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Summary: You can pass with these and some good practice tests
Review: I liked Chellis's books for NT 4. These are good, too. I passed three of the exams on the first try, but Server took my three times. The exams are hard. I worked with Windows 2000 for about four months on the job before taking the exams. I'd recommend that much time with the OS, plus lots and lots of practice questions. I don't know if I'd shell out the $$ that Transcender requires.
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Summary: Passed the exams.
Review: I passed Windows 2000 Professional and Network Infrastructure using these books and Transcender. They did the trick. That's all I care about. If you can't pass the tests, hey, maybe you need to study a bit more and use the OS.
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Summary: Passed Win2000 Server--yeehaw
Review: I passed Windows 2000 Server using these books. Yeehaw.
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Summary: They were just ok.......
Review: I used the Sybex books for the NT 4.0 exams so I figured why not use them for the 2000 exams. I thought the 70-210, 70-215 and 70-216 books were good, BUT the 70-217 book is terrible. Lots of mistakes, awful questions at the end of the chapter. I even found some incorrect answers within the questions provided. I'm not sure if I'm going to use Sybex for any of the others.
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Summary: MCSE Windows 2000 Core Requirements (4-Volume Boxed Set With
Review: I used this set for my core requirements and passed all the exams First time around. I have to admit that I do work with the Windows 2000 on a daily basis
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Summary: enough to pass the test, nothing more, nothing less ....
Review: I've bought this MCSE core requirements set in order to pass the tests. Study the W2K Professional book (read, understand, memorize + practice the exercices in your own "lab"), and you will pass the W2K Pro test. I have passed my first attempt (req. score 550, my score 820). That's exactly what this book will do: get you through the (though) microsoft tests. Do NOT expect anything else from this book, now that I've passed the first test I will probably not use the book again. It does not deal with real-world IT-problems, it does not give any detailed information on various subjects (not to mention the many errors). And the writing style of the books (W2 pro, W2K server) is SOOOOOO DRY. Not a single "joke", nothing. This in contrast with what I was used to from SYBEX. Other books I have from Sybex (Mark Minasi, Mastering W NT server 4 / Tod Lammle, CCNA) are actually FUN to read and much better and accurate at the same time ....
I really hope the two last books of this set will be better, the W2K pro and W2K server-books were a bit of a pain ...
good luck with your MCSE-track !! :-)
Willem. By now I've read the third book as well, the one on networking. A completely other writing-style as the W2K server and professional book: this networking-book is accurate, fun to read and you really have the feeling the author knows what he's talking about (and not just explaining the buttons and menus of your W2K-product). The networking-book of this set has the quality I expect from Sybex ! (check back on my review when I finally have finished the last one (Active Directory) .. :-)
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Summary: This is a very good book
Review: I've read the book and found it to be very helpfull. This is a very good book for some taking the Microsoft exams but you still need to do some extra reading.
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Summary: WinSimm included ?
Review: Still one more thing I forgot to mention in my last review of this book-set: I sure hope Sybex will stop using the term "simulation" for a simple screenshot-movie ... Don't spend your time on this so-called "WinSimm 2000" included on the CD, actually these are just stupid screenshots. The only user-interaction you have is "forward" and "backward" button ... great isn't it ? Why hasn't Microsoft thought about using only backward-forward?; it would make configuring your server and workstation a LOT easier !! ;-)
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Summary: super, it great simple and good
Review: the book is very well written, and yet simple enough to understand. It has sample exams and flash cards, and a bonus simulator. additionally, it brings a CD version of the book in PDF format, which is great for quick electronic reference. I love it..
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Summary: super, it great simple and good
Review: the book is very well written, and yet simple enough to understand. It has sample exams and flash cards, and a bonus simulator. additionally, it brings a CD version of the book in PDF format, which is great for quick electronic reference. I love it..
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