Microsoft Windows XP Professional Administrators Guide

Jerry Lee Ford Jr.

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There are a number of individuals who deserve credit for their work on this book. I especially want to thank Todd Jensen, who served as the book's acquisitions editor, Ginny Kaczmarek for her work as copy editor, and the book's project editor, Karen Cheng. I also want to acknowledge the book's technical editor, Dallas G. Releford, who is an accomplished author with numerous computer books and articles to his credit, for his thorough review and assistance in completing this book. Finally, I'd like to thank everyone else at Premier Press for all their hard work.

About the Author

Jerry Lee Ford, Jr. is an author, an educator, and an IT professional with 14 years of experience in information technology, including roles as an automation analyst, a technical manager, a technical support analyst, an automation engineer, and a security analyst. Jerry is an MCSE and has also earned Microsoft's MCP and MCP+I certifications. In addition, he has a master's degree in business administration from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. 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. He has over five years of experience as an adjunct instructor teaching networking courses in information technology. Jerry lives in Richmond, Virginia, with his wife, Mary, and their children, William, Alexander, and Molly.