Master Visually Windows 2000 Server [Paperback]

Eric Butow (Author), maranGraphics (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0764534262 | ISBN-13: 978-0764534263 | Publication Date: November 1, 2000

This book will take you from an introduction to Windows 2000 Server through the steps of configuring and maintaining Windows 2000 Server in a network environment. As with other Visual books, this book will provide task-oriented lessons with to-the-point instructions coupled with illustrative graphics and screen shots.

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From the Publisher

The Series: The award-winning 3-D Visual learning methodology goes beyond beginner with this comprehensive reference/tutorial.

Audience/Level: Beginning to advanced users.

Unique Features: Annotated, two-color screen shots on every pagetopics that begin and end on two-page spreads for easy, focused learning.CD-ROM with fully searchable Acrobat PDF version of the book and value-added software included.

In-depth, instantly accessible information; Extremely comprehensive, yet presented so that readers can learn more while reading less!

From the Back Cover

"One picture is worth a thousand words." If you prefer instructions that show you rather than tell you, then this comprehensive reference is for you. Hundreds of succinctly captioned, step-by-step screen shots reveal how to accomplish more than 270 Windows^® 2000 Server tasks, including:

• Configuring Active Directory^™
• Administering users and groups
• Creating a distributed file system
• Sharing a printer on the network
• Analyzing system security
• Connecting to the Internet
• Configuring SMTP e-mail
• Setting up fault tolerance
• Using network diagnostic tools
• Troubleshooting installations

• "Master It" sidebars answer questions and present shortcuts
• High-resolution screen shots demonstrate each task
• Succinct explanations walk you through step-by-step
• Two-page lessons break big topics into bite-sized modules

Networking tools on CD-ROM!

• Norton AntiVirus^® 2000, pcAnywhere^®, Backup Exec^® for Windows^®, Undelete^®, and Diskeeper trial versions
• Plus links to useful sites, a searchable e-version of the book, and more

System requirements: PC running Windows 95 or later, Windows NT 4 or later. See What's on the CD-ROM Appendix for further requirements and details.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 673 pages
• Publisher: Visual (November 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764534262
• ISBN-13: 978-0764534263
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 8 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,025,010 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Eric is the CEO of Butow Communications Group (BCG), a Web design and online marketing firm in Jackson, California. Eric has authored or co-authored 17 technology books since 2000.

His latest titles include User Interface Design for Mere Mortals from Addison-Wesley, How to Succeed in Business Using LinkedIn from AMACOM, Blogging to Drive Business from Que, Droid Companion from Wiley, and My Samsung Galaxy Tab from Que.

When Eric isn't writing or running his business, you'll catch him enjoying time with friends, enjoying the weather of the Sierra foothills, and helping his parents run their infant and toddler daycare business.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Visually Concept Applied to Server 2000, October 3, 2009

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This review is from: Master Visually Windows 2000 Server (Paperback)

I barely used this book at all when I studied for and passed the Server 2000 exam. I think the Visually concept worked best when it was first developed and one could get a large dimension book on Excel or Access and see in beautiful color screen shots everything with minimal explanation. Then one would follow up and see the same thing on their monitor. It was a great introduction, particularly with Excel.

But then over time the Visually concept changed and in my estimation lost some of its teaching power. In this book, for example, you get inundated with black and white screen shots in tiny font. It's what you'd see on your monitor except much smaller and therefore the font is tiny and hard on the eyes. Plus it's in black and white. This was a very unpleasant way to learn and hence, I barely got anything out of this book and used much better resources.