Admin911: Windows 2000 Registry [Paperback]

Kathy Ivens (Conductor)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 16, 2000 | Series: Admin911

"Call on Admin911 to learn what's going on with your network, to understand your options, and pick the right solutions." -David Chernicoff, Windows 2000 Magazine

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Keep your network up-and-running with help from Admin911: Windows 2000 Registry.

Inside, you’ll find immediate solutions and pointers to quick fixes in the registry for pitfalls and bugs, with coverage of tuning parameters, device configuration, and network settings. Problem-solving, prevention, troubleshooting, performance enhancement, tweaking, and management techniques are presented throughout in a clear, easy-to-follow style. This powerful tool will save you hundreds of hours of network troubleshooting.

• Get full details on registry architecture
• Troubleshoot network settings
• Tweak performance
• Implement computer and user security protocols
• Troubleshoot application settings

Special Series Elements include:

• TAKE COMMAND: Specific command line utilities relating to the topic at hand
• CODE BLUE: Things to do when your system is in trouble
• BUG ALERT: Common and little-known problems and pitfalls

About the Author

Kathy Ivens (Philadelphia, PA) has authored or co-authored over 30 books. She is one of the top-selling NT authors in the marketplace. Kathy is the author of Osborne's Windows NT Troubleshooting. She recently joined the premier NT publication, Windows NT Magazine as contributing editor.

Product Details

• Paperback: 354 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/OsborneMedia; 1st edition (October 16, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0072129468
• ISBN-13: 978-0072129465
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,970,563 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Kathy Ivens is the author of more than 50 computer books. She is a senior contributing editor forWindows IT Pro Magazine.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ivens scores 5 stars again!, November 1, 2000

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David S. Morgan - See all my reviews

This review is from: Admin911: Windows 2000 Registry (Paperback)

I buy any book about enterprise networks that has Kathy Ivens' name on it. Her writing is intelligent, clear, and a pleasure to read.

This book is beautifully designed to be helpful. It explains the registry generically and specifically. The most helpful registry fixes and system tweaks are included, along with references to Group Policies that affect the registry item she's discussing.

All Windows administrators should keep a copy of this book at hand, they'll use it constantly.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 5 Stars For Kathy Ivens, March 28, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Admin911: Windows 2000 Registry (Paperback)

Many IT books either address the absolute beginner or the advanced developer and completely ignore the implementer. No so with this book. Kathy Ivens wrote it for those who support networks and end users. Her writing style is straightforward and easy to comprehend. While containing no "fluff", she gives the reader plenty of useful information. She discusses how to backup and restore the registry, various registry tools, and countless tips for tweaking the registy. I used one of those tips the very day I received this book. I had just upgraded a user's operating system from Windows 95 to Windows 2000 Professional and she asked me if there was a way for the NumLock key to stay on when she was logging in. Sure enough, one of the tips in this book discusses that very thing. It took me a few seconds to modify the registry and gain a happy user! This book is a must have and I wish there were many more like it.

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars the book is ok, but why?, January 26, 2003

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consumerist "in0k" (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Admin911: Windows 2000 Registry (Paperback)

This book has no information that can't be found with either a quick search on MSDN or Google, books like that just make me upset.