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Title: Optimizing Windows NT® by Sean K. Daily ISBN: 0-7645-3110-7 Publisher: Hungry Minds Pub. Date: 01 January, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $49.99

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Average Customer Rating: 4.64 (14 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: A must-have book for any serious NT user
Comment: If you desire to know more about the internals of your PC and you wish to wring extra performance from your NT system, then this is the book for you. It is full of depth, has excellent background information about the PC architecture, and actually contains real tips that result in an optimized NT system.

This is one of the best technical books I have ever read in terms of style, content and usefulness. I was unable to put this book down once I started reading it. The material is free flowing, without any forced humor. You certainly will not be disappointed.

Rating: 5
Summary: Takes technical writing to new standards
Comment: As a MCSE and NT systems administrator I'm used to read large amounts of documentation. Some of it is OK written and to the point and lots are terrible. But I have never read a technical manual written like a Tom Clancy novel, so I'm used to set my expectations accordingly. Sean K. Daily has written a manual that takes technical writing to new standards. I read 200 pages the first weekend I had it, before I felt a need to put it down. After that I've enjoyed a chapter now and then and finished it the other day with a feeling that this was a really good book. But writing style alone can't make a technical manual float. Optimizing Windows NT delivers on its title. The author start where most manuals like "Running Windows NT" and the like ends. You need a firm grip on day to day use of the NT OS to start with. If you have knowledge comparable to the "Windown NT Core tech." from Microsoft Press, you will find this IDG title rewarding. The registry is explained in depth with a lot of tips on how (and why) to tweak it. The intro on Perfomance Monitor is basic, but the long tables of object explanations are priceless. The section on networking is equally excellent, but I would like some more coverage of Network Monitor. I find the book to be more of an advanced tutorial than a handy reference, but if you want to take your knowledge of WinNT to the next level this is the book you want!

Rating: 1
Summary: nothing special
Comment: I didn't get much out of this book, and I support 50 NT 4.0 workstations every day. Nothing in this book has been of any use to me so far.