71-660 Post Mortem: Windows Internals TS
This is an absolutely amazing test, which is simple, easy, very understandable and straight-forward.
Did I pass? Eh, possibly – but I’m not going to bet my life on it.
If it’s so easy, why am I unsure? – so begins my Post Mortem :)
If you’ve ever looked at the internals of Windows before, and that means drilling down deep into User.dmp‘s, Memory.dmp‘s and looking at threads, processes, heaps and a number of things – Especially getting your hands dirty debugging windows – This test is right on par for you, almost a sub-100 level test on what is involved.
However, to the untrained ear (or eye) you’ll perceive this as a 900 level test, making you work your hardest while reviewing everything arcane, different and strange to you.
This all boils down to the unwritten rules of Power Curves such as to say, not everyone is suited to be an administrator, architect, collaborator, consultant, debugger, developer, engineer, evangelist, professional, technician or Technologist.
But that doesn’t stop us from trying. And it is tests like this one which further stretches that line, while blurring it at the same time – exposing and opening up those possibilities without expert knowledge to embrace it and grow our technological community as a whole.
Good luck out there, keep growing.
And if you want to grow your Windows Internals knowledge – Here is a good place to start.