MCSE Windows 2000 Professional Training Guide [ILLUSTRATED] (Hardcover)

by Gord Barker (Author), Doug Harrison (Author), Rory McCaw (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Review
I personally believe this to be one of the best books I have tech edited in the last three years. -- Marc Savage, MCSE, Education Manager, PBSC Computer Training Centers

I truly felt like I was talking to a tech head who was inimately familiar with the exam. This relaxed presentation combats the urgency of the exam. -- Cliff Adams, Programmer Analyst, Directions Research, Inc.

The organizational structure of the material in each chapter makes the book user friendly and the information readily accessible. -- Scott Kocher, Owner, ABCS

Product Description
Exam 70-120, Installing, Configuring, and Administering Windows 2000 Professional measures a your ability to implement, administer and troubleshoot Windows 2000 Professional as a desktop operating system in any network environment. This exam is sure to be one of the most popular due to it replacing Workstation exam and a Core exam. Training Guides offer you, the candidate the perfect self-study tool to allow you to prepare confidently at your own pace and in your own available time. New Riders has included information on the new testing types and designed the titles to provide you with plenty of practice opportunities to gain the skills required to pass these exams. With the release of Windows 2000, the entire MCSE exam structure has changed, and the New Riders Training Guides have changed to address the your new needs. Adaptive testing, emphasis on hands-on knowledge, and a more skills-focused design are all addressed in these new Training Guide editions.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 751 pages
• Publisher: New Riders Publishing; illustrated edition edition (January 15, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0735709653
• ISBN-13: 978-0735709652
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 8.3 x 2.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,112,017 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A few minor adjustments and this one goes to the top., July 31, 2000

By	Michael J Woznicki "Michael J Woznicki" (Holland, MA USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Exam 70-210 is for the Windows 2000 Installation, configuration and administration of the Professional version of Windows 2000. New Riders has put together a book that covers each exam objective and allows you to learn at a comfortable pace.

The 800-page book starts off with the installation of Windows 2000 Professional, giving you the outline of what it takes to make the installation a breeze. Then moving on to administration and troubleshooting you'll find an abundance of information to keep the system running.

Next comes customizing and troubleshooting the desktop, this area will aid in the upkeep. Moving on to networking and networking monitoring and troubleshooting for those environments that deal with protocols, domains, and security and user policies.

Part two is the fast facts area of the book; giving you a condensed version of material used in the study of the exam. Part three is used to help you in taking the exam and how to setup and use the software on the cd-rom.

The CD-Rom includes the EXAM GEAR software for practicing the exam before you go live. While the installation is easy and the questions cover the exam objectives, there should be more practice questions included for the price.

Overall with figures, diagrams, step-by-step exercises, practice questions and the cd-rom you have an extensive set of training materials right at your fingertips. A few adjustments to the next edition and this book will be a the top of list.

21 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Windows 2000 MCSE Exam 70-210 Book Review, March 27, 2000

By	Amy McCorry (Cheyenne, WY) - See all my reviews

I recently bought this book because I am starting to study for my MCSE and I was very suprised. This book is very well written, it has easy to follow lessons, and explains step by step how to set up the operating system. I would definetly recommend this book.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Too Many Technical Errors!, January 10, 2001

By A Customer

The book is written well, but I've found there to be too many technical errors in it. On page 79 it refers to a command as makedisk.exe instead of makeboot.exe, for one example. I've found myself spending so much time researching the mistakes, that I feel I would have been better off just studying some other book. If you get it just be certain that you don't use it as your only reference, as I've found an average of 1 error every 10-15 pages.