Which set of books should I get???

**davidamarkley** · September 17th, 2002, 08:38 PM

Hey, All!

I am wanting to get some books for MCSE certification, and I saw a set of books for $125 that were by Mike Meyer.

They were:

For MCSE --

Windows 2000 Pro Certification Passport,
Windows 2000 Server Certification Passport,
Windows 2000 Network Infrastructure Administration Certification Passport,
Windows 2000 Directory Services Administration Certification Passport,
Windows XP Professional Certification Passport

For MCSA --

Managing a Windows 2000 Network Enviroment Certification Passport

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And I also saw a set of books for $99 by Michael Palmer

"MCSE CORE-FOUR EXAM PREP PACK"

Networking Essentials,
NT Workstation 4,
NT Server 4,
NT Server 4 in the Enterprise

So, now comes the question...

Which one is better?

I was thinking the one with Windows 2000 and XP would be better since it's more up-to-date.

But what do you think??

Thanks in advance!!

David

**PresterJohn** · September 17th, 2002, 08:50 PM

>"MCSE CORE-FOUR EXAM PREP PACK"
>
>Networking Essentials,
>NT Workstation 4,
>NT Server 4,
>NT Server 4 in the Enterprise

don't waste your time with the above...the NT cert is n/a anymore.

**davidamarkley** · September 17th, 2002, 09:05 PM

ok, thanks!!

**Mead** · September 17th, 2002, 09:23 PM

yeah, anything with NT4 is a waste of money for getting your certs. Its helpful to know because not every company upgrades for a few years and there will be legacy computers and OS's running at pretty much any job you find. But you want to spend your money on the most up todate stuff you can find for certifications. In fact I dont know that I would recommend that first set either. MS is moving to a .NET structure soon and you'll want be informed for that.

**davidamarkley** · September 17th, 2002, 09:45 PM

Well, is there any books that you would recommend?

**PresterJohn** · September 17th, 2002, 09:56 PM

you can relax - .net server hasn't been officially released yet.

the w2k cert is still very much relevant regardless.

as for study guides, i don't remember the publisher off the top of my head, but they were co-authored by the global knowledge people.

**somecallmetim** · September 20th, 2002, 01:02 PM

Originally posted by davidamarkley
Well, is there any books that you would recommend?

I've yet to read a dog by Mike Meyers. The guy keeps it moving along, inserts a bit of humour to lighten the mood and knows of what he talks.

The library keeps growing because I'm loath to loan them out to anyone for fear of never seeing them again.

SCMT

**Hey-Todd** · September 20th, 2002, 01:32 PM

I just recently finished reading the four Mike Meyer's Windows 2000 Passport books that you have listed, and I really liked them. He doesn't have a lot of "fluff" in his books... just the important stuff.

Todd