MCSE NT Server 4 Exam Cram [Paperback]

Ed Tittel (Author), Kurt Hudson (Author), James M. Stewart (Author)

Book Description

Series: Exam Cram | Publication Date: September 1997

This Exam Cram was written by Microsoft Certified Trainers to help professionals study for and pass the NT Server 4.0 exam. The key technical topics covered include: Windows NT installation, NT's file system, performance monitoring, NT/NetWare relationships, printing, backup and recovery, NT Remote Access Services (RAS), and troubleshooting system failures.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Don't look here for in-depth information on how things work inside Windows NT Server 4--that's not what this book is about. Rather, come to this book expecting to find only the barest outline of the essential facts--information that ought to remind you of information you already know--and lots of questions designed to help you review.

MCSE Exam Cram: NT Server 4 includes all the NT Server 4 material--installation, file systems, RAID (redundant array of independent disks), hardware configuration, NetWare, printing, RAS (remote access server), and the rest. The authors limit your focus by directing you right to what you need to understand. After all, this is not a technical reference, but a last-minute review guide, designed to let you review your weak areas on your way to the exam, if necessary.

The real strength of MCSE Exam Cram: NT Server 4 is its questions. Although there aren't as many questions as one would like, a bright discussion of why the correct answer is what it is follows each one. One major shortcoming is that the answers to the quiz questions appear immediately below the questions themselves, tempting even the most diligent scholar's gaze. This book would be better if the answers and their discussions appeared on the backs of the question pages.

Product Details

• Paperback: 383 pages
• Publisher: Coriolis Group; 10th edition (September 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1576101908
• ISBN-13: 978-1576101902
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,441,071 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Ed Tittel is a full-time freelance writer, trainer, and consultant who specializes in information security, markup languages, and networking technologies. He is a regular contributor to numerous TechTarget websites; teaches online security and technology courses for HP; and writes regularly for Tom's Hardware and ITExpertVoice.

Ed has contributed to over 100 books on various computing subjects, including a dozen different titles in the ...For Dummies series. He is probably best known for creating the Exam Cram series of IT certification prep books in 1997, and for having edited that series from 1997 until 2006. Ed's best-selling titles include "HTML, XHTML and CSS For Dummies" (soon to go into a 7th edition, for a cumulative total of 13 editions of HTML For Dummies titles he's worked on), "The Guide to TCP/IP" (which he co-authored with protocol expert Laura Chappell), "Windows Server 2008 For Dummies," and "Networking Essentials." He's also written numerous titles on security including the "CISSP Study Guide" (4th edition, with co-authors James Michael Stewart and Mike Chapple), "The PC Magazine Guide to Fighting Spyware, Viruses, and Malware," and the "TISCA Training Guide."

For more information on Ed, please visit his personal Website at www.edtittel.com. You can also visit his profile on LinkedIn at http://www.linkedin.com/in/edtittel to get information about various blogs and other activities.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It proves it's point., May 24, 1999

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This review is from: MCSE NT Server 4 Exam Cram (Paperback)

This is not a book to buy just to make your sole study guide, for me this a review book, a very good review book. It is simple, goes to the point and has a lot of quetions to make you think. The best thing is that it explains the answers very detailed and it even gives you where to find more information. Believe me this is very good side book, you buy a big main book, one that has 800 pages and explains in details what you want to learn (like Sybex or IDG). A few days before the test you take this book and go over the most important aspects of Windows NT Server.

If you though that you were going to pass with just one book, think twice. You need at least two books and some practice to pass. If you don't believe me, let me tell you that so far I have passed 3 Microsoft, 1 Novell and 2 A+ Certification exams on the first try.

Good luck on your test.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book to prepare for the Server Exam, August 19, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: MCSE NT Server 4 Exam Cram (Paperback)

I often rely on these online reviews to determine if I will purchase a book. For this reason I am putting in my two cents on this book. I think this book is an excellent book for people who know the fundamentals of the product and want a quick review for the exam. In many computer books you get conflicting information about an issue. Sometimes you have to go to several sources to get the right answer. In this respect I was very impressed that the book was extremely concise, accurate and covered all the major topics. I passed the exam with no problem. I would recommend this book to anyone who wanted a quality review/refresher prior to taking the exam. I have used this series prior to all my MCSE exams. I now have two more exams to take for my MCSE. Good luck to the rest of you.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Exam Cram books are the best study aids!, June 22, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: MCSE NT Server 4 Exam Cram (Paperback)

I feel like I'm preaching to the choir a little, since so many people are raving about the Exam Cram books, but I must chime in... I have found the Exam Cram series to be of the highest quality when it comes to cutting through the reams of information out there and really covering what you need to know for the tests in a clear & effective manner. They helped me more than any other resource as I passed Networking Essentials and NT Server 4.0 (first try for both, and good scores too), and I am now studying for TCP/IP with Exam Cram and is has been great as well. You still need real-world experience, but GET EXAM CRAM BOOKS!