MCSE Study Guide: Windows NT Server & Workstation 4 (Covers Exam #70-062,70-068,70-073)

• Helps users build a solid understanding of the MCSE program, and ways to master Windows NT Server 3.5X and Windows Workstation 3.5X
• CD-ROM contains NT Server and Workstation test engines, plus hundreds of sample questions

Prepare well, and you'll pass.


Save your money - get a different book.   October 15, 1998
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On the road to becoming an MCSE this was the most expensive book I purchased - and the least useful. When I bought it, the MCSE training materials section of my local book store was pretty bare and this looked like the most comprehensive book. Luckily, there is now a much bigger selection now, so all you budding MCSE's can pick better books. So, why don't I like this book? Complaint #1) This book could be one third of the size (and price) and contain the same information. The first third of the book covers NT Workstation in detail, from the beginning of the installation to configuring everything. My complaint here is that it seems to be written for someone who has never even installed NT before. Well, if you haven't at least installed NT before, this book is not the ticket to passing the test - you WILL need some hands-on experience. Weeding out the non-MCSE level info would make this section half as long. Then the second third of the book is about NT Server, BUT - get this - everything covered in the NT Workstation section is repeated. There is only 30 pages of new information specifically about NT Server. Big waste! Finally, the last section (a little less than a third) has NT Server in the Enterprise info. Frankly, by the time I got to the NT Server in the Enterprise test, I had given up on this book. I did not use it as my study material. The parts that I have read had some good info along with some glaring factual errors. It looks like it covers about half of what you need to know for the Enterprise test. Here are my two other complaints (a little more briefly): Complaint #2) As mentioned above, there are factual errors throughout the book. I didn't highlight them in my book, so I can't give examples, but they are in there. Worst of all is the CD-ROM sample test - LOTS of the "correct" answers were wrong, and the ambiguousness of many of the questions made this sample test useless. Complaint #3) I have read lots of technical books, and no matter what the subject is, some are enjoyable to read and some put me to sleep. It is hard to quantify except that the sleep-inducing books tend to be more detailed, covering every option on every dialog box and lengthy, often unnecessary explanations of everything. This book is a definite sleeper! Enough said... My guess is that this book was just an attempt by NRP to get out the first, most comprehensive SEEMING, all-in-one MCSE study guide. Now there are several others, and one of the other ones MUST be better. But to make this criticism constructive, here is my suggestion to NRP - hack the first section down to half its size, keep only the 30 pages of new info in the second section and beef up the Enterprise part. Remove the long boring explanations, run it through a spell checker, have a couple of MCSEs read it and check out the facts, dump the useless CD and drop the price to $24.99. Jeremy