From: Eric <[email protected]>
Newsgroups: alt.certification.mcse,microsoft.public.cert.exam.mcse
Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2001 6:01 AM
Subject: Re: The 70-240 Monster . . .
Oh, and I forgot to add: if the Philadelphia Eagles beat
the NY Giants
tomorrow (I'm going to the game), it wil be a PERFECT weekend!
E
"Eric" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
Took it today and passed! Whew -- glad that's over.
The first 3 parts, Server, AD and Network, I breezed through very
confidently. Then I hit Professional. Ouch.
That one scared me. It was
the only exam section that took me the entire time and where I went
back and
reviewed answers (I had at least 25 minutes left over when I finished
the
1st 3 parts). I was thinking, great, I passed 3 out of 4, but
failed Pro
(so failed it all). Much to my relief the "Congratulations" screen
came up
when I nervously pressed the end exam button.
Took 3 hours for the whole thing.
I have to admit that braindump practice questions were used by me and
did
help tremendously -- particularly for the 1st 3 parts (I must have
seen over
90% of the questions in practice exams for the 1st 3 parts, only about
10%
for Professional). But I felt like I learned much of the material,
as I
didn't memorize answers simply (other than the factoid answers, like
particular port numbers), but learned the whys and hows. I also
first read
Minasi's Mastering Windows 2000 Server, read Alan Carter's 70-240 book
and
set up a home network of course.
Note that I didn't simply read braindumps. I used transdumper
and thus used
the practice questions as a real exam type scenario. It forced
me to think
about each question. Those I got wrong I researched and
found out why. I
also checked on those I got right, but wasn't really 100% sure of the
reason.
Could I now run a multi-domain 35000 node win 2000 network on my own?
Nah,
I don't think so. But I certainly have a good understanding of
the
background required knowledge. I also have something to show
future
employers regarding my initiative, willingness to learn and ability
to learn.
By the way, I am currently employed in the tech field responsible for,
among
other more mundane tasks, running various servers used by a software
development team for testing, developing, etc. I do not run the
network or
assist in running our network. However, we do keep our own internal
domain,
set up as a one way trust with our corporate domain for the purposes
of the
software development team. None of these servers are win 2000
(all Win NT
4.0). We do use SQL 2000 and win professional for the desktops.
We will
shortly be testing with win 2000 server. I do not handle
DNS, Wins or
routing -- other than configure clients/servers where necessary to
find our
DNS; wins servers, etc.
On to one of the design exams to become a win 2000 MCSE (already have
2
electives from my Nt 4.0 mcse which still count towards win 2000 MCSE.
E
From: Roger Abell <[email protected]>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.cert.exam.mcse,microsoft.public.certification
Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2001 3:08 PM
Subject: Re: anyone using VMware as a study aid?
The main requirement is lots of ram.
--
Roger Abell
MS MVP (Windows Platform)
"Joe Murphy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:ekQVESojBHA.1812@tkmsftngp03...
I'm thinking of beginning my study for 70-215 and I wanted to set up
a
vmware virutal network on my computer with Win2K server and a couple
of
different clients (9x, XP Pro, etc.).
If anyone has any experience with this, could you let me know the pitfalls?
what do I need to set up my 'network'?
Thanks,
JM
From: J Figueredo <[email protected]>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.cert.exam.mcse
Sent: Tuesday, December 25, 2001 9:49 AM
Subject: Re: 240 - Passed
Congrats, I am not sure about the "hit of freebase" I was always scared
of
it.
Cheers,
Jose
MCP, A+
"Hocus Pocus" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:#ic1mrMjBHA.2284@tkmsftngp05...
Congratulations!!! Feels great doesn't it!!
--
50% Knowledge, 25% Best Guess, 25% Sweat, 50% Magic
"Wayner" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
HEY,
What an exam!
210 - Knew I'd passed it.
215 - Knew i'd passed it.
216 - Thought i'd failed, had to stop thinking about plan "B"
217 - Was like a yoyo emotionally, thought I was borderline.
The elation at the end when I saw the PASS was like a hit of freebase.
What a friggin relief.
Thanks to all that provided advise.
Wayner...
From: Henrik Johansson <[email protected]>
Newsgroups: alt.certification.mcse,microsoft.public.cert.exam.mcse
Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2001 1:40 AM
Subject: Re: MCSA Core test goes live in Jan 02!
Yes, that's what I was told when I asked MS about the requirements
for being
invited to 218beta.
"Shoe Box" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:ewpVdyciBHA.2212@tkmsftngp04...
no mcse 2000 are invited to take 218 beta??
Really?
Shoe B
"J Figueredo" <[email protected]> ��펓��턫��
news:[email protected]...
According to MS this test goes live on Jan 22 2002, for more information
go
to http://www.mcpmag.com/news/article.asp?EditorialsID=440
Cheers,
Jose
MCP, A+
From: Alice Ciccu (MS) <[email protected]>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.cert.exam.mcse
Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 7:38 AM
Subject: Re: 70-232 score report
Ray,
Beginning this month the exam scores for all new exams we release will
no
longer be shown. If you follow this link to the FAQ page, click
on the
third Q under Exam Questions and Testing Information for an explanation.
http://www.microsoft.com/traincert/mcpexams/faq/procedures.asp
We aren't going to change the exams that are currently live, but the
score
report will change to the new format for all future exams.
--
Alice Ciccu
Microsoft Training and Certification
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
"Ray Turner" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
Anyone know if MS have stopped making your score available?
I took 70-232 this morning and rather than the red/green bars I had
a
text message saying I had passed. No score on printed report either.
Ray.
From: Euclides Miguel <[email protected]>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.cert.exam.mcse
Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 4:30 AM
Subject: Re: Who want to be a MCSE?
No. But this can help.
See ya,
Euclides Miguel
"Consultant? <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:u63HZlOhBHA.2284@tkmsftngp03...
is that your final answer?
"Euclides Miguel" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:ePWN0yMhBHA.2412@tkmsftngp02...
http://alfa.alc.upv.es/ftp/WinNT-2000/
http://csplinux.saultc.on.ca/~aradford/booksnnotes/
From: Laura A. Robinson <[email protected]>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.cert.exam.mcse
Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2001 10:31 AM
Subject: Re: 70-210
circa Thu, 13 Dec 2001 14:35:47 -0500, in
microsoft.public.cert.exam.mcse, Dustin Brundage
([email protected]) said,
Anyone know anygood dumps
No, and why would you want them in the first place? Do you really
think that you'll be more employable if you don't know what you're
doing and can't pass a tech interview, but managed to dump your way
through an exam?
or anything that will help.
Read. Work with the product. There is a *wealth* of free material out
there. Hit Microsoft's web sites and check it out.
Laura
--
One man's mundane and boring existence is another man's Technicolor.
-Tick, Strange Days
From: Thomas Joyce <[email protected]>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.cert.exam.mcse
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 12:51 AM
Subject: Re: To Swap or not to Swap!!!!
Yes, you can move the page file to a separate disk.
I've never tried it, but I suppose you could set the pagefile size
to 0,
effectively disabling paging.
But, I would not recommend this. Sure, memory is cheaper, but
so are hard
drives where you can (and should) keep the page file.
"Dionicio Batista" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:OcF81uxgBHA.1644@tkmsftngp05...
With the decreasing ram cost I want to get rid of the swaping of windows
environment.
The question is there is a way to make a RAM disk or something and
move the
Swap file to it
or in fact disable swaping capabilities when adding more than 512 MB
of
physical RAM.
--
Atentamente,
Dionicio Batisa Jerez, MCSE
(Microsoft Certified System Engineer)
SINTECA
Av. 27 de Feb. Esq. Tiradentes
Plaza Merengue Suite 202
Tel.: 472-0307, Fax 472-0306
From: Rob O'Harrow <[email protected]>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.cert.exam.mcse
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 1:11 PM
Subject: Re: XP/2000
Ole,
The OS's are very similar. If W2K is NT 5.0, then XP is NT 5.1.
M$ has
stated that W2K certs are good for XP.
RO
"Ole" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
I am in a discussion at work about similarities/differences in XP and
2000.
From what I understand the differences are mainly cosmetic, and
in XP some
things have been made easier accesible than in 2000, in other words
no big
differences.
One of my co-workers on the other hand, says that XP and 2000 are two
totally different operating systems.
Can anyone here help me settle this?
A bit off topic, but if my co-worker is right, my 2000 MCP will not
be very
valuable for long, will it?
Ole
From: Ben Smith [MS] <[email protected]>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.cert.exam.mcse
Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2001 4:12 AM
Subject: Re: XP/2000
In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
I am in a discussion at work about similarities/differences in XP and
2000.
From what I understand the differences are mainly cosmetic, and
in XP some
things have been made easier accesible than in 2000, in other words
no big
differences.
One of my co-workers on the other hand, says that XP and 2000 are two
totally different operating systems.
Can anyone here help me settle this?
A bit off topic, but if my co-worker is right, my 2000 MCP will not
be very
valuable for long, will it?
Ole
Your MCSE 2000 is safe, but the differences between 2000 and XP are
not
merely cosmetic.
--
Ben Smith
Microsoft Training and Certification
This posting is provided 밃S IS?with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
From: Kevin <[email protected]>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.cert.exam.mcse
Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2001 1:09 AM
Subject: Re: 70-218 Beta Test
Yes, they went out a few weeks ago.
Doesn't mean you would have received it.
"Apratt" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
Has anyone recieved the Beta test promotion number for the 70-218 Beta
test?
My MCP email was set to my old address, I am afraid I missed the email
notification. Anyone???
Aaron
From: Laura A. Robinson <[email protected]>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.cert.exam.mcse
Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 5:23 PM
Subject: Re: GPO query
circa Sat, 1 Dec 2001 16:53:26 -0000, in
microsoft.public.cert.exam.mcse, Richard Cooling ([email protected])
said,
I've just got a little query about GPOs. In the material I'm reading
it
says, the order of GPOs goes as follows. NT security policy, Local
policy,
Site policy, Domain policy, OU policy then child OU policy. But when
Im
implementing this on a Windows 2000 Server, The Security Settings options
within the Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\ node don't seem
to
reflect this. Infact, the only way I can manage to implement say the
"allow
the system to be shutdown without having to logon" policy, is by using
the
Configuartion and Analysis Snapin. Where does the Configuration and
Analysis
Snapin come into the GPO order of presendence? and how does this affect
which policy gets implemented.
First, there is no "NT Security Policy" in Windows 2000. As far as
the Security Templates, these can be used either to configure local
settings on a machine, or can be imported into Group Policy for
efficient deployment. Security Configuration and Analysis is used to
compare template settings against local settings and to configure the
machine, if desired. As far as Group Policy processing...
GPO Processing:
Without loopback:
1. Computer boots.
2. Local policy settings, computer configuration settings apply, if
configured.
3. Site level GPO(s), computer configuration settings apply, if
configured.
4. Domain level GPO(s), computer configuration settings apply, if
configured.
5. OU GPO(s), following the path to where the computer object is
located in AD, computer configuration settings apply, if configured.
6. User logs on.
7. Local policy settings, user configuration settings apply, if
configured.
8. Site level GPO(s), user configuration settings apply, if
configured.
9. Domain level GPO(s), user configuration settings apply, if
configured.
10. OU GPO(s), following the path to where the user object is located
in AD, user configuration settings apply, if configured.
With loopback, merge mode set:
1. Computer boots.
2. Local policy settings, computer configuration settings apply, if
configured.
3. Site level GPO(s), computer configuration settings apply, if
configured.
4. Domain level GPO(s), computer configuration settings apply, if
configured.
5. OU GPO(s), following the path to where the computer object is
located in AD, computer configuration settings apply, if configured.
6. User logs on.
7. Local policy settings, user configuration settings apply, if
configured.
8. Site level GPO(s), user configuration settings apply, if
configured.
9. Domain level GPO(s), user configuration settings apply, if
configured.
10. OU GPO(s), following the path to where the user object is located
in AD, user configuration settings apply, if configured.
11. Local policy settings, user configuration settings apply, if
configured.
12. Site level GPO(s), user configuration settings apply, if
configured.
13. Domain level GPO(s) for the computer's domain, user configuration
settings apply, if configured.
14. OU GPO(s), following the path to where the computer object is
located in AD, *user* configuration settings apply, if configured.
With loopback, replace mode set:
1. Computer boots.
2. Local policy settings, computer configuration settings apply, if
configured.
3. Site level GPO(s), computer configuration settings apply, if
configured.
4. Domain level GPO(s), computer configuration settings apply, if
configured.
5. OU GPO(s), following the path to where the computer object is
located in AD, computer configuration settings apply, if configured.
6. User logs on.
7. Local policy settings, user configuration settings apply, if
configured.
8. Site level GPO(s), user configuration settings apply, if
configured.
9. Domain level GPO(s), according to the domain in which the computer
is located, user configuration settings apply, if configured.
10. OU GPO(s), following the path to where the computer object is
located in AD, user configuration settings apply, if configured.
User object is not located or processed in replace mode, AFAIK.
Laura
--
One man's mundane and boring existence is another man's Technicolor.
-Tick, Strange Days
From: Henrik Johansson <[email protected]>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.cert.exam.mcse
Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2001 1:05 AM
Subject: Re: XP pro or 2000 pro
"efisher" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
Which exam should I take - 210 or 270?
It depends on your own knowledge and experience in Win2k/XP
I've taken 210 once ago, but I don't think it will be negative to also
take
270
From: Allen <[email protected]>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.cert.exam.mcse
Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2001 1:06 PM
Subject: Re: SQL 2000 eval edition
I downloaded it also but couldn't even get the program to begin
installation. I just bought a copy of SQL Server in 21 days so
that I
can have the evaluation CD. That CD works fine and the book is
excellent.
"Tony" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<LyON7.72$5H3.22351
@news1.news.adelphia.net>...
Has anybody got the key to get this running? I d/led it from MS, but
there
is no key anywhere in readme files to start the install, help!
