I'm new here and have failed this test too many a time.

amusician

I need to know of any methods for studying this
god-forsaken exam. No matter how obvious your suggestions
in my study habits may seem, i need to hear them
and get a good standing of what I need to do.

First, these microsoft press kit books, I'm pretty annoyed that
I've failed this exam a few times and this is the first i've heard of them,

are they in pdf format anywhere, are they even necessary,
dont all these damn exam prep books that I've paid tons for have
ANY use?

I imagine that I have to go get win 2k pro, and use it while
reading about topics. But what are the most efficient and practical ways I should use this OS once taking the time to get it?

What the hell is a tranverser or THE transverser etc etc

And what good are any of these braindumps and sample tests etc
when they are outdated and tend to no longer apply??

Especially if you dont know everything about the subject in full,
these braindumps will overlook key information.
(but if you know it in full, you wouldnt even get a braindump text I imagine)

Basically I need to know how to pass this exam within a few weeks,
what works, and what is absolutely NECESSARY

Do i really have to spend a c-note on a damn shelf-load of microsoft brand (the logo = $) books when the internet should have same information in HTML or PDF format organized differently?

Please help me! If I don't plan to take this test in less than a month, it's effect on my personal life will be nothing short of devastating.

I know one of you overeducated people can help.
-yohan

TFW

I did the exam last Monday and passed on my second attempt.

I used a combination of resources to pass:
1) Wave 70-210 courseware, which I found did not cover everything in the exam.
2) I purchased the official Microsoft Press book and also found it did not seem to cover everything in the Exam, however it does have a sample exam on CD-Rom, some of the questions actually showed up in the exam I did last week.
The last resource that I used was a combination of the Exam Cram 70-210 book and their test engine, which I downloaded from www.examforce.com. I managed to get it free of charge on a promotion about 6 weeks ago. I'm not sure whether it is still available. If not contact me at trevor.webster@btinternet.com and I will see if I can't forward you a copy of the test engine and the exam.

It helps if you have a copy of 2000 Professional to test out your skills on, but I should warn you that you need it in a networked environment as a lot of the questions deal with Professional in this context, as I am sure you are aware.

Have you done 70-215? As the Microsoft Press book, might have an evaluation copy of Windows 2000 Server with it. If it doesn't 70-218 does.