For those considering MS Certification, Microsoft has a website with information and a pretest.

http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/

to bad the tests are so much....cost a lot to be certified in every area.

Yeah and it can get expensive because Microsoft changes things so often and you have to update your certification. Takes a lot of time and money to keep up your Microsoft certification up to date.

I personally stopped after I got my Win95 MCP. The company I was working for didn't think they were worth it, and I've since been working primarily on Linux servers ... not much use for an MCP there...though I did see an ad from a temp agency that wanted an MCP in RedHat. LOL!!!