# boy am i glad i didnt' pay to take the microsoft tests
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/boy-am-i-glad-i-didnt-pay-to-take-the-microsoft-tests/171763
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**Created:** [January 17, 2005, 10:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/boy-am-i-glad-i-didnt-pay-to-take-the-microsoft-tests/171763 "2005-01-17T10:25:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@T70\_Tsi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/T70_Tsi)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2005, 10:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/boy-am-i-glad-i-didnt-pay-to-take-the-microsoft-tests/171763/1 "2005-01-17T10:25:03Z")
cuz i just failed the practice “let us figure out what you know” test here at work :doh::doh:
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### Author:  [@whitey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/whitey)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2005, 10:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/boy-am-i-glad-i-didnt-pay-to-take-the-microsoft-tests/171763/2 "2005-01-17T10:31:31Z")
haha… what were the tests on?
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### Author:  [@T70\_Tsi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/T70_Tsi)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2005, 10:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/boy-am-i-glad-i-didnt-pay-to-take-the-microsoft-tests/171763/3 "2005-01-17T10:37:51Z")
windows 2k and networking.
i did pretty good with the networking but it’s been 3 years since i went over the osi model and back when i had classes on this crap it was still nt 4 questions i know win2k but not that indepth in win2k server. man am i glad i don’t NEEED to know this shit
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### Author:  [@bobby311](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bobby311)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2005, 10:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/boy-am-i-glad-i-didnt-pay-to-take-the-microsoft-tests/171763/4 "2005-01-17T10:59:19Z")
All people seem to need data processing
Application
Presentation
Session
Transport
Network
Data Link
Physical
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### Author:  [@T70\_Tsi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/T70_Tsi)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2005, 11:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/boy-am-i-glad-i-didnt-pay-to-take-the-microsoft-tests/171763/5 "2005-01-17T11:01:57Z")
its not like i was taking the test and had time to go over material i just kinda woke up half asleep made it here and was handed this
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### Author:  [@whitey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/whitey)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2005, 11:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/boy-am-i-glad-i-didnt-pay-to-take-the-microsoft-tests/171763/6 "2005-01-17T11:03:28Z")
> [@BlueMeanieTSi](#):
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> its not like i was taking the test and had time to go over material i just kinda woke up half asleep made it here and was handed this
sure… typical ricer excuse :crying: :bigok:
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### Author:  [@T70\_Tsi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/T70_Tsi)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2005, 11:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/boy-am-i-glad-i-didnt-pay-to-take-the-microsoft-tests/171763/7 "2005-01-17T11:04:43Z")
least it’s not graded
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### Author:  [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2005, 11:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/boy-am-i-glad-i-didnt-pay-to-take-the-microsoft-tests/171763/8 "2005-01-17T11:08:34Z")
i don’t have to pay to take them… but if i fail it makes me look bad :hs:
they aren’t as easy as you’d expect…
“whats the default IRQ for printers”
a: who gives a fuck
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### Author:  [@T70\_Tsi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/T70_Tsi)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2005, 11:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/boy-am-i-glad-i-didnt-pay-to-take-the-microsoft-tests/171763/9 "2005-01-17T11:14:06Z")
i never said they were easy but it does help to “prepare” for them u know? if you had no prior knowlege to win2k server or networking because oyu’re a radiologist…that’d be kinda tough wouldnt it? (obvoiulsy i’m not a radiologist but 50% of the class is and these guys think i’m gonna do the best because i’m right out of school) bah
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### Author:  [@bobby311](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bobby311)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2005, 11:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/boy-am-i-glad-i-didnt-pay-to-take-the-microsoft-tests/171763/10 "2005-01-17T11:30:22Z")
> [@fshowcars](#):
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> i don’t have to pay to take them… but if i fail it makes me look bad :hs:
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> they aren’t as easy as you’d expect…
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> “whats the default IRQ for printers”
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> a: who gives a fuck
yea tru that…
and if i dont know something i can research it in minutes anyways
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### Author:  [@VictorSmalls](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/VictorSmalls)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2005, 11:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/boy-am-i-glad-i-didnt-pay-to-take-the-microsoft-tests/171763/11 "2005-01-17T11:35:50Z")
I’m suprized you even made it there this morning :eek2:
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### Author:  [@77rednecktruck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/77rednecktruck)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2005, 11:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/boy-am-i-glad-i-didnt-pay-to-take-the-microsoft-tests/171763/12 "2005-01-17T11:44:32Z")
The nt 4.0 mcse tests were easy as hell. I took proxy server without even looking at the book and passed it, barely but I still passed it.
I heard the 2k series is a little harder, but still not that hard.
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### Author:  [@T70\_Tsi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/T70_Tsi)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2005, 11:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/boy-am-i-glad-i-didnt-pay-to-take-the-microsoft-tests/171763/13 "2005-01-17T11:46:15Z")
> [@VictorSmalls](#):
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> I’m suprized you even made it there this morning :eek2:
steve drove most of 80 i was falling asleep after the 2 hours it took to get from kittannning to brookville :rolleyes: then i drove from new york up
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### Author:  [@Pewter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pewter)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2005, 12:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/boy-am-i-glad-i-didnt-pay-to-take-the-microsoft-tests/171763/14 "2005-01-17T12:12:04Z")
😕
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### Author:  [@T70\_Tsi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/T70_Tsi)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2005, 12:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/boy-am-i-glad-i-didnt-pay-to-take-the-microsoft-tests/171763/15 "2005-01-17T12:13:13Z")
> [@8.1crew](#):
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> 😕
x2
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### Author:  [@Darkstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darkstar)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2005, 10:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/boy-am-i-glad-i-didnt-pay-to-take-the-microsoft-tests/171763/16 "2005-01-17T22:04:25Z")
> [@BlueMeanieTSi](#):
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> steve drove most of 80 i was falling asleep after the 2 hours it took to get from kittannning to brookville :rolleyes: then i drove from new york up
it took you 2 hours to get from Kittanning to Brookville? :hsugh:
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### Author:  [@T70\_Tsi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/T70_Tsi)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2005, 5:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/boy-am-i-glad-i-didnt-pay-to-take-the-microsoft-tests/171763/17 "2005-01-18T05:12:48Z")
yeah it was snowing pretty heavily and that section of 28 has some nasty downhill turns
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### Author:  [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2005, 5:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/boy-am-i-glad-i-didnt-pay-to-take-the-microsoft-tests/171763/18 "2005-01-18T05:50:49Z")
> [@77rednecktruck](#):
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> The nt 4.0 mcse tests were easy as hell. I took proxy server without even looking at the book and passed it, barely but I still passed it.
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> I heard the 2k series is a little harder, but still not that hard.
welcome to 8 years ago… please don’t even try to compare the nt4 tests to current day ROFL… not even close, it’s not even the same type of test, let alone, the new format.
try to take a 2003 without looking at a book not going to happen… I got like a 73% on the 270 without looking at anything… that score sucks and i felt like i knew most of it.
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### Author:  [@T70\_Tsi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/T70_Tsi)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2005, 5:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/boy-am-i-glad-i-didnt-pay-to-take-the-microsoft-tests/171763/19 "2005-01-18T05:52:07Z")
> [@fshowcars](#):
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> welcome to 8 years ago… please don’t even try to compare the nt4 tests to current day ROFL… not even close, it’s not even the same type of test, let alone, the new format.
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> try to take a 2003 without looking at a book not going to happen… I got like a 73% on the 270 without looking at anything… that score sucks and i felt like i knew most of it.
try doing it without looking at the book and having no experience with 2003 server and get back to me
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### Author:  [@77rednecktruck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/77rednecktruck)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2005, 5:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/boy-am-i-glad-i-didnt-pay-to-take-the-microsoft-tests/171763/20 "2005-01-18T05:54:50Z")
> [@fshowcars](#):
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> welcome to 8 years ago… please don’t even try to compare the nt4 tests to current day ROFL… not even close, it’s not even the same type of test, let alone, the new format.
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> try to take a 2003 without looking at a book not going to happen… I got like a 73% on the 270 without looking at anything… that score sucks and i felt like i knew most of it.
I know, I was just saying how easy they were.
What is the new format? is it still multiple choice?
I probably won’t ever take another certification test again anyway. degree\>certification any day.
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