Computer Maintenance and Management Course

Explore the crucial details of computer maintenance with this course.

17 minutes

Course description

Anything falls apart if it’s not sufficiently maintained, and when it comes to computers, this could have enormous consequences for systems and people. In this course, you’ll explore crucial information about computer maintenance and management. Beginning with power management, you’ll look at cleaning and maintaining computers, disposal best practices, toner recycling and more.

Syllabus

Ask Me Anything About Computer Maintenance and Management

Video - 00:11:00

In this episode, Scott talks about recycling an old device, when to shut down your PC, vacuuming your computer, and ink and toner recycling.
Trash it or Stash it?

Video - 00:02:00

In this episode, Scott explores disposal best practices for electronic components.
Cleaning and Maintaining Computers

Video - 00:02:00

In this episode, Scott discusses common cleaning solutions and practices for a PC.
Power Management

Video - 00:02:00

In this episode, Scott describes power management tools and best practices.

Meet the author

Mike Meyers

Mike Meyers, affectionately called the "Alpha Geek," is the industry's leading authority on CompTIA certifications. He is the president and co-founder of Total Seminars, LLC, a provider of PC and network repair seminars, books, videos and courseware for thousands of organizations throughout the world. Mike has been involved in the computer and network repair industry since 1987 as a technician, instructor, author, consultant and speaker. He has sold over a million IT and certification books, including the best-selling CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide and CompTIA Network+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide. He has personally taught thousands of students, including U.S. senators, U.S. Supreme Court Justices, members of the United Nation, every branch of the U.S. Armed Forces, many branches of the Department of Justice, hundreds of corporate clients and academic students at every level.

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Associated NICE Work Roles

All Infosec training maps directly to the NICE Workforce Framework for Cybersecurity to guide you from beginner to expert across 52 Work Roles.

  • System Administrator
  • Network Operations Specialist
  • Technical Support Specialist

Plans & pricing

Infosec Skills Personal

$299 / year

  • 190+ role-guided learning paths (e.g., Ethical Hacking, Threat Hunting)
  • 100s of hands-on labs in cloud-hosted cyber ranges
  • Custom certification practice exams (e.g., CISSP, Security+)
  • Skill assessments
  • Infosec peer community support

Infosec Skills Teams

$799 per license / year

  • Team administration and reporting
  • Dedicated client success manager
  • Single sign-on (SSO)
    Easily authenticate and manage your learners by connecting to any identity provider that supports the SAML 2.0 standard.
  • Integrations via API
    Retrieve training performance and engagement metrics and integrate learner data into your existing LMS or HRS.
  • 190+ role-guided learning paths and assessments (e.g., Incident Response)
  • 100s of hands-on labs in cloud-hosted cyber ranges
  • Create and assign custom learning paths
  • Custom certification practice exams (e.g., CISSP, CISA)
  • Optional upgrade: Guarantee team certification with live boot camps

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