1. CompTIA A+ Certification: A Comprehensive Approach
Installing Windows XP Professional Using Attended Installation
for all 2006 Exam Objectives
Objectives
In this session, you will learn to:
Install and configure laptops and portable computing devices.
Maintain and troubleshoot laptops and portable computing
devices.
Identify major types of printer and scanner technologies.
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2. CompTIA A+ Certification: A Comprehensive Approach
Installing Windows XP Professional Using Attended Installation
for all 2006 Exam Objectives
Install and Configure Laptops and Portable Computing Devices
Before installing and configuring laptops and portable
computing devices, you need to understand the following:
Power management technologies
Power management modes
Communication connection selection tips
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3. CompTIA A+ Certification: A Comprehensive Approach
Installing Windows XP Professional Using Attended Installation
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Power Management Technologies
Microsoft Windows XP offers user configurable power
schemes:
Portable/Laptop power scheme
Max Battery power scheme
ACPI
APM
Portable/Laptop
Max Battery
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Installing Windows XP Professional Using Attended Installation
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Power Management Modes
Two primary power-saving states on devices running
Windows XP are:
Hibernate Hibernate
Standby
Standby
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Communication Connection Selection Tips
• Communication methods are:
Bluetooth
Infrared
WiFi
Ethernet WAN
Cellular WWAN
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Activity 12-2
Activity on Configuring
Power Management for
Mobile Computing
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Activity 12-3
Activity on Exchanging
Portable Computer Drives
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Activity 12-4
Activity on Docking
Portable Systems
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Activity 12-5
Activity on Installing PC
Cards
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Activity 12-6
Activity on Exchanging
PC Cards
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Activity 12-7
Activity on Installing a
Mini-PCI Card
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Activity 12-8
Activity on Adding
Memory to Portable
Computing Devices
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Activity 12-9
Activity on Connecting
Infrared Devices
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Activity 12-10
Activity on Connecting
Bluetooth Devices
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15. CompTIA A+ Certification: A Comprehensive Approach
Installing Windows XP Professional Using Attended Installation
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Maintain and Troubleshoot Laptops and Portable Computing Devices
• Before maintaining and troubleshooting laptops and
portable computing, you need to understand following:
Maintenance and handling techniques
Operating environment best practices
General mobile computing device issues
Common stylus issues
Common laptop keypad issues
Common wireless connectivity issues
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Maintenance and Handling Techniques
• Maintenance and handling techniques are:
General cleaning
Cooling systems
Batteries
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Operating Environment Best Practices
You need to protect devices from following environmental
factors:
High temperature
Rapid change in temperature
High humidity
Low humidity
High altitude
Radio-frequency interference (RFI)
Direct light
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General Mobile Computing Device Issues
Following are the general mobile computing device issues:
External display issues
Short battery life
Device gets hot
Batteries don’t charge fully
Laptop doesn’t work when on battery power
Laptop won’t turn on when connected to AC power
Pointing device issues
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Common Stylus Issues
Following are the common stylus issues:
Screen does not respond to stylus
Cursor is moving too fast/slow
Cursor does not go where desired
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Common Laptop Keypad Issues
Following are the common laptop keypad issues:
Nonstandard key placement
Function keys
Numeric keypad
Sticking keys
Keyboard too small
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Common Wireless Connectivity Issues
Following are the common wireless connectivity issues:
Poor reception
No reception
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Installing Windows XP Professional Using Attended Installation
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Printer and Scanner Technologies
• Before learning printing and scanning technologies, you
need to understand following:
Printers
Scanners
Multi-function Devices
Laser Printers
Inkjet Printers
Thermal Printers
Types of Thermal Printers
Solid Ink Printers
Impact Printers
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Printers
A computer printer:
Is an output device.
Helps produce text and images from electronic content onto
paper.
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Scanners
Scanners is a device that:
• Helps creates a two-dimensional digitized image of a physical
object and saves as a computer file.
• Helps display, edit, or print saved files.
Physical object to scan
Glass plate
Flatbed type
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Multi-function Devices
A multi-function device:
Is a equipment that performs the functions of a number of
other specialized devices.
Include printer, scanner, fax, and copier functions.
Copying
Printing output tray
Scanning
Faxing
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Laser Printers
• A laser printer is a printer that forms high-quality images on
one page of paper at a time.
• Following are the components of laser printer:
Toner cartridge
Laser scanning assembly
High-voltage power supply
DC power supply
Paper transport assembly
Electrostatic Photographic drum (EP drum)
Transfer corona assembly
Fusing assembly
Formatter board
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Laser Printers (Contd..)
Toner cartridge
Printer ports
Output tray
Input trays
Input trays
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Inkjet Printers
• An inkjet printer prints images by spraying liquid ink from
an ink cartridge out of nozzles aimed carefully on the paper.
Ink cartridges
Black ink Color ink
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Thermal Printers
• A thermal printer is a general term for any printer that uses
heat to create the image on the paper with dye or ink from
ribbons or directly with pins.
Print ribbon
compartment
Page-wide thermal print
head Can produce photo-quality
inside unit output
Photo paper supply
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Types of Thermal Printers
Various types of thermal printer are:
Thermal dye transfer printer
Thermal wax transfer printer
Direct thermal printer
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Solid Ink Printers
• Solid ink printers are printers that use ink from melted
solid-ink sticks.
Ink forced into print
Solid ink sticks head
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Impact Printers
An impact printer is any type of printer that strikes a
component directly against the ink ribbon to create
characters on the paper.
Various types of impact printer are:
Dot-matrix printer
Formed-character printer
Line printer
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Impact Printers (Contd..)
Platen knob to
Pins strike ink advance paper
ribbon
Print head
Ribbon
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Activity 13-1
Activity on Discussing
Printer and Scanner
Technologies
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Installing Windows XP Professional Using Attended Installation
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Summary
In this session, you learned that:
The power management technique provides power
management modes.
The laptops and portable computing devices have various
issues related to the maintenance and handling.
The printer and scanner technologies provides different
devices, such as laser and inkjet printers.
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