Reference for Win2k

[sitswithmouse]

After many years of win9x, I finally decided to go to a flavor of NT. Decided against XP primarily because of the draconian registration, and got w2k.

 

[MedicBob]

Congradulations and please use the search function, many of the questions you will have have been answered before.

 

[sitswithmouse]

...and to put it bluntly (sorry, lost the connection and the message self-posted somehow) I pretty much don't have a clue. I'm having trouble with really simple stuff, so, rather than post about the specific questions, I'm wondering if there are any recommendations for a book that can help someone who is a relative beginner, but still has enough depth to give a real feel for this OS.
thanks for any help-

 

[bsobel]

Decided against XP primarily because of the draconian registration

Yea, hitting 'next' on the activation wizard is tough....
Bill

 

[MedicBob]

LOL, I managed to post inbetween your posts.


I like Microsofts own books, Running Windows 2000 Professional, has done me pretty good so far.

 

[thraxes]

ditto on the Microsoft Press books! They are truly excellent.

Congrats on finally having the courage to Graduate on from High School 😀


My OS education system:

DOS - Preschool
Mac OS - Elementary School
Win 9x - High School
W2K/XP - College (Bachelors Deg.)
Linux - University (Doctorate)
Your Own OS creation - Professorship

 

[sitswithmouse]

Originally posted by: bsobel

Decided against XP primarily because of the draconian registration

Yea, hitting 'next' on the activation wizard is tough....
Bill

Hey I *told* you I was clueless!
Seriously, though, I tinker around (read:break) the computer a lot and was kind of scared to go with XP. Not saying it was the right decision, but 5+ years of win98 was enough. I started with that one in a consumer preview around Jan of '98.

 

[sitswithmouse]

MedicBob, LOL, great trick. Bet ya can't do that again!
BTW, I did do a search, but didn't come up with anything.
Glad to hear MS' books are useful. Guess they Ought to be, but you never know-

 

[sitswithmouse]

Originally posted by: thraxes
ditto on the Microsoft Press books! They are truly excellent.

Congrats on finally having the courage to Graduate on from High School 😀

My OS education system:

DOS - Preschool
Mac OS - Elementary School
Win 9x - High School
W2K/XP - College (Bachelors Deg.)
Linux - University (Doctorate)
Your Own OS creation - Professorship

Yep, and I can see I'm going to have to study this time.
Linux, I attempted to put on a partition and managed to break my w2k installation (Mandrake 9).
I had a real party after that, trying to get rid of the Linux and start over. Don't know if I'll be making it to University.