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Oct. 18, 2006: Vol. 7, Issue 36
Editor: Becky Nagel (bnagel 101com.com)
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In this issue:
1) THIS WEEK'S IT CERTIFICATION NEWS
2) ZUBAIR'S TIP O' THE WEEK: CHANGING WINDOWS XP/2003 SPLASH
SCREEN
3) FROM THE FORUMS: CISCO 2500, VRF-BGP COVERGENCE, MORE
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1) THIS WEEK'S IT CERTIFICATION NEWS
LPI LEVEL 3 BETAS UNDERWAY
The Linux Professional Institute (LPI), a nonprofit provider
of the
vendor-neutral Linux LPIC program, previewed betas of its
upcoming
Level 3 certification (LPIC-3) exams last week in Utrecht,
Netherlands.
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BETA DATES SET FOR WINDOWS MOBILE EXAMS
Two exams aimed at Windows Mobile application developers
will head
into beta testing in the next two weeks, with each beta
phase
lasting about three weeks.
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FREE NOVELL BETAS FOR LINUX, IDENTITY MANAGER, MORE
Novell is currently offering several free beta exams for
upcoming titles.
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NOVELL TO RETIRE NETWARE EXAMS
Novell recently announced on its Web site that it will be
retiring the
NetWare version 5 and 6 exams relating to its Certified
Novell
Associate (CNA), Certified Novell Engineer (CNE) and Master
CNE certifications.
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2) ZUBAIR'S TIP O' THE WEEK: CHANGING WINDOWS XP/2003 SPLASH
SCREEN
QUESTION:
Is it possible to change Windows XP/2003 splash screen?
ANSWER:
Yes. You can replace Windows XP or Windows Server 2003
splash screen
with your own bitmap. The bitmap that you are going to use
must be a
16-color, 640x480, and be saved as a file called boot.bmp in
Windows
folder. Here's the step-by-step procedure:
1. Remove the read-only, hidden and system attributes from
the
boot.ini located in the root of drive C. (attrib boot.ini -r
-s -h)
2. Add the switches /bootlogo and /noguiboot to your
boot.ini file.
Here's a sample boot.ini:
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)WINDOWS="Microsoft
Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn /bootlogo
/noguiboot
3. Save your boot.ini file and reboot your computer.
4. You should see your custom boot splash screen instead of
the
default Windows logo.
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3) FROM THE FORUMS: CISCO 2500, VRF-BGP COVERGENCE, MORE
The following posts were made to our forums recently by IT
professionals like yourself. To post your own comments,
please
register with the forums.
To respond to one of these posts or find out more, go to the
link under each post. To read our other posts and start a
thread of your own, go to http://certcities.com/f
orums/
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*Cisco 2500* (Cisco -- Real World forum)
packet writes:
"Since a 2503 and 2520 have only one Ethernet
interface, is it
possible using a back-to-back cable to use these routers to
connect
to the Internet with my cable connection? I would config NAT
outside
on e0 interface, NAT inside on s0 interface, have the 2520
and 2503
connected via a back-to-back cable. Behind the 2503, I would
have a
2950 switch where my PCs would connect. Just curious."
Read the entire post and responses (7 so far) at:
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*VRF-BGP Convergence Issue* (Cisco -- Real World forum)
rjohnson writes:
"I am testing a scenario in a lab that requires
different VLANs to
have different routing tables. This is not an MPLS
implementation
and, due to carrier limitations, we cannot deploy an MPLS
network.
So here was the solution: use two separate VRF instances and
leak
routes between the two. We chose this solution because some
of the
sites have some not-so-hot routers. We are avoiding PBR. The
issue
I am having is everything works properly except that after a
switch
reload, the BGP takes five minutes to import routes from the
other
VRF. If I issue a clear IP BGP* the import/export takes
effect
immediately. Below is the simple config used:...."
Read the entire post and responses (3 so far) at:
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*CCNP Lab* (CCNA/CCNA forum)
p3dro writes:
"I want to set up a CCNP lab which will help me to
complete the
latest CCNP exams. Can anyone suggest a decent setup?"
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