Microsoft Windows XP Professional Administrators Guide

Install, configure, and manage Windows XP Professional with this comprehensive administrator’s guide! Congratulations! You have found the ultimate task-oriented guide to Microsoft Windows XP Professional. Whether you are maintaining one stand-alone computer or thousands of networked Windows XP Professional systems, this book is designed to help you do your job and keep things running smoothly.

Master the Basics

• Learn all the basics of Windows XP Professional—from installing and upgrading to enabling remote support
• Install and uninstall new applications with ease and use the Task Manager to handle non-responsive programs

Tackle Administrative Issues

• Learn how to set up password requirements, secure shared resources, and manage user accounts
• Use Microsoft Management Consoles to delegate limited capabilities to end users

Network with XP Professional

• Master mobile computing issues such as administering offline file access, creating multiple hardware files, and securing a dial-up connection
• Set up and configure Windows XP Internet applications, including Windows NetMeeting, Windows Messenger, and Remote Desktop
• Master LAN configuration issues, including configuring a network protocol, setting up network connections, and adding a computer to a domain

About the Author

Jerry Lee Ford, Jr. is an author, an educator, and an IT professional with 14 years of experience in information technology. He is an MCSE and has also earned Microsoft’s MCP and MCP+I certifications. Jerry is the author of nine other books, including Learn JavaScript in a Weekend, Learn VBScript in a Weekend, and Microsoft Windows Shell Scripting and WSH Administrator’s Guide from Premier Press. He has over five years of experience as an adjunct instructor teaching networking courses in information technology.