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Testprep McSe: Windows Nt Workstation 4 (Testprep Series)

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This book is absolutely the worst technical book I have ever read. Too many typos to recollect. They rushed this book to press to make a buck - I paid the price in $ and misery wading through all of its errors. What was really bad was all the instances where the authors did not know what they were writing about - not just typos, they had no clue what they were writing about. Tim Crouthers and Luther Stanton are two authors that I will definately stay away from now on. Live and learn. It's very difficult to study for a test relying on a source that provides no confidence. A happy note - when I realized I had been taken, I redoubled my efforts and passed Workstation. Of course, I attribute my success to the Microsoft Press books I purchased, not this rag. Bad call New Riders.

This book appears to have gone to publishing without ever having been proof-read. The material that the authors cover is fairly well organized, however there are numerous errors in the text.

At times the authors contradict themselves, and at least 20 of the practice questions give an obviously wrong answer. There are also instances in the book where editing comments remain. On page 290 for example, there is a line reading "???Is it System Event Log (as above) or System Log (as below)?" - obviously a line that was not supposed to appear in the final text. Even the inside cover is in error - it lists 10 steps for passing the NT Server exam (not the NT Workstation exam).

Overall, I don't think this book does a adequate job of preparing someone for the exam.

This book was actually a hinderance to gaining an MCP qualification. I could not find one chapter that did not have an error within the questions. Loosely phrased and actual wrong answers, riddled throughout. The only help this book would be is to know the subject and spot the mistakes. Useless. Quite scary really that people make money from this,. requires a thourogh profreading. Stay away

My review that appears at the beginning was NOT submitted for this book! It was submitted some time ago for an earlier New Riders NT Workstation book ISBN 1-56205-769-3. My review (and possibly that of the others) was apparently migrated from that book (I thought it was unusual that this recently-released book already had five reviews).

This book is a triumph and was invaluable to me. Obviously well crafted and superbly done, it is clear, concise, and 'user-friendly'. I am not familiar with Dunigan's previous editorial efforts, but I will be anxiously awaiting future works.

Using this book, I was able to find the areas that I was weak in. I then was able to concentrate on these spots more thoroughly. I then took the practice exam on the accompanying CD to finish off my preparation.

The CD that comes with this book is very helpful if you don't have a lot of access to monkey with the actual operating system. Besides the usual test engine (which lets you review by specifying as few or many objective catagories as you care) it also has a "flash card" program that is very unique. I know opinions vary easily in certification book circles but I am finding the content and layout to be very accessable.

I have not taken any of the tests. I took this book and only answered the questions at the end of each chapter and passed the test the first time out with a score of 863, 705 was required for passing.

To be honest with you, studing this book was the last thing on my list of things to do.

Microsoft require you a score of 705 to pass the 70-73 exam, and this book cover 80% -- 90% material of the test. Which means if you read this book very thoughtfully, you will pass, however, if you want to get a score higer than 900, you'd better have more real world experience or to read other related books.

This book is very good organized and well written. Chap 4(connectivity), chap 5(Running Applications), and Chap 6(Monitoring and Optimization) are the most beautiful part of the book. Chap5 can truly help you understand how to run applications on NT, this chapter does a better job than the MOC(Microsoft Official Curriculum). This book also does a good job on explaining the ' File delete Child' conception(page 189).

This book has very little typos which are inevitable and acceptable. For example, in page 203, table 3.15, if you want to change permissions of a printer, you must have Full control permissions, however, table 3.15 shows that you only need have Mana! ge documents permission, not Full control permission.

Another example, in page 397, table 6.12, the stop icon and information icon are misplaced.

Very few questions offered in this book are not designed well(most of them are designed carefully). For example, in page 142, question no.1 and no.2 need to be re-designed more carefully.

In page 230, the answer to question 12 should be B, not A, be careful.

After all, this is a very good training guide, and it did help me to prepare for the 70-73 exam(passed with 980).

I'd like to recommend this book to you.

Rui-Di Chu (FREDDY)

PS: This is not the only book I use to prepare for the 70-73 exam. I attended the class, read MOC, and an Exam Guide from QUE.

This book offers an excellent review of the material you will need to know to pass the NT Workstation exam. However, it will not stand on it's own as a comprehensive study guide. Use it to reinforce what you have already learned through other books or classes. Then take the test.