The Microsoft Windows XP Professional Handbook [With CDROM]

by Louis Columbus

Focusing on the needs of the advanced technical professional who is responsible for an entire series of Windows NT, Windows2000 and Windows XP Professional, The Windows XP Professional Handbook is... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1584502193
• ISBN13: 9781584502197
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: Delmar Thomson Learning
• Length: 323 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.4" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Excellent Reference Book For every XP User!

I've used this book for several classes at my computer school in Dallas and it's great for giving the student a quick overview of the fundamental overview of Windows XP including how to use networked resources. I've found that the chapter on troubleshooting TCP/IP connections was invaluable for teaching the fundamentals of networking technologies. The chapter on broadband technologies is also very valuable when teaching students about networking. I give this book two thumbs up!

Ideal for courses on XP

I found the book to be very valuable for an Introduction to Windows XP Professional class I am teaching. Calling it just a compilation of help files is inaccurate; there are many hands-on exercises and insights the author has provided from speaking with actual XP early adopters. In addition the networking sections provide the level of detail necessary for teaching a course that touches on TCP/IP. In fact, the two chapters on TCP/IP are very useful in that they give not just Microsoft's stance on the technology but also the technical background of how standards evolved.Very useful for training purposes, I give it five stars! Students love it too!

Will get you started on Windows XP fast!

I don't agree with the previous review. The book is for novice and intermediate users. For people like me, that have little windows knowledge but wanted to set up a start up company, it was excellent. It explains everything in a straightforward language and it's nicely organized so you can use it as reference later.