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Happy 11111011010 (2010 for the rest of us) :)

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Hello there So U're Networking followers,

I have been off for a few weeks due to the holiday season kicking in like crazy! So as my first address to you all, I wanna wish you the best in the new year.
I hope many of you that are on a path to IT certification and learning will make your goal and be the best you can be.

I need to gloat a bit... Well, now I only have ONE exam left to go till I get my MCITP: Enterprise Administrators Certificate. WooHoo :) Thank you, thank you.

I hope that in this year I acquire a CCNA certificate and get a decent job (anyone?).
For the rest of you ... Well we all have our individual goals wee follow, and life would be worthless without goals, so hip hip hooray for goals :)

'till next time,

Darko

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Folder Redirection in Windows Server 2008

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Ok another treat for you,


So, you wanna setup folder redirection (Desktop, Documents ... etc Folder) to your user using GPO.
Here is a video I made, that will get you doing this in a few steps.

Without any further talk (helps me save my keyboard key-stroke life :) ), I present you my video guide, the first one in many upcoming from So U're Networking


Darko


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THE Microsoft Virtual Business Cards

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*Tamda da daaaaa* *Fanfare*


Ladies and gentlemen, I'm proud to present, the long awaited ... Microsoft VIRTUAL BUSINESS CARD !!! *Crowd goes wild* *Applause*

Ok, enough dramatization.
Yes you got it right, the Microsoft VBC are at last available. MCT's and Loyal borntolearn blog fans got the heads-up on this one. So I am using this opportunity to give a shout to any MCP out there to check this out : MCPVBCWebsite

You can already see that my VBC is setup at the top of the blog page. A nice looking thingy, pretty customizable (not fully, but ok).
Also you generate a profile page which seems ok, simple but good.

The borntolearn blog community has followed this event thoroughly, and in despite of last minute problems this tool was online with just 35 minutes lag ... Great Debuggers! :)

Well it's late, so I'm off ... Just waiting for the professional responses.

Se ya later

Darko

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MS Virtual Business Cards ...We'll see !

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*Born To learn Blog*


Yes, right on that link there ^, are a lot of people who are anxious to hear about the upcoming MCP Virtual Business Cads. We just gonna have to wait and see what happens...
So, 03:30 PM Pacific Time (00:30 CET), comes the truth!
I really hope they will introduce this AND bring back the Wallet card ( a real handy thingy).

That much from me... Se ya later!

Darko

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Microsoft exam 83-640

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I've started my MCITP: Enterprise Administrator course in September this year... Easily passing my exams I was happy.

Then November came, time to take the MCTS: Active Directory, Configuring exam. Typical, just listen carefully on the course practice at home a bit and it will all be just fine and dandy.
So, that day (let's just say its November 17th) i go to prometric.com to schedule and pay for my exam. Browsing trough the site i pick MCTS 70-640, when all of a sudden ... No English language to pick (?!)
Hmmm ?! What is this... After consulting some blogs and forums I have found out that there is NO MORE 70-640, but now it's 83-640... Yep you guessed it, it comes with Virtual (freakin') labs.
Ok, nothing else to do but to schedule that one.
On the 18th of November i came to the testing center ("CET" in Belgrade, Serbia. Which is the one of the two testing centers in Serbia, and probably the best one), and to figure out that I am the first dude in Serbia to take this exam. Hmm, sounds interesting. Even the test administrator was eager to see the 83-640 in action.
Test starts ...
After two Virtual Labs, which are slow as Economic reforms are in Serbia, i got 30 questions. Typical. Hour and a half per Virtual lab and only an hour for the questions.
The main thing was, that the Virtual Labs DIDN'T crash!!! Weee ^_^
Fearing for the worst, that I didn't pass, I was eager to see the results.
When it Struck me ... "Test results cannot be displayed at this moment" WHAT!!?!
Ah c*ap!!! Well I quickly went over to the Test Admin, he was confused as well as I was, only he wasn't as pissed off.
After several attempts to receive any good info from the ProMetric support. I went home...
I was so angry that I will have to wait few days to find out whether I have passed or NOT.

A friend, suggested that I check the prometric website, and look into "Candidate History", so lookey here... I HAVE PASSED! Weeeee ^_^
But no test score, heh, who gives a rats ass about a score. I passed!
So, that is the story of the First Serbia 83-640 Exam!

Any comments, what are your experiences with this exam?

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Windows XP Services won't start ...

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So, yesterday I've stumbled onto a problem. I got a call from a friend who has bought a used computer (some old IBM NetVista from Austria) and could not "do anything with it".

First lets set some data: The computer has a fresh Windows XP w/ service pack 3 installed - Which I haven't installed, so for who ever did so ... he/she did a crappy job. Computer specs don't matter, but its a 1.8 Ghz Pentium 4, 512MB SDRAM, 40GB HDD and Riva TNT2 GPU

As I sit down to the computer and try to figure out what does "can't do anything with it" mean, I try setting up some basic apps (like MS office) ... The installer fails, hmmm... What could it be?! My computer > Manage > Services - Ok, let's see ... Hmmm... What?! 95 % of services aren't even started, only a few remain started. But plenty of them are set to start automatically. But they just won't. The weird thing is, I don't get an error warning that the service won't start. It just doesn't. So, as well as the Windows Installer, neither does networking work, logging, system restore, automatic updates ... etc. Only a few services are still standing.

Starded searching the internet for a solution, there was none. Some suggested to look somewhere in the Registry, but nothing ... Same as in the Services.msc.

Now, one thing I've noticed is that there was TweakUI installed as well as some program named Unlocker ... ? Hmm, then i knew it. It was some buffed up (read: user created -full of bugs) version of Windows XP with SP3 slipstreamed inside.
Nothing is left but to reinstall the windows, with a clean Windows XP w/ SP2 (Pir4t3d). Well, that fixed everything.

I hate, when the final solution is c:\format c , and to reinstall windows ... But sometimes its the only way. Till' next time...

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