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Books : Computing & Internet : Web Development : Web Administration : Microsoft Windows : Operating Systems : Windows 2000 : Windows 2000
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Underneath the hood, how does Windows 2000 really work? Windows NT/2000 Native API Reference provides a thorough listing of all available internal or "native" API calls, many of them undocumented. For any advanced C/C++ programmer who writes Win32 device drivers or system utilities, this book will be an indispensable resource to some truly impossible-to-find information.The book first explains what native APIs are and what they are good for. Native APIs (which all begin with the "Nt" or "Zw" prefixes) run closer to the operating system (in kernel mode) so they are perfect for those who write device drivers, debuggers, profilers or other system utilities.
This book lists several hundred native APIs, the C structures they use, and the Win32 calls that invoke them. As a reference, this text is a model of clarity, with each function clearly documented and explained. APIs are grouped by functionality, from finding system information, to processes and threads, to memory management, file I/O and other categories. One standout here is the author's sample code to poll the system for low-level information, which mimics developer utilities that let you view process and thread information. Other short examples include techniques for accessing debugging, profiling and exception information.
For programmer's who write device-drivers, this title also includes the plug-and-play and power management APIs used by today's Windows. Interesting appendices include a guide to the way the Win32 NTFS file system organises data on disks, along with sample code to access--and even decompress--this information.
Whether you want to write device drivers or system utilities, or just want to learn more about the operating system, this in-depth title takes the cover off Windows 2000 and looks inside with a comprehensive guide to its internal functions. --Richard Dragan, amazon.com
Topics covered: Native API overview, native API vs. Win32 API, system information and control, APIs for objects, object directories and symbolic links, virtual memory, sections for memory-mapped files, threads, processes, building ToolHelp utilities with native APIs, Windows 2000 API for jobs, tokens, working with synchronisation objects, execution profiling, ports and local procedure calls (LPCs), debugging support with LPCs, opening, reading and writing files, NTFS disk structures, registry keys, security and auditing, plug-and-play and power management, miscellaneous native APIs, exception and debugging.
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Windows 2000 Commands Pocket Reference fully documents the Windows 2000 console interface (that is, the complete set of command-line instructions the operating system understands). With coverage of Windows 2000 in its out-of-the-box form as well as of the operating system with the Windows 2000 Server Resource Kit installed, this book will prove invaluable to system administrators writing batch files to automate work. It also will please those power users and administrators wishing to learn how to do work faster than Windows 2000's graphical user interface (GUI) will allow.This book represents the first published foray into Windows 2000 by Aeleen Frisch, whose work on Essential Windows NT System Administration is highly regarded. Frisch doesn't disappoint, having apparently put into this tiny booklet the same care and attention to accuracy that characterises her work on Windows 2000's predecessor. With a glance at any command's entry (the entries appear in alphabetical order), the reader can determine what the command is for, what its generic syntax is, what each option and argument means and whether the command works only with the Resource Kit installed. Future editions will be better if they include statements of function in their indexes in addition to command names (eg: the task "trace IP path" in addition to the command "tracert"), but what's here is extremely valuable. --David Wall
Topics covered: all commands supported by the Windows 2000 console interface (a.k.a. the command line), with and without the Resource Kit installed. This is unadorned, man-page-style syntax and usage documentation.
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TRAINING KIT V2000 DESIGNING MS WIN NETW/SEC UK
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One of the best Windows 2000 references yet published, Microsoft Windows 2000 Administrator's Pocket Consultant is a professional-level how-to guide for all versions of Windows 2000. Designed with the mobile expert in mind, this book's cover has a tough, plastic-coated surface (like that of a playing card) and rounded corners (though it won't quite lay flat without weights). Its contents are similarly hard-boiled. Expertly written and carefully organised prose explains concepts, while succinct procedures tell you how to meet requirements and numerous tables list options and their effects. There aren't many screen shots, as this is a reference for people who don't need their reassurance.Coverage is wide-ranging, and includes everything a power user or system administrator would want to know about the configuration, expansion, and efficient administration of Windows 2000 systems and networks. If you are not sure how to best go about an incremental backup or the installation of a Domain Name Service (DNS) server under Windows 2000, you will find what you need here. If you know a bit about Windows NT (or even Unix) in a networking context, you can extract all you need to know about Windows 2000's unique operational features. Similarly--even though it wasn't designed for the purpose--this book makes a great study aid for those preparing for the Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) tests on Windows 2000. --David Wall, amazon.com
Topics covered: Administration of Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional and Server editions, including network set-up and configuration, users, groups, Active Directory, file systems, disk shares, RAID arrays, data backup and recovery, print shares, TCP/IP, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS) and DNS.
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Too many Linux books shoot themselves in the foot, either by explaining Linux in terms that can't be understood without a grounding in some other Unix flavour or by expecting the reader to blindly follow instructions and be satisfied at their completion. Linux for Windows NT/2000 Administrators advertises itself as a "secret decoder ring", meaning it explains Linux phenomena in Windows terms. For example, the book specifies that daemons are to Linux what services are to Windows NT/2000. It may not make any sense to people unfamiliar with either environment, but it's perfectly clear to those who know Windows. This sort of approach, which reflects knowledge of the audience as well as of the subject matter, is typical of accomplished author Mark Minasi.In large part, this book comes across as "Linux for the Reader with a Clue". Minasi enumerates the tasks that system administrators typically have to carry out. Examples of these include installing software and manipulating the privileges of users and groups. It explains how to do those jobs in various Linux environments, addressing itself to Windows experts who will need a bit of background but don't require babying. Minasi doesn't explain why you would want to install applications, but rather explicitly the mechanics of installing RPM packages and tarballed source code. He states flatly that most people will be happy with a precompiled kernel--that's what works for Windows, after all--but shows how to build your own anyway. The book's full of that kind of material. This fact-rich text is a pleasure to read and learn from. --David Wall
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Microsoft Windows' scripting support has taken off recently, and Thomas Eck has done a lot of useful work at the cutting edge of Windows scripting technologies. In Windows NT/2000 ADSI Scripting For System Administration, he documents the Active Directory Service Interfaces (ADSI) as they apply to systems administrators interested in using Component Object Model (COM) objects written in Visual Basic to automate administrative tasks. Because this book is backed by such a considerable development effort, administrators of large Windows NT and Windows 2000 networks will be able to put its ADSI solutions to profitable use immediately.Though he does provide a conceptual introduction to ADSI and the services implemented in Active Directory, Eck's book is all about code. Code listings appear in quantity. It is one recipe after another, collectively covering hundreds of administration tasks, with minimal commentary on each solution. After all, this is a book for system administrators, and the idea is that they are not so much reading in order to become programmers as to see the assortment of tools that they can use to solve problems.
Though more explanation of the code wouldn't hurt, administrators will be very pleased with the work Eck has done on their behalf. Typical solutions include scripts that add a user to a group, that retrieve a computer's processor type, that enumerate the groups to which a user belongs, that resets all locked-out user accounts in a domain, and a pair that start and stop an Internet Information Services (IIS) site. Many more populate this book's pages and its supporting Web site. --David Wall, amazon.com
Topics covered: Active Directory and the Active Directory Service Interfaces version 2.5 (ADSI 2.5), with emphasis on programs that manipulate users, groups, computers, services and various resources automatically. Other programs perform administrative work on the Internet Information Services (IIS) metabase, Internet sites and Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) services. ADSI and VBScript references appear as appendices.
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With Windows 2000 becoming less of a novelty and more of an established force in organisational networks, a book that's based on experiences with real-life deployments rather than on laboratory systems comes in handy. Windows 2000 System Administrator's Black Book distils the Windows 2000 experiences of three administrators into a large collection of stepped procedures, with some tips and conceptual explanations in the mix. It pays special attention to the differences between Windows NT 4 and Windows 2000--a valuable emphasis. It also shares numerous practical lessons, such as the fact that you can, against Microsoft's recommendations, put printers of different makes and models in the same printer pool as long as they can all be made to use the same driver. This book has real substance, and the authors know their subject.On the negative side of the scale, this book has real language problems, which reduces its usefulness. Fortunately, documenting sequences of steps comprises the majority of the text, and it's understandable enough. It's also easy to locate the procedures that interest you, either in the index or by way of black page-edge thumb tabs and the separate tables of contents for each chapter.
This is still a substantial book based on real experience. It pays ample attention to the contents of the Windows 2000 Resource Kit, and deals adequately with special situations (such as preparation for disk imaging). That's a lot to offer the Windows 2000 system administrator, particularly if he or she wants the new operating system explained from a Windows NT 4 perspective. --David Wall
Topics covered: Microsoft Windows 2000, explained mostly in a series of procedures, for installing, configuring, and managing the operating system for a medium-to-large organisation. How to perform key work in disk management, Active Directory setup, Registry management, and print services provision. Migration from Windows NT 4to Windows 2000, Intellimirror, and the Microsoft Management Console (MMC).
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The load your users place on your Windows 2000 servers may increase approximately linearly over time, but that's no guarantee that the servers' performance will degrade smoothly and predictably. Rather--and this is the crux of Windows 2000 Performance Guide--a modest increase in workload can often cause a significant, even catastrophic, decrease in overall performance. The reason: servers are complex systems, with each of their parts dependent upon many others. Your job in optimising Windows 2000 machines is to spot the critical thresholds (preferably in advance) and adjust your systems to stay clear of them. Mark Friedman and Odysseas Pentakalos have done a considerable amount of empirical research into the behaviour of all major Windows 2000 subsystems (and make frequent, detailed reference to the research of others) and present their findings here. Their approach is somewhat academic (you can't accurately describe performance without some calculations and statistics, as well as some theoretical discussion of operating system design), but there's no question that this book fits into the "blue" series of system administration books of which it's a member. Software engineers--particularly those engaged in designing highly scalable applications for Windows 2000--will get a lot from this book, as well.For starters, the authors go into depth on what the traces available in Performance Monitor mean--valuable stuff for a system administrator who's unclear on what "Context switches / sec" and "Thread / User Time" (to cite one example) have to say about how efficiently available resources are being used. Most of their instruction comes in the form of laboratory narratives in which they describe symptoms, systematic observations (i.e., how Perfmon was used for diagnosis), and corrective adjustments. In most cases, the authors describe the relative merits of better hardware, parallel hardware, application tuning, and other alternative solutions, but leave it up to readers to best resolve their own systems' particular troubles. --David Wall
Topics covered: the subsystems of Microsoft Windows 2000, how they interact, and how they affect overall system performance under different applications. Performance Monitor is dealt with in depth, as are the performance characteristics of CPUs (single and parallel), memory and paging, disk access and caching, network access and Internet services. Threads and their priorities are explained in easily understood detail.
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Considering that the Windows 2000 Server Exam Cram is supposed to be a last-minute refresher course before the main exam, it seems slightly out of place to wish that it were a bigger book. After all, Exam Crams aren't supposed to be your primary reference--and this book does have enough content to get you past the exam. But Windows 2000 Server is such a large, all-encompassing topic that 300 pages barely covers it--and with so much at stake, you want every potentially testable detail you can grab for.As with the rest of the books in this fine series, you'd have a hard time finding any fault with the presentation. Written for the professional who's already got a background in Windows 2000 features, the Exam Cram goes over each of the exam-critical topics with an eye towards clarification, memorisation and test-taking pitfalls. The writing is terse and packed with information, getting the point across in as few sentences as possible. And the sample questions, seven or eight at the end of each chapter plus a 50-question exam at the end, are as good as they get, providing fairly complex scenarios with trick questions and similar answers.
But there are certain confusing areas that don't necessarily get the in-depth treatment that other Cram books give. RIS installation and troubleshooting, a fairly complex topic, is covered in a slim page and a half. MMC snap-in delegations are covered, incompletely at that, in a few scant bullets. The section on DNS skims it at a very high level, giving all of two sentences to zone transfers and not even mentioning topics that might arise in a larger network environment. And even when many pages are given to certain complex topics, like OUs and group memberships, it all feels slightly compressed.
Now don't get us wrong--it's still got enough to pass and for the price it is still one of the most economical computer books you can purchase. In fact, this book is superior in content and presentation to many Windows 2000 preparation guides that retail for twice the price. But because this is a small book, cuts had to be made, some of which may starve the reader of background details needed to understand more complex topics. Just do what the publishers themselves recommend--use it as a supplement, not a primary source--and don't make it your only purchase. --William Steinmetz
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Performance tuning and optimization (PTO) can reduce yourcost of ownership by ensuring you get the performance youÆve paid for fromexisting hardware software and network infrastructure. MICROSOFT WINDOWS 2000 PERFORMANCE TUNING TECHNICAL REFERENCE gives y
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This boxed set helps you prepare for the four examinations you must pass to qualify as a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) under the Windows 2000 curriculum. You'll find lots of information on Windows 2000 and its networking capabilities in this kit. Specifically, the set consists of four books and a CD-ROM:- Windows 2000 Server
- Windows 2000 Professional
- Active Directory Services
- Network Infrastructure Administration
- A 120-day evaluation version of Windows 2000 Server
This kit is among the first Windows 2000 MCSE packages on the market, and the books are pretty accurate and detailed. Written mostly by Microsoft internal documentation staff, they use a standard formula. Each module begins with a statement of concepts and facts, such as what log files are and what each of the three Windows 2000 log files is for. Then you get "how-to" information in the form of stepped procedures for viewing log contents; option tables and other material that explain how to deal with non-standard situations come next. Finally, carefully scripted exercises allow you to practise your new skills and get predictable results.
Sections on Domain Name Service (DNS), the IPsec protocol, and the management of network protocols are particularly good. As you might expect from a training kit on a product whose main new feature is Active Directory, the coverage of Active Directory services is top-drawer. Concepts, as well as practicalities, get their due. If only the CD-ROM included a copy of Windows 2000 Professional so that you could set up an experimental network.
The CD-ROM also ought to include an exam simulator, and more test-prep material in the bodies of the books themselves would have been nice. As they stand, they're fine tutorials and references, but not great test preparation aids. Each chapter includes review questions that allow a free response rather than selection from a list of options. The questions will test your knowledge, and answer keys do appear in appendices, but they don't simulate the multiple-choice format of the actual MCSE exams. Read these books for the information they contain, but wait for an Exam Cram or other question repository to get simulation tests. --David Wall
Topics covered: The Microsoft-published objectives of the four required Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) exams. Specifically, this kit contains material on the Windows 2000 Server exam (70-215), the Windows 2000 Professional exam (70-210), the Network Administration Infrastructure exam (70-216), and the Active Directory Services exam (70-217).