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Summary: Excelent. A great surprise!
Review: I was looking for NT book that wasn't a huger paperweight. Other NT books on my desk are over 1,000 pages and mostly junk stuff I don't care about. I took a chance on this book and to my surprise its great! The author's knowleges of NT is great. I've been admining for 3 years and I learned a great deal just by browsing. The book is small enough to carry wherever I go and the pages are thick and rugged to last. I recommend this to every NT admin looking for a consise guide. Its accurate too!
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Summary: Good little book.
Review: This is a good little book that has helped me out most of the time. It doesn't have every answer that one would think (or expect), but for a book that small, it's great that it covers the basics.
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Summary: Terrific!
Review: This is a great book with all the essential information for day-to-day NT administration. Its compact size and its cover are simply fantastic. As a result of this book, I am picking up other "Administrator's Pocket Consultant" books for SQL7 and Exchange 5.5 . Does anyone know when the IIS4 Administrator's Pocket Consultant is coming out ..if ever?
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Summary: The best NT Server 4.0 guide on the planet.
Review: This is with out question the most valuable book for day to day use that an NT Server administrator can keep with them. For all those times you find yourself trying to remember that little used admin applet or procedure, you will find it here. Microsoft Press has done a great job in compiling this guide. Here's to hoping they print one for all of their products.
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Summary: Unleash the power of NT Server 4.0
Review: This Windows NT Server 4.0 Administrators Pocket Consultant has been a constant companion and has never let me down. For beginners and intermediate LAN Administrators, this book covers 4 main areas: LAN Administration Fundamentals, User Administration, Data Administration and Network Administration. In the era of Windows 2000 Server and XP, this book seems a little anachronistic, outdated and obsolete – its not.With the wide user base of both Windows NT 4.0 Server and Workstation, it is a most valuable resource. Aimed at high-level users, this book will not be your guide to Kernel and file level troubleshooting – it is not an MCSE reviewer. It will give you a broad overview of networking and will deal extensively with users and resources. I give it five stars for its logical progression. After dealing with why you even need a network, the Pocket Consultant focuses on User Administration and the relation to the Data/Resources. NT is robust not because it crashes less but “sharing” is a really easy method to get users to what they need and fast. Depending on the configuration of you shop – if you have a high turnover, the printing and network optimization comes in handy. If you have a fairly static staff, the user administration is helpful for user management – as individuals and as ‘groups’. I found the information on Chapter 10 – sharing files, directories and drives – helpful to understand the key differences between the two. Moreover, there was a few key things that I felt this book missed – the power of the Administrator to manage user machines as the Administrator of the Workstation. Within this framework lies the power of the NT network – a much missed topic in this book. Notwithstanding, I still give handbook a true five stars.
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Summary: This book in invaluable to an NT Administrator.
Review: While it may not actually fit in your pocket, what this book does very well in put information in bite-size chunks. It is short and too the point, instead of the usual 20 pages of fluff that one has to read through to find the info they need. This is book is a definite must.
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