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Jan. 16, 2008: Vol. 9, Issue 2
Editor: Becky Nagel (bnagel 1105media.com)
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In this issue:
1) WHAT'S NEW ON CERTCITIES.COM
2) DULANEY ON CERTS
- What's In a Name?
- Mac OS X 10.5 Certification Coming Soon
3) ZUBAIR'S TIP O' THE WEEK: STARTING IE IN VISTA WITHOUT
ACTIVEX
4) FROM THE FORUMS: MCSE 2000 TIMING, EXAM PREP QUESTION,
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1) WHAT'S NEW ON CERTCITIES.COM
INSIDE THE KERNEL: "My Favorite Linux Tool"
By Emmett Dulaney
While I rarely get excited over free applications, the KDE
news-feed
reader Akregator is proving to be an exception to the rule.
This
simple tool has made my life so much better that it's
difficult to
talk about it without sounding like a late-night infomercial
for OxiClean.
Akregator, with its seeming addiction to news and blogs,
lets me have
all the feeds I want appear in a simple interface that's so
intuitive
you can figure it out in seconds. It also lessens my
dependence on
iGoogle and frees me from visiting sites manually...
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2) DULANEY ON CERTS
By Emmett Dulaney
WHAT'S IN A NAME?
If you own a garage and want to hire someone who's certified
in the
field and can keep cars running, you'd likely look for
someone known
as a "mechanic." If you own a regional hospital
and want to hire
someone to diagnose that thing on a patient's leg, you'd
likely look
for someone known as a "doctor."
So, what do you look for if you want to hire someone who's
certified
and can keep your servers running? Well, it depends on which
part of
the semantic game you want to focus on.
This is a topic I first brought up last week
(http://tinyurl.com/2xlqg2). The gist was this: Some titles don't
sound the same as others. A designation that used to mean
"beginner"
in one program may mean "specialist" in another.
Consider the
top-level administrator-type certification from these
vendors:
VENDOR: TOP CERTIFICATION:
Apple Administrator
Cisco Expert
Microsoft Professional (with Architect in the works)
Novell Engineer
Oracle Expert
Red Hat Engineer
SAIR Engineer
Solaris Administrator
This is by no means a complete list, but even in this list
of eight,
four different titles are used. Is it any wonder that people
sometimes question the worth of certifications -- especially
when
you can't easily make comparisons between them?
MAC OS X 10.5 CERTIFICATION COMING SOON
The current Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server certifications are
in the
process of being updated from 10.4 to 10.5, with the new
exams
expected in February. There are three levels of
certification
available in the tracks:
- Apple Certified Support Professional (ACSP): Aimed at
help-desk
professionals, this certification requires passing a
single exam:
Support Essentials. The certification was previously
known as Apple
Certified Help Desk Specialist (ACHDS), but the name
changed with
the release of Leopard.
- Apple Certified Technical Coordinator (ACTC): A midlevel
certification, this designation requires first achieving
the ACSP
and then passing another exam on Server Essentials.
- Apple Certified System Administrator (ACSA): With the
exception of
the updates, there's really no difference between the
10.4 and 10.5
tracks for the previous two certifications. That's not
the case
here. Previously, you were required to pass a total of
seven exams
to earn this certification, but now it's only four. In
addition to
the Server Essentials exam you must take in order to
become
certified as a Technical Coordinator, you must also take
an exam on
Directory Services, Deployment and Advanced
Administration.
In terms of what to expect, here are a few things to keep in
mind:
The current version of the Support Essentials exam consists
of 74
questions (multiple choice) that must be answered within 120
minutes,
with a required passing score of 62 percent. The topics, in
order
of (rounded) weighting, are:
- Accessing network services (18%)
- Command-line interface (11%)
- Network configuration and troubleshooting (11%)
- File systems (9%)
- Providing network services (9%)
- Users (9%)
- Installation (7%)
- Permissions (7%)
- Application environments (5%)
- Printing (5%)
- Troubleshooting (4%)
- Peripherals (3%)
- Startup sequence (1%)
Most exams are priced between $150 to $200 and are available
through
Prometric testing centers; Skills Assessment Guides, listing
domains
and objectives will be available when the exams are
released. More
information on the Mac certifications can be found here:
http:
//training.apple.com/certifications/macosx
To comment, go to:
http://certcities.com/editorial/columns/story.
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Emmett Dulaney is the author of several books on Linux,
Unix, and
certification, including the Security+ Study Guide, Third
Edition. He
can be reached at edulaneyinsightbb.com.
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3) ZUBAIR'S TIP O' THE WEEK: STARTING IE IN VISTA WITHOUT
ACTIVEX
QUESTION:
How can I start Internet Explorer without ActiveX controls
or browser
extensions in Windows Vista?
ANSWER:
ActiveX controls, toolbars, browser extensions or browser
help objects
(BHOs) are collectively referred to as add-ons. Browser
add-ons are
supposed to "improve" your experience when you
visit a Web site
because they provide interactive multimedia content and
animations.
Unfortunately, these add-ons can also be a nuisance
sometimes because
they can cause your computer to lock up or display
undesirable
pop-up advertisements.
You can temporarily disable all add-ons, such as ActiveX
controls and
browser extensions, by starting Internet Explorer without
add-ons.
This can be achieved by going to Start, All Programs,
Accessories,
System Tools, Internet Explorer (No Add-Ons). You'll notice
a yellow
bar at the top that says "Internet Explorer is
currently running with
add-ons disabled."
When you run into problems with add-ons, this is an easy way
to
troubleshoot. If starting Internet Explorer with no add-ons
solves the
problem, then what you want to do is start Internet Explorer
like you
normally do, with add-ons enabled. Then use the Add-On
Manager to
disable all the add-ons. Then enable them one by one until
you find
the culprit.
To access the Add-On Manager, start Internet Explorer and go
to Tools,
Manage Add-Ons, Enable or Disable Ad-Ons.
To comment, go to:
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asp?EditorialsID=270
-- Zubair Alexander, MCSE, MCT, MCSA and Microsoft MVP, is
the owner
of SeattlePro Enterprises, an IT training and consulting
business.
His experience covers a wide range: trainer, consultant,
systems
administrator, security architect, network engineer, author,
technical editor, college instructor and public speaker.
Zubair holds
more than 18 technical certifications and bachelor of
science
degrees in aeronautics and astronautics engineering,
mathematics
and computer information systems. His Web site,
www.techgalaxy.net,
is dedicated to technical resources for IT professionals.
Zubair may
be reached at alexandertechgalaxy.net.
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4) FROM THE FORUMS: MCSE 2000 TIMING, EXAM PREP QUESTION,
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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*MCSE 2000: Better Late Than Never?* (MCSA/MCSE Forum)
sstew9 writes:
"I have been procrastinating for YEARS now. I need to
pass 70-216,
217, and 219 or 221 to get my 2000 MCSE. Is it worth the
effort at
this point in time, or should I just move on to 2003
certs?"
Read the entire post and responses (4 so far) at:
http://certcities.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?tid=5809
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*Exam Prep* (CCNA/CCNP Forum)
aikidoka writes:
"I want to take the CCENT exam but am I ready? I've got
the practice
exam CD with the official Cisco Press CCENT study guide, and
I was
thinking about getting the practice exam pack from Cisco
Press. Will
these prepare me enough or should I purchase some test
software?"
Read the entire post and responses (5 so far) at:
http://certcities.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?tid=5808
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*Slow Response on New Home Folders Server* (Microsoft --
Real
World Forum)
eggyh writes:
"A while back, I moved all my home folders from an old
Windows 2000
Server file and print server to a new one. As the old server
was also
a backup server, I kept it online for backup jobs only.
Recently, I
replaced the backup server also. When I took the old server
offline
(where the home folders used to be), access to the files on
the new
server slowed to a snail's pace. If I copy one of the files
to a
workstation's hard drive, I still get the same slow access.
However,
if I unplug the network cable, access to the file on the
hard drive
is instant.
There are no policies in place that would effect it, but it
would seem
that it's checking for something for ages before it'll open
the file.
If I turn the original server back on again (even though the
files
aren't on there anymore), instant access is restored! Any
ideas?"
Read the entire post and responses (2 so far) at:
http://certcities.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?tid=5485
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*Networking Monitoring/Alert Software* (Miscellaneous
Forum)
coolshock1 writes:
"I am looking to get prices on software that will
monitor various
things on my network and send e-mailtext messages to me
when something
goes wrong (the first piece of software that I have just
looked at is
called Monitor Magic). Basically, I want something that will
ping the
servers and monitor them for an critical issues. The program
must have
its own method for messaging as I don't want it to rely on
the e-mail
server in case the e-mail server has an issue.
Can anybody recommend something that is good? I realize that
it's
probably not going to be cheap..."
Read the entire post and responses (4 so far) at:
http://certcities.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?tid=5812
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