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Old 12-Mar-2008, 12:30 PM
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It's Amazon time...
Just ordered books for 70-620, 70-622, and 70-623 from Amazon. Oh, and a study guide for RFID+ (slightly off-topic for this forum, but I work with a lot of cattle tag scanners, so...).

Next stop is Dell so I can order a Vostro contaminated with a business version of Vista (better deal than buying a standalone copy of the OS). Up until this point I've managed to avoid running the bastard (Vista) on a personal system.

Looks like I'm back in the certification game again. Whee.

 
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Old 12-Mar-2008, 12:40 PM
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Old 12-Mar-2008, 01:04 PM
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Way to go! Just reading the Sybex 70-622 myself.

Good luck with the studies, though I doubt you'll need it... ahem at the risk of repeating myself... I thoroughly recommend the Boson ExSim Max for the 70-620...

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did anyone find the 70-620 difficult? How long did you study for it? Iv got the exam in a week :S

 
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Er, thanks, but I don't use exam sim products. Either I know the product well enough to pass the exam, or I don't. I'd rather spend my time learning the product rather than "learning the exam", y'know?

 
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I guess asking you to be a product tester would be out of the question, then?

Did you grab the MSPress book or the Sybex book for 70-620? Hopefully, the Sybex book... you're in the acknowledgements.

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Acknowledgements?!?

Um, I order Sybex whenever I can, to be honest. Kind of like the playoff beard hockey players sport. Tradition. It's important.

Product tester? For you I'd be willing, but I wouldn't go near other products, especially those whose initials are PL.

I've found that reading obscure MS KB articles is the best prep for MS exams. I'd swear that a fifth of the questions in the 70-270 exam I took were lifted directly from KB articles, especially those dealing with APIPA, STOP errors, and boot issues.

As an aside, I've written enough practice questions for exam sim products that I can't go near the damn things without breaking out in hives now. Ptui.

 
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Completely. Park on the same side of the testing center building, do the same "pre-game" prep, etc.

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Send me a PM with your current e-mail addy and I'll send you info.

Regarding PL: you really ought to give GBL some info regarding them... he often endorses them.

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As an aside, I've written enough practice questions for exam sim products that I can't go near the damn things without breaking out in hives now. Ptui.
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...and reviewing them might bring back flashbacks... Dude, I don't wanna make you freak out!

Wish I coulda got you and ;De on board at the old company, way back then... but at the time, I think management was just "mailing it in", not really trying anymore.

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I just dropped $3700 on a system infected with Vista (with XP downgrade rights so it will become usable after I pass my exams). Don't think the day can get any worse right now.

 
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did anyone find the 70-620 difficult? How long did you study for it? Iv got the exam in a week :S
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If you have the right training materials, and you have scored well on any testing software, then you will hopefully be fine...

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Go get a double cup of caffine. Your an old pro at this. I know it beens a little while but it like riding a bike. You just need to get back on again.

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I'm not gonna get into a pissing match about whose products are better. But if I weren't absolutely convinced that Josh and I and the team we trained put out the best products on the market, I wouldn't be doing what I'm doing anymore.

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I'll tell you what when BM & Josh get the A+ practice exams sorted, I'll do a complete review of Bosons, PL & TR and I'll make it a complete test for each one caparing the 3 from ease of use, gui design & how they are well they are written.

Since I have the PL & TR ones now I could do a peliminary one on those two and just wait until the Boson ones are ready for my perusal.

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I'll tell you what when BM & Josh get the A+ practice exams sorted, I'll do a complete review of Bosons, PL & TR and I'll make it a complete test for each one caparing the 3 from ease of use, gui design & how they are well they are written.

Since I have the PL & TR ones now I could do a peliminary one on those two and just wait until the Boson ones are ready for my perusal.
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I tried to get you the Vista one, and you turned me down.

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