Looking for a career change

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Most of my life I've been working in retail. I did my A+ certification in 2005. Recently I've taken my MS Word Advanced and Excel Intermediate from my local college. I would like to work in either an office or IT, but ever since the 90s I have been passionate about computers and technology.

If I go the IT route, I would like a nice job, but something that isn't too overly complicated. For example, compare a network admin of 500 computers to some guy who fixes computers at a local shop. Big difference to me. In terms of specific computer fields I would like to check out, I like maintenance and some troubleshooting of hardware and software. I don't know a lot about networking aside from the basic stuff that A+ taught me.

I'd rather start small and build up from there.

Anyways, any suggestions are welcome.
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom
OS
Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
CPU
Intel Core i7 6700K 4.5 GHz w/TurboBoost & HT enabled
Motherboard
Asus ROG Strix Z270E
Memory
16 GB DDR4 RAM 2133 MHz
Graphics Card(s)
EVGA GTX 1080 Ti 11 GB
Sound Card
Realtek
Monitor(s) Displays
Acer S243HL
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
WD Caviar Black 2 TB, WD Black 4 TB, WD Caviar Green 2 TB (x3), WD Caviar Green 3 TB, Crucial M4 256 GB SSD, Samsung 850 Pro SSD
PSU
Corsair 850W
Case
Fractal Design Define R5
Cooling
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo
Internet Speed
300 Mbps Shaw Broadband 300
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My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Gateway DX4831-01e (Mid-Tower Desktop)
OS
Originally Win 7 Hm Prem x64 Ver 6.1.7600 Build 7601-SP1 | Upgraded to Windows 10 December 14, 2019
CPU
Intel i3 530 2.93GHz, 2933MHz 2 Cores 4 Logical Processors
Motherboard
Gateway H57M01 133 megahertz
Memory
6GB of 1,333MHz DDR3 SDRAM
Graphics Card(s)
32MB Intel Graphics Media Accelerator HD IGChip
Sound Card
Realtek High Definition Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
Gateway HX2000 20inch TFT active matrix TN
Screen Resolution
1600 x 900 x 59 hertz
Hard Drives
WDC WD10EADS-00M2B0 [HDD] (1000.20 GB) -- drive 0,
HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH41N [CD-ROM dr]
Four card readers, and Four USB 2.0
PSU
300watts.
Case
Mid-Tower Desktop
Cooling
Stock from Gateway
Keyboard
Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000, see Other Info
Mouse
Orig. Gateway wore out now using Insignia USB wired optical
Internet Speed
Vz FIOS 10ms png 57.64Mbps down 65.53Mbps up Speedtest.org
Antivirus
Zamana Anti-logger with Anti-malware, MSE, Windows Firewall,
Browser
IE11.0.9600.19399-Upd ver11.0.135, Firefox 68.0.1 x64
Other Info
System Specs by Belarc.

BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. P01-A0 11/17/2009

Replaced the MS 'Natural' Standard PS/2 Enhanced 101-102 Keyboard with a new Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 on August 1st 2014.

Canon Pixma MG3222 Printer.

Updated to IE11 on 12102015 | Fios Quantum Router g1100

Additional AV: SpywareBlaster, manual Mbam, SAS
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