MCSE TestPrep: Networking Essentials

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Summary: What a disappointment!
Review: I have used other books in this series and was quite happy with them. But after reading the first few pages in this poorly constructed book, I could see it was only going to frustrate me with it's blatant and carelees errors. Some of the questions were appreciated, but over all it was not worth the time to even scan over it. Too many errors for my liking...Here is a simple explaination found before the 1st chapter.....We all know that the minimum RAM required to install Sever 4.0 is 16MB...right? According to this book..both Workstation and Server require 32MB!!!! DAHHHH

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Summary: An extremely poor quality book
Review: I've read several books on the MCSE courses. All of them have some errors. Some have more than others. This one has more than any I've come across. I do not recommend using this book at all. For the money, there are many other places you can acquire a bank of questions that are substantially more acccurate and relevant.

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Summary: Errors, Errors, and more Errors
Review: If you can figure out all the errors, then you will probably pass the (70-58) exam. This book was very poorly edited. The concept and design is good, and would be a great help to anyone wanting to pass the (70-58) exam, if it did not have so many errors.

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Summary: The best way to pass in Networking Essentials exam
Review: In comparison to the Exam Cram Networking Essentials I found this publication to be more than adequate. In fact I managed to pass the exam mainly through the questions in the book. Yes, there are errors, but if you know your basics you will pick them out. Yes, the publisher should have proofed it better. But on the whole I found that many of my exam questions had something in common with those in the book. This was a second purchase from this series and it's a cheaper method than Transcender

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Summary: Found the pool of questions to be useful
Review: In comparison to the Exam Cram Networking Essentials I found this publication to be more than adequate. In fact I managed to pass the exam mainly through the questions in the book. Yes, there are errors, but if you know your basics you will pick them out. Yes, the publisher should have proofed it better. But on the whole I found that many of my exam questions had something in common with those in the book. This was a second purchase from this series and it's a cheaper method than Transcender

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Summary: Buy this!!!
Review: This book has no value for MCSE. There are numerous errors throughout the book, and the book literally fell apart on me after 1 week of moderate use. Doesnt warrant even buying it.

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Summary: What a disappointment!
Review: This book is a great example of the entire TestPrep series (see my reviews on the Server and Workstation books in this series). You CANNOT pass the test just by reading THIS book. (Trust me, I learned the hard way!) You must get a good understanding of the material FIRST (MS Press's self-paced study guide is excellent). Before you take the test (a few days), get this TestPrep to reinforce the material you will be tested on. If used this way, the book is excellent! Last hint to those of you taking the test: Take this test (70-58) LAST (you will find many questions are similar to questions on the Workstation, Server, and TCP/IP tests!)