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Windows XP Command Line Reference

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Islam Gomaa, my friend from the OWSUG in Ottawa, messaged me last night asking if I knew what the command was to fix the file system in Windows XP. I made a couple of guesses but the command he was looking for was SFC. He found a wonderful reference page on Microsoft’s site, so I told him I would pass it along.

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/ntcmds.mspx?mfr=true

It seems to cover most of the commands and what the arguments are for the commands.

Enjoy.

Second Shot is only Good if you pay Full Price for your Exam.

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One of the members from the OWSUG Study group has decided to tackle the Windows Vista exam. As part of the fees, we bought Microsoft Exam vouchers for group participants. We have told people to make sure you take a shot at the exam because if you fail, you’ll get a second chance.

No Second Shot for You!

Turns out, if you use a voucher you can’t use the Second Shot because it too is a voucher and you can only use one per exam. I don’t know it is the same if you have a 15% off from the Microsoft Press Books but my guess is, one voucher per exam, it isn’t going to work. Personally, its a piss poor policy in my eyes. I can see people maybe buying bulk vouchers, since work is paying for them, instead of expensing them one at time. They pay full price but since they are entering a voucher code, the second shot is useless, at least through the website. I plan to write my 293 exam shortly, so I may check it out and try calling into Prometric.

Stupid.

I personally started the road to my MCSE 2003 by using a 50% off coupon and the second shot as confidence to write it. At the time, it would have cost over $150.00 to write the exam, (Canadian dollar was the peso then) and I probably would not have written if I didn’t have both factors. I am hoping this is a website issue and not a rule. I’ll update this once I know one way or another.

If you are getting a hell of a deal, you should be wondering why.

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This was posted to the Kingston Whig Standard page over the weekend. I used to work for the City of Kingston prior to coming to the County of Lennox and Addington so I know what is happening here. I won’t get into details other than buy the right gear for the job.

Hardware blamed for phone troubles

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Telephone service to some city departments was disrupted yesterday for roughly an hour and a half. The problem affected the administrative offices of Kingston Fire and Rescue, Rideaucrest Home and Utilities Kingston.

The service was restored at about 10:30 a.m., said Royce Connors, the city manager in charge of voice services. Connors said it’s believed several pieces of hardware purchased recently are the root of the problem.

The problem affected the voicemail system, which is run by computer software. The system usually answers incoming calls. When it stopped working, calls had to be rerouted temporarily to the city’s utility dispatch centre. The glitch did not affect emergency calls.