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Title: Microsoft Windows XP Professional Administrator's Pocket Consultant by William R. Stanek ISBN: 0-7356-1381-8 Publisher: Microsoft Press Pub. Date: 26 September, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.58 (12 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent book!
Comment: I finally picked up Windows XP Professional Pocket Consultant. I've been meaning to grab it since I first heard that William Stanek wrote a book on xp. I remember reading his stuff in PC Magazine and Dr. Dobbs and generally it was great.
Windows XP Professional Pocket Consultant is exactly what you'd expect if you've read any of Stanek's other books or columns. It's clear, straightforward, concise. It's written for administrators but any one use it as its a very readable technical book. That's not to say it's without substance, though - within the first chapter I already had insights into Win XP I didn't get from anywhere else and after a few chapters over a dozen of my exisiting questions were answered as well as plenty I hadn't even thought to wonder about.
Despite being less than 400 pages, this is by far the best Win XP book I've seen yet, especially if you use it with one of his server books as someone else recommended. Definitely recommended.
Rating: 5
Summary: Windows XP Essentials
Comment: William Stanek is the leading authority on the Microsoft Windows operating system, especially when it comes to administration. Whenever I need a Windows book on a topic I check to see if he''s written a book on the subject. I've been reading his books for more than 5 years. His books have never steered me wrong. In "Windows XP Professional Administrator's Pocket Consultant" he documents Windows XP Professional essentials for experienced Windows users and administrators.
Unlike a lot of other books this isn't a "throw everything in" book. It is focused precisely on what matters and because Stanek an administrator he knows what really matters. The book does everything it promises. It is the only day to day book I use. Altough not designed to be a study guide for certification it is helpful for that too.
I would rate this as the definitive text on Windows XP Professional. It's got what you need. Pair this with Stanek's Windows 2000 Administrators Pocket Consultant and you''ve got everything you need to manage a Windows network. It is well worth the money and a great resource. TK
Rating: 5
Summary: Phenominal! Great for serious administrators!
Comment: As an enterprise admin, I have to really dig in to the operating system when I work on tasks and this book has been a great help every step of the way. No other book I've found goes as deep into Group Policy, and this is the only book I've found that has proper procedures for setting up auditing, disk quotas, offline files in the enterprise.
The detailed advice no customizing Internet options was something I've been looking for for a long long time. Thank you Mr. Stanek for that info and lots more in this great book. Finding someone who isn't afraid to share tips and advice they are obviously getting paid hundreds of dollars on an hourly consulting basis to provide is truly wonderful--and extremely rare.
Yet the thing I like best about this book is the focussed material for managing mobile users. Our laptop users are the most high maintenance in the organization. Hey, there's more to go wrong when users can unplug and take their computers home (where they connect them to their own networks and do who knows what else to the system). There's a complete chapter on configuring laptops and another chapter on configuring mobile networking. Again, I searched other books but couldn't find this level of detail. For a compact book for 400 pages, this one certainly packs in the information with great clarity and organization. And again, I have to say thank you for sharing information other writers have been afraid to provide because it might cut into their consulting earnings.
As a high-level admin, I particularly liked the chapters that focus on customization of the operating system. Chapters 4 and 5 in particular, are awesome and its the tips/real world advice within these sections of the chapters that make them so.
I was also pleased to find the book repleat with troubleshooting information. Most books have 1 troubleshooting chapter where they stick all the troubleshooting information as an after thought. While this book does have a troubleshooting chapter, it's not an afterthought. It's a careful follow up to the troubleshooting advice that is throughout the book!
Lastly, I want to say that I highly recommend this book to any serious administrator. I think power users will also find the book useful. I also recommend Stanek's Windows 2000 Server Pocket Consultant, which has never let me down.
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Title: Microsoft Windows XP Professional Resource Kit Documentation by Microsoft Corporation ISBN: 0735614857 Publisher: Microsoft Press Pub. Date: 17 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $59.99 |
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Title: Microsoft Windows 2000 Administrator's Pocket Consultant, Second Edition by William R. Stanek ISBN: 0735617929 Publisher: Microsoft Press Pub. Date: 14 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
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Title: Microsoft Windows XP Inside Out by Ed Bott and Carl Siechert, Carl Siechert ISBN: 0735613826 Publisher: Microsoft Press Pub. Date: 25 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $44.99 |
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Title: Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Administrator's Pocket Consultant by William R. Stanek, William R. Stanek ISBN: 0735613540 Publisher: Microsoft Press Pub. Date: 12 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
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Title: Windows XP Annoyances by David A. Karp ISBN: 0596004168 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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