Recently I bought my first house and as many people say its one of the most stressful times in your life also I might add the most expensive and because of this I have been taking on more shifts at work and having less time for my course also sorting the house out has taken up even more of my time even though I have still maintained what I feel to be good results in my TMA's and it was only a short while ago I passed my A+ qualification.

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I DJ for a hobby, and have just started using a laptop alongside my turntables, this enables me to be more creative, have more fun and save money. However, when I first got the DJing software ( which basically allows you to play and mix mp3)I tried to play 2 songs simualtainously or mix them, the software froze. After areading the manual more in depth, I discovered that I had a RAM issue,I only had 256 when the software required 512. Thanks to doing this course I was able to sucsessfully identify,where my RAM was on the laptop, identify what type it was, purchase and install it and thus resolve the problem.. And because of this relatively simple task, I felt a great sense of achievement and satisfaction. I can't wait to resolve similar issues and get paid for it.

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I work long hours some days 12 hours some days 14 hours but always find time to work on my Pc hardware and maintenance my achievement would be just finding time to do my work and have a life at the sametime just hard sometimes not seeing family and my mates. I think sometimes work takes over my life.

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I am very happy to doing this course.It is very hard for me but I am trying my best with the help of my teaching team. Thanks to you all.

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I HAVE MANAGED TO UPGRADE MY COMPUTERS MEMORY FROM 128MB TO 512 MB RAM. I HAVE ALSO INSTALLED A GRAPHICS CARD, BECAUSE IT WAS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE COMPUTER GAME THAT I HAD BOUGHT BUT AFTER INSTALLING IT ITS PERFORMING WELL. I ALSO UPGRADED AND INSTALLED A DVD RW. AT FIRST IT DID NOT WORK AS I HAD NOT SELECTED THE MASTER AND SLAVE, BUT AFTER READING THE DOCUMENTATION AND MY NOTES I SET THE NEW DRIVE TO MASTER AND THE OLD ONE TO SLAVE AND NOW ITS WORKING FINE.

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I started working life leaving school at 15 with no qualifications and just able to read and write and over the first few years I spent a lot of time getting to know the work. At 18 I started to work for what was then London Transport Executive on the london underground as a porter. Three months later I applied and became a guard and 6 months after that I took up my first post at High Barnet depot. Two Years later I got married and also put in for promotion to a driver. It was while training that I noticed that there could be a quicker way of doing things when problem occured on the train and so I challenged the teacher on this and am proud to say that they took on my suggestion and a matter of course. Once I qualified as a driver I took up my post at Kennington on the northern line. It was while there I got my first computer a commadore VIC 20 and got the computer bug.I started to teach myself thing such as binary, which at first I found totally baffling. However I stuck with it and eventually started to comprehend this and BASIC. With its peeks and pokes.I next progressed to the commador 64 and then started to learn how to address memory addresses and put colour onto the screen and move things about. The 64 VIC chip eventually gave and I replaced this removing the older one and putting its place a socket so that I could insert the chip rather than try soldering it onto the circuit board. After this I purchased an Atari 512 but did not like it much and so also purchased the Amiga. This was a brilliant machine for graphics.

I then decided to quit my job on the underground and go out into the field of computers and become a computer technician. At first I started to work for myself but this proved rather eventful and so I went into the contract market.
Getting my first break through working for an international law firm. This followed other contract work until the bubble burst and so I decided to look for and eventually found a full time job working where I am now.
I feel that for someone who left school at 15 and not been able to read and write properly to eventually find my true calling in the computer industry. thought the journey was long and hard I would say over all it has been worth the trip. To turn my hobby into a career is something I feel proud of.

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I have found the course very interesting and have enjoyed doing the TMA's..
I study hard and looks to me that the results are coming good...
I have had two 100% scores now and am hoping to carry on the same way with hard study and getting my well earned results..

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I TEMPORARILY DROPPED OUT OF THE PROGRAMME LAST YEAR FOR ABOUT 3 MONTHS. I AM INTO THE LAST 3 MODULES OF THE COMPTIA A+ CERTIFICATION. IN THE MONTH OF MAY, I WAS ABLE TO COMPLETE 3 MODULES, TMA 10, 11 AND 12. WITH THE CURRENT DETERMINATION TO SUCCEED, I BELIEVE IT WON'T BE LONG BEFORE I SIT THE EXAMS.

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Since starting the course I had some knowledge on using computers. But since I have started the course, I can now fully-understand what different things mean in and around Computers. Since I have started the course, I have been able to help many people with all kinds of Computer problems. I feel I am progressing quicky in this IT Course. Thanks.

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I have been able to achieve tremendous success in my course works despite the fact that I'm currently undertaking a degree course in computer and electronics Engineering. I've been able to combine both courses scoring high grades and also had to work to pay my fees for both courses since my parents were declared bankrupt. I've received great motivation from friends and my mentor. I've always had the believe that I was born for greatness and will always succeed in everything I do. Thanks

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I've finally convinced my friend to consider skillstrain and the last time we spoke he couldn't wait to get a visit. This followed a sort of an argument as he was about to start attending a cisco course from a day college and one that would take him a year or more and most importantly costing fortune.
I had a point even in the outset of this tussle as he invited me to this college during one of his MCSE session. It wasn't a bad college at all, but in the end my assistance helped them understood subnetting and routing (and some related topics) and indeed provided them by far easier methods of the processing. I took that brief cheers of course but I was quickly on spot and I'm right on time again giving all credits to these wonderful tutors we've got and I'll like to commend your handsome efforts (thank you ). Having said that, I hope everyone is feeling the underlying skillstrain technology as much as I do. Everything is just awesome!
Finally, I'll go into June having finished another milestone and awaiting exams. thank you all.

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I've found employment already within the IT industry with scope to further my career and working full time, and currently submitted 5 tma's with 2 test scores of 85% and 3 of 90%, so I'm loving the fact that I'm getting the experience of being on the job as well as training.

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I am currently doing CCNA course now. I am full-time worker in one of the telecommunication company. I already finished an university degree but CCNA is very helpfull for my long team plans. I have completed A+ and N+ and will be finish it on time. Working and studying is very hard but I can do it. Thanks to skills train, they are doing a fantastic job.

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