Microsoft are currently offering a second shot to resit any MCP exam taken between July 12 2015 and January 12, 2016 if you don’t pass on your first attempt. You must reschedule your free retake within 30 days of failing your MCP exam.
See here for more details: https://www.microsoft.com/learning/en-us/second-shot.aspx?WT.mc_id=MSLS_secondshot
Might be encouraging for those thinking of going for the MCSA or MCSE!
For those getting a Windows 10 install error 80240020 when trying to install Windows 10, try the following:
Failing that, see this Microsoft article:
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/insider/wiki/insider_wintp-insider_install/how-to-do-a-custom-installation-of-windows/38adfa8c-32f8-4354-8c53-13b5f2cf7e44
Good luck!
So we had a problem today where we patched a couple of our ESXi and it would seem one of these patches doesn’t play well with LANDesk (cismbios.sys) and blue screens causing a restart loop. I’m not exactly sure what update causes this, but we fully patched up until the 18/03/2015.
A little over a year ago, on the 29th of November 2013, I underwent Laser Eye Surgery at Optimax based in Maidstone. I’m glad to say a year later I still have my eyesight and don’t regret the decision at all.
I had an astigmatism, my readings before surgery were:
Left eye:
Sphere: -0.25 | Cylinder: -3.75
Right eye:
Sphere: 0.25 | Cylinder: -2.75
I decided to be brave and upgrade my Surface Pro to the Windows 10 Technical Preview. Upon successfully installing I immediately clicked on the windows button… only to notice the start screen/metro interface launched instead of the start menu, little confused.
It seems, well in my case you need to turn the start menu on.
Head to the Control Panel and open Taskbar and Navigation, click the Start Menu tab, tick Use Start menu instead of the Start screen.
Click ok, you will need to logoff and then log back in for the changes to take effect. Then BOOM clicking the windows button will now bring the start menu up. 🙂
Last updated 24/09/2014
I have been with the Open University now for a few years studying Computing & IT and Business and thought I would give my views on some good IT tips students can take advantage of to ensure their work is secure and backed up.
Spotify is a great way to listen to music when studying and on the go, allows you to listen on your iPhone, iPad, Android devices, Windows smart phone and Windows. Get yourself an NUS card for around £12 a year (as of posting) and save 50% of a yearly subscription on Spotify – saving of £60 (£48 if you include the NUS). If you already have a subscription paying the full price, I believe you can still get the offer, if not just cancel and re-sub.
Microsoft has made some changes to the MCSA for Server 2012 and SQL 2012 by introducing electives. This I feel is good idea as it allows you to pick an exam that may be more relative to your job role. So in my case I will be taken the following mandatory exams:
70-410: Installing and Configuring Windows Server
70-411: Administering Windows Server 2012
and then I can decide to do 70-409: Server Virtualization with Windows Server Hyper-V and System Center.
For MCSA: Windows Server 2012 > Exams 410 and 411 are required. You can choose one of the following exams to fulfill the requirements for the third exam in the path:
- Exam 346: Managing Office 365 Identities and Requirements
- Exam 409: Server Virtualization with Windows Server Hyper-V and System Center
- Exam 412: Configuring Advanced Windows Server 2012 Services
- Exam 462: Administering Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Databases
For MCSA: SQL Server 2012 > Exams 461 and 462 are required. You can choose one of the following exams to fulfill the requirements for the third exam in the path
- Exam 411: Administering Windows Server 2012
- Exam 412: Configuring Advanced Windows Server 2012 Services
- Exam 463: Implementing a Data Warehouse with Microsoft SQL Server 2012
- Exam 483: Programming in C#
