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Certified - The CompTIA A+ Audio Course
by Dr. Jason Edwards
The A+ Audio Course is your full-spectrum audio study guide for the CompTIA A+ certification, covering both Core 1 and Core 2. Whether you are brand new to information technology or reviewing before exam day, this audio course breaks down the official exam objectives into clear, structured, and accessible episodes.**Season 1 covers the CompTIA A+ 220-1101 and 220-1102 exams**, providing a complete review of the 1100-series objectives.**Season 2 covers the latest CompTIA A+ 220-1201 and 220-1202 exams**, with updated lessons aligned to the newest technologies, terminology, troubleshooting methods, and official exam objectives.Each lesson focuses on the knowledge and skills that matter most, helping you understand, retain, and apply essential IT concepts. Topics include computer hardware, mobile devices, networking, virtualization, cloud computing, operating systems, cybersecurity, software troubleshooting, operational procedures, and professional technical support.The CompTIA A+
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Episode 90: Use AI Features Responsibly While Protecting Privacy Accuracy and Trust
This is the last episode. This episode explains the AI-related support concepts that A+ candidates should understand as AI features become part of everyday tools, applications, and user workflows. You will review common benefits such as faster drafting, summarization, search assistance, and...
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Episode 89: Choose Remote Access Methods That Solve Support Problems Without New Risk
This episode explains remote access options that technicians use to support systems without being physically present. For the A+ exam, you should understand methods such as RDP, VPN, SSH, remote assistance, and similar tools, along with the security and usability tradeoffs that come with each…
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Episode 88: Use Scripting File Types and Automation Safely for Everyday Support Work
This episode introduces scripting and automation concepts that help technicians complete repeated tasks more efficiently while still managing risk. For the A+ exam, you should recognize common script and automation file types, understand what they are used for, and know why scripts should not be...
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Episode 87: Communicate With Customers Professionally Under Pressure Without Sounding Robotic
This episode covers the communication skills that A+ candidates need because technical work still depends on trust, clarity, and professionalism. You will review listening, asking focused questions, setting expectations, avoiding unnecessary jargon, explaining next steps, and staying calm when...
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Episode 86: Protect Privacy Licensing Compliance and Incident Evidence With Professional Care
This episode explains the professional responsibilities that go beyond fixing the immediate technical problem. For the A+ exam, you should understand privacy, licensing, compliance, and evidence-handling basics because technicians often have access to user data, business systems, and sensitive...
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Episode 85: Control Dust Heat Humidity Power Problems and Hazardous Disposal Risks
This episode covers environmental and disposal issues that can cause system failures or create safety risks. For the A+ exam, you should understand how dust, heat, humidity, electrical problems, and hazardous materials affect devices and support work. The episode explains how dust blocks airflow,...
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Episode 84: Work Safely With ESD Grounding Lifting Storage and Repair Discipline
This episode explains basic technician safety practices that protect both people and equipment during support work. For the A+ exam, you should understand electrostatic discharge, grounding, safe lifting, proper storage, and careful repair habits. The episode explains why static electricity can...
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Episode 83: Design Backup Strategies Restore Choices Testing Schedules and Rotation Schemes
This episode covers backup planning from the technician’s point of view, with emphasis on whether recovery will actually work when it is needed. For the A+ exam, you should understand backup types, restore choices, testing schedules, storage locations, and rotation schemes. The episode explains…
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Episode 82: Apply Change Management With Rollback Plans Risk Review and Acceptance Checkpoints
This episode explains the change management concepts that A+ candidates need to recognize when systems are updated, repaired, replaced, or reconfigured. You will review planning, approval, risk review, rollback plans, implementation steps, testing, and post-change validation. The exam expects you...
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Episode 81: Build Tickets Asset Records SOPs SLAs and Knowledge Articles That Help Later
This episode explains the support records that help an IT team become more consistent over time. For the A+ exam, you should understand tickets, asset records, standard operating procedures, service level agreements, and knowledge articles, along with the purpose each one serves. The episode…
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Episode 80: Troubleshoot PC Security Symptoms From False Alerts to Browser Hijacks
This episode focuses on the visible signs of compromise on traditional PCs and how technicians interpret them correctly. For the A+ exam, you should recognize symptoms such as fake security alerts, unexpected pop-ups, browser redirects, disabled tools, ransom messages, and unusual system…
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Episode 79: Recognize Rooted Spoofed or Malicious Mobile Apps Before Damage Spreads
This episode explains the signs that a mobile device may be operating outside normal security boundaries, which is a key concept for the A+ exam. You will review rooting, jailbreaking, sideloading, spoofed applications, and permission abuse, along with the risks these conditions create. The…
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Episode 78: Troubleshoot Mobile Apps Updates Reboots Connectivity Failures and Battery Drain
This episode covers the mobile software issues that combine performance, stability, and usability problems into one support challenge. The A+ exam expects you to recognize symptoms such as frequent reboots, failed updates, unstable apps, poor connectivity, and rapid battery drain, then connect…
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Episode 77: Solve Service Startup Failures Low-Memory Warnings and Missing OS Symptoms
This episode explains system-level issues that prevent Windows from functioning normally, including failed services, low-memory conditions, and missing operating system errors. For the A+ exam, you need to understand how startup configuration, storage health, memory availability, and system files...
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Episode 76: Troubleshoot Windows Crashes Boot Failures Instability and Slow Profile Loads
This episode focuses on the Windows problems that affect startup and overall system stability, which are common topics on the A+ exam. You will review symptoms such as blue screens, boot loops, freezes, slow logins, and damaged user profiles, and learn how to connect those symptoms to likely...
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Episode 75: Harden Browser Behavior Downloads Extensions Certificates and Privacy Settings Wisely
This episode explains why the web browser remains one of the most exposed parts of a user’s daily workflow and how technicians reduce that risk through configuration and user guidance. For the A+ exam, you should understand browser updates, extension control, certificate awareness, download…
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Episode 74: Lock Down SOHO Routers SSIDs Firewalls Ports and Management Access
This episode covers the small office and home office network settings that most often create security risk when left at default values. The A+ exam expects you to recognize how router configuration affects overall network security, including SSID setup, password strength, firewall rules, open...
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Episode 73: Destroy Wipe Recycle and Document Retired Devices the Right Way
This episode explains the proper handling of retired devices and storage media, which is both a security requirement and an operational responsibility. For the A+ exam, you need to understand data sanitization methods such as wiping, degaussing, physical destruction, and secure recycling, along...
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Episode 72: Secure Mobile Devices With Encryption Patching Content Filtering and Remote Control
This episode focuses on the mobile security controls that protect devices which are frequently lost, moved, or used outside controlled environments. The A+ exam expects you to understand encryption, patching, content filtering, remote lock and wipe capabilities, and device management controls…
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Episode 71: Enforce Practical Endpoint Habits That Protect Data Accounts and Unattended Devices
This episode explains the everyday habits that reduce risk on endpoints without requiring complex tools or advanced security roles. For the A+ exam, you should understand how patching, screen locking, account discipline, removable media control, and safe usage practices protect systems and data....
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Episode 70: Harden Workstations With Strong Passwords Lockouts BIOS Settings and Service Control
This episode explains workstation hardening practices that reduce the risk of compromise through simple but effective configuration choices. For the A+ exam, you should understand how strong passwords, account lockout policies, firmware settings, and service control contribute to system security....
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Episode 69: Execute a Clean SOHO Malware Removal Process From Quarantine to Recovery
This episode explains the structured process technicians should follow when removing malware from a small office or home environment. For the A+ exam, you need to understand the correct order of steps, including identifying the infection, isolating the system, removing malicious software…
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Episode 68: Understand DoS Insider Risk Zero-Day Attacks Injection Attacks and Exposure Paths
This episode covers major attack types and vulnerabilities that technicians must recognize even if they are not performing advanced security analysis. The A+ exam expects you to understand denial-of-service attacks, insider threats, zero-day vulnerabilities, injection attacks, and common exposure...
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Episode 67: Spot Phishing Vishing Smishing Spoofing and Impersonation Before Users Fall for Them
This episode explains the social engineering methods that rely on human behavior rather than technical flaws, which is why they remain effective even in well-protected environments. For the A+ exam, you should recognize phishing emails, voice-based vishing attacks, text-based smishing attempts,...
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Episode 66: Choose Detection Removal and Prevention Methods That Actually Match the Threat
This episode explains how technicians select the right tools and methods to detect, remove, and prevent malware based on the situation rather than using the same approach every time. The A+ exam expects you to understand tools such as antivirus software, anti-malware utilities, quarantine...
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Episode 65: Recognize Malware Families From Ransomware to Fileless Attacks With Confidence
This episode introduces the malware categories that technicians must recognize based on behavior, impact, and method of spread. For the A+ exam, you should understand how ransomware, spyware, worms, trojans, rootkits, and fileless attacks operate and what signs they leave behind. The episode...
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Episode 64: Compare WPA2 WPA3 AES TKIP and Enterprise Authentication Methods Clearly
This episode explains wireless security concepts that A+ candidates must understand to protect network access and troubleshoot connection problems. You will compare WPA2 and WPA3 security standards, encryption methods such as AES and TKIP, and authentication approaches including pre-shared keys…
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Episode 63: Manage Domains Policies BitLocker EFS and User Rights Without Confusion
This episode explains how domain-based security and Windows encryption features affect what users can access and what technicians can control. You will review domain membership, group policy concepts, user rights assignments, and encryption tools such as BitLocker and Encrypting File System. The…
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Episode 62: Secure Windows With Defender Firewalls Accounts Permissions and Encryption Tools
This episode focuses on the built-in Windows security features that technicians use to protect endpoints and support users safely. For the A+ exam, you should understand how Windows Defender, firewall settings, account controls, permissions, and encryption tools contribute to a secure system. The...
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Episode 61: Apply Least Privilege MFA SSO PAM MDM and DLP With Purpose
This episode explains the identity and access control concepts that A+ candidates must recognize and support in real environments. You will review least privilege, multifactor authentication, single sign-on, privileged access management, mobile device management, and data loss prevention, with a...
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Episode 60: Understand Physical Access Controls Logical Controls and Identity Security Fundamentals
This episode introduces the security control categories that A+ candidates must understand before moving into more specific protection methods. You will review physical controls that protect spaces and devices, logical controls that protect systems and data, and identity controls that determine…
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Episode 59: Deploy Cloud Productivity Tools With Sync Identities Licensing and Collaboration in Mind
This episode covers the support issues that come with cloud productivity suites and collaboration platforms. For the A+ exam, you should understand that tools for email, documents, storage, meetings, and shared work depend on identity, licensing, synchronization, permissions, and network access....
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Episode 58: Install Applications That Match Device Limits Compatibility and Business Impact
This episode explains how technicians should choose, install, update, and remove applications with more care than simply clicking through prompts. For the A+ exam, you need to understand compatibility, system requirements, permissions, architecture, vendor trust, licensing, and resource impact,...
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Episode 57: Understand Linux Configuration Files Boot Components and Network Troubleshooting Tools
This episode builds on basic Linux knowledge by focusing on configuration, startup behavior, and network troubleshooting. For the A+ exam, you should understand that many Linux settings are stored in text-based configuration files, that boot components help bring the system from firmware handoff…
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Episode 56: Navigate Linux Files Permissions Packages and Basic Administrative Commands
This episode explains Linux fundamentals that A+ candidates need for basic support, especially when working with servers, appliances, development systems, or mixed environments. You will review the Linux file system, directory structure, permissions, package management, and common administrative...
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Episode 55: Use Finder iCloud FileVault Time Machine and Terminal With Confidence
This episode covers major macOS features and tools that appear in the A+ objectives and in normal support work. You will review Finder for file navigation, iCloud for synchronization, FileVault for disk encryption, Time Machine for backup, and Terminal for command-line tasks. The episode explains...
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Episode 54: Master macOS Installation Settings Built-In Tools and Everyday Support Workflows
This episode introduces macOS support topics that A+ candidates should understand even if they primarily use or support Windows systems. You will review macOS installation basics, system settings, common built-in tools, update behavior, storage management, account handling, and everyday...
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Episode 53: Configure Domain Workgroup Sharing Firewall and Proxy Settings on Windows Clients
This episode explains Windows client settings that control how a computer joins an environment, shares resources, and reaches network services. For the A+ exam, you need to know the difference between a domain and a workgroup, how file and printer sharing depends on permissions and discovery...
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Episode 52: Tune Power Options Explorer Views Accounts Networking and Update Behavior
This episode covers everyday Windows settings that often create user complaints even when the computer is working normally. For the A+ exam, you should understand how power plans, sleep behavior, File Explorer views, account settings, network options, and update timing affect usability and…
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Episode 51: Configure Windows Settings for Usability Devices Privacy and Administrative Control
This episode explains Windows settings that affect how users work, how devices behave, and how administrators keep systems manageable. For the A+ exam, you need to recognize settings related to devices, privacy, notifications, accessibility, default apps, accounts, and system behavior, because…
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Episode 50: Manage Disks Files System Health and Policies From the Command Line
This episode covers the Windows command-line tools used for disk work, file operations, system integrity checks, and policy updates, all of which remain important on the A+ exam because they support faster and more direct administration. You will review how command-line approaches help…
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Episode 49: Navigate Windows Command-Line Networking and Discovery Tasks Without Hesitation
This episode focuses on the Windows command-line tools that technicians use to inspect names, routes, connectivity, and remote reachability when network problems are unclear. The A+ exam expects you to understand the practical role of commands that test local configuration, verify name…
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Episode 48: Diagnose Windows Faster With Resource Monitor msconfig Registry Editor and More
This episode explains the deeper Windows tools that help technicians understand startup behavior, resource usage, and system configuration when the easier answers do not hold up. For the A+ exam, you should know what Resource Monitor, msconfig, Registry Editor, and similar utilities are used for,...
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Episode 47: Use Task Manager MMC Tools and Core Windows Consoles Effectively
This episode covers the major Windows administrative tools that appear in the A+ objectives and explains what each one helps a technician learn about a system. You will review Task Manager, Microsoft Management Console tools, and other core Windows consoles used to inspect processes, services,...
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Episode 46: Compare Windows Editions Features Upgrade Paths and Hardware Requirements Clearly
This episode explains the Windows edition and deployment differences that technicians need to understand when recommending, installing, or supporting Microsoft operating systems. You will review common edition features, upgrade path limitations, licensing considerations, and hardware requirement...
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Episode 45: Plan Partitions Repair Installs Updates and Compatibility Before Touching Production Systems
This episode explains the planning decisions that should happen before a technician changes a live operating system, because many support mistakes come from acting too quickly instead of preparing properly. For the A+ exam, you need to understand partition choices, repair installation options,...
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Episode 44: Perform Clean Installs Upgrades Imaging and Multiboot Deployments With Confidence
This episode covers the major operating system deployment methods that appear in the A+ objectives and explains when each one makes sense. You will review clean installations, in-place upgrades, image-based deployment, and multiboot configurations, with attention to how each approach affects…
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Episode 43: Understand Desktop Mobile and Filesystem Choices Across Today’s Operating Systems
This episode explains the operating system families and filesystems that A+ candidates need to recognize so they can support devices with the right expectations. You will compare major desktop and mobile platforms, along with common filesystems and the practical differences they create in areas...
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Episode 42: Solve Print Queues Tray Errors and Printer Connectivity Issues Cleanly
This episode focuses on the printer problems that involve jobs, drivers, trays, and connectivity rather than obvious mechanical failure. For the A+ exam, you need to understand how stuck print queues, offline devices, wrong tray selection, USB failures, and network path issues interrupt printing...
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Episode 41: Clear Print Defects Paper Handling Failures and Finishing Problems Confidently
This episode explains how A+ candidates should interpret common print defects and paper-handling problems without guessing or replacing the wrong part. You will review symptoms such as streaks, smudges, faded output, ghosting, paper jams, skewed pages, duplex failures, and finishing issues like...
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The A+ Audio Course is your full-spectrum audio study guide for the CompTIA A+ certification, covering both Core 1 and Core 2. Whether you are brand new to information technology or reviewing before exam day, this audio course breaks down the official exam objectives into clear, structured, and accessible episodes.**Season 1 covers the CompTIA A+ 220-1101 and 220-1102 exams**, providing a complete review of the 1100-series objectives.**Season 2 covers the latest CompTIA A+ 220-1201 and 220-1202 exams**, with updated lessons aligned to the newest technologies, terminology, troubleshooting methods, and official exam objectives.Each lesson focuses on the knowledge and skills that matter most, helping you understand, retain, and apply essential IT concepts. Topics include computer hardware, mobile devices, networking, virtualization, cloud computing, operating systems, cybersecurity, software troubleshooting, operational procedures, and professional technical support.The CompTIA A+
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