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Summary: Great Review Book for MCSE 70-210
Review: An excellent book to review all the major areas of coverage on the exam. Will not substitute for an in depth textbook. Learned all the fine points from the larger books but needed a scaled down version to bring it all back together. I had been real deep in the "trees" and now I needed to see "the forest" and that's what this book does beautifully I might add. Book is very well organized with the idea of getting through to the reader. Author's writing style is great and very readable for this type of knowledge. Used this with another highly recommended book, the MCSE 70-210 Readiness Review (Exam Review book) by Microsoft which is also a must read. Just passed the exam. Thanks Brian Culp. You filled in the many missing cracks that my instructors missed to prepare me for this exam.
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Summary: If you're new to Information Technology, this is a great buy
Review: As a student new to the IT world, I found this book extremely useful as a supplement to the class textbook. Brian breaks down "computerese" into layman's terms. I really appreciated Brian's humor, especially after studying for a couple of hours! I don't think I would have passed the certification test without this book. In fact, with the help of the next book in this series, I've just passed the Server test!
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Summary: cd is full of errors
Review: cd is full of errors
and they did not bother to put them in the errata!!!!
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Summary: Well worth the purchase!
Review: I found the book to be a great learning tool for people at all skill levels. Keeping his sense of humor intact, Brian Culp explains Windows technology in clear, easy to understand terms that are sometimes quite amusing - but always helpful. This book helps take the "Fear Factor" out of learning the Windows 2000 Operating System. I keep my copy near my desk for ready reference. I highly recommend this gem.
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Summary: Excellent resource...
Review: I found this book an excellent resource for many of my computer needs. It was very well written, and is very user friendly. I would recommend it highly.
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Summary: Not the best for this exam
Review: I have used many of Mike Meyers books and found them to be very helpful in passing my exams. However this "Passport" series is lacking. This book in peticular has numerous gramatical errors (using wrong words) that make you read the sentences over several times to get the jist of what is being said. Not to mention the CD with the test questions has several wrong answers.Looking past these shortcomings, I felt that I could max the test after reading the book. Needless to say I did not do as well as I thought. Many of the questions that are on the exam are a little more indepth than what the book covers. Dont get me wrong this book will help you pass, but with little room for error.
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Summary: W2K made simple
Review: I like the way this book walks the reader through the MCSE test objectives in a way that I was able to understand and comprehend. The review questions at the end of each chapter really aided my internalization of the material. They were the best I've seen from this type of book. You'll love it.
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Summary: Not as good as A+ or Network+
Review: I purchased the Mike Meyers A+ certfication book (hardbound)
which is *very* thorough, I felt the Network+ Passport book
was pretty good also. This book is a different kettle of fish... The book has disappointed me on repeated occasions. I
know NT 4.0 very well and have been working with Microsoft-based
products in administrative and development capacities for the
last 10 years. I found errors, contradictions, poorly worded
explanations, etc. It's almost like the editing was rushed to get this book to press. After reading a chapter, I find that
I can only answer about half of the review questions correctly.
My comprehension may be slightly impaired due to age and other
factors, but I'm not as dim as this book makes me feel! I also found a number of errors on the practice exam, I
checked into the web site, but found no corrections. I like the author's humor, but I find myself not feeling very
well prepared with a reasonable amount of Windows 2000 Pro experience. I ordered the Microsoft MCSE kit as a supplement,
I'm hoping to gain some additional knowledge and the copy of
2000 Server will help me pass the 70-215 test. If I used this as my only preparation guide, I would not
expect to pass the exam on my first try. This is a little bit
contrary to what I read in one of the MCSE boards I visited
before purchasing reference materials.
Rating:
Summary: Not as good as A+ or Network+
Review: I purchased the Mike Meyers A+ certfication book (hardbound)
which is *very* thorough, I felt the Network+ Passport book
was pretty good also. This book is a different kettle of fish... The book has disappointed me on repeated occasions. I
know NT 4.0 very well and have been working with Microsoft-based
products in administrative and development capacities for the
last 10 years. I found errors, contradictions, poorly worded
explanations, etc. It's almost like the editing was rushed to get this book to press. After reading a chapter, I find that
I can only answer about half of the review questions correctly.
My comprehension may be slightly impaired due to age and other
factors, but I'm not as dim as this book makes me feel! I also found a number of errors on the practice exam, I
checked into the web site, but found no corrections. I like the author's humor, but I find myself not feeling very
well prepared with a reasonable amount of Windows 2000 Pro experience. I ordered the Microsoft MCSE kit as a supplement,
I'm hoping to gain some additional knowledge and the copy of
2000 Server will help me pass the 70-215 test. If I used this as my only preparation guide, I would not
expect to pass the exam on my first try. This is a little bit
contrary to what I read in one of the MCSE boards I visited
before purchasing reference materials.
Rating:
Summary: Review of a review
Review: I would like to give " A reader from APO, AP United States," full marks for this classic:
"This book in peticular has numerous gramatical errors (using wrong words)"
Never mind that fact that this idiot manages to incorrectly spell "particular" and "grammatical" in the same sentence. The beautiful part of this misguided attempt is the inclusion of: "using wrong words" as a clarifier for the rest of us obvious "idiots" who are unfamiliar with exactly what the definition of "gramatical errors" are. I would say the actual definition is just a trifle more involved than "using wrong words," and at the same time remind this reviewer that those who live in glass houses should not throw stones. Oh, also: they have this really cool thing now called Spell Checking. You may want to check it out.
I nearly forgot to mention: this is a very good review for this exam.
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