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Re: Problem with CD-ROM drive on Windows NT
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Thu, 1 Jun 2000 19:14:14 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Scott Edward Sanburn writes:
Hmm.. the last time I worked with NT I thought it did. I guess I need to • get
up to speed on Windows NT again. Speaking of which, does it run any • better
on a network environment than Windows 9x?

Depends on the hardware you're running it on, but yeah, I'd say NT is more
functional network-wise than 9x.  The tcp/ip printing alone makes it more
valuable in my opinion, not to mention the increased stability.  Not to • say NT
doesn't crash or anything...

Just run of the mill PC's, a few printers, a plotter, and a server. We tried
TCP/IP printing here with Windows 95, ugh!

If I remember correctly, Mike, you did get certification on NT from New
Horizons, didn't you? How was that?

Well, I passed all 6 exams and got my MCSE and I took some classes at a • place
that bought a NH franchise, yeah.  I'd say the classes I had were • moderately
useful in preparation for the exams and less useful in preparation for
actually being an NT administrator.  No class can compare to real work
experience, and most of what you can actually get from most classes is • just as
easily learned from a book.

As always, I guess. I am learning a lot here just from on the fly, but it is
nice to get some training I guess. I am still somewhat uncomfortable. I do
have a big ol Novell Guide to Netware, which helps a lot. I have to see how
much AEI will pay for me. : )

Where this place made its mistake, and I think this may be a NH thing • because
they didn't move towards this until they became a NH shop, is that they • are
moving to full-time in-house trainers and away from contracting with local
MCSE/MCT's who want to teach nights and during time off.  So what they're
ending up with is a lot of guys/gals who teach for a living but don't use • the
products they teach in any sort of real-world production environment.  The
best classes I had were valuable not because of the class material but • because
of the real-world experience certain guru-level instructors were able to • pass
along.

Indeed. There are a lot of teachers in college that are like this.

Certification classes can be valuable, but they can also be a waste of • time.
My first Windows 2000 class was almost a waste of time since I knew more • about
2000, having run it since Beta 1, than the instructor, who had just • installed
Beta 3 from his instructor pack the week before the class (while I'd been
running the final release I got from MSDN for a month or so).

Heh, I felt like that in all of my AutoCAD classes. Luckily, most of my
technical classes were from people that actually worked in the field, and
was teaching part time. Do you have a computer degree of some kind? I am
drifting into Architectural Mechanical Engineering, but I might try to get a
computer degree some day as well. I was in Computer Engineering at Ohio
State, but they didn't have anything comparable up here, for the most part.
Thanks for all the info.


Scott  S.
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(...) Heh, I have a BA in Classical Languages - Latin and Greek. I had more hours than were required to get a double major in English but I knew by the time I graduated that my degree wouldn't mean anything in my newly chosen field (I was going to (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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(...) Depends on the hardware you're running it on, but yeah, I'd say NT is more functional network-wise than 9x. The tcp/ip printing alone makes it more valuable in my opinion, not to mention the increased stability. Not to say NT doesn't crash or (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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