AnyBook4Less.com	Find the Best Price on the Web Order from a Major Online Bookstore
Home  |  Store List  |  FAQ  |  Contact Us  |
Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine Save Your Time And Money Keyword AuthorISBN

Title: Windows Nt Workstation Configuration and Maintenance by Matthew M. Lavy, Ashley J. Meggitt ISBN: 1-56592-613-7 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: 01 August, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95

Your Country USA Canada United Kingdom Australia Austria Belgium France Germany Italy Netherlands Switzerland Currency AutoUSD CAD GBP EUR AUD CHF Delivery Only cheapest delivery All delivery options Include Used Books Are you a club member of: Barnes and Noble Books A Million Chapters.Indigo.ca

Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (3 reviews)

Rating: 3
Summary: Flawed but powerful
Comment: Once you get past the typos (even in the downloaded errata), the lack of in depth examples, and the missing pieces, this book is actually a lifesaver. My problem with it, is that if you are new to Perl, or even new to Perl on Win32, you're going to be maddened by the fact that, out the box, hardly any of this stuff works. Once you get it working, it's amazing - the scheduled "stub" scripts literally do 80% of my job now, but getting there was painful.... I would have liked a) many, many, more examples b) no stupid errors (WindowsNT compared to Windows NT in a registry editing script, when the correct version was two lines above? I don't think so). If you have more than 10 NT workstations to manage and they need to be updated or changed, even in minor ways, on a regular basis, this book (along with the ORA ZAK book) will do it.

Rating: 5
Summary: Most helpful
Comment: An excellent example of its kind - focusses on helping the busy administrator to minimise the hassle of maintaining a LAN, while recognising that all administrators encounter different problems and therefore provides examplar solutions rather than wrote techniques. Chapter 4 (on maintenance & housekeeping) is of particular value. More, please.

Rating: 5
Summary: Superb book for those who are frustrated with the GUI
Comment: This book has really helped me to streamline my workstation management. Its explanations of how to write Perl scripts for NT management teaches you loads about NT and the way it works.