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Summary: Very Helpful
Review: I just finished taking and passing the Professional exam, and I have to say this book is right on in regards to coverage. While I do have some quality hands on with the OS, this book detailed what i should expect on the exam, and covered the material fully. It really filled me in on the holes I had in my knowledge, and helped fill those holes. As a side note- do not skip the CD. I found the CD really helpful...
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Summary: Good for the real world but not the exam
Review: I just got done taking the mcse test and I dont think this book covered much of the material at all. I won't be using these series of books for the upcoming exams. It is a good book if you were just sitting at your desk and not taking a closed book exam. They have good pictures and examples but its to bad they didn't show up on my exam. I would recommend the Microsoft books over this one.
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Summary: Great Study Guide
Review: I just passed the 70-210 exam and used this book as a core study guide.
The book is well written and easy to read. You'll need to use other preparation tools such as a readiness review but this book will go a long way in preparing you for the exam.
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Summary: The Perfect Study Guide
Review: I just passed the 710 exam after reading this book. The book covers everything that is on the exam and the CD is a great review tool (The first CD to come with a book that I found useful!) and after that it still makes a good reference tool for work. I read this book twice, did all the questions and practice questions in the book then read the Microsoft 710 Readiness Review Exam - and I was more than ready for the exam. Better than spending $500-$5000's for classes and felt I learned more than any computer review class I have taken. Good luck!
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Summary: Extremely inaccurate, not much more than Windows Help
Review: I purchased this book after reading a number of the previous good reviews. However, after completing this book I think it is the most inaccurate computer book I have ever read. I have been supporting and consulting with Windows for almost 10 years, I have my MCSE 4, and I spent so much time re-checking the facts in this book I could have read another one! They can't even get the requirements for Windows 2000 correct: Their requirements listing on Page 5 is totally different than that on Page 77! (This was the first of many problems I found). If you are new to Windows NT/2000, DO NOT GET THIS BOOK, as you won't know enough to separate the inaccuracies from the truth. If you are experienced with Windows NT/2000, DO NOT GET THIS BOOK, as it doesn't provide you any more info than the Windows help.
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Summary: Perfect for beginners
Review: I purcheset this book as a set,and I read it from back to front in about two weeks. I never had a computer with Windows 2000 Profesional to do the exercises which the book recommends you do but I found the book so good with it's illistrations that I did not feel that it was necessary to do the exercises on a PC. I would recommend that you do the exercises. Because after I read this book and took the exam I passed the first time with less than 20% short of 1000. During the exam I felt that I could have done better if I had the hands on experience. But I'm happy with my score because I have been in IT for less than three months,with no hands on experience.I would also recommend you use something other than the practice exams software which comes with the book. I started to use it but it was not that good,so I used the Braindumps instead. The dumps along with this book were all I needed to pass the 70-210 exam. If you want to pass the 70-210 exam I would recommend to use this book.
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Summary: Excellent
Review: I read this book, took the transcenders and the examsimulators.com test and passed 70-210 no problem.
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Summary: Lack of technical precision
Review: I really wanted to like this book - after all, I invested money and time in it as part of upgrading to Windows 2000 MCSE. There is a lot of good information in it, but the lack of technical precision, and lack of attention to detail is very frustrating in the text of this book. For example, Three different minimum supported memory requirements are given in the first two chapters. One exam watch point calls our attention the fact that Winnt, and Winnt32 switches are different, but then Page 178 gives an example of a Winnt32 command, but it uses all Winnt switches. There are numerous examples in this book of the actual text being a direct contradiction of text elsewhere in the book. I thought there must be posted errata, but upon not finding it on Syngress' web site, I e-mailed their support to ask for this information. However, instead of a response to the questions on the more than 10 direct contradictions I found in the first four chapters, I only received an automated reply with a URL to register. However, since this product was not listed on the page referenced in the URL, so it was not possible to register for support. Additionally, I needed a reference for many command line tasks I schedule in NT (like updating r-disk information) that just do not appear in this book. There is a lot of good information, but let the reader beware of the contradictions in details. Read very, very carefully, and when you find contradictions in the text itself, do not expect any support from Syngress.
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Summary: Someone, anyone - EDIT THIS BOOK
Review: I'm about half-way through this book and if it weren't used in a class I'm taking, I wouldn't read another page. It was written by 7 people and appears to have been edited by 0. The number of errors is just appalling. And many are so stupid that I can't imagine that anyone other than the author ever read it. How else to explain "...you do not have to reinstall components after installing a service pack as you did in Windows NT" (p. 107)? Well, of course you never needed to reinstall components after installing a service pack. In WinNT you needed to reinstall the service pack after installing new Windows components. Or "Once you format a disk or portion of the disk, you can set aside all or part of the formatted space as a partition", p. 269. Hello, editor! You format a disk after you partition it, not before. There are dozens of equally egregious errors. And the questions at the end of the chapters are completely useless. Having just passed the server exam (using a Sybex book, by the way, not the server book in this series), I can tell you that these questions bear not even a passing resemblance to real test questions. I've got 10 years experience with Windows. I'm just taking the tests to get the cert. Woe unto anyone who doesn't already know this material and tries to learn it from this. I'd stick with Sybex.
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Summary: Someone, anyone - EDIT THIS BOOK
Review: I'm about half-way through this book and if it weren't used in a class I'm taking, I wouldn't read another page. It was written by 7 people and appears to have been edited by 0. The number of errors is just appalling. And many are so stupid that I can't imagine that anyone other than the author ever read it. How else to explain "...you do not have to reinstall components after installing a service pack as you did in Windows NT" (p. 107)? Well, of course you never needed to reinstall components after installing a service pack. In WinNT you needed to reinstall the service pack after installing new Windows components. Or "Once you format a disk or portion of the disk, you can set aside all or part of the formatted space as a partition", p. 269. Hello, editor! You format a disk after you partition it, not before. There are dozens of equally egregious errors. And the questions at the end of the chapters are completely useless. Having just passed the server exam (using a Sybex book, by the way, not the server book in this series), I can tell you that these questions bear not even a passing resemblance to real test questions. I've got 10 years experience with Windows. I'm just taking the tests to get the cert. Woe unto anyone who doesn't already know this material and tries to learn it from this. I'd stick with Sybex.
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