Windows
Vista Administrator's Pocket Consultant
ISBN: 0-7356-2296-5
Microsoft Windows Vista Administrator’s Pocket
Consultant focuses on system and user issues for Windows Vista, featuring
in-depth coverage of Windows Vista issues such as Windows desktop
customization, mobile networking, and Group Policy. The book covers
everything you need to know to perform core administration tasks for Windows
Vista.
Reviews & Information
The Amazon.com Review
Ounce for ounce and dollar for dollar, the Pocket
Consultant series from Microsoft Press is one of the
best values around. The editors do a good job of
recruiting competent authors and having them comply with
well-thought-out style and formatting rules. Microsoft
Windows XP Professional Administrator's Pocket
Consultant is one of the gems of the series. Author
William Stanek has spent time working with his
subject--this book wasn't rushed to market to match the
Windows XP release date--and he's good at revealing its
administrative procedures clearly and concisely. The
book is nicely indexed, so locating the section you need
takes very little effort. This book--slightly larger
than a paperback novel--is ideal for a harried
administrator responsible for many different software
products, as well as for consultants who need to learn
how to use Windows XP Professional in a hurry. A
particularly nice characteristic of Stanek's style: His
skill at combining straight procedures ("Just follow
these steps and it'll work") with supplementary
information about options ("On the other hand, if you're
doing something unusual, you might need to modify the
standard procedure a bit"). As no real-life installation
of Windows XP ever seems to match authors' ideas of
normalcy, the supplementary information is critical.
Screen shots are nicely handled as well. Their presence
helps clarify what the text means, but they're not so
large as to waste space.
The Barnes & Noble Review
Whether you're upgrading your entire enterprise or
simply buying new PCs on an ad hoc basis, Windows XP
Professional is coming into your enterprise. If you're
responsible for supporting or administering it, this
handy pocket guide offers you more useful answers per
ounce than any other book we've seen. It's especially
strong on XP's new administrative features, and those
really important tasks (like setting up desktop VPN
connections) that you won't do often enough to memorize
on your own.
The book's organized into four sections: essentials,
core administration, networking, and
optimization/recovery. In 350 pages, it manages to be
remarkably complete. Want to use Windows XP's new Remote
Assistance feature to resolve users' problems without
leaving your computer? Prohibit users from setting up
Internet Connection Sharing on your DNS domain? Set a
new home page for all your users at once? Place custom
content on each user's desktop? Use System Restore
across a network? Lock the taskbar, so it can't be moved
or lost? William B. Stanek walks you through all these
tasks, and more.
We could go on. Setting disk quotas. Managing
security zones. Using notebook power schemes. Rolling
back troublesome driver versions. Checking the status of
a LAN connection. Configuring the synchronization of
offline files. If you need to do it as a manager or
support professional, there's no faster way to find out
how.
FROM THE PUBLISHER
The practical, portable guide to Windows® Vista!
Whether you support 50 desktops or 5000, this
indispensable guide provides fast answers for the
day-to-day administration of the Windows® Vista operating system. This pocket-sized
resource zeroes in on essential desktop support issues
and procedures—delivering critical details through
quick-reference tables, step-by-step instructions, and
lists. It's the precise information you need to solve
problems and get the job done—whether you're at your
desk or in the field!
Get fast facts to:
- Manage and troubleshoot system configuration
- Configure hardware and network devices
- Customize desktop settings and optimize the user
workspace
- Control system access through user and group
accounts
- Support laptops and mobile users
- Enable remote access—from dial-up to wireless
- Configure offline files and disk quotas
- Use Group Policy to customize Internet settings
- Schedule routine maintenance and backups
- Resolve system problems and optimize performance
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Table of Contents
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 as well. These features include quick step-by-step instructions,
lists, tables with fast facts, and extensive cross-references.
Chapters 1 to 5 cover the fundamental tasks you need for Windows Vista
administration. Chapter 1 introduces key administration tools, techniques,
and concepts. Chapter 2 covers customizing system and environment settings.
Chapter 3 explores hardware and device management. Chapter 4 focuses on
customizing the Windows desktop. Chapter 5 discusses how to install, manage
and maintain programs.
Chapters 6 to 11 focus on the essential tasks for managing access,
permissions, and more. Chapter 6 discusses techniques you can use to manage
user access to systems and configure global settings. Chapter 7 zeroes in on
administration issues that are specific to laptops and traveling users. The
chapter details considerations you should make when configuring laptops,
such as power management, hardware profiles, and networking. Group Policy is
the subject of Chapters 8. In this chapter, you’ll find extensive lists that
tell you exactly what policies you should use to manage permissions, rights,
and capabilities. Chapter 9 discusses partitioning, monitoring and
optimizing drives. The chapter also details file compression and encryption.
Chapter 10 covers working with files and folders with a particular focus on
security. Chapter 11 discusses additional file and folder options including
offline files, shadow copies and disk quotas.
Chapters 12 to 16 zero in on networking techniques and tasks. Networking is
the subject of Chapter 12, which examines local area network settings.
You’ll find a complete discussion of installing and configuring TCP/IP
networking. The chapter also covers troubleshooting networking and provides
steps for performing detailed network diagnostics. Chapter 13 moves from
corporate network environments to mobile environments, examining dial-up
networking, wireless client connections and remote access with virtual
private networks (VPNs). Chapter 14 explains how to configure advanced
Internet options and security, such as default applications, trusted sites
and security zones. You’ll also learn how to customize Internet security
settings through Group Policy. In Chapter 15, you’ll learn how to improve
system performance, optimize drives, and enhance data security. In Chapter
16, you’ll learn how to use Remote Assistance to remotely troubleshoot
problems with devices, applications, and the Windows operating system
itself. You’ll also learn how to troubleshoot problems with startup and
shutdown, and how to backup and recovery a computer. Hopefully, after
reading these chapters, you’ll be able to improve the overall experience of
your users and reduce downtime.
About Ordering
This book is available everywhere Microsoft books are sold. I hope you'll
order the book from your favorite bookstore. All on-line bookstores carry
the book as well. Here's the direct link to order the book at these
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