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Windows Server Cookbook For Windows Server 2003 & Windows 2000

By Robbie Allen
First Edition March 2005
Pages: 696
ISBN 10: 0-596-00633-0 | ISBN 13: 9780596006334

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This practical reference guide offers hundreds of useful tasks for managing Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003, Microsoft's latest server. These concise, on-the-job solutions to common problems are certain to save you many hours of time searching through Microsoft documentation. Topics include files, event logs, security, DHCP, DNS, backup/restore, and more.
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This practical reference guide offers hundreds of useful tasks for managing Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003, Microsoft's latest and greatest server. Through concise, on-the-job solutions to common problems, Windows Server Cookbook for Windows Server 2003 & Windows 2000 is certain to save you hours of time searching for answers. Now, instead of dredging reams of Microsoft documentation or browsing its unstructured knowledge base to figure out a particular issue--such as how to compare registry values between two hosts--you can simply reference the index of Windows Server Cookbook for Windows Server 2003 & Windows 2000. From there, you'll be directed to the exact trouble-shooting recipe they need. As the newest title in O'Reilly's popular Cookbook series, this book covers a wide range of issues that you are likely to face in your daily management of the Windows Server operating system. This includes how to deal with:

files
event logs
DNS
DHCP
security
the registry
backup/restore

One of the book's key benefits is the presentation of solutions in three different recipe formats. Depending on preference, you can solve most problems with the graphical user interface, the command line, or by using scripts. Where appropriate, all three solutions are presented for each recipe in this book. Each recipe also includes a detailed discussion that explains how and why it works. Windows Server Cookbook for Windows Server 2003 & Windows 2000 is written for all levels of system administrators on Windows servers. If you're a relatively new user with only a rudimentary understanding of the job, the book can open your eyes to the many possibilities that await. And if you're an advanced user, it can serve as a useful reference and memory-jogger. Download the code examples from this book. The complete set of examples is available at: http://www.rallenhome.com/books/winsckbk/code.html.

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First Edition: March 2005
ISBN: 0-596-00633-0
Pages: 696

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"...the author has done an excellent job of writing a book that can be really beneficial to programmers who want to accomplish various tasks in an application. So, for those of you without much of a programming background, the VBScript solutions are straightforward and should be easy to follow and expand on! "
-- John Vacca, Amazon.com

"Everything from remote administration to users and event logs are covered in a format which clearly defines problems, outlines solutions, and includes the technical code necessary to correct or improve."
-- James Cox, Midwest Book Review

"This book is a must for any Windows systems administrator. True to the O'Reilly standards, the Windows Server Cookbook is easy to follow and packs a wealth of knowledge."
--Geoffrey Kneale, Amazon.com review, August 2005

"What makes this book so valuable, at least insofar as I am concerned, stems from the versitility of its premise. To those who work in a well-formed domain, Allen makes it easy to use the scripts. To those who have the hodge-podge environment created by virtue of many company buy-outs, then the dimensional advantage of both a perl and a vbscript view is extremely functional. While many of the scripts are elementary, the full-range of topics and scripts adds alternatives to almost everyone."
--O.J. King, Amazon.com review, August 2005

"...Robbie has once again come through with another great book."
--Mike Kline, Amazon.com review, June 2005

"This book can make better SysAdmins out of those of us who are serious their work, whether newbies or seasoned veterans... In this powerful, yet underserved, context, Robbie Allen's Windows Server Cookbook for Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000 (along with his equally impressive earlier effort, ActiveDirectory Cookbook) is a very happy development. In Windows Server Cookbook, not only does Allen arm Windows SysAdmins with more than 500 genuinely useful, pre-rolled scripts, he *also* goes over the equivalent tools/steps in the Windows Graphical User Interface *and* even provides references to many powerful, specialized and (mostly) free tools that are to be had from the very good folks at SysInternals/WinInternals. "
--"Alerter," Amazon.com review, May 2005

"Robbie Allen does it again. This book is a must buy, (and no I don't know him nor have I ever met him.) But, I'm a professional instructor/consultant and have been at it for over 14 years and his materials keep on making me look real good to my clients and customers. Robbie, keep up the good work - to all of the rest of you, just buy the book and you'll realize how good it is."
--Mark S. Myers, Amazon.com review, April 2005

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