First of all, do not buy this book if you are expecting to understand how to be a good NT administrator. This book is only good for passing an exam. Don't get me wrong, if you are only buying a book to prepare for an exam, this is an ok purchase. However, if you are wanting to be a good administrator and an MCSE, then you would assume that you don't need a dummies book anyway. This book has a lot of errors which only get worse when coupled with the extremely flawed "flash cards". My advice is to read braindumps as this is all you are paying for. If the content was deeper and the errors less, this would be a good book. I don't dislike the dummies series of books, but if you take one thing away from my post it should be this, always buy one other book as well - if you're buying the dummies. It will help account for the errors and lack of detail you receive when reading dummies.

Good book and great CD! I feel this book gives the reader a basic outline of Server 4.0. Couple the dummy MCSE series with the Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer Core Requirements Training Kit and a few months of solid studying and you'll be an MCSE before you know it. So far I've passed Networking Essentials, Server 4.0 and Workstation 4.0 and I've only used the Dummy and Microsoft books. Plus, the Microsoft books come with 120 day evaluation copies of workstation and server 4.0. You can do all the labs and examples right on your home computer. I honestly believe that this is a surefire approach to passing these tests. Good Luck!

I have taken the NT Server 4.0 exam three times. The first two times that I took this exam with Microsoft Litature I was always one question (700 pts) from passing the exam. After reading this book and using the tips and examples really helped me to get over the hump of passing. I scored a 900 after reading this book. He has really good examples and questions in the book, and if you can consistanly pass the test examples on the CD, and in the book provided you will pass one of Microsofts hardest tests. Not to mention I only studied this book for one week before my exam.

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Some books give lots of facts and dates, others concentrate on opinion and discussion. This one does neither: little factual information, plenty of opinion, but leaning over backwards so far to avoid being controversial that you won't learn much.

Also bear in mind that this book is not designed to be read; it's a class book with "thought provoking" questions at the end of each chapter of the type "What do you think of....?". Another way for the author to stay non-committal.

Finally, it's expensive.

I've been reading and comparing a few global history texts, and this one is in another class. If you're wanting a chronological narrative treading the traditional origins, greek, egyptian, indus valley . . . pattern then this text will not please you. If you're after a well written and presented text combining a good synthesis of fact with thought provoking analysis then this IS for you! I can see perhaps why lecturers might go for other more factual texts if they want to look at the global past in different terms to this one, however I think they can't go wrong with the themes Stearns and co. explore. Its got that perfect balance of fact and analysis. The boxed features and lengthy document extracts fit in well, and the lists of sources are well worthwhile.
So yes, you WILL learn a lot from this book because instead of just providing a series of events, people, terms and dates to rote learn it will get you thinking about the themes of global history, and encourage you to compare, contrast and evaluate. Its also one of the few "World History" texts that isn't a Western Civilization history with a few extra chapters thrown in. It really looks at the whole world with a fresh view, including a variety of cultures and experiences. In the Classical era you'll recieve valuable insights into nomadic peoples, providing the opportunity to understand differing means of organising society and allowing worthwhile comparisons that actually enhance understanding the more well trodden ground of Greece, Rome etc. Other fascinating coverage in this vein includes chapters about migration and the spread of peoples (Africans, Slavs and Polynesians), a whole chapter on the Mongol empire and the independence and nationhood movements of Latin America. I reiterate that these other perspectives are introduced in a way which enhances the overall understanding of world history, and are certainly not arbitary "pc" insertions. The authors do not shirk from showing the rise of the west, and the positives and negatives of imperialism. However it also allows us to see the limitations, and non-inevitability of this rise.
If you insist on reading a solely factual survey text, Traditions and Encounters by Bentley and Ziegler will do a great job, however for any student or enthusiast of World History, this book will open your eyes to new perspectives and really encourage you to engage your braincells!

While some may at first find this book to be daughting, or even uninformative, they would be surprised to learn that what the book presents is one of the most unbiased accounts of World History. As a student who was taught AP World History, I found the book to be incredible. Along with incredibly factual passages, the book also includes primary sources to aid learning. In additon, the book is completely unbiased; spending as much time if not more on African, Asian, and Western roots as it does on Rome, Egypt, or the Greeks. Also, the book spends extraordinay amounts of time discussing ALL of the civilizations of the world, not just the cut and dry topics that were explored in the years before. Despite what the other reviewer has said, this book is the most incredible source of history I have ever read, and should be standard in schools around the country. Regarding the expense, with a source as good as this, the cost is minimal. I found the book so helpful I actually purchased my own copy after I finished the cource.

Another brilliant mystery by Michael Innes. His characters are wildly eccentric, incredibly erudite, and bizarre beyond all imagination! In this book, a mystery author, Priscilla Pringle, and a headmaster of a boys' school, Captain Bulkington, meet. They discuss collaborating on a book...or are they really collaborating to murder Sir Ambrose? John and Judith Appleby stumble on the scene, and solve the mystery. But wait? Was there really a crime? When you read this book closely, you will realise that even that question is not readily apparent.

Michael Innes is one of my favorite mystery authors. His books can be difficult to find, due to the lack of availability. Take advantage of e-shops, and buy them here. You won't be sorry. The New Sonia Wayward is the most famous, but this is as good an offering as you'll find, although my favorite so far is Hare Sitting Up.

This book is a very good for an introduction to intranets and the concepts around the internet. It explains clearly the terms that are needed and does not delve into too much details that numbs the brain.

this book was comprehensive and easy to read and understand

I passed my NT4 exam today. This is my first exam and took me only two weeks to prepare for it. The books I studied was the exam-prep and this book as well. I just borrowed this exam-cram three days before I took the exam and believe me or not i got 10 to 20 questions out of 30 from this book. I can say it gives you about 70% of the exam (well it is true in my case).

I studied with this book 8 hours before taking the exam. I work with Server but never really got into the fundementals of it. I wanted to study 2 weeks in advance but the other books were too broad and went in circles. Exam cram got right to the point and the test examples were close to what the actual exam asked for. If you wanna pass the test, read this book.

I read this book prior to taking my certification exam.I passed my exam the first try.I found it to be most HELPFULL in teaching you what you need to know to pass the exam. Although I would not recommend it as an ALL sufficient study tool for studying for the exam, for me the book accomplished EXACTLY what it was supposed to do. Hence the name exam CRAM. I was pleased with the layout of the book and I especially liked the way the book included questions at the end of every chapter to help you see how much of your reading is being retained in the brain {pun intended}. Although I did find a few errors in the book, the majority of them were only typos {e.g.} incorrect letter coorelation in answer key to the actual answers of the questions. These errors are nothing that would keep me from giving this book my highest recommendation.This book did an excellent job of helping me understand why the right answers were right and the wrong answers wrong in the practice test.This book also contains helpfull insight on how to prepare mentally for the exam.Last but not least,if your like me and don't have much time to study except for mabey times like breaktime at work,this book proved much easier to carry around than some of the "phone books" that are on the market. If you are serious about passing your exam, buy this book today and get to reading!

These books are great if you already have experience in the IS field. They are very cut and dry and dont go to indepth. I just took the Net Ess. test today and passed... but if i hadn't read the Sybex Net Ess book I would have been introuble. Dont get me wrong the book is great but for someone with no experience I would recomend a more detailed book such as the Sybex series or the Microsoft series. There were plenty of questions asked that were never even mentioned in the Exam cram book. The moral of the story is, if your a beginer with no experience go with Sybex or Microsoft first then the Exam Cram. If you have experience then you should be just fine with the exam cram.

Some of the other reviewers that said they passed the exam only using the exam cram's with no hands on or experience. Well they must be the next Bill Gates or just plain lucky. Good Luck to you all.

I passed the NT 4 Workstation exam last month with 900/1000 and NT 4 Server last week with 899/1000. All I used was Alan Carter's Windows NT 4 Study Guide, the books in this series, and Transcenders to pass the exam (didn't take a single class). The materials are clearly written and easy to understand with illustrations. Make sure you do the practice exams at the end of each book and the ones on their website before using Transcenders. If you understand the material rather than memorizing all the facts, you should pass the exam with no problems. These books are a wonderful supplement to the Alan Carter Books and comes with a "cram sheet" for last minute review before your exam.

The most important thing to remember for all of you pursuing your MCSE is the hands-on experience with the OS while using ANY study guide. Build a simple, 2 computer network at home while using these books. This will distinguish you from being the "Paper MCSE". Passing the exams is one thing, but when your network at your place of business is in dire trouble, panic is not an option.

I had barely touched NT Server, took no classes, and purchased no additional texts with which to supplement these books. Using Exam Crams and Transcenders, I had the MCSE wrapped up in less than four months. Yeah, my social life suffered over that time, but the point is, these books have what you need to pass.

I read a couple of reviews that docked the quality of the CD. I didn't touch the CD, so that could be perfectly true. The books are pretty darn accurate, though, so buy the pack and stick with the printed page and you'll be good to go.

One word of caution is that the practice quizzes and tests in these are less challenging than and/or not too applicable to the actual exams. I urge you to cough up some money for the Transcenders and take them only after you have read and studied these books. They are so much like the real thing (harder in most cases) it is frightening.

I was working on a help desk when I bought these books. Now I support NT servers internally for a Fortune 100 company, and make close to double what I made about 6 months ago. Nuf said.

I didn't like this book. With all the respect I think it's very shallow on most of subjects and not enough even to refresh your knowledge. I think I've wasted my money ( and I did it again with ExamCram NT Server in Enterprise ) so I recommend by Dan York (see my review about) as solid study guide to start with. Passed NetEss with huge score but ExamCram was not the key to success. Good luck !

You will be disappointed if you are using Windows ME or 2000 Profession on your machine and you will find the screens related to the topics on the book is different. But it is good for learning the basics about the related topics with the book.

I used this book along with the Official MS Press Networking Essentials book, passed the exam the first time with a 955! Definitely helps distill the tremendous amount of information found in the Microsoft book to what is actually covered on the exam. Excellent questions at the end of each chapter, especially the scenario questions. I would not use this book as your only resource to prepare for the exam. Good luck, this is considered by many to be one of the hardest of the six MCSE exams.

I had this book and the Transcender exam for Exchange 5.5. It's a good thing I had the Transcender stuff. I've been working with Exchange for over a year in single-site configurations, but needed something to get wise to multi-site configurations, etc. This book wasn't enough. Maybe it was just the fact that I kept falling asleep over it, but there seemed to be major sections that the Transcender exam covered well that this didn't touch at all. All in all, a disappointment.

Book seems OK. However if you're thinking about emailing them for a question/corections, I suggest that you don't. You're never gonna get a reply back anyways.

I USED THIS BOOK TOGETHER WITH THE MOC TO PASS MY EXCHANGE SERVER 5.5 EXAM. I AM NOW A MCSE.

I RECOMMEND THIS BOOK TO ANYONE WHO HAVE NO IDEA ABOUT EXCHANGE SERVER. IT IS NOT SUITABLE FOR THE PROFFESIONALS. IT COVERS THE BASIC ADMINISTRATION INFORMATIONS BUT NOT MUCH OF PRACTICAL STUFF e.g. LOTUS NOTES CONNECTIVITIES. DON'T JUST CONCENTRATE ON THIS BOOK, TRY TO LOOK AROUND FOR OTHERS.

I do not recommend using these books without other material. I have found a few errors but over all I believe they have been a great study companion. I reccommend them to all my MCSE students.

I used only the Exam Cram books and the transcenders to get through 3 tests so far on the first try. I think they are excellent books and they have made the difference for me. It sounds like the guy at the bottom didn't pass, I guess that can cause a man to feel a bit of anger in his heart, better luck next time.

These books alone are not enough to pass the tests with... They are not intended to be! These are the notes and sample questions that everyone needs before a test. Everyone has a different opinion on the right way to study, these books did it for me.

As for the review at the bottom of this page... tell me again exactly why do I care who is partners with Amazon, and what does that have to do with your "colleagues" not following the posted review guidelines?

Just read the books!