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Title: Windows 2000 Administration in a Nutshell : A Desktop Quick Reference by Mitch Tulloch ISBN: 1-56592-713-3 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: 22 February, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.67 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: THE W2K handbook
Comment: I have a number of O'Reilly books and have come to expect a lot from them. However, this one raises the standard. Concepts and tasks are listed alphabetically, providing an encyclopedic approach which makes finding topics a snap and beats looking up 50 references in an index to find the one you want. I only wish more tech manuals were organized this way. Perhaps the idea will catch on.
This is not to leave out Mitch Tulloch's writing which, although concise, is highly readable - a rarity in technical manuals (with the exception of the esteemed Mr. Minasi!). Although this book is not meant as a tutorial, I actually found that the organization helped me in understanding certain topics better. This is because each topic is treated in its entirety rather than scattered here and there throughout the book. As mentioned in an above review, this does lead to some redundancy, but the payoff is worth it.
Although I have discovered a lack of information on a couple of more obscure items, overall the book is very comprehensive with virtually no filler material. Of the four W2K handbooks I have, this is the one that remains as my prime reference. It is simply invaluable.
Rating: 4
Summary: Good companion to the W2K Resource Kits
Comment: This book is the 80/20 rule in motion. 80% of the day to day issues are resolved with 20% of the product information. The key is knowing which 20%. This book seems to have done a fairly good job of distilling out the 20% most often needed and putting it in a single package. It falls short of a 5 star rating due to organization. Presenting the W2K concepts in alphabetical order is confusing and counter productive. It would have been far better done if the concepts had been organized in a logical hierarchy leaving the referred-to tasks, procedures and utilities in alphabetical order. Overall a very handy manual for W2K setup and admin once you get past the layout.
Rating: 1
Summary: Rather confusing
Comment: This book didn't work for me, though I like Nutshell books. I think that alphabetical approach didn't work this time. It might be good for utilities and commands, but for Tasks and Concepts? It's much easier to find what you want on topic basis. And why on earth to use alphabetical approach if most books have good index? I have discovered another book, "Mastering W2K Server" by Mark Minasi. That book is great. I have found there everything I needed. It has a lot of cross-references to NT and even 95/98 without boasting much about it. Nutshell book arrogantly states that you have to be very good at NT to read it. I think that might be just to cover up the confusion created. True, Minasi's book is 50% more expensive, but it's twice bigger also, and much more useful.
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Title: Windows 2000 Commands Pocket Reference by Aeleen Frisch ISBN: 0596001487 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: 15 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Active Directory, Second Edition by Alistair G. Lowe-Norris, Robbie Allen ISBN: 0596004664 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $44.95 |
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Title: Managing Windows 2000 Registry by Paul Robichaux ISBN: 1565929438 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: 01 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: DHCP for Windows 2000 by Neall Alcott ISBN: 1565928385 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: January, 2001 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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Title: MCSE in a Nutshell: The Windows 2000 Exams by Michael G. Moncur, Paul Murphy ISBN: 0596000308 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: 15 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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