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MCSE : NT Server 4 Study Guide by Matt Strebe, Charles Perkins and James Chellis. Preparing for your basic MCSE exams? This is the book to pick up for your Windows NT Server exam. Matt, Chuck and James take you through preparing for the Server exam. Though not the intent of this book, it will also help you prepare for the Workstation and Enterprise exams since there is so much overlap between the exams. 
MCSE: Windows NT Workstation 4 Study Guide by James Chellis, Matthew Strebe, and Charles Perkins.
This is another book from the dyanmic trio, James, Matt and Charles. I have highly recommended other books from these guys.
This book will help get you prepared for the MCSE Windows NT Workstation exam in no time flat!
MCSE : TCP/IP for NT Server 4 Study Guide by Todd and Monica Lammle and James Chellis.
The TCP/IP exam is tough! Many people have failed in on their first try. Though admittedly it is
easier than the 3.5 exam was (I know someone that failed it 7 times!). A lot of details
to keep track of when taking the 4.0 exam. This book will help you not only get to know
the dreaded subnet masking, but also become more familiar with some of the utilities you
need to know about in order to pass the exam and work with TCP/IP in the real world.
MCSE: Internet Information Server 4 Study Guide by Matt Strebe and Charles Perkins If you need a study guide for any exam (besides maybe Exchange), it is the IIS 4 exam. Microsoft has thrown us for a lot of curves with this exam including a knowledge of other products that are included with the Windows NT 4 Option Pack. I have this book and am currently using it to study for the MCSE+I. It has already helped me to solve some problems I am having with IIS 4 on production systems! 
NetWare 5 CNE: Integrating Windows NT Study Guide by Scott and Kalinda Reeves. Ready to upgrade your CNE certification? NetWare 5 is hot and this book is the place to start! There are enough differences between NetWare 4 and NetWare 5 that you should invest in a study guide to help you prepare. 
A+ Certification Kit by David Groth.
This 1456 page contains two books, the A+: Core Module Study Guide and the A+: DOS/Windows Study Guide. Using these
two books, you will be sure that you are ready for anything that the A+ Core and A+ DOS/Windows exams can throw at you.
Plus when you buy the kit, you get a nice discount over buying the books separately. David has a new book that has just been
released that helps you prepare for the A+ Networking exam.
Network+ Study Guide by David Groth, Ben Bergersen, and Tim Catura-Houser.Both the exam and this book are hot off the presses. You will be hearing a lot in the future about the CompTIA's Network+ exam in the future. With the same goals as the Novell Network Technologies and Microsoft Networking Essentials, CompTIA is determined to give us a vendor-independent standard for networking knowledge. This is the first such book of its kind and is an excellent study guide for preparing for this exciting new exam. 
CCNA: Cisco Certified Network Associate Study Guide by Todd Lammle, Donald Porter, James Chellis Certification is hot and the Cisco CCNA is the hottest! Cisco has 50 - 60% of the router market and Cisco experts are in great demand! This is a great book whether you are wanting to learn more about Cisco routers, TCP/IP or study for the CCNA exam. Microsoft Exchange Server Training Microsoft Corporation Don't have time to take an official Microsoft Exchange class? This study guide is the next best thing.
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MCSE: Exchange Server 5.5 Study Guide