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Summary: Much Better Win2K Admin Books Available
Review: It really looks like the authors took the help screens available in Windows 2000 and simply reorganized the material. Very little analysis or depth is provided. While not bad, it is very weak in comparision with other available books. If you are going to spend the money on a valuable resource, then look at some other alternatives. For a basic admin overview, get "Windows 2000 Administration for Dummies." My clear recommendation for the best immediate to advanced reference is "The Ultimate Windows 2000 System Administrator's Guide." The Microsoft Windows 2000 Resource Kit is also a good but expensive alternative. DO NOT WASTE YOU MONEY ON THIS BOOK ... look at the superior alternatives.
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Summary: Much Better Win2K Admin Books Available
Review: It really looks like the authors took the help screens available in Windows 2000 and simply reorganized the material. Very little analysis or depth is provided. While not bad, it is very weak in comparision with other available books. If you are going to spend the money on a valuable resource, then look at some other alternatives. For a basic admin overview, get "Windows 2000 Administration for Dummies." My clear recommendation for the best immediate to advanced reference is "The Ultimate Windows 2000 System Administrator's Guide." The Microsoft Windows 2000 Resource Kit is also a good but expensive alternative. DO NOT WASTE YOU MONEY ON THIS BOOK ... look at the superior alternatives.
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Summary: Better then trying to wade through the NT 2000 ResKit
Review: Love the layout. Made it easy to find what I was looking for.I also have the Microsoft Press 2000 ResKit... found the black book a lot easier to use...
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Summary: Better then trying to wade through the NT 2000 ResKit
Review: Love the layout. Made it easy to find what I was looking for. I also have the Microsoft Press 2000 ResKit... found the black book a lot easier to use...
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Summary: What the hell is this book for?
Review: This book is great! I found that it went into great detail on issues that have been coming up on a daily basis in the office. Overall it was very educational as well as easy to read and provided great techniques to help with installation and management for my network. Using the information in this book has increased my production ten fold in such a sort time I can suggest that all 2000 administrators should pick up a copy.
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Summary: This book is great!
Review: This book is great! I found that it went into great detail on issues that have been coming up on a daily basis in the office. Overall it was very educational as well as easy to read and provided great techniques to help with installation and management for my network. Using the information in this book has increased my production ten fold in such a sort time I can suggest that all 2000 administrators should pick up a copy.
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Summary: How, not why
Review: This book might be useful if you just can't remember how to perform some administrative tasks - but it is very short on telling you why you would want to do them. I want more of the why, and I will figure out the how.
I also want technical accuracy. I was surprised to learn (on page 439) that disk striping (RAID 0) provides protection from a single disk failure. This kind of error should not appear in a book of this nature - and there are many other similar examples.
The book was written by 3 people, and at times it seems as if each one wrote one sentence of each paragraph. It sometimes jsut doesn't flow very well, which makes it harder to concentrate on what is being said.
The book is not totally useless, but I have seen many other books that are, in my opionion, much more worth your time and money.
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Summary: How, not why
Review: This book might be useful if you just can't remember how to perform some administrative tasks - but it is very short on telling you why you would want to do them. I want more of the why, and I will figure out the how.
I also want technical accuracy. I was surprised to learn (on page 439) that disk striping (RAID 0) provides protection from a single disk failure. This kind of error should not appear in a book of this nature - and there are many other similar examples.
The book was written by 3 people, and at times it seems as if each one wrote one sentence of each paragraph. It sometimes jsut doesn't flow very well, which makes it harder to concentrate on what is being said.
The book is not totally useless, but I have seen many other books that are, in my opionion, much more worth your time and money.
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Summary: What the hell is this book for?
Review: This book was the most worthless piece of junk I have ever spent time reading. It tought me nothing except that I should just stay with Windows NT 4. Very bad book..........buy it as a gag gift, or if you want to waste time and money. For the love of god, don't let these writers publish anymore.
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Summary: Very good cross over book.
Review: This is really a good book. It is note quite a reference manual. Its more of a teaching/insturction book. I have been working with NT since 3.51. The jump from 3.51 to 4.0 was pretty easy because you were using Windwos 95 for a year already and 4.0 "looked" just like 95 and it still worked a lot like 3.51. With 2000 its all new. This book gives an explanation of what its covering in the chapter - good stuff - a lot like a manual, then it gives step-by-step instructions on how to do things that you wouldn't even need to think about how to do in NT4. Its worth it - you might not need it as much 8 months from now - but it should be on the self for those 1st 8 months. I would recomend this book to newbies and pros alike. The only thing that could be better was if Stu could have hooked us up with licensed versions of the software included with the CD ;)
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