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Windows 2000 Quick Fixes

By Jim Boyce
First Edition December 2000
Pages: 304
ISBN 10: 0-596-00017-0 | ISBN 13: 9780596000172

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Windows 2000 Quick Fixes provides fixes to common problems in a clear, well-organized fashion. It extensively troubleshoots both the Windows 2000 Professional and the Windows 2000 Server editions, taking power users through installation, complex networking configuration problems, and important backup and security concerns. When the pressure is on and there's no time to waste hunting for Windows 2000 solutions, this is the book to reach for.
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For those who are faced with switching over to the powerful but often confusing Windows 2000, Windows 2000 Quick Fixes offers something completely new: not just solutions, but a fast, easy way to find them. Designed with the power user in mind, this book is laid out for optimal accessibility; it defines problems clearly and follows up with concise, yet detailed, solutions. Windows 2000 Quick Fixes is an essential reference for both the novice and the well-seasoned Microsoft OS user. For instance, newcomers to Windows 2000 who have children using their computers can quickly learn how to protect some areas without walling off the entire system. Old hands at Windows will learn quick and easy new ways to recover data or what to do when the administrator's password's been forgotten. Unlike many of the oversized and poorly organized books on the market, Windows 2000 Quick Fixes doesn't waste time with endless tutorials, fluff, and useless background material. And while the book is designed for easy access, the material is by no means basic. It provides extensive coverage of problems for both the Windows 2000 Professional and Windows 2000 Server editions, and takes power users from installation issues, through complex networking configuration problems, to important backup and security concerns. Some of the topics covered include:

Setting up a dual-boot system
Recovering data
Resolving hardware configuration conflicts
Restoring the Registry from a back up
Making a printer available through the Internet
Using automatic address assignment without DHCP
Configuring Internet Connection Sharing
Hosting a web site

With its clear, well-organized fixes to common problems, Windows 2000 Quick Fixes is the book to reach for when the pressure is on and there's no time to waste hunting for buried solutions.

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First Edition: December 2000
ISBN: 0-596-00017-0
Pages: 304

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le books in this series are likely to become favourites of power users, this particular title also works as a good guide to such things as setting up a peer-to-peer network, and using Windows 2000 over a LAN or dialup connection oIf you need a troubleshooting reference for Windows 2000, this is a title worth checking out." -- Keith Schengili-Roberts, CanadaComputes, May 2001

"If you are running Windows 2000, run out (or log on) and buy this book. I thought I knew Win 2K pretty well, but I found out dozens of things I didn't know in just a few minutes of perusing this book...on virtually all problems I start with Quick Fixes. Most of the time, I end there." --Toby Scott, The Outer Edge, June 2001

"makes finding fixes for Win2K problems quick work. -Microsoft Certified Professional, April 2001

"O'Reilly & Associates is known mainly for publishing excellent books about programming languages and operating systems, and for catering to propellerheads' endless appetite for minor details. In Windows 2000 Quick Fixes, O'Reilly proves that it can put out equally excellent books for less technical users of operating systems--people who'd rather solve problems and move on than spend hours dwelling upon the obscure. Jim Boyce has written a very fine book that combines deep knowledge of Microsoft Windows 2000 and the networks it facilitates with a knack for writing that most anyone will be able to understand and follow. You'll almost certainly find this book handy." --David Wall, amazon.com, March 2001"

"a very handy book for any reader tasked with running a Win 200 based site who doesn't want the hassle of ploughing through manuals." --Freelance Informer, Feb 23, 2001

"No matter which way you go to find the answer to your questions, the book is designed to help you find it fast. Windows 2000 Quick Fixes is a great reference book. You might be surprised at the things you didn't know how to do, or didn't know were possible. It is not written specifically for novices (the more familiar you are with TLA's (three letter acronyms), the easier it will be for you to follow along), but instead assumes a "solid computer background." For a relatively small book (272), it contains an amazing number of quick fixes to your Windows 2000 problems and questions." --Douglas Ludens, About.com Guide to Windows 2000/NT, March 2001

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