Microsoft(r) Windows(r) 2000 Professional Step by Step

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Summary: Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Step by Step
Review: As a recent immigrant to the PC world from Mac, this book was quite valuable. It covered all my needs to be up and running, yet there is more I can learn from this guide. The steps are clear and easy to follow. Highly recommendable!

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Summary: Windows for Beginners
Review: I bought this book looking for some in depth coverage of Windows 2000 and how to set up some of the networking features. I did not expect a book centered around beginning to use the Windows Operating System. If you need to know how to navigate the Windows Desktop, customize it and use Internet Explorer, by all means, take this book. If you are like me and were looking for details about how to share files across a LAN, how to set up the sytem using two NICs, how to set certain user permissions and how this security system is different from Windows 98 and NT, skip this and find another book.

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Summary: Great for Beginners - Awful for everyone else...
Review: If you need to learn how to Minimize windows, use a mouse, and learn various basic Windows skills, this is the book for you. If you want to learn about Win2K, skip this one. Written in simplistic terms for people who know little, if anything, about any Windows OS, this book teaches little.

I bought this book hoping to immerse myself in the new WIN 2K. I feel cheated by this book: few points about WIN2K. Instead, this book focuses on basic (and I mean basic) Windows skills. I think this book should have been retitled "WIN 2K for Dummies by Microsoft."

Skip this one and look for another alternative. This book will not teach you anything you don't already know.