Blogs: CompTIA
The Easy Way to Convert Decimal Numbers to Binary Numbers and Back Again
Converting from one number base to another. Riveting stuff! But if you want to have confidence in your skills as A+, Network+, or CCNA certified, you don’t want to overlook this seemingly small area of study. It is quite important because humans like to look at decimal (base 10) numbers, whereas computers work with binary … Continue reading The Easy Way to Convert Decimal Numbers to Binary Numbers and Back Again
Working with Expired IP Addresses in Network Environments
This content is from our CompTIA Network + Video Certification Training Course. Start training today! When we get IP addresses from a DHCP server, those IP addresses are leased from the DHCP server. This means those IP addresses, at some point, are going to expire. We may have a situation where a client machine renews … Continue reading Working with Expired IP Addresses in Network Environments
Fixing Incorrect System Time and Setting Internet Time Settings
This content is from our CompTIA Network + Video Certification Training Course. Start training today! If you have time sensitive applications in your environment, you need to ensure that your system time on both your networking devices and on your computers is set to the right time. These time sensitive applications such as a lot … Continue reading Fixing Incorrect System Time and Setting Internet Time Settings
How to use File Hashing and Integrity Monitoring Algorithms for File Validation using Certutil MD5 and WinMD5Free
This content is from our CompTIA Network + Video Certification Training Course. Start training today! Let’s look into the concept of File Hashing and File Integrity Monitoring. How do we know if the file that we’re expecting is correct? File hashing is a hashing algorithm that takes some amount of input. You can imagine it … Continue reading How to use File Hashing and Integrity Monitoring Algorithms for File Validation using Certutil MD5 and WinMD5Free
Characteristics of Internet Protocol (IP) – CompTIA Network +
This content is from our CompTIA Network + Video Certification Training Course. Start training today! In this lesson, we’re going to be talking about the characteristics of the Internet protocol IP. What is it? IP is a communications protocol whereby a host will have the ability to talk to another host, such as a computer … Continue reading Characteristics of Internet Protocol (IP) – CompTIA Network +
Using Command Line Utilities for Troubleshooting Name Resolution
This content is from our CompTIA Network + Video Certification Training Course. Start training today! Sometimes, Name Resolution fails. We have to be able to troubleshoot why Name Resolution failed. We’re going to see there’s multiple different utilities that we can use. We can troubleshoot using Command‑Line utilities, PowerShell utilities, and then Linux utilities. The … Continue reading Using Command Line Utilities for Troubleshooting Name Resolution
Understanding Primary and Secondary DNS Zones and how to setup Forward and Reverse Lookup Zones
This content is from our CompTIA Network + Video Certification Training Course. Start training today! Once DNS has been installed, one of the next steps that we need to do if we want our DNS server to be an authoritative DNS server to be able to resolve a user‑friendly name for an IP address, or … Continue reading Understanding Primary and Secondary DNS Zones and how to setup Forward and Reverse Lookup Zones
Project Management (PMP) for Executives – Introduction
Introduction Project Management (PMP) for Executives is a 9 part video training series developed by Steve Fullmer, PMP, MBA, MCT/CTT+, CDP. Steven has a global reputation as a project manager, chief technology officer, and computer systems innovator. He has authored more than 100 articles and a dozen courses in the fields of project management, productivity, business … Continue reading Project Management (PMP) for Executives – Introduction
Project Management (PMP) Leadership Skills in the 21st Century … Do you Know Your History? – November 10, 2017
The PMI Leadership triangle touts our need to develop our knowledge and application of leadership. Do you understand the leadership models of the 20th century? The 21st Century? Understanding your predecessors can assist to set your future course. On the matter of history, Mark Twain’s quote “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it does rhyme” is … Continue reading Project Management (PMP) Leadership Skills in the 21st Century … Do you Know Your History? – November 10, 2017
Principles of Decision Tree Design and Analysis in Project Management (PMP)
In this Project Management Professional (PMP) training video, learn how about Decision Trees and how to solve them with Risk Analysis. Existentialism conveys themes like the importance of choice, contingencies, and extreme situations. How do you choose when the decision is hard? (If the decision is easy, you just choose.) When the decision is hard, we … Continue reading Principles of Decision Tree Design and Analysis in Project Management (PMP)
Understand the Mind to Become a Better Project Manager – February 18, 2015
Our minds all work alike, at least biologically. Yet we are a diverse species with different motivations, opinions, perspectives, and directions. Do you understand how and why the human mind works? What makes you a great project manager? In this recording of our PMP training webinar from February 18, 2015, Steve Fullmer covers some of … Continue reading Understand the Mind to Become a Better Project Manager – February 18, 2015
Windows 10 Security – What’s New and Improved? – December 3, 2015
In this recording of our Windows 10 webinar from December 3, 2015 training, security expert Mike Danseglio presents the enhanced security features of SmartScreen, Defender and BitLocker in Windows 10 and new features such as Biometric Identification, Microsoft Passport, Device Guard and more.
Windows 10 Managing, Deploying and Configuring – December 2, 2015
In this recorded Windows 10 training webinar from December 2, 2015, Windows Server instructor Rick Trader presents the deployment and management of Windows 10 Enterprise and the new Provisioning capability in Windows 10. Learn how to manage Windows 10 deployments using System Center Configuration Manager, Mobile Device Management and Intune. Also included in his presentation … Continue reading Windows 10 Managing, Deploying and Configuring – December 2, 2015
A Simple Introduction to Cisco CML2
Mark Jacob, Cisco Instructor, presents an introduction to Cisco Modeling Labs 2.0 or CML2.0, an upgrade to Cisco’s VIRL Personal Edition. Mark demonstrates Terminal Emulator access to console, as well as console access from within the CML2.0 product. Hello, I’m Mark Jacob, a Cisco Instructor and Network Instructor at Interface Technical Training. I’ve been using … Continue reading A Simple Introduction to Cisco CML2
Configuring Windows Mobility Center and How to Turn it On and Off
Video transcription Steve Fullmer: In our Windows training courses, we often share information about the Windows 8.1 Mobility Center. Mobility Center was introduced for mobile and laptop devices in Windows 7. It’s present and somewhat enhanced in Windows 8. Since we don’t have mobile devices in our classrooms, I decided to take a little bit … Continue reading Configuring Windows Mobility Center and How to Turn it On and Off
How to Use Ldifde to Manage Active Directory in Windows Server 2016
In this video, Windows Server Instructor Rick Trader presents How to use a bulk import / export tool (Ldifde) in Windows Server 2016 to manage your Active Directory database. Light-Weight Directory Access Protocol Data Interchange Format Data Exchange (Ldifde) Ldifde allows for administrators to export their Active Directory Database or import bulk tools into their … Continue reading How to Use Ldifde to Manage Active Directory in Windows Server 2016
