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| MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-620): Configuring Windows Vista(TM) Client (Self Paced Training Kit 70-620) | 
| Authors: I. Mclean, Orin Thomas
Publisher: Microsoft Press
Category: Book
List Price: $59.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (37 reviews)
Sales Rank: 4131
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Platform: No Operating System
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 848
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.1
Dimensions (in): 9 x 7.5 x 2.2
MPN: 9780735623903
ISBN: 0735623902
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.446
EAN: 9780735623903
ASIN: 0735623902
Publication Date: May 9, 2007
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| Customer Reviews:
 This was a great tool. August 28, 2008
I have been in the industry for awhile now, but never bothered getting any of my certs. Also I didn't have any hands on with Vista before getting this book.
I was reading a smaller white/red/black book that helps you study for the 70-620. Went halfway through it before I received this one in the mail and it didn't really help me very well. This book had a lot more information.
The book itself has some typos and 1 of the questions says what "can't" this do, and when you put the stuff it can't do it marks it wrong and marks the answers of what it "can" do. I apologize but I don't remember the exact question.
Also the prep test wouldn't install on the Vista Business I was running. I had to use it on my XP machine.
I didn't do any of the exercises. I just read an average of 1 chapter per day and did the practice tests on the CD. I passed my test with a 907. I learned quite a bit from reading this book and it was the reason I passed my test. My co-workers made a big deal of the exam and how hard it was, but I found the test was very easy and this book prepared me for it.
I recommend this for anyone who wants to pass the exam.
Better than before August 22, 2008
Better than par compared to MS training books I've used before. The book is very readable and teaches all the skills you need.
Good but be sure to read a companion August 2, 2008
Good book. Must say I really started to like Vista after reading all that it can do. Thumbs up.. Good prep for the 70-620 test. But be sure to read some other material and do the labs.
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 You'll need a second opinion. . . July 22, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've only read through 4 chapters so far and it's left me confused and aggravated because I'm reading things in the book that I think are wrong and have to take the time to research these inaccuracies online- and thats wasting my time and irritating. It's like going to a Doctor and not being able to trust his advice and needing a second opinion for everything.
Also, this book seems like a training manual to be a minimum wage tech for an electronics megastore as many of the scenarios place you in this less than admirable, albeit hypothetical, role. I'm not sure why the authors would choose to place their readers in such a role when the same duties are faced by experienced network administrators as well.
I bought this because there wasn't much out there covering the topic at the time. I don't know if it's the authors fault or perhaps MS Press forcing the book out before being thoroughly proofed, but I will definitely look for other options before I purchase another book by these "Three Amigos" of authoring again . . .
A Good Gift July 2, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book was purchased as a gift for my son, who is studying to take this exam. He said that it was "very good". So much for a young man's feedback.
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