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MC MCSE Newsletter :: 50th Edition :: August 15, 2001
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We are very pleased to announce that this is our 50th edition, which is a very
exciting milestone for us. The MC MCSE Newsletter has been in circulation for
over 2 years now starting with 1 member (me). We now have over 10,000 members
and growing quickly. Thanks to all of you for supporting us over the years!!!
To view our newsletter archives, please click here.
In this issue:
What�s New @ MC MCSE
MCSE Early Achiever
Multiple Monitors in Windows 2000
Reminder - A+ Going Adaptive
CIW i-Accelerate for Microsoft Professionals
CIW Product Review
At The Boards
Here is what we�ve been up to:
We have added a brand new I-Net+ practice exam to our Testing Center. There are currently 29 questions available, however, at least 20 more will be added in the next week.
We have reorganized the Cisco section of the site to navigate like the MCSE
and CompTIA areas. We have also added passing scores, # of questions, time
limits and exam difficulty for the Cisco exams. You can access the Cisco
portion of our site here.
We are working vigorously on a new training directory that will include books,
CBTs, online training, practice test software, etc for various certifications.
It will allow users to find quality training products, rate them and write
reviews about them. We hope to release the directory soon, but we need your
help!!! We need feedback as to the training products that you have found
useful in the past and the companies that make them. Please help us out and
post this information in our forums.
Thanks in advance!
Microsoft has announced that candidates who achieve an MCSE certification
before October 31st, 2001 will receive a "limited-edition MCSE Early Achiever
identification card". What this means is that Microsoft needs more MCSEs as
the numbers will drop substantially after December 31st when the NT 4
certifications expire. In exchange they are willing to give you a nearly
worthless wallet card. On the other hand, they are also offering a 25%
discount on selected exams between now and September 30th by using a
promotional code when registering for your test.
If interested, visit Microsoft's web site.
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| Multiple Monitors in Windows 2000: |
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Do you constantly have a ton of windows open and need more desktop space? Like
Windows 98, Windows 2000 supports multiple monitors. This tutorial will walk
you through configuring this very nice feature on your system.
Click here to read the tutorial.
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| Reminder - A+ Going Adaptive: |
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On August 31st, CompTIA's A+ exams will be going adaptive so if you are
adverse to this type of testing you might want to get signed up now. If you have questions regarding these changes, read CompTIA's FAQ.
Please note that these changes will not affect the validity of our free study
materials which can be found below:
Core Hardware Study Guide
OS Study Guide
Practice Exams
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| CIW i-Accelerate for Microsoft Professionals: |
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In our last edition we talked about the growing popularity of the CIW
certification and how it might be beneficial to MCSEs with the
disappearance of the MCSE+Internet designation. So if you have looked into
the CIW program at all, you probably noticed that you have to take 3 exams to
become a Master CIW Administrator right? Not necessarily! Prosoft has
developed the i-Accelerate program for Microsoft, Novell and Intel
professionals that only requires that the candidate take 2 exams. These exams
are CIW Foundations and Master CIW for Microsoft and Novell Professionals
(ID0-475). As we mentioned in the last edition, if you are I-Net+ certified
you are already qualified for the CIW Foundations exam leaving you with only
1 exam to take for your Master CIW Administrator certification.
So who qualifies for the I-Accelerate? You may be surprised to learn that you
don't even necessarily have to be an MCSE to qualify. For example, if you
have passed the NT 4.0 workstation or server exam AND the TCP/IP exam, you
qualify for i-Accelerate. There are similar arrangements for the current
Windows 2000 track as well.
For more information on this program and it's requirements, click here.
We recently had the opportunity to review Prosoft Training's Master CIW
Administrator Official Self-Study Suite. Currently, there are very few 3rd
party products available for this certification, but there are quite a few
being developed. click here to find
out why you won't want them.
Read the advice that we gave Josey about getting into the web
design/programming fields here.
Want to learn more about Unix performance monitoring? click here.
Sdinesh2222 was having Windows NT permission problems. Our response is here.
Or visit our forums to get your
questions answered. Make sure to help others while you are there!
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