Huge shout out to Stephen and Thanks for all the work he does in this community

Hi @Stephen Schneiter

Just want to say a huge thanks for getting me sorted with the vouchers from the training sessions.

Really appreciate all the support and help you have given.

As always ill continue to follow you on your upcoming sessions and any more interesting news and changes

As a CompTIA Professional Member i really appreciate the work you do to support everyone.

Again much appreciated for all help given with everything

Best regards
Matthew Browne

M.2 Crash

Hey all. I had my M.2 hard drive crash. I wanted to create a thread to talk M.2 if that is fine. Kinda two questions for the moment minus any other information you can post. Figured good chat for your classroom as well. Good thing for the cloud backup....Whaaaaaa.

1st - My M.2 ssd will power on but can't even detect it. I was getting a page_file error and suspected maybe OS corruption but the got the WHEA_Uncorrectable_Error and it failed. Is there a way to access the information still or is the Boot order totally gone maybe since it said "system type: ntfs" at the bottom. (Iam wondering if heat could have been a factor in this to since it was about my 3090 / I am using Speccy to monitor temperatures at the moment since I replaced it and everything seems fine until I play lots of games making the GPU go 75'C - 79'C which is still good for the GPU but maybe not added heat to the M.2 above) - Thoughts

2nd - Any good way to free back up used sectors that might have been blocked because I see that you will delete data but maybe it will only block it off instead. Idk if "TRIM operations" help with that. I figured only good to do that once in a blue moon since SSD don't like a lot of certain actions. I am also assuming it will just over write that data eventually if it needs the space.

How to create a new account?

Hey everyone,
I have some instructors on my team that I would like to register for CIN, but I can't figure out how to create an account anymore does anyone have an insight so that I can create an easy one pager to give them so that I can get them all set up?

Adaptive exams?

Are any of the current CompTIA exams adaptive exams? I know that a long time ago, CompTIA had some adaptive exams that would adjust the questioning based on a test-taker's responses. That was dropped in favor of a linear exam. I heard someone say that CompTIA has adaptive exams.

Can I get clarification on this? Are any of the current CompTIA exams adaptive? Are there plans for upcoming exams to be adaptive exams?
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Certification Magazine Article - Improve your certification exam results with intelligent guessing and time management

Wanted to share an article I wrote, detailing test-taking processes I've used over the years and shared with my students.

CompTIA and TestOut Joining Forces

So, this came across the wire this morning. If you haven't read it, I think this might, just a little, affect all of us here...lol


The first question on my mind with respect to this: What does that mean for CertMaster? As these were competitor products in the marketplace, does that mean that we'll see CertMaster adopting things like LabSim as part of their overall training packages? Talking-head videos to go along with the CompTIA books? And what kind of impact will this have on other courseware providers and authors for the traditional book companies?

Looks exciting, but it raises a few questions across the board as how all this pans out. I'm sure CompTIA and TestOut haven't completely hammered all this out, but it changes the landscape quite a bit.

/R

Help with CM Learn vocabulary flashcards

I teach high school students through CertMaster Learn.

1. Is there any way to export the list of vocabulary for a particular lesson? For example, lesson 7A of 1102 has 49 words for my students to review and it would be nice to export them for another review game or quiz.
2. Can the vocabulary "list" be filtered? All mine does is return the entire list of 597 words.
3. Who can these ideas be submitted to as suggestions?
4. Are these vocab words available elsewhere?

Thanks.

Has anyone had an issue getting past the user info validation page when scheduling an exam?

While I've submitted a ticket for this, I thought I'd post it here in case someone else has had the same issue and there's a simple solution.

I booked the 220-1102 exam on Sunday. Everything on the site worked flawlessly.
Passed it Tuesday and now want to book 220-1101.

But today, when I log into login.comptia.org to schedule an exam, I'm first prompted to validate my personal details as usual, but I can't "Save Updates" to continue. I get a server error: "User information update with PearsonVue failed The remote server returned an unexpected response: (302) Found."

I've cleared my cache, tried different browsers, and verified that I wasn't missing a mandatory field - but nothing seemed to work.
Anyone seen this before?

Open for Remote Trainer Opportunities!

Hello everyone,

I saw multiple similar threads and announcements here by the job posters. Decided to create this thread for job/opportunity seekers.

I am open to remote Trainer Opportunities. I believe I will make a big contribution with my 10+ years of professional global experience (US, Canada, Middle East, Europe) and 15+ international industry certifications. For more details, check my Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vusalmanli/

Feel free to share your Linkedin Profile and a brief summary if you are also interested and open for Remote Trainer Opportunities!

Have a wonderful year ahead!

BR,
Vusal

Problems with PBQ questions on MacOS?

Thank God, i just passed the Security+ exam.
But there is one problem, one of the PBQ questions does not display the output mentioned in the question. So that I don't know the problem asked in the question, so I chose the answer by guessing ?.
Was this happening because I'm using MacOS? Comments from colleagues in this community are very welcome.
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CTT Retirement postphoned to Sept. 30

In case you did not notice, so you have 6 Months more time..
  • The last day to purchase a voucher and sit for the TK0-201 exam will be September 30, 2023.
  • The last day to purchase a voucher and submit the TK0-202 or TK-203 video will be October 31, 2023.
Vouchers already purchased for this certification will expire after these respective dates. Grading will be completed and uploaded to CertMetrics by December 31, 2023. Although the certification will be retiring and CompTIA will no longer be offering it, anyone who has received this certification will remain CompTIA CTT+ certified, good for life.

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CTT+ Poll

Do you hold the CTT+?

  • Yes - with the virtual exam

    Votes: 4 16.0%
  • Yes - with the classroom exam

    Votes: 3 12.0%
  • Yes - with both virtual and classroom versions

    Votes: 2 8.0%
  • No, but trying to get it in before it retires

    Votes: 13 52.0%
  • No, I have no desire to obtain it

    Votes: 3 12.0%

With the CTT+ retiring in March, I'm curious how many of those here hold the certification. And if you have it, did you do the virtual or classroom exams, or even both? If you have it, has it helped you find more teaching opportunities? I'm sitting for the book exam next week and hope to get in both virtual and classroom options before March. I have a virtual class later this month I can use, and an in-person class in February I can use. I will probably use the same lecture topic for both but make the needed adjustments for virtual vs in-person. I am still deciding on the topic to use.

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How to get certificate of completion for Deep Dive Linux +

Hello everyone,

I have just finished all of the videos with Jason Eckert. What a great job.
How do I get a certificate of completion for each one of those as my
company requires them in order for me to get credit.

Thank you,
Mike

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