Windows Administration at the Command Line for Windows Vista, Windows 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000

651 Pages·2007·15.36 MB·English

by  John Paul Mueller

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Windows® Administration
at the Command Line
for Windows Vista™, Windows® 2003,
Windows® XP, and Windows® 2000
John Paul Mueller
Wiley Publishing, Inc.
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Windows® Administration
at the Command Line
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Windows® Administration
at the Command Line
for Windows Vista™, Windows® 2003,
Windows® XP, and Windows® 2000
John Paul Mueller
Wiley Publishing, Inc.
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Mueller, John, 1958-
Windows administration at the command line for Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Windows 2000 / John P Mueller.
p. cm.
ISBN 978-0-470-04616-6 (paper/website)
1. Microsoft Windows (Computer file) 2. Operating systems (Computers) I. Title.
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This book is dedicated to my long-suffering wife,
Rebecca, who has always supported me in my writing—
I couldn’t ask for a better friend.
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Acknowledgments
Thanks to my wife, Rebecca, for working with me to get this book completed. I really don’t know
what I would have done without her help in researching and compiling some of the information
that appears in this book. She also did a fine job of proofreading my rough draft and page proofing
the result. Rebecca also helps a great deal with the glossary and keeps the house running while I’m
buried in work.
Russ Mullen deserves thanks for his technical edit of this book. He greatly added to the accuracy
and depth of the material you see here. Russ is always providing me with great URLs for new prod-
ucts and ideas. However, it’s the testing Russ does that helps most. He’s the sanity check for my
work. Russ also has different computer equipment from mine, so he’s able to point out flaws that
I might not otherwise notice.
A number of people read all or part of this book to help me refine the approach, test the coding
examples, and generally provide input that all readers wish they could have. These unpaid volun-
teers helped in ways too numerous to mention here. I especially appreciate the efforts of Eva Beattie,
who read the entire book and selflessly devoted herself to this project.
Matt Wagner, my agent, deserves credit for helping me get the contract in the first place and taking
care of all the details that most authors don't really consider. I always appreciate his assistance. It's
good to know that someone wants to help.
Finally, I would like to thank Tom Cirtin, Felicia Robinson, Cheryl Hauser, and the rest of the
editorial and production staff at Sybex for their assistance in bringing this book to print. It’s always
nice to work with such a great group of professionals and I very much appreciate the friendship
we’ve built over the last seven books.