Running Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 [Paperback]

Craig Stinson Douglas (Author), Carl Siechert (Contributor)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 12, 1991 | Series: Running

A comprehensive user reference and an example-filled user's guide for WIndows NT power users and corporate end users of the latest version of this operating system, this book delivers expanded coverage of networking, system optimization, configuration, customization, security issues, and Internet connectivity.

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About the Author

Craig Stinson is a journalist and author. He has written or coauthored more than 20 books including Windows Vista® Inside Out, Deluxe Edition and Microsoft® Office Excel® 2007 Inside Out.

Carl Siechert specializes in implementing and documenting operating system technologies. He has coauthored several Windows®-related books, including the popular Windows Vista® Inside Out, Deluxe Edition, with Ed Bott and Craig Stinson.

Product Details

• Paperback: 752 pages
• Publisher: Microsoft Press; Select ed. edition (December 12, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1572312262
• ISBN-13: 978-1572312265
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.5 x 2.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,376,056 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Strictly for beginners., May 31, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Running Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 (Paperback)

The cover uses words like "In-Depth" and "Reference", it's anything but. This is a very introductory book for people with little experience in Win 95/98, since the first half covers little more than the Windows Explorer interface and routine tasks common to 95/98. The second half is of some use to people with no NT experience, but even that is likely to leave you wanting. If you already have a good grasp of Win95, or 98, then look elsewhere - don't be fooled by it's 750 page size either.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Basic User-Good, System Admin-Bad, January 27, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Running Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 (Paperback)

Good for basic knowledge (so are other books). I was looking for something dealing more with actual installation and maintaining, this did not help with that. I wasted my money. Don't do the same.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent introductory text on NT., June 10, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Running Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 (Paperback)

The book is targetted towards users and system adminisrators. Experienced Programmers who are more used to other environments (like Unix), will find this book extremely useful also. The book has good chapters on customizing your desktop. (Example: customizing the Command Prompt program). The explanation used is very clear, with lots of diagrams/figures to explain what's going on. However, at times, there seems to be a repitition of explanation. (For example: if an explanation applies to a file and a folder, then instead of having one explanation, we at times, get two explanations --- seems redundant to me).

I did like the book a lot. Although you can figure out everything explained in this book on your own, by just playing around with NT for a while. But, I wanted to know what tools NT provides, and did not want the trial and error approach. This book serves the purpose of telling you what tools are available and how to use them.