A savvy guide to getting Windows NT up and running quickly, providing both general background and specific insight into NT's operation. Readers will learn how to tailor NT's features to their own needs and hardware on both an individual machine and network level. Covers set-ups, networking file management, resource sharing, security, and other system management issues.

Targeting IT professionals, system administrators, and experienced users moving to the Windows XP platform, this book enables the user to master registry concepts and architecture, provides a historical overview of the registry, and outlines the differences between Windows 9x/ME and Windows NT/2000/XP registries. Special attention is drawn to the enhancements in registry architecture introduced with Windows XP, such as faster queries and removal of the registry size limitation. Covered in depth are how to properly use registry features, how to plan and implement the most appropriate registry backup strategy, and how to monitor and modify the system registry according to the administrative requirements and individual needs of the users.

This guide gives Windows NT developers the means to optimize speed and efficiency of programs, details methods they can use to isolate and resolve resource bottlenecks, and offers tips for improving code execution in Web, database, and network applications.

The third volume in the Microsoft Windows NT Resource Kit is a complete guideto maximizing the capacity and speed of Windows NT on the desktop or network.

Now that Windows NT is firmly entrenched as the standard network operating system for many corporations, NT professionals are looking for ways to fine-tune NT's performance. Full of real-world solutions, this book covers every performance topic from general tuning techniques to in-depth analysis of tuning with the registry, defining and minimizing bottlenecks, and domain and capacity planning.

Optimizing™ Windows NT® Maximize Your NT Network Performance Take full advantage of the portability, compatibility, and scalability of Windows NT Identify critical topology issues and network bottlenecks. Reconfigure your hardware and subsystems for maximum performance. With the expert advice of Sean K. Daily, MCSE, you'll quickly learn how to tune your NT system to get the most performance out of your existing network. Working Solutions for Everyday Networking Challenges Complete overview of Windows NT performance tuning capabilities Component-by-component coverage of the best hardware for your network Expert techniques for tuning NT subsystems — memory, disk, printing, and applications Detailed review of NT networking architecture and protocols Strategies for optimizing Internet Information Server, server scripting, and Proxy Server Hundreds of benchmarking, maintenance, troubleshooting, and recovery tips CD-ROM includes: ConfigSafe/NT Bench32 TcpSpeed Dynameasure demo TweakBIOS SuperDisk NT SuperCache NT ERDisk UltraBac Diskeeper Lite SuperPrint PLUS more NT utilities from NTInternals Shareware programs are fully functional, free trial versions of copyrighted programs. If you like particular programs, register with their authors for a nominal fee and receive licenses, enhanced versions, and technical support. Freeware programs are free, copyrighted games, applications, and utilities. You can copy them to as many PCs as you like — free — but they have no technical support. http://www.idgbooks.com