The Microsoft Windows XP Professional Handbook [With CDROM]

I've used this book for several classes at my computer school in Dallas and it's great for giving the student a quick overview of the fundamental overview of Windows XP including how to use networked resources. I've found that the chapter on troubleshooting TCP/IP connections was invaluable for teaching the fundamentals of networking technologies. The chapter on broadband technologies is also very valuable when teaching students about networking. I give this book two thumbs up!

I don't agree with the previous review. The book is for novice and intermediate users. For people like me, that have little windows knowledge but wanted to set up a start up company, it was excellent. It explains everything in a straightforward language and it's nicely organized so you can use it as reference later.

I found the book to be very valuable for an Introduction to Windows XP Professional class I am teaching. Calling it just a compilation of help files is inaccurate; there are many hands-on exercises and insights the author has provided from speaking with actual XP early adopters. In addition the networking sections provide the level of detail necessary for teaching a course that touches on TCP/IP. In fact, the two chapters on TCP/IP are very useful in that they give not just Microsoft's stance on the technology but also the technical background of how standards evolved.Very useful for training purposes, I give it five stars! Students love it too!