Lisa Szpunar
Lisa Szpunar has a Bachelors of Arts in Elementary Education from the University of Iowa and a Masters of Science in Computer Science from Northern Illinois University. During her three years teaching in public schools she taught computer skills to students and peers, maintained the schools’ networks and hardware, ran the libraries, and helped to facilitate technology throughout the school district. At Train Signal Lisa manages the production of training videos, does video editing, and helps with technical support.
Lisa Szpunar has written 30 posts for TrainSignal Training
Microsoft Exchange 2010 has Thread-Style Email Conversations
By Lisa Szpunar ⋅ April 17, 2009 ⋅ 4 comments
Office 14, Exchange 2010, Windows 7… Whatever the Eventual Names – I Can’t Wait! With public and invitation only betas trickling out people are starting to get an idea of what to expect from the next generation of Microsoft’s products. There are a lot of important new features to look forward to like Office 2010 [...]
Windows 7 Exams Are On The Way, Are Vista Certifications Still Worth It?
By Lisa Szpunar ⋅ April 10, 2009 ⋅ 6 comments
Those of us perpetual learners started wondering about Windows 7 certifications as soon as we got the beta in our hands. Unfortunately, the wait has just begun. The Born to Learn blog revealed that development on three Windows 7 certifications has begun. Here are the three new Windows 7 exam names: 70-680, TS: Windows 7, [...]
Windows Server 2008 Foundation: What is it and Who is it for?
By Lisa Szpunar ⋅ April 3, 2009 ⋅ 6 comments
Microsoft has officially announced Windows Server 2008 Foundation. This is an entry-level version of Server 2008 geared toward a very specific niche in the small business world. Is Windows Server 2008 Foundation Right for You? Well … unless you got to this blog post by Googling “is Windows Server 2008 Foundation right for me” then [...]
Performance Shootout: Microsoft’s XP, Vista, and Windows 7
By Lisa Szpunar ⋅ March 18, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes at ZDNet did a performance test pitting the different Microsoft operating system against each other. He wanted to see how the different Windows 7 builds would compare to Vista and XP. This unofficial performance competition was done knowing that Microsoft’s latest OS is still in beta, but the author thought it would be [...]
Server 2008 (And More!) Terminology Resources
By Lisa Szpunar ⋅ March 12, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment
Demystify Server 2008 Jargon! Is your server administration experience counted in months or years? Well, either way you may come across a term from time to time that you need to look up (I know I do!). So, I have collected some Windows Server 2008 (and more) terminology resources for you. Go ahead and bookmark [...]
Happy Birthday Windows Server 2008!
By Lisa Szpunar ⋅ February 27, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment
The official release of Windows Server 2008 was February 27th 2008 — exactly one year ago today! You may argue that the actual birth of Server 2008 was sometime long ago when it was just a twinkle in a developer’s eye — perhaps even before they were calling it “Codename Longhorn”. We could choose the [...]
Virtualization Interoperability with Windows Server and Red Hat Linux
By Lisa Szpunar ⋅ February 19, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment
Are Microsoft and Linux Friends? Well … at least they’re playing nice. It was announced earlier this week that Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Microsoft are expanding server virtualization interoperability. Sometime soon Microsoft will validate Red Hat Enterprise Linux server guests to be supported on Hyper-V and Red Hat will validate Windows Server guests to [...]
How to Recover Lost Data from a Formatted Drive in 7 Steps
By Lisa Szpunar ⋅ May 9, 2008 ⋅ 11 comments
Last time we talked about when to use data recovery software and 10 features to look for when choosing recovery software. Today, we’ll take it one step further and look at the steps involved in using one such product. Then, we’ll discuss what to do to keep yourself out of these predicaments to begin with. [...]
10 Features to Look for in Data Recovery Software
By Lisa Szpunar ⋅ April 29, 2008 ⋅ 3 comments
I recently had my mother-in-law call me on the brink of tears! All because her data had been lost off of her USB flash drive. The IT professional at her office’s solution was to pay $400 to get it recovered. But there is a much less costly alternative. For this reason, I decided to share [...]
Expert Advice on How to Get the IT Job You Want
By Lisa Szpunar ⋅ April 22, 2008 ⋅ 9 comments
You can Google the topic of resume writing and interviewing to death. There is a lot of good information out there, but what really works? What’s the most important thing on your resume? Is your experience more valuable than your education? How can you improve your chances of getting an interview and the job you [...]