Windows NT Administration: Single Systems to Heterogeneous Networks

by Marshall Brain

This volume covers the administration of the whole spectrum of possible Windows NT configurations -- from a single machine to a 2,000 node heterogeneous network within a large corporation -- showing readers how to use the administration tools and networking abilities built into Windows NT to design and implement effective computing environments. KEY Covers the administrative tools shipped with Windows NT; explains how to connect NT machines to a network, how to share hard disks over the net, how to install and share printers, how to create and manage an email post office for the network, and how to handle dedicated disk servers and user domains; discusses how to integrate NT into a heterogeneous network, how to use NT to communicate with different machines, and how to use NT to access other facilities on the network. For owners of single NT systems, the "computer person" in a small business or department; an administrator in a large company planning to build a large NT network from scratch; an administrator in a large company planning to integrate NT into an existing network; or a new administrator who has inherited a NT network of some type.

304 pages, Paperback

First published February 18, 1994

About the author

Marshall David Brain II was an enthusiastic American author, public speaker, futurist, entrepreneur, and professor, who specialized in making complex topics easier to understand for the general public. Brain was the founder of HowStuffWorks.com and the author of the How Stuff Works book series. He hosted the National Geographic channel's Factory Floor with Marshall Brain and Who Knew? With Marshall Brain.