MCSE Windows 2000 Professional Study Guide (EXAM 70-210)
Author: Thomas Shinder, Littlejohn Debra Shinder, Inc Syngress Media, Syngress Media Inc, Duncan Anderson
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ISBN: 0072123893
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media (15 September, 2000)
Sales Rank: 24,879
Average Customer Rating: 3.19 out of 5
Customer Reviews
Rating: 3 out of 5
A nice read, but...
I found this book easy to read, but lacking in depth, and full of glaring technical errors. It's quite apparent that it was compiled on the strength of an early Beta, because SIMPLE things such as command-line switches to programs (e.g. Update.exe /SLIP, WinNT32.exe /I) are incorrect, while in other areas the authors are simply wrong in the statements they make (e.g. need to be a domain admin to add a machine to the domain - yes, this is the default, but even in NT4 this could be delegated, OR confusion sometimes between recommended and required minimum hardware specs).
The book furthermore is missing or skims over important areas, and does not pay enough attention to troubleshooting more complex scenarios.
It was nice to have the full text on CD, but the demo movies on it were pitched at 5 year olds and therefore quite useless.
So in short, I did not have much confidence in this book. However I thankfully had the sense to do a lot of reading from the Windows 2000 Resource Kit documentation and Technet CD otherwise I certainly would not have passed the exam.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Great Study guide!!
I have to say this book covers the 70-210 exam better than the Sybex version. I used both to pass my exam with flying colours but i found this book easier to read and covered the material more indepth. I fully recommend it to anyone who wants to pass the Windows 2000 Pro exam. Good luck to your journey to MCSE land.
Rating: 1 out of 5
Never exact, full of errors
If your single goal is to pass the exam this book will probably do the job. Do not suspect a well writen reference on the subject. In many instances given explanations miss real depth, and many errors and inconsistencies can be found throughout the book.
Just as if it was quickly written for selling by numbers without a real concern about contents. Occasionally it seems that some subjects were written to fullfil the exam requirements, however, the author did not have the experience with the subject.
The publisher made a smart deal with training centres to use this book as their reference...
- Not recommended -
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