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MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-680): Configuring Windows® 7 |  | Authors: Ian McLean, Orin Thomas
Publisher: Microsoft Press
Category: Book
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Edition: 1
Pages: 880
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.5 x 1.8
ISBN: 0735627088
Dewey Decimal Number: 004
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Publication Date: October 21, 2009
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Product Description
Announcing an all-new SELF-PACED TRAINING KIT designed to help maximize your performance on 70-680, the required exam for the new Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS): Windows 7, Configuration certification.This 2-in-1 kit includes the official Microsoft study guide, plus practice tests on CD to help you assess your skills. It comes packed with the tools and features exam candidates want mostâincluding in-depth, self-paced training based on final exam content; rigorous, objective-by-objective review; exam tips from expert, exam-certified authors; and customizable testing options. It also provides real-world scenarios, case study examples, and troubleshooting labs to give you the skills and expertise you can use on the job.Work at your own pace through the lessons and lab exercises. This official study guide covers installing, upgrading, and migrating to Windows 7; configuring network connectivity, applications, and devices; implementing backup and recovery; configuring User Account Control (UAC), mobility options, and new features such as DirectAccess and BranchCache; and managing system updates.Then assess yourself using the 200 practice questions on CD, featuring multiple customizable testing options to meet your specific needs. Choose timed or untimed testing mode, generate random tests, or focus on discrete objectives. You get detailed explanations for right and wrong answersâincluding pointers back to the book for further study. You also get an exam discount voucherâmaking this kit an exceptional value and a great career investment.
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Read it for the Cert Prep Only November 27, 2009
mistermister (down south, usa)
Use this book in the real world at your peril. Disregarding the aforementioned editorial mistakes, this book will help you adequately prepare for the certification - but sell the book when you've finished. You'll find more up to date information online. For example, in the chapter on Networking the authors tell us that the typical SOHO network setup uses ICS. NO ONE uses ICS any longer. Also, and this was one of my favorites, here's a quote from the Wireless Networking portion: "Most modern WAPs available from computer equipment retailers now are 802.11g" Have these guys visited a computer retailer within that past 2 years? Overall, I'm quite disappointed in the quality of information this book offers.
They need a new editor November 24, 2009
J. Pritchard (Seattle, WA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Like the other review, I barely cracked this book open and found more grammar and spelling errors than I could have imagined. Sure, there are going to be a few in any book. But I'm just now into chapter 2, only 68 pgs in, and I've found letters missing on words, words being entirely wrong for the sentence, half of a sentence repeated, and now a command they tell you to run is incorrect. This makes the authors and whoever the editor is look like they need to go back to school to learn how to proofread - even techies like us know you can't completely rely on the computer's spell check. It's obvious they didn't pay much attention to the spell checker though, because there have been plenty of errors it would have caught. This is absolutely ridiculous. You could probably find at least 1 error every 2 pages. Hopefully this helps me enough to pick up any details about Windows 7 that I'm not already familiar with. The lesson quizzes and practice tests have been helpful so far, so it wasn't a total waste of money.
Not their best work, I hope November 23, 2009
P. D. Holz
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
Both the authors and editors of this book need to be introduced to the grammar checker tool that has been available in MS Word for a very long time now. The editors would have caught many of the errors if they just simply read the book. I am only a third of the way through the book, but have run into so many incorrect words, that I am wishing that I had purchased a different book. Being a technical book, it is difficult enough to read without falling asleep, given the number of errors it must have been difficult to write without falling asleep as well..... Having read dozens of Microsoft Press books, I am really disappointed in the quality of this one. If you want to learn about configuring Windows 7, buy another book. If you want to appreciate what you learned in your high school English classes, read this one and count the number of errors you find (you will probably average more than one per page).
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