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Summary: The Fast-Answers Guide to Windows NT 4.0
Review: ======================================About the Author ====================================== William R Stanek (nt-consulting@tvpress.com) has a master of science degree in information systems and more than a decade of hands-on experience with advanced programming and development. He is a leading network technology expert and an award-winning author. Over the years, his practical advice has helped programmers, developers, and network engineers all over the world. He is also a regular contributor to leading publications like PC Magazine, where you'll often find his work in the "Solutions" section. Recent articles include, "Easy Web Animations", "Bitmaps and Vectors: Web Graphics Evolve", "JavaScript-Powered Stylesheets", "Server-side JavaScript" and "SMIL: The New Web Format For Multimedia". The author served in the Persian Gulf War as a combat crew member on an electronic warfare aircraft. He flew on numerous combat missions into Iraq and was awarded nine medals for his wartime service, including one of the United States of America's highest flying honors, the Air Force Distinguished Flying Cross. ======================================= Introducing Windows NT 4.0 Administrator's Pocket Consultants Guide ======================================== Windows NT 4 Pocket Consultants Guide is designed to be a concise and compulsively usable resource for Windows NT administrators. This is the readable resource guide that you will want on your desktop at all times. The book covers everything you need to perform the core administrative tasks for Windows NT Server and Workstation systems. Because the focus is on giving you maximum value in a pocket-sized guide, you don't have to wade through hundreds of pages of extraneous information to find what you are looking for. Instead, you'll find exactly what you need to get the job done. In short, the book is designed to be the one resource you turn to whenever you have questions regarding Windows NT administration. To this end, the book zeroes in on daily administration procedures, frequently used tasks, documented examples and options that are representative while not necessarily inclusive. One of the key goals is to keep content so concise that the book remains compact and easy to navigate, yet ensure that the book is packed with as much information as possible-making it a valuable resource. Thus, rather than a hefty 1000-page tome or a lightweight 100-page quick reference, you get a valuable resource guide that can help you quickly and easily perform common tasks, solve problems and implement advanced NT technologies like DHCP, WINS, and DNS. Who is This Book For? Windows NT 4 Pocket Consultants Guide covers the workstation and server versions of Windows NT 4. The book is designed for: * Current Windows NT 4 system administrators * Accomplished users who have some administrator responsibilities * Administrators migrating to Windows NT 4.0 * Administrators transitioning from other platforms How is This Book Organized? Windows NT 4 Pocket Consultants Guide is designed to be used in the daily administration of NT networks and as such, the book is organized according to job-related tasks rather than Windows NT features. If you are reading this book, you should be aware of the relationship between Pocket Consultants and Administrator's Companions. Both books are designed to be a part of an overall Administrator's Library. While Pocket Consultants are the down and dirty in the trenches books, Administrator's Companions are the comprehensive tutorials and references that cover every aspect of deploying a product or technology in the enterprise. Speed and ease of reference is an essential part of this hands-on guide. The book has an expanded table of contents and an extensive index for finding answers to problems quickly. Many other quick reference features have been added to the book as well. These features include quick step-by-steps, lists, tables with fast facts, and extensive cross-references. The book is broken down into both parts and chapters. The parts contain a part-opener paragraph or two about the chapters grouped in that part. Part I "Windows NT Administration Fundamentals" covers the fundamental tasks you need for Windows NT administration. Chapter 1 provides an overview of Windows NT administration tools, techniques and concepts. Chapter 2 explores the tasks you'll need to manage NT systems. The final chapter in this part covers monitoring processes, services and system security. In Part II "Windows NT User Administration", you'll find the essential tasks for administering user and group accounts. Chapter 4 details how to use system accounts, built-in groups, user rights, built-in capabilities, and implicit groups. You'll find extensive tables that tell you exactly when you should use certain types of accounts, rights and capabilities. The core administration tasks for creating user and group accounts are covered in Chapter 5 with a logical follow-up for managing existing user and group accounts covered in Chapter 6. Windows NT data administration is the subject of Part III. Chapter 7 starts by detailing how to add hard drives to a system and how to partition drives. Afterward, the chapter dives into common tasks for managing file systems and drives, such as defragmenting disks, creating emergency boot disks and more. In Chapter 8, you'll find tasks for managing volume sets and RAID arrays as well as detailed advice on repairing damaged arrays. Chapter 9 focuses on managing files and directories and all the tasks that go along with it. You'll even find quick tips for performing advanced file searches and working with drag 'n drop. Chapter 10 details how to enable file, drive and directory sharing for remote network and Internet users. The final chapter in this part explores data backup and recovery. Part IV "Windows NT Network Administration" covers advanced administration tasks. Chapter 12 provides the essentials for installing, configuring and testing TCP/IP networking on NT systems-covering everything from installing network adapter cards to actually connecting a computer to an NT domain. Chapter 13 begins with a troubleshooting guide for common printer problems then goes on to cover tasks for installing and configuring local printers and network print servers. The final three chapters in this section focus on the key NT services: DHCP, WINS and DNS. DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) is used to assign dynamic IP addresses to network clients. WINS (Windows Internet Name Service) is used to resolve computer names to IP addresses. DNS (Domain Name Service) is used to resolve host name to IP addresses. I truly hope you find that Windows NT 4 Pocket Consultants Guide provides everything you need to perform essential administrative tasks on NT workstations and servers as quickly and efficiently as possible. Thank you.
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Summary: Just the facts
Review: A valuable reference for experienced NT administrators. Sure, you've done a certain task before but it was a year ago- and you just need a tap in the right direction. The size is great, keep a copy in the server room. The index is thorough and the chapters logically organized. A great addition to your toolbox.
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Summary: Good little book.
Review: Another great official book from Microsoft Press, as soon as u pick it up with it's shinny semi-hardback cover and unusual size u know it's going to be a treasure. The no nonsense language and wide variety of topics make it a little bible for refering to time and again. I was compitant with most of the content but the little extra' make a good dba from a bland one. Great for first time or intermediate. Not for very advanced dba's.
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Summary: to-the-point nifty little bible
Review: Another great official book from Microsoft Press, as soon as u pick it up with it's shinny semi-hardback cover and unusual size u know it's going to be a treasure. The no nonsense language and wide variety of topics make it a little bible for refering to time and again. I was compitant with most of the content but the little extra' make a good dba from a bland one. Great for first time or intermediate. Not for very advanced dba's.
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Summary: Perfect!!
Review: Contains nothing but useful information, yet covers everything. If you have at least some previous knowledge and understanding of NT 4.0 this book is an excellent resource. It deals with topics from drive array configuration and TCP/IP considerations to Managing Users and Groups. Everything is laid out and explained in a concise, to the point, easy to read format. Read it cover to cover for an overview/review of NT 4.0 or keep it with you as a reference tool.
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Summary: Excellent value
Review: Different from Microsoft Press's standard offerings of Resource Kits and Training Kits, this book aims to be more of an all-encompassing guide to Windows 2000 Server. Very similar in its makeup to Minasi's Mastering Windows 2000 Server. A lot of the Windows 2000 books will tell you "Windows 2000 supports Smart Cards" or "Windows 2000 can interoperate with UNIX". This was one of the few books that actually showed how. A lot of info in here we haven't seen many other places such as IIS 5.0, Clustering and Outlook. The combination of comprehensive information and value make this one quite worthwhile.
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Summary: Let 'em think your'e a genius, hide this book!
Review: I have been in this business since there was a business to be in and I have YET to see a technical reference that cuts to the point as quickly as this one. Want to set up DNS? Never done it? You can now! And in less than 20 minutes with no specific DNS knowledge! Any aspect of administring NT servers can be performed in 30 minutes or less! Control security, Build a better workstation with docked and undocked profiles (THAT REALLY WORK!) and much much more!
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Summary: Wouldn't buy it . . .
Review: I read the wonderful reviews this book got and ran to the store to buy it. I run a small school district network and had several real world issue's I was looking for resolution to before purchasing it . . . this book did not help with one. This might be an OK book to learn the basics (thus the 2 stars), but it has no troubleshooting tips or advanced network issues that gave me any real world help. Several hours, 3 NT4 books and 2 cell phone calls from my wife asking where I was later, I left with the Windows NT4 Administrators Survival Guide. These other reviews must have been written by the authors relatives!
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Summary: Wouldn't buy it . . .
Review: I read the wonderful reviews this book got and ran to the store to buy it. I run a small school district network and had several real world issue's I was looking for resolution to before purchasing it . . . this book did not help with one. This might be an OK book to learn the basics (thus the 2 stars), but it has no troubleshooting tips or advanced network issues that gave me any real world help. Several hours, 3 NT4 books and 2 cell phone calls from my wife asking where I was later, I left with the Windows NT4 Administrators Survival Guide. These other reviews must have been written by the authors relatives!
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Summary: Very Nice
Review: I took previous reviewer's advice and picked up this book - and it is very good indeed! The information contained is concise and accurate, and the shape and binding of the book is just right for a briefcase next to your trusty laptop...and you gotta love the rounded edges...:)
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