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Mastering Windows NT Server 4 has long been considered the premier reference guide for NT administration. The seventh edition includes new chapters covering the Resource Kit and a preview of Windows 2000 Server. Together with its companion reference,
Mastering Windows NT Workstation4 it once again confirms Mark's position as a leading author and teacher of NT networking.
Minasi writes in an easy-going, often amusing yet to-the-point style. He fills the book with clear step-by-step answers to those "How do I" questions you're likely to ask when setting up an NT network for the first time. But seasoned NT professionals are also likely to visit Mastering Windows NT Server 4 regularly, and many use the book as a study aid for MCSE certification. It provides comprehensive coverage--from the basics of NT administration to managing your NT Server--across a multiple-platform enterprise network. One notable chapter includes a detailed 200-page examination of using TCP/IP on NT. Another has helpful insights into understanding (and tweaking if required) the NT Registry.
There's so much worthy of mention in this 1,700-page volume that the book's extensive index and full searchable text on the accompanying CD are indispensable aids to finding what you want. Owners of the sixth edition may want to consider whether the additional material in this edition makes it a worthwhile purchase. However, for everyone else, including owners of earlier editions, this is an essential reference.--Peter Lunn
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Mastering Windows NT Server 4 Keeps Getting Better––Updated, Expanded, and Now on a Fully Searchable CD–ROM
Long established as the #1 choice of NT administrators, this new edition of Mastering Windows NT Server 4 raises the bar higher still with a complete, clear explanation of the resource kit utilities that can solve many common networking problems––what the tools do, how to use them, and examples that work! There′s also coverage of Service Packs 5 and 6, as well as a special chapter offering you a preview of the next NT––Windows 2000. This is the premier resource for configuring, administering, and tuning NT Server as part of a corporate enterprise network––and in this fully updated seventh edition, you′ll learn hundreds of techniques that will make your work easier and your job more secure.
Complete, authoritative coverage––from fundamental procedures ...
∗ Installing and configuring NT server
∗ Connecting clients to your network
∗ Editing the Registry
∗ Installing and using Microsoft Terminal Server
∗ Using Performance Monitor and Network Monitor
∗ Implementing shared printing
∗ Integrating NT with NetWare, OS/2, Macintosh, and more
∗ Managing security issues
∗ Installing and configuring Internet Information Server
... to expert–level challenges:
∗ Designing and managing multiple domain environments (expanded coverage)
∗ Exploiting the powerful––but largely undocumented––Resource Kit tools to save you time and effort
∗ Finding undocumented Registry settings with Sysdiff
∗ Complete steps for DHCP, WINS, and DNS disaster recovery
∗ Mastering DNS techniques, including zones and secondary servers
∗ Designing multi–WINS networks for best performance
∗ Repairing broken trust relationships with SETPRFDC
∗ Solving home directory problems
∗ Troubleshooting RAS/DUN issues
∗ Understanding and managing NTFS permissions (newly revised)
∗ And many more!
Master NT in the real world. The bottom line is improving the real–world performance of your network, and this book doesn′t blink. It shows you how to design and manage a multiple–platform network; build an NT–based intranet; find the data backup strategy right for your needs; prevent and recover from disasters––and much, much more. There′s no end to what you′ll accomplish with practical, step–by–step instruction from the NT expert who has actually done it all on live networks!
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