Free College and Trade Schools in the US?

$0 No fee Courses - Certificates or Recognition of Completion Requires a Fee

1. https://online-learning.harvard.edu/ (Harvard)

2. https://www.open.edu/openlearn/

3. https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/categories/tech-and-coding-courses

4. https://online.stanford.edu/

5. https://www.coursera.org/

6. http://oli.cmu.edu/independent-learner-courses/

7. https://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm

8. https://www.edx.org/

GUI Web & Mobile Development - "Low Code"

https://www.outsystems.com/

Tuition-Free US Colleges. Tuition-free does not mean $0.00 in college costs. It just means that you are not paying for tuition. You will still need money for other fees the college enrollment may charge for in providing services to students (e.g. books, meals, room and board if applicable, exams, etc). So...it's not a free ride. You also have to keep your academics up at all of these schools. Do not expect a free ride at these schools. You have to work and with a $0.00 tuition, you have no excuse not to succeed.

$0 Tuition Colleges (Regionally Accredited by US Department of Education)

Before attending any school in the US, make sure that they are listed here with Regional Accreditation or Accredited Distance Education (Bare Minimum): https://ope.ed.gov/dapip/#/home

Regional Accreditation Bodies within the USA as of 12/2019:

1. Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC) Western Association of Schools and Colleges
2. Higher Learning Commission (HLC)
3. Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE)
4. New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE)
5. Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU)
6. Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC)
7. WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC)

CHEA List of Accreditation Bodies (e.g. Regional and Professional): CHEA

1. https://www.berea.edu/give/no-tuition/ (KY) Students must work up to 10 hours per week on campus.

2. NYU Medical School (NY City) (As long as the student meets academic progress requirements: https://med.nyu.edu/education/md-degree/md-affordability-financial-aid/cost-attendance)

3. Alice Loyd College (KY): As long as you are from their service area (https://www.alc.edu/about-us/our-service-area/)

4. https://www.cofo.edu/ (MI): Don't expect a free ride. The college requires students to participate in up to 15 hours a week, plus two 40-hour weeks of on-campus work during the academic year for full-time students. Part-time students have to pay tuition.

5. https://www.usafa.af.mil/ (CO): Requires military service after graduation

6. https://www.usna.edu/Admissions/index.php US Naval Academy (MD): Requires military service after graduation. Requires a congressional letter for entrance and physical requirements for matriculation: https://www.usna.edu/Admissions/Candidate-Fitness-Assessment.php

7. https://www.usmma.edu/ US Merchant Marine Academy (NY)

8. https://westpoint.edu US Army Academy (WestPoint) (NY)

9. https://www.uscga.edu/ US Coast Guard Academy (CT)

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$0 Tuition College (Distance Education Accredited by US Department of Education)

1. https://www.uopeople.edu/tuition-free/what-is-tuition-free/

2. The Apprentice School (VA): https://www.as.edu/index.html (Well known and respected Trade School for Ship Building. Requires US Citizenship and to be able to pass a US Government security clearance check). Paid while in training and upon completion. An apprenticeship can last 4-5 years. Certificate upon completion.

Full Ride Scholarships or 100% Tuition Scholarship

1. Any US Regionally Accredited College (CIA Scholarship): https://www.cia.gov/careers/student-opportunities/undergraduate-scholarship-program.html

2. https://www.webb.edu/ (NY) Full Ride Scholarship for US Citizens and Permanent Residents + costs for room and board

3. Williamson College of the Trades (PA) Men Only. Full Tuition covered by Scholarship (Funded by Federal and State Grants. https://www.williamson.edu/admissions/financial-aid/cost-of-attendance/

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Fix Veeam Backup Error VSSControl -2147212529

1. Login to the VM and run Powershell or CMD prompt from an administrator-level login.

2. Run vssadmin list providers

3. (FYI. This is for VMware or Nutanix Acropolis VM's, not Hyper-V)...

Anyway...you will see this a reference to Hyper-V:

"Hyper-V IC Software Shadow Copy Provider"

Open up regedit and delete the key:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\VSS\Providers\{74600e39-7dc5-4567-a03b-f091d6c7b092}]

@="Hyper-V IC Software Shadow Copy Provider"

"Type"=dword:00000002

"Version"="1.0.0.0"

"VersionId"="{c797fff9-2c3e-453c-a3e9-cc7673a6c732}"

4. Reboot the server.

5. Kick off the backup again and it will run. Thank you Micro$oft for buying your Hyper-V components into the OS so deeply...good grief.

Reference Article: https://www.veeam.com/kb1785

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Check Problems on Multiple Windows Servers with PowerShell

1. On Linux create a file with vi and hit "i" on the keyboard and paste the data in. On Windows create a file and save it with "All Files" and put .ps1 as the extension. Powershell on Linux does not have the get-eventlog command.

2. Don't forget to change the hostname or point to the file with the list of hostnames:

$logs = get-eventlog system -ComputerName typemyservername -source Microsoft-Windows-Winlogon -After (Get-Date).AddDays(-7);
$res = @(); ForEach ($log in $logs) {if($log.instanceid -eq 7001) {$type = "Logon"} Elseif ($log.instanceid -eq 7002){$type="Logoff"} Else {Continue} $res += New-Object PSObject -Property @{Time = $log.TimeWritten; "Event" = $type; User = (New-Object System.Security.Principal.SecurityIdentifier $Log.ReplacementStrings[1]).Translate([System.Security.Principal.NTAccount])}};
$res

Reference:

https://www.codetwo.com/admins-blog/how-to-check-event-logs-with-powershell-get-eventlog/

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