70-270 MCSE MCSA Guide to Microsoft Windows XP Professional,...

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 944 pages
• Published by: Course Technology
• Edition: 2nd Edition March 31, 2004
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 061918681X
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0619186814
• Book Dimensions: 9.5 x 7.8 x 2 inches
• Weighs: 3.4 pounds

Product Description
Designed to prepare you for the Microsoft MCSE /MCSA Certification Exam #70-270 and for the challenges you will face as a Microsoft networking professional.

About The Author
Ed Tittel is a full-time writer, trainer, and consultant based in Austin, TX. He's an occasional instructor at Austin Community College, and has guest lectured at UT Austin, Memphis State University, and NorthWest Vista College. Ed is also the author of over 130 computer books, including textbooks on networking, TCP/IP, Windows 2000 Professional, and Windows XP Professional for Course Technology. Ed developed the popular Exam Cram series of certification preparation book, and writes regularly on certification topics for Certification Magazine, InformIT.com, and various TechTarget.com Web sites. In May 2004, Ed received the prestigious "Best Networking Professional Career Achievement Award" from the Network Professional Association (npa.org); he's also been twice named a finalist in the "Best Study Guide Author" category for the CertCities.com Reader's Choice awards (2002 and 2003).

Reader Reviews
I teach at a small college and just gave a course on XP from this book. My impression is that this is a repackaged Windows 2000 Pro book, updated with XP Pro screen shots. Since the two systems are so similiar, this approach works most of the time. However, there are some technical errors. For example, the book states that Windows 95 OSR2 can be upgraded directly to XP Pro, even though the Microsoft web site says the contrary. This was true for Windows 2000 Pro. A practice question (P 32, #9), probably also left over from Windows 2000 Pro days, suggests Windows 98 as the best choice OS when security is not a priority. Microsoft today of course disagrees, recommending XP Home Edition, but that probably didn't exist when this question was written. If you do buy it to prepare the 70-270 exam, make sure that you also get the companion lab manual. The hands-on exercises are much more thorough than the ones in the text book. This is the third book I have used to teach XP Pro, and sadly, I can't really recommend any of them. Comment | | (Report this)