Microsoft Windows XP Professional Resource Kit, Third Edition [Paperback]

The Microsoft Windows Team (Author), Charlie Russel (Author), Sharon Crawford (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 9, 2005 | ISBN-10: 0735621675 | ISBN-13: 978-0735621671 | Edition: 3rd

Install, configure, and support Windows XP Professional with definitive technical guidance from the Microsoft Windows team and two industry veterans. This official RESOURCE KIT has been fully updated and revised—with coverage of Windows XP Service Pack 2, featuring Advanced Security Technologies, along with new chapters on managing software updates, the Windows Firewall, and wireless networking. You’ll also find 120+ timesaving administrative tools and scripts—plus additional content and eBooks—on the CD. It’s everything you need to help maximize the performance and reliability of your business desktops—and help reduce ownership and support costs.

Get in-depth guidance on how to:

• Plan, customize, and troubleshoot your deployment
• Use Group Policy and IntelliMirror technologies to manage users and network resources
• Administer disks, file systems, devices, print services, and digital media
• Manage authentication, authorization, access control, and EFS
• Configure TCP/IP, IP addressing, name resolution, and remote networking services
• NEW—Configure wireless networking protocols and standards; apply best practices for support
• NEW—Implement the boot-time security feature and other Windows Firewall enhancements
• NEW—Design and deploy a software update management strategy
• Apply expert strategies to diagnose and resolve system problems faster

CD inside Resource Kit tools and eBooks inside!

CD features:

• 120+ tools and utilities for administering Windows-based clients and servers
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Automating and Customizing Installations eBook
• Microsoft Encyclopedia of Networking, Second Edition eBook
• Microsoft Encyclopedia of Security eBook
• Fully searchable eBook of the complete RESOURCE KIT

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Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Charlie Russel is an information technology consultant, specializing in combined Windows and UNIX networks. He is also a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional for Windows Server and Security. Together with Sharon Crawford, Charlie authored the top selling Windows Server 2008 Administrator’s Companion by Microsoft Press as well as the Windows Small Business Server 2008 Administrator's Companion. Charlie also co-authored the Windows Essential Business Server 2008 Administrator's Companion.

Sharon Crawford is a veteran writer of computer books. Together with Charlie Russel, Sharon authored the top selling Windows Server 2008 Administrator’s Companion by Microsoft Press as well as the Windows Small Business Server 2008 Administrator's Companion.

Product Details

• Paperback: 1568 pages
• Publisher: Microsoft Press; 3rd edition (March 9, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0735621675
• ISBN-13: 978-0735621671
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.3 x 2.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #405,107 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

108 of 112 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Updated and already helping me out., August 8, 2003

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Michael J Woznicki "Michael J Woznicki" (Holland, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Microsoft Windows XP Professional Resource Kit, Second Edition (Pro-Resource Kit) (Paperback)

Usually when a book is release as a 2nd or 3rd edition, the publisher is just updating the content to reflect the new features or releases of the software. This book is just that and a little bit more.

This book takes apart the XP operating system from stem to stern and everything in between. Taking it from the deployment to remote users to desktop configuration. In most case that would be enough, but here's where the book is updated.

Adding over 200 pages on security, you will find that book is far more than a Resource kit, it may also be used as a study guide for the 70-270 exam.

The cd was also updated with over 120 utilities and a couple of e-books, including the entire text in e-book format. Another thing I liked about the text is that throughout the book there are step by step procedures to show you hoe to configure, manage or administrate different parts of the OS.

Overall I have been able to use this in my job several times within the past 2 months with the XP upgrade I was involved in. I am certainly glad to have this in my technical library.

73 of 77 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Well Written and Up to Date, February 21, 2005

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John Matlock "Gunny" (Winnemucca, NV) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Microsoft Windows XP Professional Resource Kit, Third Edition (Paperback)

Written by the husband and wife team of Russel and Crawford, this is not only a complete text on just about everything you can do with XP Professional, but is (for a complex computer book) easy to read.

In addition to the usual here's how to do that instructions that you would expect, this book goes into other aspects of moving to XP Professional like planning the deployment, automating the installation process, and working in a multilingual atmosphere.

As seems to have become Microsoft standard practice, the CD includes a fully searchable eBook of this complete text and a couple of other books. It also has some 120 tools and utilities to assist in the administration of both clients and servers.

This is the third edition of this book, it includes feedback from readers of the first two editions and is updated to include Service Pack 2, the most recent update to XP (at the time of this writing). This update contains major changes to XP, particularily in the area of security. This alone makes previous editions almost useless.

41 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the three books I used to study for my MCDST, March 20, 2004

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This review is from: Microsoft Windows XP Professional Resource Kit, Second Edition (Pro-Resource Kit) (Paperback)

I found this book incredibly useful. It was the right balance of depth and breadth. This book is particularly useful for two groups of people:

1) If you're part of a Windows XP rollout team for your company, your team needs this book.
2) If you're going to be supporting users who are using Windows XP, this book is critical to your success.

Detailed, thorough, and well organized. Definitely choose this one over the older version, "Windows XP Documentation," also from Microsoft.