Total Time: 3 hour(s)

Summary: 
This course provides learners with information on protecting, cleaning, and caring for the PC, as well as troubleshooting common PC problems.

Ojectives: 
After completing this course, students will be able to:
Clean and care for the parts of a PC
Clean and care for a monitor
Provide antivirus protection for a PC
Backup the data on a hard drive
Troubleshoot common PC problems

Topics: 
Preventive maintenance
Keyboard and mouse maintenance
Monitor, case, and drive maintenance
Virus detection and protection
Data backup
Troubleshooting preparation
Troubleshooting the BIOS
Troubleshooting CPU problems
Troubleshooting disk drives
Troubleshooting memory
Troubleshooting other devices

Technical Requirements: 
P500+ Processor, 128MB of RAM; Windows 2000, 2003, XP, Minimum screen resolution 800x600, Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher; Windows Media Player 9.0 or higher; Flash 8.0 or higher; 56K minimum connection; broadband (256 kpbs or higher) connection recommended; Javascript, DHTML and cookies enabled; Sound card with speakers or headphones strongly recommended.