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yeah i agree with bosco what are you on???
anyway.....you could probably spray your case with a gloss enamel spray paint.......DO IT outSIDE!! This . stinks!

The A+ cert is a joke.... so are the M$ and Novel certs... you want a real cert go get Cisco (CCIE) or Red Hat.

Ya get either of those, and you'll not be worried about money anymore... then you can build you a system that'll own all.

Seriously, if you need help with the A+ test, Cramsession has (or had several years ago) a very nice "study" guide for both of the A+ test.

If the test dificulty was rated on a one to one zillion scale of dificulty, where one was easiest and one zillion was hardest, the test would rate a 1.

Good luck to ya when you do go take your tests.


l8r

Red Hat... yes, Linux. It's the most respected Certification arround now. And most people don't know a whole lot about Linux... CEOs and other Corp people hear a lot of good things about it, and decide to switch over.... they need Red Hat Engineers to take care of them... and the number of RHCE (that the correct acro?) isn't that high....

If you want to learn more about it, the best thing to do is to pull out an old 486 out of the closet and install it, then play arround.... you'll find it's a lot like DOS (actually, it's a lot like UNIX... but that's another story.) You can download Red Hat for free from www.RedHat.com, or you can get some of the other flavors of Linux (Mandrake, SuSE, etc)

M$ = MS = The new Evil Empire (the old one was  IBM). The basic complaints are, as formerly with IBM, that (a) their system designs are horrible botches, (b) we can't get source to fix them, and © they throw their weight around a lot.

The MCSE was once a respected (dare I say Highly respected) certification in the tech world. It says that you know just enough about MS products to install them and manage them in a networking enviroment...  it also says you gave $1,000+ to the Evil Empire to help fund it's malicious practices....

Any company that hires an MCSE to support or manage a network might as well hang a sign on their front door that says, "Hackers Welcome... our Administrator password is 'default'." That is of course no offence to the MCSE, but rather a slam to the MS programers (or MicroDroid) who have yet to create a good Operating System.

Since there are people who insist on running NT/2000 network enviroments for busisness purposes, it is still a handy cert to have.... And it does look good on paper.... if nothing else....

Is this a good time to get into networking? Sure. Anytime is a good time. It's even a better time when you have a dozen PCs, and room to have a bunch of friends over playing Quake, Counter Strike, Doom, C&C Dungeon Siege, or some other kick . game.

HAHAHAHAHA!

sorry..

lol..

If u want to make it easy on urself..
Get the newest version of redhat..
faily new computer stuff..
and if u are on dialup.. get a non win modem..
and have the linux box dial up..

or else u will be screwing with samba for a life time.. lol..

But Linux 0wnz.. and Is very power tool... *cough* Play Toy! *cough*

N e ways.. Enjoy..

l8rz

Yet another day, yet another question.  I was brainstorming (only came up w/ a light drizzle), and was thinking about some possible speedbumbs if I tryed to paint my case a cool blue color.  Would the corner of my room where I house my computer smell like Du-Pont for weeks to come?  Is there any special type of spray paint to get, or is there some coat of something I can put on top of it.  Or should I just get some blue tape and tape the bastard!  Maybe get some blue reynolds wrap or something.  Anywho.....actually.....the who 3rd over from the left.......if you can get a newbie some pointer that'd be great.  Gee Wolly, you didn't look both ways before you crossed, mom's gonna kill you!  Thanks.

I am just curious by all your posts: What the heck have you been smoking  :D

Can i have some too

Well, its currently 7:18pm(est) so I'm o.k at the moment   .  Usually its around 2am when I post, so either the beer, or the smoke *use your imagination* has taken me over.  I never formally introduced myself.  I will be 22 in 35 days, I am currently trying to get A+ Certified.  I don't have enough $$ to pay for classes, so I am posting questions in forums and reading the "All*in*One A+ Certification Guide" written by Mike Meyers.....fourth edition of course, set me back 60 bux!  Just a 6'0 tall 190 pound white dude working p/t, I'm into gaming....but tend to stick to like 1 game a year.  I currently have Quake3 running through my veins, and ill be more than happy to pick you off in some Urban Terror!  I am by no means an "expert" user, but I know my way around a computer fairly well.  It's pretty safe to say I will have more Questions than Anwers in these forums  ???  If you all would like I will tone down the posts alittle bit....but that is who I am.  I am very serious about all my posts, even if they do seem like jokes   .  If you pay close attention to my posts, they do usually have a good question barried deep beneath all the B/S, or just an ignorant question because I'm ignorant.  But hey, as they say "When in Rome, Copy those Roman Bastards".  Ohhhhhhh yeah........and I tend to ramble on like a woman on the phone w/ her mother.  *hint hint*.... so there you have it.  That is I, and I is me, thats me myself and I.  Hope that clears some stuff up  CyaZ!

By Red Hat I assume you mean Linux  :D , I currently don't know a THING about linux except that it exists.  After hearing many good reviews about its stability I am very interested in learning more... and whats m$?  Two last questions: how do you feel about MSCE, and do you think now is a good time to get involved in networking?  Just looking for some opinions....thanks!

Big company's are always looking for good Networking techs. There is alot of money in the field if you know what your doing that is.

Thanks for the solid post!  Very informative.  I think I will be looking into Red-Hat.  Any recommended literature for learning RH.....or should I just pick up an IGL "for dummies" book?  :D

I am looking into networking also, so I guess what I will do is put my old Pent100 back together, and run Linux off there........and then try to network it w/ this comp.  

Will it be a hassle trying to get CPU#1(win98se) and CPU#2(RH-linux) to play nicley on a network?