in this project —

thank you! I also want to thank Dan DiNicolo for his feedback as the technical

editor.

Over the years I have developed friendships through my work, and one of my

favorite people to work with is Ed Tetz. I want to thank him for the long hours

he has dedicated to this book — you have done an amazing job again! I also

want to thank Dan Lachance, who is always around for a little bit of geek talk!

Thanks to Riley, Haley, and Sara for helping me take some of the photos for

the book.

A special thank you goes to my three children, Sara, Brendon, and Ashlyn for

giving me the time to sit down and participate in kids play with them — it

makes me realize what is important in life. A needed thank you goes to my

wife, Tanya, for all her support — without it I would be a different person.

Thank you for all that you do!

— Glen E. Clarke

I would like to thank Katie Feltman, our acquisitions editor, for inviting me to

take on this project, and to both Katie and Blair Pottenger, our project editor,

for keeping this book on track, which I am sure was an effort for them, and

thanks for that. I would like to thank Andy Hollandbeck, our copy editor, for

his tireless work of ensuring that what I wrote made sense, and for making

my words sound better then when I originally wrote them.

In addition to them, I would like to thank the rest of the staff at Wiley

Publishing who worked behind the scenes taking care of many of the details

that are required to get this book into print, and I am sure that due to their

hard work, this will be a successful book.

— Ed Tetz

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