MCSE Microsoft Windows XP Professional Readiness Review; Exam 70-270 [With CDROM]

By Kurt Dillard and Tony Northrup

MCP Exam 70-210 measures ability to install, configure, and administer the Windows 2000 Professional desktop operating system. And with Readiness Review, certification candidates can sharpen their... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0735614601
• ISBN13: 9780735614604
• Release Date: November 2001
• Publisher: Microsoft Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.4" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Good hardcopy, simplistic sample exams.

I have found the best way to drive concepts home for me, is to do lots of sample questions with explanations. The printed material in this set was invaluable. This book is primarily sample questions, with a brief overview of each objective prior to the questions. The answer sections give detailed explanations of why each choice was right or wrong. As I went through this all, I took notes and filled in my weak areas.The Cd was very weak, however. The questions were simplistic and nowhere near as difficult as the real test was. (I still passed!)Overall, I was very pleased with this book as a study aid, but as a yardstick to determine your readiness for the test, don't rely on it.

Exam-study or not - Very Enlightening

I was very surprised when I used this book and the associated practice exam system (both in the book and on the CD-ROM) in the amount of information about the XP OS that I learned. I've used XP since it was in beta, read the Resource Kit, read other Microsoft Press books on XP and still I found reference to items in this book that I had not read anywhere else. Granted, the book presents the data in very brief summary statements and if you really want to learn more than what is needed to get the practice exam answers right you will need to use the on-line help in XP, the Resource Kit and the Microsoft Web Site. But the knowledge gained after reading the book and following up with the additional resources was well worth my time.My only complaint about the book is that much of it was obviously the Windows 2000 Professional Exam Prep, and whoever performed the global search and replaced missed quite a few 2000 references. It can sometimes be a little confusing when they are giving you a scenario involving Windows 2000 and Windows XP, and the answer does tell you to boot from the Windows 2000 CD-ROM to correct your Windows XP installation. Regardless of whether you are studying for the MCSE exam or not, if you want to delve into the Windows XP OS and learn about things that may not have been obvious, this is a great book.

Well written and informative

I read the resource kit, wrestled with XP on a handful of computers at work and at home, and then read this book before signing up for exam 270. I passed it easily. I've read several other readiness reviews from MSpress and they all follow a similar format, I wasn't expecting to get everything I needed to know about being a Windows XP guru, but it gave me good guidance for the test. It was lot more readable than most MSPress books with scores of sample exam questions.

THANK YOU! Very helpful!

This book, although a little thin in places, TOTALLY helped me achieve my goals for this exam! I am well on my way to the certification I NEED to be successful.Dillard and Northrup have a nifty and easy to read writing style.