Windows NT 4.0 Administrator's Pocket Consultant (Independent Administration/Support) - Softcover

Stanek, William R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0735605742 ISBN 13: 9780735605749

Publisher: Microsoft Press,U.S., 1999

Synopsis

In this concise, rough, and ready guide to Windows NT 4.0 Administration, William Stanek provides charts, steps, commands, and details organized for fast facts and quick solutions, plus an outstanding portable reference.

About this title

Review

With its concise explanations, accurate procedures and excellent index, Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Administrator's Pocket Consultant reminds you how to perform common and moderately obscure Windows NT tasks. It won't teach you how to administer Windows NT if you're starting from zero, but it's superior in its ability to refresh a knowledgeable technician's memory. If you know what you need to find--for example, the command for converting a FAT (file allocation table) volume to NTFS (NT file system)--you'll be able to locate it quickly in this book.

This pocket guide is the next best thing to having memorised every procedural detail of users, security, file systems and networking. It makes an excellent review guide for the Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 exam (70-067). In fact, it's better than many books designed specifically for that purpose.

Microsoft Press put some thought into the physical design of this book and the others in its series. It's compact and has plastic-coated covers, but the binding won't lie flat--you'll have to use weights or clips to keep it open to a particular page while you use both hands on the keyboard. --David Wall

From the Author

The Fast-Answers Guide to Windows NT 4.0
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About the Author

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William R Stanek (nt-consulting@tvpress.com) has a master of science degree in information systems and more than a decade of hands-on experience with advanced programming and development. He is a leading network technology expert and an award-winning author. Over the years, his practical advice has helped programmers, developers, and network engineers all over the world. He is also a regular contributor to leading publications like PC Magazine, where you'll often find his work in the "Solutions" section. Recent articles include, "Easy Web Animations", "Bitmaps and Vectors: Web Graphics Evolve", "JavaScript-Powered Stylesheets", "Server-side JavaScript" and "SMIL: The New Web Format For Multimedia".

The author served in the Persian Gulf War as a combat crew member on an electronic warfare aircraft. He flew on numerous combat missions into Iraq and was awarded nine medals for his wartime service, including one of the United States of America's highest flying honors, the Air Force Distinguished Flying Cross.

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Introducing Windows NT 4.0 Administrator's Pocket Consultants Guide

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Windows NT 4 Pocket Consultants Guide is designed to be a concise and compulsively usable resource for Windows NT administrators. This is the readable resource guide that you will want on your desktop at all times. The book covers everything you need to perform the core administrative tasks for Windows NT Server and Workstation systems. Because the focus is on giving you maximum value in a pocket-sized guide, you don't have to wade through hundreds of pages of extraneous information to find what you are looking for. Instead, you'll find exactly what you need to get the job done.

In short, the book is designed to be the one resource you turn to whenever you have questions regarding Windows NT administration. To this end, the book zeroes in on daily administration procedures, frequently used tasks, documented examples and options that are representative while not necessarily inclusive. One of the key goals is to keep content so concise that the book remains compact and easy to navigate, yet ensure that the book is packed with as much information as possible-making it a valuable resource. Thus, rather than a hefty 1000-page tome or a lightweight 100-page quick reference, you get a valuable resource guide that can help you quickly and easily perform common tasks, solve problems and implement advanced NT technologies like DHCP, WINS, and DNS.

Who is This Book For?

Windows NT 4 Pocket Consultants Guide covers the workstation and server versions of Windows NT 4. The book is designed for:

* Current Windows NT 4 system administrators

* Accomplished users who have some administrator responsibilities

* Administrators migrating to Windows NT 4.0

* Administrators transitioning from other platforms

How is This Book Organized?

Windows NT 4 Pocket Consultants Guide is designed to be used in the daily administration of NT networks and as such, the book is organized according to job-related tasks rather than Windows NT features. If you are reading this book, you should be aware of the relationship between Pocket Consultants and Administrator's Companions. Both books are designed to be a part of an overall Administrator's Library. While Pocket Consultants are the down and dirty in the trenches books, Administrator's Companions are the comprehensive tutorials and references that cover every aspect of deploying a product or technology in the enterprise.

Speed and ease of reference is an essential part of this hands-on guide. The book has an expanded table of contents and an extensive index for finding answers to problems quickly. Many other quick reference features have been added to the book as well. These features include quick step-by-steps, lists, tables with fast facts, and extensive cross-references. The book is broken down into both parts and chapters. The parts contain a part-opener paragraph or two about the chapters grouped in that part.

Part I "Windows NT Administration Fundamentals" covers the fundamental tasks you need for Windows NT administration. Chapter 1 provides an overview of Windows NT administration tools, techniques and concepts. Chapter 2 explores the tasks you'll need to manage NT systems. The final chapter in this part covers monitoring processes, services and system security.

In Part II "Windows NT User Administration", you'll find the essential tasks for administering user and group accounts. Chapter 4 details how to use system accounts, built-in groups, user rights, built-in capabilities, and implicit groups. You'll find extensive tables that tell you exactly when you should use certain types of accounts, rights and capabilities. The core administration tasks for creating user and group accounts are covered in Chapter 5 with a logical follow-up for managing existing user and group accounts covered in Chapter 6.

Windows NT data administration is the subject of Part III. Chapter 7 starts by detailing how to add hard drives to a system and how to partition drives. Afterward, the chapter dives into common tasks for managing file systems and drives, such as defragmenting disks, creating emergency boot disks and more. In Chapter 8, you'll find tasks for managing volume sets and RAID arrays as well as detailed advice on repairing damaged arrays. Chapter 9 focuses on managing files and directories and all the tasks that go along with it. You'll even find quick tips for performing advanced file searches and working with drag 'n drop. Chapter 10 details how to enable file, drive and directory sharing for remote network and Internet users. The final chapter in this part explores data backup and recovery.

Part IV "Windows NT Network Administration" covers advanced administration tasks. Chapter 12 provides the essentials for installing, configuring and testing TCP/IP networking on NT systems-covering everything from installing network adapter cards to actually connecting a computer to an NT domain. Chapter 13 begins with a troubleshooting guide for common printer problems then goes on to cover tasks for installing and configuring local printers and network print servers. The final three chapters in this section focus on the key NT services: DHCP, WINS and DNS. DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) is used to assign dynamic IP addresses to network clients. WINS (Windows Internet Name Service) is used to resolve computer names to IP addresses. DNS (Domain Name Service) is used to resolve host name to IP addresses.

I truly hope you find that Windows NT 4 Pocket Consultants Guide provides everything you need to perform essential administrative tasks on NT workstations and servers as quickly and efficiently as possible. Thank you.

Edition details

• Publisher: Microsoft Press,U.S.
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0735605742
• ISBN 13: 9780735605749
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 500