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Troubleshooting Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional (Eu-Undefined)

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Microsoft has a new operating system, Windows 2000. For the desktop the Professional version is what is used and for those new to this operating system there is major changes from Windows 9.X. This book should make the transition a little easier.

The book is written to the beginning level however there is something for every level user. To start each section is flow chart breaking down the topics, from there you have a step-by-step breakdown of troubleshooting techniques and ideas to work with.

The areas covered in this book are the desktop, disk storage, dual booting, games, hardware, the internet, printers and printing and peripherals. The book has the making of a great training course for the new users.

The appendix included covers editing the registry and while this is a nice addition, users must understand the registry before making any changes. Also you can obtain web updates for the book. Overall for the money this seems to a very good purchase.

First let me say that this book gives the reader a false sense of security. This book may give you a tip or two, but it is really useless in the real world. I looked through this book at thought how useless it would be at work. If you really want to learn Windows 2000 take a couple classes on it, if you are pressed for time and want a book on Windows 2000 pick up both "Mastering Windows 2000 Professional/Server" at least with those two books if you run into a problem you will have an idea on how to fix or at least know where to find your answers. This book is just too small for what will save your "bacon" out there...

This book reminds me of times when I would watch parents watching their children playing Super Mario or whatever. The parents would be amazed that their kids knew under which rock to find the hidden treasure which would empower Mario to make it through the maze.

This book also reminds me of the Readers Digest do-it-yourself books. There's a little description of the thing that needs to be fixed but most folks skip past that to the list of possible problems and how to fix them.

Got a problem with Windows 2000? Need a list of suggestions on how to fix it? This book tells you where to find the treasure to make it through the maze.

First of all, the flow charts are so annoying and drive you totally crazy. They serve no purpose but only to complicate things. In a lot of places, they just don't make any sense. Yes? No. No? Yes. This is not programming, there's no need to draw in this confusion.

A lot of useless description and talk are added to the explanations. It's extremely waste of time to read through the long paragraphs to get just one little piece of idea.

Also, a lot of space is devoted to non-important things like changing fonts and text size, as well as malfunctioning keyboard and mouse and how to clean them!!! How many times have you encountered a problem with a keyboard? Never will a keyboard go wrong unless you spilled some drink or water on it. Besides, that's not part of the operating system. To some degree, Windows 2000 is complex. What about those other more advanced topics?

As I know, Microsoft always makes things so clear and concise and easy to understand. I just can't believe that this book is published by Microsoft.