Certification Prep – The 20 Minute Workout

QUESTION - You are a desktop engineer for your company which is configured as a single Active Directory domain running Windows Server 2008 R2 domain controllers. Desktop systems in use include Windows XP running service pack 3 and Windows Vista. You have been working on a service request to install Windows 7 Professional on a workstation in a dual boot configuration with Windows Vista Business edition. You have completed the Windows 7 installation but you want Windows Vista to be booted by default. What should you do? (Choose the best, single answer). A. Use the Bcdedit.exe command line tool to specify the /default parameter. B. Use the Bootcfg.exe command line tool to specify the /default parameter. C. Use the Bootcfg.exe command line tool to specify the /Addsw parameter. D. Edit the boot.ini file in the root of the Windows 7 partition so that Windows Vista is booted by default. E. Edit the boot.ini file in the root of the C:\ partition so that Windows Vista is booted by default. F. ...

QUESTION – Which of the following are examples of a male serial connection? (Choose all that apply).   A.      B.       C.       D.          E.      F.      G.        Check back tomorrow for the answer and explanation of today’s question.

QUESTION - You are a desktop engineer for your company which is configured as a single Active Directory domain running Windows Server 2008 R2 domain controllers. Desktop systems in use include Windows XP running service pack 3 and Windows Vista. You have been working on a service request to install Windows 7 Professional on a workstation in a dual boot configuration with Windows Vista Business edition. You have completed the Windows 7 installation but you want Windows Vista to be booted by default. What should you do? (Choose the best, single answer). A. Use the Bcdedit.exe command line tool to specify the /default parameter. B. Use the Bootcfg.exe command line tool to specify the /default parameter. C. Use the Bootcfg.exe command line tool to specify the /Addsw parameter. D. Edit the boot.ini file in the root of the Windows 7 partition so that Windows Vista is booted by default. E. Edit the boot.ini file in the root of the C:\ partition so that Windows Vista is boot...

http://www.professormesser.com/ is a website I recently came across that provides quality technology information and training, including specialized training courses for CompTIA A+, CompTIA Network+, Microsoft Windows 7 and Nmap. While there is some charge for some of the content (in the “paid for” section) there is an abundance on the site that is made available for zero cost. There is training for CompTIA A+ as well as Network+ and there is the “ Professor Messer’s Free Microsoft 70-680 Certification Training ” that as of mid February boasts “ 32 Videos (and counting!) – Total Running Time: 10 hours, 8 minutes” worth of free content. I am going to be reviewing some of the free training and I will give a review of some of what I see but I can tell you, from what I’ve seen so far it is an awesome resource to put in your personal training arsenal. Some of the videos fall right into line with some of my original written 70-680 posts; as I reboot the site and refine some of that content ...

As part of putting the site back online and going back to the originally planned posting schedule, The Certification Question of the Day is going to be making its return. I did this in the past for the CompTIA A+ Exam certification questions and because of the number of request for it, I am going to be returning them as well as questions for the CCNA certification exam, the Network+ certification exam, the Windows 7 70-680 exam and the Security+ exam. If there are other exams that you might be interested in seeing QOFD for please let me know. As I did prior, I will put “QOTD” in the category field for easier searching here on the site as well as the certification it applies to (e.g. “CompTIA A+” or “70-680” – etc.) A day after a post, I will repost the question with the accompanying answer. Thanks again for all the input – keep it coming. 

As posted at http://sharepointsaturday.org/hartford/default.aspx . The event details I have cross posted here are for the Hartford area event. “Join SharePoint architects, developers, and other professionals that work with Microsoft SharePoint 2007 and 2010 for the "SharePoint Saturday" event on January 29th, 2011.  SharePoint Saturday is an educational, informative & lively day filled with sessions from respected SharePoint professionals & MVPs, covering a wide variety of SharePoint-orientated topics.  SharePoint Saturday is FREE, open to the public and is your local chance to immerse yourself in SharePoint!” “New Horizons, ThirdM, and CTDOTNET are proud to host the 1st SharePoint Saturday in Connecticut. This event will be held at New Horizons Learning, 340 West Newbury Road, Bloomfield, CT 06002 on Saturday, January 29, 2011. Doors open for registration at 8AM and sessions will begin at 9AM.” “SharePoint Saturday Hartford is scheduled to end at 6:30P...

So what’s the old saying “the road to hell is paved with good intentions”? I had fully expected to settle into my new job and get back to posting at least once a week (with a goal of three times each week) but that never materialized. I was expecting the adjustment to the new schedule to stabilize and the time suck over the holidays to not be as bad as it was but it was enough of a challenge to where I had to let something go. Unfortunately it had to be this blog. So at this point my plan is to get back in the saddle for January 1st 2011 and move forward from there. I am wishing one and all a merry holiday season and a great 2011.