Peter Norton*s Complete Guide to Windows NT 4 Workstation

There are currently far more NT Servers than NT Workstation users. However, corporations are often making the choice to bypass Windows 95 and distribute NT to their end users--making NT Workstation the fastest growing segment of the NT market. This book includes coverage of all the topics that Windows NT Workstation users need to know, including the Windows NT interface, architectural details, networking, troubleshooting, security, OLE, and Internet issues.

With dry humor and clear competence that will appeal to skilled users, John Paul Mueller walks the reader through Windows NT Workstation 4.0 basics. He then gets right into the details of how Windows NT deals with memory, accesses data on disk, writes visual information to the screen, and performs a score of other low-level tasks. You'll find outstanding coverage of both peer-to-peer and client-server networking. But perhaps the most useful section is in the second half of the book, where Mueller details performance tweaks for both hardware and software. "Peter's Principle" sidebars throughout give useful power-user tips, such as making a shortcut to your Startup folder so you can fill it at quitting time with whatever you want to have open when you start your computer again. The book does not include a CD-ROM but there is a useful four-page pull-out command reference. Peter Norton's Complete Guide to Windows NT 4 Workstation, Premier Edition, doesn't aim to provide the detailed information that some other administrators' references offer, but it is a fine choice for knowledgeable users who want to tune their computers for speedy and smart operation.