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Books that explain the workings of functionally similar command-line operating systems, such as Unix, are essentially big lists of text commands. But documenting Windows NT presents a challenge. Since Windows NT has a largely graphical interface, how does an author create a handy guide to all of its interface elements?
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Books that explain the workings of functionally similar command-line operating systems, such as Unix, are essentially big lists of text commands. But documenting Windows NT presents a challenge. Since Windows NT has a largely graphical interface, how does an author create a handy guide to all of its interface elements?
In Windows NT in a Nutshell, Eric Pearce seems to have solved the problem. He surveys the entire environment, one piece at a time, and depicts dialog boxes and their contents in a graphical tree format. With this style, he makes it fairly clear as to what you need to click in order to bring up the interface element you want. This book covers Windows NT Server 4.0 and Windows NT Workstation 4.0, though there's no mention of the Windows NT Resource Kit or particular Service Packs.
Though the tree-like graphics that represent various parts of the Windows NT GUI require a short figuring-out period, they're some of the best tools around for demystifying dialog boxes, their subsidiaries, and the various options and commands available in each. Classic, man-page-like entries back up these graphics, so you get details as well as the big picture.
The most valuable treasure in Windows NT in a Nutshell is a chapter called "Uncommon Sense," in which Pearce flits from one Windows NT topic to the next, spouting advice that clearly derives from considerable experience. Buy this book for its interface documentation, but be sure to read "Uncommon Sense" in full right away. --David Wall
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Anyone who installs Windows NT, creates a user, or adds a printer is an NT system administrator (whether they realize it or not). This book organizes NT's complex GUI interface, dialog boxes, and multitude of DOS-shell commands into an easy-to-use quick reference for anyone who uses or manages an NT system. It features a new tagged callout approach to documenting the GUI as well as real-life examples of command usage and strategies for problem solving, with an emphasis on networking. Windows NT in a Nutshell will be as useful to the single-system home user as it will be to the administrator of a 1,000-node corporate network.
- Covers both Workstation and Server versions of NT
- Written primarily for NT 4.0, but still useful for 3.51
- Presents the GUI hierarchy with callouts to provide easy-to-locate documentation of options, buttons, and dialogs
- Covers the DOS-shell commands in great detail, as these come into increasing use by the experienced NT user when managing large and complex installations
- Includes an extensive index that quickly directs you to both GUI and DOS-shell methods of accomplishing a task, without requiring you to wade through unrelated material
- Examples demonstrate NT interoperating with UNIX, Novell Netware, and Apple Macintosh systems
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