Thursday, 31 July 2008

Self Test Software or CertFX Lotus Notes Certification

I have just updated my Lotus Notes certification to Level 7 Advanced Application Developer. To get there I did 2 exams, the 7 Update Exam and the Advanced LotusScript Exam.

Conclusion:
Both are good products and will help you pass the exams. If you like the slicker look then go for CertFX, if you want more questions and maybe a not so nice interface, yet easier to use for checking on questions you got wrong etc, then I'd go for the Self Test Sofware.
Happy Studying!


To study for the exams, for the update exam, I used the Self Test Software and for the Advanced exam, I used the CertFX software. My method for studying, was to do the practice exams section by section, when I get questions wrong, read up on them from the exam and read up supplementary information.


Self Test Software - Update Exam 7 - I got 90%
Pros:
- Lots of options on reviewing questions you get wrong and learning. Can learn now on
questions you get wrong. 
- Automatically saves test results.
Cons:

self test

self test - results2

self test - results

self test2


CertFX Software - Advanced LotusScript Exam - I got 90%
Pros: Nice review of questions in tabular format. Very nice UI. Updates from web
Cons: Can't do learn now on questions you get wrong. Slow when can't connect to web, eg the help did not work, possibly a proxy issue from my end,  but not great. 

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Conclusion:
Both are good products and will help you pass the exams. If you like the slicker look then go for CertFX, if you want more questions and maybe a not so nice interface, yet easier to use for checking on questions you got wrong etc, then I'd go for the Self Test Sofware.
Happy Studying!

Free image site - Really free

http://www.sxc.hu/index.phtml

Vista start menu for XP - ViStart

Still in beta, this is a program to watch out for. It is buggy now, but would expect the next release to be good, both for starting programs ( I currently use launchy for windows ) and for searching for files.

http://lee-soft.com/

Thursday, 10 July 2008

Linux Media Centre - Elisa

http://elisa.fluendo.com/

How to set custom shortcuts in the Windows XP “Save As” dialog box


  1.  This tutorial will guide you in setting custom “shortcuts” in the Windows XP “Save As” dialog box. note: this also works in Windows Vista Ultimate Edition - but I’m not sure about the other versions of Vista.


  2. Click Start and select Run. In the Run window enter gpedit.msc and click OK.  


  3. The Group Policy editor will appear. 


  4. In the left window select the + (plus sign) next to User Configuration to expand the list. Next select the plus sign next to Administrative Templates and then Windows Explorer. Finally, select the Common Open File Dialog entry.  

  5. Double-click the Items displayed in Places Bar entry in the main Group Policy window.  
  6.  Select Enabled 

#Via Simple Help

No to All in Windows XP file replace