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by mgb022660 1 view

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I am a newly A+ Certified Tech and am wondering if anybody has come across any good books that would give me a broader insight to tech problems both Pc and Windows realated. Did any of you, when you first started out, only have the basics down and had to learn the rest on the job? I read alot of the questions here at Tech Republic and alot of them **** me away. Any information would be MUCH appreciated.

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by doubledown

there are so many different problems out there that you won't be exposed to them all. books will be able to give you an idea of what to do with the most common problems, but you will probably mostly find books that teach you troubleshooting methods.
since every environment (workplace, school computer lab, etc.) is different, you will be exposed to different problems in different settings.

my advice to you is that you will probably get more help from the people that you work with, since they've been exposed to the environment long enough to know what problems there are, and what to do about them. no book will tell you about the iidiosyncrasies of whatever particular environment you end up in. any new problems you encounter will require logical troubleshooting and resources such as TechNet.

so basically, my belief is that you won't learn as much from a book as you will from other people. TechNet will help you with quite a few problems, but you have to look for the right things.....

good luck!

by dmiles

In my studies for the A+ cert,I have only come across the PC Upgrade and Maintence by Press and Press,3rd edition,and Mark Minasi PC Upgrade to give good technical info,so I have come to believe I would learn more from on hands expierence in the field and coparing notes with others in Tech forum.Also Peter Norton's PC Upgrades gives good technical info.

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