Recent content by Mpstyler

Hello everyone. My name is Michael and I have a couple questions. To start off, I'm new to IT and I'm trying to break into entry-level IT work. For the past couple months I've been going through a training program with a web-hosting company that taught the basic fundamentals of DNS, the Linux...

Nice man. I'll go ahead and apply at some of these jobs then. Very good insider information, of which again, I greatly appreciate. I had a friend who was a programmer who told me the same thing about entry level IT, and he said it was TERRIBLY easy to get a job (he started in the 90's). He said...

Thanks a ton. That was an exhaustively helpful answer that I wasn't expecting. From what I've read, Security+ certs are valuable, but they usually want that coupled with a degree, given the seriousness of security. Network+ looks like something I could get into. Overall, I want to get a decent...

Hello everyone. My name is Michael and I have a couple questions. To start off, I'm stuck in a rut. I'm looking to start work in a beginning or entry level position (technical support kind of work) in IT. In the past couple months I just went through an online training course with a company...

http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Solid-Hybrid-2-5-Inch-ST1000LM014/dp/B00B99JUBQ/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top This is what I'm looking at and I usually go by reviews, which are numerous and very high here. I'm not trying to spend a bunch of money and I think this should be fine on my budget. The...

Thanks for the reply. I apologize, but I should be more specific with my question. Exactly what "kind" of hard-drive do I need to work with this laptop? Obviously a hard-drive for a laptop from 10 years ago won't work, what kind of "hard drive tech" will work with the motherboard from a Dell...

Hey everyone. My wife bought a Dell N7110 17" laptop from Dell about 2 and 1/2 years ago. There has always been a problem with the hard drive, but unfortunately it just went critical after Windows started sending warnings about "backing up your information before the hard-drive quits". Now, I...