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Unfortunately I would recommend you sit this exam anytime soon. With the
information you provided in your recent post; IMHO you do not possess
the skills or ability to successfully negotiate the exams. By taking the
exam with little or no experience in diagnosing and troubleshooting
Windows XP Professional in a network environment, you run a high risk of
failure. Even if you passed the exams by using nothing but practice
tests; you would damage and devalue the certification itself. Please
reconsider taking the test at this time. Are you on a time frame to
achieve this certification for employment reasons?

Browse the link below and make the determination yourself. The link
provided below is a list of "Skills Measured" that Microsoft EXPECTS you
to be proficient in to successfully pass the exam:

http://www.microsoft.com/learning/exams/70-271.mspx#EOD
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/exams/70-272.mspx#EQD


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Michael D. Alligood
MCSA, MCDST, MCP, A+,
Network+, i-Net+, CIW Assoc.,
CIW Certified Instructor



"CoffeeCup100" <> wrote in message
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> I'm new to the certification program, but do have a small amount of
> experience troubleshooting Win2000 issues in a corporate environment.
> My XP troubleshooting experience is limited to one XP Pro SP2 system
> on my home desktop PC. So I have very little experience with
> networking, shares, access rights, permissions, and off line access
> issues.
>
> My recall ability seems to be good because after learning the correct
> answer in the practice test (at least for the SelfTest practice test),
> I can re-take the test the next day and a lot of times know what the
> correct answer is before I even finish reading the question.
>
> On Sun, 14 Jan 2007 01:52:14 +0000, "Michael D. Alligood"
> <> wrote:
>
> >Not knowing anything about you and your recall ability; I cannot answer
> >that question. Do you have any hands on experience in diagnosing and
> >troubleshooting Windows XP? When you say you are new to this subject; do
> >you mean to the certification program or Windows XP in general?
> >
> >It is difficult to answer your question without knowing a little bit
> >more about your experience in the field. I do not want to jump into any
> >discussion without knowing a little bit more.