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Compare and select Windows editions

Compare Windows editions hands-on

Settings app configuration exercises

Essential Windows keyboard shortcuts

Essential Windows keyboard shortcuts reference

Compare and select the right Windows edition for your needs

Interactive Windows administrative tools guide

Hands-on administrative tools practice

Interactive Windows administrative tools reference and simulator

Interactive Control Panel navigation guide

Hands-on Control Panel exercises

Interactive Control Panel navigation and configuration tool

Simulate Windows system management tools

Practice with system utilities

Simulate Task Manager, Resource Monitor, and diagnostic tools

Storage devices, RAID levels, and data redundancy

HDD, SSD, and storage technologies

Interactive Windows Settings app guide

Interactive Windows 11 Settings app navigation and configuration tool

Design backup and recovery strategies

Disaster recovery simulation. Design backup strategies, calculate RPO/RTO, choose between full/incremental/differential

Interactive CPU components and architecture

CPU architecture and components reference

Mobile device accessories and connections

Diagnose 8 mobile device issues: battery drain, WiFi, touchscreen, overheating, cellular, app crashes, Bluetooth, GPS

Cable types, standards, and termination

Physical network port types and usage

RAID configurations and storage arrays

RAID level selection and storage calculation challenge. Select correct RAID levels, calculate usable capacity and fault

Malware incident on a user workstation. You have 3:30 to contain the threat before ransomware deploys across the network

The C-suite printer has gone rogue. It's printing Moby Dick, faxing earnings to pizza places, and displaying "I AM BECOM

Hands-on exercises covering CPUs, motherboards, RAM, storage, and power supplies

15 questions covering A+ Core 1 hardware topics

Essential OS concepts and reference material

Deep dive into instruction sets, 32-bit vs 64-bit, x86 vs x64 architecture

Interactive guide to Windows 10 security features and components

Windows 10 security components reference tool

Word Basics | First Boot | The Forge

Word Advanced | First Boot | The Forge

Expansion cards, peripherals, and external devices

Translate commands between Windows and Linux

Monitor types and display technologies

Hard drive structure and geometry concepts — SVG visualization, CHS calculator, CHS vs LBA comparison

Laptop-specific components and upgrades

Motherboard components and form factors

Interactive digital multimeter simulation for voltage, resistance, and continuity testing

PSU specifications and power requirements

Memory types, speeds, and compatibility

Virtual machines and hypervisors

Cross-platform OS exercises

Speed number conversion game. Convert between binary, decimal, hex, and octal under time pressure. 10 rounds from 8-bit

DOS-style text adventure. Trapped in a failing data center — power dying, drives failing, cooling down, halon armed. Fix

8-bit pixel endless runner. Binary bit racing through motherboard traces. Jump over bad sectors, duck under power surges

Arcade digger game. Dig through system layers — user space, kernel, firmware, hardware — to quarantine malware threats.

Tetris style game stacking hardware into server racks

Match-3 puzzle game on the factory floor. Match identical hardware components to clear the production queue. Chain react

Interactive troubleshooting scenarios covering 10 real-world A+ exam situations