Microsoft Action Pack

**worzelGummidge** · 28 October 2009, 20:45

I joined this year and yes there were lots on online course nonsense with silly tests at the end of each. It was a bit of a waste of time really on a difficult to use website. I do have the software now but am still using XP with Office 2003 so have not used any of it yet.

Still I have a nice shiny folder now full of DVD's on the shelf

**DimPrawn** · 28 October 2009, 21:12

Yes they have various tests, but to be honest the biggest test is navigating what has to be the most horrendous and unintuitive website ever devised! A total mare.

Christ alive, no wonder Google rule the Internet.

**d000hg** · 28 October 2009, 21:20

Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post

Yes they have various tests, but to be honest the biggest test is navigating what has to be the most horrendous and unintuitive website ever devised! A total mare.

Indeed, it's simply horrible. It actually seems to work quite well technically, but even now I can't find things I've used many times before due to the random navigation design.

The tests are easy IIRC. Or at least you can find one which is... I took one on a technology I'd never used.

**AtW** · 28 October 2009, 21:54

Their Action Pack site is horrible...

They've also stopped now sending DVDs out unless you pay higher price and this stupid test accessment must have been made up by

guru

That said if you got like 10 PCs then Action Pack is good value.

**stingman123** · 29 October 2009, 14:33

Subbed earlier this year, took the "test" failed horribly as I wasn't interested in the bumf, but everytime I got a question wrong, the answer was on the next pag, so I simply paged back and filled it in and got up to their passmark (I think it was 3 out of 4), you now download what you want unless you want yo pay extra.

**Clippy** · 29 October 2009, 14:49

Are the downloads ISO images which can then subsequently be burnt to disc and run from there?

**stingman123** · 29 October 2009, 14:58

Originally posted by Clippy View Post

Are the downloads ISO images which can then subsequently be burnt to disc and run from there?

Yup

**AtW** · 29 October 2009, 15:04

Originally posted by Clippy View Post

Are the downloads ISO images which can then subsequently be burnt to disc and run from there?

They have them now.

**Halcyon** · 29 October 2009, 15:46

I signed up to the MAP after reading about it on this forum; agree with comments already made that the site is shite (should that be tulipe? doesn't rhyme though!) but it is worth it, for £200 I now have a (virtual) win 7, 2008 Server, and will be building a Sharepoint server pretty soon, which is pretty good value.

Trouble is I host them on a crappy old tosh laptop, so not exactly rocket ships...

Microsoft Action Pack