Comments on: Windows 7 Certification Information Update

By: Allan

Allan — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:48:46 +0000

It doesn’t appear that the Customer Service exams are a part of the Win 7 MCITP requirement anymore… maybe MS, in its infinite wisdom (yea, right!) realized that nobody will bother getting the ITP certs if they have to pay a fortune to take a customer service course…

By: Kasia Grabowska

Kasia Grabowska — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:08:38 +0000

Hi John,

I received more info about how you can play our training videos in Windows 7 (in case downloading the codec doesn’t do the trick).

One of our customers sent us this message:

“Microsoft actually has a Program Compatibility feature built right into Windows 7 that makes the videos run without a problem.

It’s part of the Action Center features and it picked up on the problem, sent it to Microsoft as always, and put a compatibility fix in so that it would run (and continue to in the future) WITHOUT having to go into XP mode running virtual.”

Hope this helps!

Kasia

By: Alfred

Alfred — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:42:37 +0000

I have been using the Server 2008 AD (70-640) on Windows 7 since the RC with no problem after installing the codec.

By: Allan

Allan — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 01:54:13 +0000

I looked up the HDI course — they’re not cheap!! It’s not like something you can pay for out of your own pocket if you’re doing this on your own. MS had the right idea, but the HDI requirement might just sink the W7 DST…

By: Lisa Szpunar

Lisa Szpunar — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 21:48:10 +0000

Adabbas,

Unfortunately, I don’t think that the 70-680 counts for the MCSE according to these two sites:

http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/exam.aspx?ID=70-680

http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/certification/mcse.aspx#tab2

Sorry!
Lisa

By: adabbas

adabbas — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:54:07 +0000

Will Windows 7 exam count towards MCSE Client exam (the same way that Vista exam can be used as an MCSE client exam)?

I need MCSE 2003 for my Job, where I do not deal with workstations; only servers. So I will keep the client exam to that last and learn something useful instead of Vista if Windows 7 can be used instead

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:31:26 +0000

Hi John,
Currently our videos do not play on Windows 7. Have you attempted to download the TSCC codec located here http://download.techsmith.com/tscc/tscc.exe ? You could explore into the DVD and attempt playing the AVI files, again as Windows 7 is not going to be RTM for the public until October I cannot guarantee this codec will fix the problem.

Eric

By: John Veenhuizen Jr.

John Veenhuizen Jr. — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:39:01 +0000

I have found that I cannot play some of my Train Signal products on a system that has Windows 7 installed. Most notably my ISA 2004 videos will not play. Is there a compatibility driver available?

Thanks,
John