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I have been away from this for a while but have a problem at home, using Windows 7 Home Premium. Three users on the computer, two admins and one standard. The standard user has apparently become able to change his status to Administrator. I am wondering how. The obvious way is to know one or...

I have a facebook welcome page that I want to require a non-fan to make a selection from a drop down before being forwarded to the fan welcome page. The fact that someone has made this selection and what the selection is, should both be communicated to the facebook page administrator. I...

Thank you rclarke250, for your suggestion. (1) I followed the instructions at this link, and ran unassoc.exe. It removed the association for accessing pdf's directly on the computer. When I recreated file associations through Control Panel afterwards, the association for pdf's directly on the...

I am running Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.3.4 on Windows Vista Home Premium With service pack 2. I can open pdf files stored on the computer with Reader no problem. Also ok with opening pdf files on websites. I can't open pdf's received as attachments to emails (Windows Mail). Instead I get the...

Thank you both for the replies. To clarify: (1) I placed a short cut icon on screen 1 to open one spreadsheet. (2) I placed a short cut icon on screen 2 to open the second spreadsheet (by moving the mouse across until the arrow moved onto the second screen. (3) When I clicked on the first...

I have set up two monitors on a Windows XP Pro Computer, and have them both displaying. The Primary is a Samsung 580S tft, and the seond is an ACER X193BW, attached to ATI RAge IIC and ATI 3D Rage LT PRO Video cards respectively. I want to be able to display a word or excel file on one screen...

This topic has been discussed a few times I am sure, but I am confused about how to connect through the console to a router or switch. In Wendell Odom's first edition of CCNA intro Exam Certification Guide, at page 177, he indicates that you connect to the console with a Console cable, also...

Sounds great - thanks CiscoGuy!

CiscoGuy, thanks for the advice - I was reading here that Lammle's book was good - I'm glad it is still considered good now. Just to clarify, the books I have do cover exams 640-801/811/821. Are you saying that the 801/811/821 exams have been changed 25% since 2003-4, or that they have...

Hello everyone, I have been studying with Wendell Odom's two book set, "CCNA Self-Study CCNA Certification Library", August 2003 edition which I bought in February 2004. The ISBN for the set is 1587200953. I've noted two other different items since this one: (1) The current ciscopress 2nd...

This Monday, December 5, I have an interview at an accounting firm for a network administrator position where I would join two others. I have Microsoft Windows experience and exchange/outlook. They are using Lotus Notes for their email. I have no exposure to, nor experience with, Lotus notes...

This info is very useful for me as well. If I start the CCNA what is the recommended hardware? You've mentioned the STP 2600 serial router and 2900 serial switch. Are there any other recommendations for hardware? I understand routersims are not highly recommended and I would rather use the...

I have not encountered this yet but am concerned it could happen when there is no real way of testing before installing patches and windows updates on a server. Has anyone encountered a situation where a Windows Server 2003 computer does not boot up after installing a Microsoft patch or update...

Hi, I've just started using MYSQL so these questions are rather basic but important. I have only one computer to test this on. Is it possible to have a client on the same computer as the server (Kind of like MS SQL server)? I installed MySQL when logged on to my computer (which is running...

Last year a bill was introduced in the House of Representatives called the "Technology Retraining and Investment Now Act". I have some questions: (1) I have not heard what happened to this bill recently? Did it pass, get defeated or is it still somewhere in the system being considered by...