Man, that was nerve-wracking.<\/p>\n
Part two of the A+ exam was trickier than I thought it would be. I know a lot of this stuff just because I’ve been messing around with computers all my life. I’ve built every computer I’ve used for the last 20 years. (Except for laptops.) <\/p>\n
But if you ask me about cables, and numbers, and standards, my eyes (until now) would glaze over.<\/p>\n
Now I know which version of Windows XP you really need. Or Vista. Or 7. (Yeah, that part was kind of weird, if you ask me.)<\/p>\n
I also have a bunch of handy new skills in basic network troubleshooting, and dealing with Windows’ general random bugginess.<\/p>\n
Finally, I have a new way of approaching problems that’s really useful.<\/p>\n
I highly recommend getting as many A+ books as you can, and dumping them into Anki, then dump the questions into Anki, and review the bejeezus out of them.<\/p>\n
Now on to N1 prep, and Career Forum prep.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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