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Windows Vista Administrator's Pocket Consultant (Pro - Administrator's Pocket Consultant)

Windows Vista Administrator's Pocket Consultant (Pro - Administrator's Pocket Consultant)
By William R. Stanek Author and Series Editor

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Product Description

The practical portable guide to Windows Vista.

Product Details

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #116994 in Books
  • Brand: Microsoft
  • Published on: 2006-11-28
  • Platform: No Operating System
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Dimensions: 1.68 pounds
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 576 pages

Editorial Reviews

About the Author
William R. Stanek is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional
(MVP) and a leading technology expert who has authored two dozen computer
books. With more than 20 years' experience in advanced programming and
system administration, he has extensive experience developing server
technology, encryption, and Internet solutions.

William has a master's degree with distinction in information systems, a
bachelor's degree magna cum laude in computer science, and 11 years of
military service during which he was awarded nine medals, including the US
Air Force Distinguished Flying Cross.

He is series editor for the ADMINISTRATOR'S POCKET CONSULTANT books from
Microsoft Press, and the author of some of its most popular titles,
including Microsoft Windows XP Professional Administrator's Pocket
Consultant, Microsoft Windows Command-Line Administrator's Pocket
Consultant, Microsoft Windows Server(tm) 2003 Administrator's Pocket
Consultant, and Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Administrator's Pocket
Consultant.

Customer Reviews

(Almost) All you need to know4
This is a good book. It is written for the more technically minded computer user; to be used as a consultant, as and when needed - very true to its title. The chapters provide in-depth coverage of the topics, and it is written in clear language without too much computer jargon.

I bought it together with my OEM Vista Ultimate and used it as an installation guide - the instructions are spot-on. There are, however, some omissions. For example, I miss Advanced Internet Explorer settings explained in this book, which I would have thought are included here for admins since they are in none of the more "basic" books. Also, I would have wished to read about why Vista partitions are primary by default, not just that they are.

It's things like these that make me wonder if those authors are restricted to a certain amount of pages, maybe?

Hence only 4 stars, but it would have been 4.5 if this was possible.