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Summary: Roots of the Windows 2000 registry.
Review: Hm, well i unlike most of the people with their "reviews" find this book very interesting and well written, this book can take you deep into windows 2000 registry, starting from changing settings of your keyboard and finishing with resolving networking problems through regedit. I got this book from a friend, now i think i'm gonna buy one for myself.
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Summary: Good book.. format of it drove me nuts
Review: I dont have a lot to add to the reviews. I agree with : Jase T. Wolfe's review. He pretty much hit it on the head. I found good info in the book.. but the fluffy format drove me nuts. If you can get past this, you'll have a good resource in your hands.
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Summary: Padded to make it look interesting.
Review: I feel I have to add my voice to this book, to reduce the average rating for this book, because it does not deserve 4 stars. The fact that every single entry for a registry change has a 6 line entry that is IDENTICAL for each entry and the rest of the explanation is only useful if you are the village simpleton, takes away all merits this book may have in its coverage of the subject. There is no reason for the obvious contempt that both the Author and the publisher obviously hold any possible reader in. If there was a way to return this book to the shop as unfit for the purpose it was sold, I would return it. This book does not deserve to sell anymore copies.
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Summary: More Reg Tweaks Than Any Other Source!
Review: I wanted to seriously manipulate the user interface of Windows 2000 using the Registry, as well as speed up TCP/IP over my DSL connection. This little reference book assembled all of the tweaks I needed in two simple chapters. Then I started looking at all of the other chapters . . . needless to say - this book is well worth the price - it sure as hell beats surfing the Web for these tweaks. P.S. Several of the tweaks learned from this book have saved my IT department countless headaches.
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Summary: Good General Reference Guide
Review: If you are a typical system administrator, and need more control / automation over a Windows 2000 computer than the provided GUI will give you, you will find this reference book useful. The format of the book leaves a little to be desired in that the goal was to be a reference book, but the target audience is from novice to advanced, so much of the references are padded with "how to get there" information. This style will annoy the advanced administrator right off - a feeling quickly shared by the novice who spends even a small amount of time in the book. However, once you get past the formatting, you will find a great amount of information from Administrative tools and General Networking, to IIS, Transaction Server and Microsoft Office. Some of the data is a little out-dated; an entire chapter is dedicated to Internet Explorer 4..... They provide a well organized Table of Contents, an extensive Index and external visible page formatting for quick scanning and searching of sections. Overall, a handy registry info guide.
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Summary: Step One, Read This Review, Step Two...
Review: The book is 453 pages that could have been condensed to 200 if the author had given the reader a little credit in being able to remember "Step 1, find the registry editor", "Step 2, open the registry editor"... EVERY SINGLE Tip starts out this way... Come on... Give me some credit... Most of the "tips" can be just as easily accomplished using TweakUI or similar software. There are a few tips worth reading, but nothing that can't be found on the web. Save your money on this one folks..
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Summary: Problem Solver
Review: These "Little Black Books" are published by the same people as the Exam Cram books and they are very useful. I've got this one along with the Reducing TCO book. Both have come in handy for me. I recently got this Registry book out to figure out an authentication problem we are having on our network. I didn't find anything to fix our problem, but I ended up reading the Sys Admin and TCP/IP section and found a lot of good useful info in there. These books are set up for ease of use. The chapters are tabbed in black so you can find what you are looking for real fast. The Index is very comprehensive and it is easy to look stuff up. It has a quick reference pull-out sheet like the Exam Cram books have. The second edition has some updated information and an expanded index. We should probably be seeing a third edition soon. A third edition or a new one for Windows 2003. This is a useful tool for 2k Sys Admin types and OS power users.
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Summary: Problem Solver
Review: These "Little Black Books" are published by the same people as the Exam Cram books and they are very useful. I've got this one along with the Reducing TCO book. Both have come in handy for me. I recently got this Registry book out to figure out an authentication problem we are having on our network. I didn't find anything to fix our problem, but I ended up reading the Sys Admin and TCP/IP section and found a lot of good useful info in there. These books are set up for ease of use. The chapters are tabbed in black so you can find what you are looking for real fast. The Index is very comprehensive and it is easy to look stuff up. It has a quick reference pull-out sheet like the Exam Cram books have. The second edition has some updated information and an expanded index. We should probably be seeing a third edition soon. A third edition or a new one for Windows 2003. This is a useful tool for 2k Sys Admin types and OS power users.
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Summary: Problem Solver
Review: These "Little Black Books" are published by the same people as the Exam Cram books and they are very useful. I've got this one along with the Reducing TCO book. Both have come in handy for me. I recently got this Registry book out to figure out an authentication problem we are having on our network. I didn't find anything to fix our problem, but I ended up reading the Sys Admin and TCP/IP section and found a lot of good useful info in there. These books are set up for ease of use. The chapters are tabbed in black so you can find what you are looking for real fast. The Index is very comprehensive and it is easy to look stuff up. It has a quick reference pull-out sheet like the Exam Cram books have. The second edition has some updated information and an expanded index. We should probably be seeing a third edition soon. A third edition or a new one for Windows 2003. This is a useful tool for 2k Sys Admin types and OS power users.
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Summary: could have fit on 20 pages
Review: This book could have fit on the front and back of a single page, laminated pamphlet. Each entry in the book contains the exact step-by-step instructions on how to open regedit, how to reboot your computer after you've completed editing, etc etc. That wouldn't be bad had these instructions not consumed a whole page each. We're talking about 200 - 250 pages of paper in this book CONTAINING THE EXACT SAME INFORMATION (word for word).
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