COURSE DURATION : 40 HRS

MODULE 1 - KB0101: PC Hardware & Software Troubleshooting & Repair w/ OJT

COURSE DECRIPTION:

This Hands-On training teaches you everything you need to know to become an expert Technical Support Staff. It covers Basic to Advanced troubleshooting and servicing strategies. You need no further PC Repair training after completing this course. This course is an unselfish transfer of technology from CNCTC Inc through its experienced IT Trainers at a reasonable price. It is a two course training merge into one training.

This course will help you prepare for TESDA CHS NCII Assessment Exam

COURSE DELIVERY:

Instructor-led, Hands-On training approach.

COURSE PREREQUISITE:

• Familiarity with Windows Operating System
• High Level interest in learning

LIBRARY: Available

INTERNET ACCESS: Available

COURSE OUTLINE

MODULE 1.1 - ADVANCED PC ASSEMBLY, HARDWARE CONFIGURATION & SERVICING

Chapter 1 - Introduction

• Common PC errors
• Types of Personal computers
• Identifying key parts of a Personal Computer
• Basic Software components
• Overview of PC Operations
• Operating Systems (OS)
• Disk Operating System (DOS) How DOS works

Chapter 2 - CPU CASE AND POWER SUPPLY

• Types of PC case
• Functions of a CPU Case
• Front Panel connectors
• Removing CPU Case
• Cleaning the PC case
• PC Cooling System
• PC Cooling system maintenance
• Power Supply
• Common Power Supply problems

Chapter 3 -   The PROCESSOR 

• Types of CPU x86, Celeron, Pentium I-IV, Itanium, Duron, Sempron, Athlon CPU speed
• CPU socket/slot types
• Comparing different types of CPU
• How to identify CPUs physically
• Physical installation of CPU
• Installing CPU fan
• CPU Benchmarking
• CPU Overclocking
• Upgrading CPU
• CPU maintenance
• CPU cleaning procedures
• Troubleshooting & testing CPU using processor diagnostic test

Chapter 4 - The MOTHERBOARD

• Types of motherboards
• Motherboard layout, form factors
• Motherboard Identification
• Motherboard components
• ROM BIOS
• Motherboard BUSSES
• Configuring motherboard jumper settings
• Upgrading motherboards
• Signs of trouble with the motherboard
• Common motherboard problems
• Motherboard Maintenance
• Motherboard Cleaning procedures
• Troubleshooting and testing motherboards                  

Chapter 5 -   The MEMORY

• Types of Memory
• Comparing different types of memory
• Memory identification
• Adding and Removing Memory
• Memory packaging
• Memory upgrading
• Memory Maintenance
• Memory cleaning procedures
• Determine failed memory devices using memory diagnostics test
• Troubleshooting RAM errors

Chapter 6 - STORAGE DEVICES

• The HARD DRIVES
• Types of hard drives
• Hard drive manufacturers
• Hard Drive Identification
• Identifying drive capacity
• Hard drive controllers
• IDE/SCSI cables
• Hard drive configuration (Master/Slave layout)
• Hard drive installation
• Upgrading to large Hard-disks
• Optimizing hard disk performance
• Hard drive maintenance
• Hard drives problems troubleshooting and repairing
• The FLOPPY DRIVES
• Types of diskettes
• Floppy drive identification
• Floppy drive controller
• Setting drives and cable orientation
• Replacing a floppy drive
• Floppy disk and drive Care
• Floppy drive maintenance
• Floppy drive cleaning procedures
• Floppy drive problems and solutions

Chapter 7 - OTHER DATA  STORAGE DEVICES

• CDROM drive
• DVD/DVD+R/RW drive
• CD-R drive
• CD-RW drive
• CD/DVD controllers
• CD/DVD configuration (Master/Slave layout)
• CD/DVD installation and upgrading
• Transfer Speed
• Device Data throughput
• CDROM maintenance
• CDROM cleaning procedures
• Trouble shooting and repairing common
• CDROM drive problems
• REMOVABLE DRIVES
• Troubleshooting External Storage device

Chapter 8 - I/O DEVICES &  DISPLAYS

• PC MONITOR
• Keyboards
• Connecting keyboards
• Keyboard maintenance
• Keyboard cleaning procedure
• Troubleshooting and Repairing common keyboard errors
• Joysticks
• Web Cams
• Connecting a Web Cam
• Maintenance of a Web Cam
• Speakers
• Connecting Speakers
• Maintenance of speakers
• Printers
• Types of printers
• Installing a printer
• Diagnosing Printer problems
• Solving common printer problems
• Mouse
• Mouse interfaces (PS2, Serial, USB and wireless)
• Mouse cleaning procedures
• Troubleshooting and repairing common mouse problems

Chapter 9 -   EXPANSION CARDS/PERIPHERAL DEVICES

• Expansion Slots
• Proper insertion of expansion card
• Replacing and removing expansion card
• Display /Video or Graphics card
• Graphics adapter installation
• Adding ad Removing video card
• Display card Maintenance
• Display card cleaning
• Symptoms of trouble with display adapter
• Common problems of graphics adapter
• TV Cards
• Adding and Removing TV tuner card
• Sound Cards
• Adding and Removing Sound card
• LAN Cards
• Adding and Removing LAN card
• Modem
• Adding and removing Internal modem
• Adding and removing External modem
• Scanner

Chapter 10 -   PC PORTS

• Serial Port
• Configuring Serial port
• Symptoms of trouble with serial port
• Repairing common serial ports problems
• Adding and replacing serial ports
• Parallel Port
• Configuring parallel port
• Symptoms of trouble with parallel port
• Repairing common parallel port errors
• Adding parallel port
• USB Port
• Symptoms of trouble with USB port
• Repairing common USB errors
• Firewire Port
• Symptoms of trouble with Firewire port

Chapter 11 -   PC Assembly/Disassembly

• Safety Concerns
• Heat Factors
• Static Electricity
• Electro Static Discharge (ESD)
• Radio Frequency Interference
• AC Power
• Spikes, Brownouts, Blackouts
• UPS
• Common errors occurring after PC Assembly
• Properly assemble a Personal Computer
• Properly disassemble a Personal Computer

Chapter 12 -   BIOS/CMOS Management

• BIOS
• Function of a BIOS
• Accessing CMOS Setup
• Navigating and Changing CMOS values
• Upgrading the BIOS
• Troubleshooting system faults using POST
• BIOS and POST codes
• Using POST audio and Video error codes
• Standard IBM POST error codes
• Determining what POST can not test
• Upgrading the BIOS

Chapter 13 -   Advance PC HARDWARE Servicing

• PC Troubleshooting strategy
• Designing a troubleshooting methodology
• Establishing where to begin the testing
• Determining common causes of failures
• Finding and isolating the board with the problem
• Utilizing advance diagnostic programs to test for:
• Solving Interrupt (IRQ) and I/O conflicts

MODULE 1.2 - ADVANCED PC SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION, TROUBLESHOOTING & DATA RECOVERY

Chapter 1 - Introduction

• Common Windows errors
• Desktop Operating Systems
• Network Operating Systems
• Overview of Windows Operating System
• Windows Boot Process
• Windows configuration files
• Windows core files
• Windows System Directories

Chapter 2 - DOS Essentials

• MS-DOS Overview
• Function of DOS
• DOS boot process
• DOS system files
• DOS interface (CLI)
• Types of DOS commands
• Common DOS commands
• Common DOS errors

Chapter 3 - Windows File Systems

• FAT (File Allocation Table)
• Types of File Systems (FAT16, FAT32, VFAT,
• NTFS4, NTFS5 & HPFS)
• File System Care
• Checking the drive for errors
• Supported File Systems of different versions of Microsoft Windows

Chapter 4 - HARD DISK MANAGEMENT & CONFIGURATIONS

• Hard disk configurations
• Hard disk partition
• Primary Partition
• Extended Partition
• Logical Drive
• Volume
• Preparing a brand new hard drive
• Partitioning a Hard Drive
• Formatting a Hard Drive
• Deleting Hard Disk partitions
• Hard Disk Diagnostic test
• Repairing the Master Boot Record
• Fixing a damaged partition table
• Repairing Hard Disk with Bad Sectors
• Low-level Formatting a drive

Chapter 5 - Operating System Installations and upgrades

• Hardware requirements
• Hardware compatibility
• Common errors during installation
• Installing Windows 98
• Upgrading Windows 98
• Installing Windows XP

Chapter 6 - Hardware Device Driver Installation

• What is a Device driver?
• Function of a device driver
• Determining hardware model & manufacturer
• Where to find Hardware drivers
• Searching for drivers in the internet
• Installing device drivers (Video card, LAN card, Modem, printers etc..)
• Post-install operations

Chapter 7 - Software Installation

• Software compatibility
• Hardware requirements
• Dealing with failed installation
• Installation methods (Control Panel, Installer)
• Installing Software (MS-Office, Anti-Virus, Network games programs etc..)
• Software updates and Service packs
• Uninstalling Software
• Dealing with failed uninstallation
• Manual Removal of installed Software

Chapter 8 -   Virus Management: Detecting and Removing

• What is a virus?
• Types of virus
• Spyware, Adware, malware viruses
• Preventing Virus infections
• Protecting Key System files
• Checking for Macro viruses missed by anti-virus programs
• Protecting against script based virus.
• Symptoms of an infected computer                          
• Deciding what anti-virus program to install
• Installing Anti-Virus programs
• Installing Anti-Spyware, Malware and Adware program.
• Diagnosing, Treating and Removing Virus infections

Chapter 9 - DATA RECOVERY Concept 

• How disk drives work
• Understanding Tracks, Sectors, Cylinders and Clusters
• Master Boot Record
• Partition table
• Troubleshooting strategy concepts
• Running Scandisk to check for disk errors
• Correcting errors reported by scandisk
• Causes and symptoms of a corrupted FAT
• Repairing lost and cross-linked files
• Surviving Disk Disasters
• Understanding Disk error messages
• Creating emergency rescue disk
• Using Disk repair tools
• Recovering Files and Directories
• Recovering erased Files
• Transferring recovered files to backup disk
• Editing Disk sectors
• Reviving non-bootable disk
• Repairing the Master Boot Record
• Fixing a damaged partition table
• Dealing with accidental Reformatting
• Unformatting a drive
• Removing Disk Fragmentation
• Using Backup utility program
• Fixing common disk problems
• Solving ?Invalid drive specification

Chapter 10 - Configuring and Troubleshooting WINDOWS

• General Troubleshooting Methodology
• What to do when Windows failed to start
• Windows Plug n Play Architecture
• Windows boot files
• Windows Start-up process
• Troubleshooting Windows Start-up problems
• Dual booting Windows 98 with Windows XP/2000
• Creating Emergency Repair Disk (ERD)
• Solving common Windows errors
• Windows XP Administrative Tools
• Computer Management Console (Adding, Editing and deleting partitions)
• System Tools, Services and applications

Chapter 11 - The WINDOWS REGISTRY

• What is a Registry?
• Registry entry structure
• Modifying Registry Entries with Regedit and Regedit32
• Backing up registry entries
• Preventing registry backup failures
• Repairing corrupted Registry files
• Removing Unwanted Registry entries
• Solving Registry entry conflicts

Chapter 12 - DISK IMAGING/CLONING

• Disk Cloning Concept
• Advantages of Disk Cloning
• Issues to consider before cloning a drive
• Preparing for Disk Cloning
• Disk Cloning Software
• Disk Cloning using GHOST
• Dealing with accidental or mistakenly cloned drive (Uncloning a drive)
• Common disk cloning errors
• Solving Disk Cloning failures

MODULE 2 - KB0103: PC LAN/WAN Setup & Windows 2003 Server Admin (Active Directory)

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This HANDS-ON training gives you the knowledge and skills to design, build, configure and implement a Local Area Network/WAN. The training starts from the ground up, from planning to purchasing to designing and to cabling the network and to configuring the network so that it will be up and running. The training does not stop there because it includes Implementing, Configuring and Administering a Windows 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure It teaches you all you need to know to administer a Windows 2003 Network.

This course will help you prepare for TESDA CHS NCII Assessment Exam

COURSE DELIVERY:

Instructor-led, Hands-On training approach.

COURSE PREREQUISITE:

PC Hardware and Software Troubleshooting and Repair Training

COURSE OUTLINE

MODULE 2.1: NETWORK TECHNOLOGY, DESIGN/CABLING & WIRELESS LAN SETUP

Chapter 1: Introduction to Local Area Network

• Defining a Local Area Network
• Application of PC Networking
• Organization-wide computing
• Workgroup computing
• Resource sharing
• Distance Learning
• FTP and Web Access
• Differentiating LAN, MAN and WAN
• Network Standards
• Network Operating Systems (NOS)
• Characteristics of a NOS
• Desktop Operating Systems (Client Operating System)                  

Chapter 2: Understanding Network components for LAN connectivity 

• Client for Microsoft Networks
• Network Adapter
• Network Protocol (TCP/IP)
• File and Printer sharing for Microsoft Networks

Chapter 3: Configuring Network components

• Installing Client for Microsoft Networks
• Installing Network Adapter
• Installing and configuring TCP/IP
• Installing File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft
• Networks
• Setting Workgroup names and Computer names
• Common errors in building a Network
• Solving Network Connection problems

Chapter 4: TCP/IP & Subnetting

• TCP/IP Overview
• Function of TCP/IP in a Network
• Static and Dynamic IP Addresses
• Class A, B, C and D
• Differentiating IP address classes
• Network ID's and Hosts
• Choosing Private IP addresses
• Assigning IP addresses
• IP Subnetting
• Subnetting Class A, B & C address
• Defining Subnet Masks
• Troubleshooting TCP/IP
• Using Network utilities (ping, tracert, ipconfig, arp,
• nbtstat etc..)

Chapter 5: INTERNET CONNECTION SHARING

• Overview of the Internet
• Internet Service Providers (ISP)
• Requirements for Internet connection (Modem, Tel.
• Line, ISP account)
• Dial-up Internet connection
• Broadband Internet connection (Cable/DSL)
• Dial-up Internet connection setup
• Cable and DSL internet connection setup
• Common errors in connecting to the Internet
• Solving common internet connection failures
• Sharing Internet Connection using a ROUTER
• Configuring a DSL Router
• Managing IP address of DSL Router
• Configuring the embedded DHCP server in the Router
• Managing advanced features of the Router
• Sharing Internet Connection using Wingate software
• Configuring the Wingate server
• Configuring the Wingate client
• Testing for internet connection of the network
• Common Internet sharing problems
• Solving Internet connection errors

Chapter 6: NETWORK DESIGN AND CABLING

• LAN Standards
• Multi-LAN Networks and configuration
• Backbone Designs
• High-Speed LAN
• Defining LAN requirements
• Determining user needs
• Network Hardware
• Network Topology (Star, Bus, Ring and Tree)
• Cabling the Network
• Testing the Cable
• Testing the Network
• Post Installation operations

Chapter 7: WIRELESS LAN SETUP AND CONFIGURATION

MODULE 2.2 - WINDOWS 2003 SERVER ADMINISTRATION (Active Directory Infrastructure)

Chapter 1: Introduction to Active Directory Infrastructure

• The Architecture of Active Directory
• How Active Directory Works
• Examining Active Directory
• The Active Directory Design, Planning, and Implementation Processes

Chapter 2: Windows 2003 Active Directory Installation

• Creating a Forest and Domain Structure
• Domain Controller Installations
• Creating a domain 
• Creating a child Domain
• Creating a member Server
• Joinng a workstation in a domain

Chapter 3: Implementing an Active Directory Forest and Domain Structure

• Examining and Configuring Active Directory Integrated DNS
• Raising Forest and Domain Functional Levels
• Creating Trust Relationships
• Implementing Active Directory

Chapter 4: Implementing User, Group and Computer Accounts

• User Accounts
• Groups (Security, Global, Domain Local, Universal)
• Local and Domain Security
• Account Policy
• Local User Profiles
• Roaming User Profiles

Chapter 5: Access to Resources Security

• Implementing Share Permissions
• Using NTFS Permissions
• Inheritance and Ownership

Chapter 6: Configuring and Administering a Print Server

• Installing Local Printer
• Installing Network Printer
• Implementing Printer Security
• Implementing Print Priority, Print Scheduling and Print
• Pooling

Chapter 7: Disk Quota and Auditing Objects and Resources

• Implementing Disk Quota
• Auditing Account logons
• Auditing Object access

Chapter 8: OU & Group Policy Objects (GPO)

• Organizational Units
• Implementing OUs
• Security Settings
• Administrative Templates
• Securing Workstations

Chapter 9: Optimizing System Performance, Reliability & Availability

• Implementing Alerts and logs
• Implementing System Monitors

Chapter 10: Backup and Restoring Data

• Back-up and restore selected data
• Back up and restore Entire Computer
• Scheduled Backups
• System State Data

Chapter 11: RRAS

• Implementing Routing and Remote Access Service
• Configuring Server and Clients
• Connecting RRAS client to Server

Chapter 12: Terminal Services

• Implementing Terminal Services
• Connecting Terminal Services Clients

Chapter 13 - RAID   

• Fault Tolerant Volumes
• Implementing RAID 1, 3 and 5
• Troubleshooting RAID volumes