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| Allenmonty 2002-08-30, 9:28 am |
| I took both exams a few weeks ago. I wasn't sure I was ready, but I looked at
it this way. If you fail, you can just look at it as a trial run, and it's no
more expensive than some of these testing aids. What better way to nail down
your weak areas?
During the hardware portion, I was just certain I was failing, until I was
informed that I had just passed. Not bad, considering that before I started
studying, I knew the difference between ram and rom, and that was about it.
I'm a programmer, but was never much of a hardware person. When I got my new
computer recently, one of the first things I did was take it apart, and see
exactly what resources I had. That was smart, and probably helped me.
The operating system portion was another matter. I've been out of the field
for a number of years. I'm good with DOS, but I find Windows to be a little
confusing.
One problem is that I have not even had a Windows computer for several years.
I recently got Windows XP, I can generally find something in the control panel
by hunting around a little bit, but I hadn't memorized all the locations.
I've read about situations where you might want to boot to last known good
configuration, but I didn't know how to do that. Since then, I decided to go
through the motions of holding down F5 to get to Safe Mode, and noticed that
Last Known Good Configuration was one of the menu options.
I'm scheduled to do it again. In addition to my XP system, I've been spending
time with my mother's ME, and my sister's Windows 98. Knowing that I at least
don't have to worry about the hardware is taking a load off my mind, and making
it a lot easier to study what I really need.
Allen D. Montgomery
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| Just a heads up.... having access to XP and ME will not help you much since the test doestn even
cover these OS's. It is mostly Dos, WIn 93,98, NT and 2000. You are expected to know where to find
features on each as well as commands that differ on each.
Tony
On 30 Aug 2002 13:29:40 GMT, allenmonty@aol.com (Allenmonty) wrote:
>I took both exams a few weeks ago. I wasn't sure I was ready, but I looked at
>it this way. If you fail, you can just look at it as a trial run, and it's no
>more expensive than some of these testing aids. What better way to nail down
>your weak areas?
>
>During the hardware portion, I was just certain I was failing, until I was
>informed that I had just passed. Not bad, considering that before I started
>studying, I knew the difference between ram and rom, and that was about it.
>
>I'm a programmer, but was never much of a hardware person. When I got my new
>computer recently, one of the first things I did was take it apart, and see
>exactly what resources I had. That was smart, and probably helped me.
>
>The operating system portion was another matter. I've been out of the field
>for a number of years. I'm good with DOS, but I find Windows to be a little
>confusing.
>
>One problem is that I have not even had a Windows computer for several years.
>I recently got Windows XP, I can generally find something in the control panel
>by hunting around a little bit, but I hadn't memorized all the locations.
>
>I've read about situations where you might want to boot to last known good
>configuration, but I didn't know how to do that. Since then, I decided to go
>through the motions of holding down F5 to get to Safe Mode, and noticed that
>Last Known Good Configuration was one of the menu options.
>
>I'm scheduled to do it again. In addition to my XP system, I've been spending
>time with my mother's ME, and my sister's Windows 98. Knowing that I at least
>don't have to worry about the hardware is taking a load off my mind, and making
>it a lot easier to study what I really need.
>
>Allen D. Montgomery
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| Just a heads up.... having access to XP and ME will not help you much since the test doestn even
cover these OS's. It is mostly Dos, WIn 93,98, NT and 2000. You are expected to know where to find
features on each as well as commands that differ on each.
Tony
On 30 Aug 2002 13:29:40 GMT, allenmonty@aol.com (Allenmonty) wrote:
>I took both exams a few weeks ago. I wasn't sure I was ready, but I looked at
>it this way. If you fail, you can just look at it as a trial run, and it's no
>more expensive than some of these testing aids. What better way to nail down
>your weak areas?
>
>During the hardware portion, I was just certain I was failing, until I was
>informed that I had just passed. Not bad, considering that before I started
>studying, I knew the difference between ram and rom, and that was about it.
>
>I'm a programmer, but was never much of a hardware person. When I got my new
>computer recently, one of the first things I did was take it apart, and see
>exactly what resources I had. That was smart, and probably helped me.
>
>The operating system portion was another matter. I've been out of the field
>for a number of years. I'm good with DOS, but I find Windows to be a little
>confusing.
>
>One problem is that I have not even had a Windows computer for several years.
>I recently got Windows XP, I can generally find something in the control panel
>by hunting around a little bit, but I hadn't memorized all the locations.
>
>I've read about situations where you might want to boot to last known good
>configuration, but I didn't know how to do that. Since then, I decided to go
>through the motions of holding down F5 to get to Safe Mode, and noticed that
>Last Known Good Configuration was one of the menu options.
>
>I'm scheduled to do it again. In addition to my XP system, I've been spending
>time with my mother's ME, and my sister's Windows 98. Knowing that I at least
>don't have to worry about the hardware is taking a load off my mind, and making
>it a lot easier to study what I really need.
>
>Allen D. Montgomery
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| Don B. 2002-08-30, 6:28 pm |
| On 30 Aug 2002 13:29:40 GMT, allenmonty@aol.com (Allenmonty) wrote:
>I took both exams a few weeks ago. I wasn't sure I was ready, but I looked at
>it this way. If you fail, you can just look at it as a trial run, and it's no
>more expensive than some of these testing aids. What better way to nail down
>your weak areas?
>
>During the hardware portion, I was just certain I was failing, until I was
>informed that I had just passed. Not bad, considering that before I started
>studying, I knew the difference between ram and rom, and that was about it.
>
>I'm a programmer, but was never much of a hardware person. When I got my new
>computer recently, one of the first things I did was take it apart, and see
>exactly what resources I had. That was smart, and probably helped me.
>
>The operating system portion was another matter. I've been out of the field
>for a number of years. I'm good with DOS, but I find Windows to be a little
>confusing.
>
>One problem is that I have not even had a Windows computer for several years.
>I recently got Windows XP, I can generally find something in the control panel
>by hunting around a little bit, but I hadn't memorized all the locations.
>
>I've read about situations where you might want to boot to last known good
>configuration, but I didn't know how to do that. Since then, I decided to go
>through the motions of holding down F5 to get to Safe Mode, and noticed that
>Last Known Good Configuration was one of the menu options.
>
>I'm scheduled to do it again. In addition to my XP system, I've been spending
>time with my mother's ME, and my sister's Windows 98. Knowing that I at least
>don't have to worry about the hardware is taking a load off my mind, and making
>it a lot easier to study what I really need.
>
>Allen D. Montgomery
>
Windows 2000 looks graphically almost exactly like ME; however, there
are some added bells and whistles. I haven't tried this, but if you
take your XP machine and set it up to run in 'Windows Classic' mode, I
think you may have the 2000 interface that you need. The Windows
components of Win 2K you need to work with are present also in XP,
it's just that XP has a modified/slicker GUI.
The key thing about Windows is that you have to keep in mind that
there are almost always at least 2-3 different ways to accomplish the
same thing. So for the test, I would think you need to know those
different techniques because the test may ask one and you know the
other......a good setup for confusion.
Case in point is the Last Known Good Configuration. Yes that is
accessible from the boot screen, but it's also accessible through
Control Panel via either the System Applet and/or the Adminstrative
Tools Console.
I don't know how much of the OS test deals with the Administrative
Tools console but I would spend quite a bit of time there, it's quite
an adventure, very powerful.
Good Luck,
Don B.
A+ Wannabe
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| Don B. 2002-08-30, 7:28 pm |
| On 30 Aug 2002 13:29:40 GMT, allenmonty@aol.com (Allenmonty) wrote:
>I took both exams a few weeks ago. I wasn't sure I was ready, but I looked at
>it this way. If you fail, you can just look at it as a trial run, and it's no
>more expensive than some of these testing aids. What better way to nail down
>your weak areas?
>
>During the hardware portion, I was just certain I was failing, until I was
>informed that I had just passed. Not bad, considering that before I started
>studying, I knew the difference between ram and rom, and that was about it.
>
>I'm a programmer, but was never much of a hardware person. When I got my new
>computer recently, one of the first things I did was take it apart, and see
>exactly what resources I had. That was smart, and probably helped me.
>
>The operating system portion was another matter. I've been out of the field
>for a number of years. I'm good with DOS, but I find Windows to be a little
>confusing.
>
>One problem is that I have not even had a Windows computer for several years.
>I recently got Windows XP, I can generally find something in the control panel
>by hunting around a little bit, but I hadn't memorized all the locations.
>
>I've read about situations where you might want to boot to last known good
>configuration, but I didn't know how to do that. Since then, I decided to go
>through the motions of holding down F5 to get to Safe Mode, and noticed that
>Last Known Good Configuration was one of the menu options.
>
>I'm scheduled to do it again. In addition to my XP system, I've been spending
>time with my mother's ME, and my sister's Windows 98. Knowing that I at least
>don't have to worry about the hardware is taking a load off my mind, and making
>it a lot easier to study what I really need.
>
>Allen D. Montgomery
>
Windows 2000 looks graphically almost exactly like ME; however, there
are some added bells and whistles. I haven't tried this, but if you
take your XP machine and set it up to run in 'Windows Classic' mode, I
think you may have the 2000 interface that you need. The Windows
components of Win 2K you need to work with are present also in XP,
it's just that XP has a modified/slicker GUI.
The key thing about Windows is that you have to keep in mind that
there are almost always at least 2-3 different ways to accomplish the
same thing. So for the test, I would think you need to know those
different techniques because the test may ask one and you know the
other......a good setup for confusion.
Case in point is the Last Known Good Configuration. Yes that is
accessible from the boot screen, but it's also accessible through
Control Panel via either the System Applet and/or the Adminstrative
Tools Console.
I don't know how much of the OS test deals with the Administrative
Tools console but I would spend quite a bit of time there, it's quite
an adventure, very powerful.
Good Luck,
Don B.
A+ Wannabe
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| Robert 2002-08-30, 7:28 pm |
| Tony wrote:
> Just a heads up.... having access to XP and ME will not help you much since the test doestn even
> cover these OS's. It is mostly Dos, WIn 93,98, NT and 2000. You are expected to know where to find
> features on each as well as commands that differ on each.
>
> Tony
>
>
> On 30 Aug 2002 13:29:40 GMT, allenmonty@aol.com (Allenmonty) wrote:
>
>
>>I took both exams a few weeks ago. I wasn't sure I was ready, but I looked at
>>it this way. If you fail, you can just look at it as a trial run, and it's no
>>more expensive than some of these testing aids. What better way to nail down
>>your weak areas?
>>
>>During the hardware portion, I was just certain I was failing, until I was
>>informed that I had just passed. Not bad, considering that before I started
>>studying, I knew the difference between ram and rom, and that was about it.
>>
>>I'm a programmer, but was never much of a hardware person. When I got my new
>>computer recently, one of the first things I did was take it apart, and see
>>exactly what resources I had. That was smart, and probably helped me.
>>
>>The operating system portion was another matter. I've been out of the field
>>for a number of years. I'm good with DOS, but I find Windows to be a little
>>confusing.
>>
>>One problem is that I have not even had a Windows computer for several years.
>>I recently got Windows XP, I can generally find something in the control panel
>>by hunting around a little bit, but I hadn't memorized all the locations.
>>
>>I've read about situations where you might want to boot to last known good
>>configuration, but I didn't know how to do that. Since then, I decided to go
>>through the motions of holding down F5 to get to Safe Mode, and noticed that
>>Last Known Good Configuration was one of the menu options.
>>
>>I'm scheduled to do it again. In addition to my XP system, I've been spending
>>time with my mother's ME, and my sister's Windows 98. Knowing that I at least
>>don't have to worry about the hardware is taking a load off my mind, and making
>>it a lot easier to study what I really need.
>>
>>Allen D. Montgomery
>
>
Damn Tony.....Can you hook me up with a copy of Windows 93.....i got to
see it
--
Robert
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| Robert 2002-08-30, 8:28 pm |
| Tony wrote:
> Just a heads up.... having access to XP and ME will not help you much since the test doestn even
> cover these OS's. It is mostly Dos, WIn 93,98, NT and 2000. You are expected to know where to find
> features on each as well as commands that differ on each.
>
> Tony
>
>
> On 30 Aug 2002 13:29:40 GMT, allenmonty@aol.com (Allenmonty) wrote:
>
>
>>I took both exams a few weeks ago. I wasn't sure I was ready, but I looked at
>>it this way. If you fail, you can just look at it as a trial run, and it's no
>>more expensive than some of these testing aids. What better way to nail down
>>your weak areas?
>>
>>During the hardware portion, I was just certain I was failing, until I was
>>informed that I had just passed. Not bad, considering that before I started
>>studying, I knew the difference between ram and rom, and that was about it.
>>
>>I'm a programmer, but was never much of a hardware person. When I got my new
>>computer recently, one of the first things I did was take it apart, and see
>>exactly what resources I had. That was smart, and probably helped me.
>>
>>The operating system portion was another matter. I've been out of the field
>>for a number of years. I'm good with DOS, but I find Windows to be a little
>>confusing.
>>
>>One problem is that I have not even had a Windows computer for several years.
>>I recently got Windows XP, I can generally find something in the control panel
>>by hunting around a little bit, but I hadn't memorized all the locations.
>>
>>I've read about situations where you might want to boot to last known good
>>configuration, but I didn't know how to do that. Since then, I decided to go
>>through the motions of holding down F5 to get to Safe Mode, and noticed that
>>Last Known Good Configuration was one of the menu options.
>>
>>I'm scheduled to do it again. In addition to my XP system, I've been spending
>>time with my mother's ME, and my sister's Windows 98. Knowing that I at least
>>don't have to worry about the hardware is taking a load off my mind, and making
>>it a lot easier to study what I really need.
>>
>>Allen D. Montgomery
>
>
Damn Tony.....Can you hook me up with a copy of Windows 93.....i got to
see it
--
Robert
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Working On {Network+ , I-Net+, Linux+, SCJP}
_Obtaining____________________
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