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Introduction to Computing

http://vig.pearsoned.com/samplechapter/0130168955.pdf

http://www.hardwarecentral.com/hardwarecentral/tutorials/158/1/

http://www.anixter.com/techlib/d0500p01.htm

http://comm.ncifrcrf.gov/networking/networkingintro.html

http://scilnet.fortlewis.edu/tech/network/media.html

http://www.wainford.net/NetEss/NetProgress.html http://www.controleng.com/archives/2001/ctl0101.01/0101bb.htm

http://www.techfest.com/networking/cabling/cableglos.htm

http://spt.ucdavis.edu/tbt-course-docs/Networking/Concepts_Networking/Lesson1.PDF

http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/es99/full_papers/chiueh/chiueh_html/node5.html

 

Basic Network Media 

http://questy.com/tech/netw16.htm

http://www.stg.brown.edu/~sjd/wiring/CAT5-wiring.html

 

Understanding Network Architecture

http://campus.champlain.edu/faculty/rogate/cis232f/access_files/frame.htm

http://teknikindustri.com/technology/appletlk.htm

http://www.futurstandard.com/faqs/cabletable.html       

http://www.ethermanage.com/ethernet/10quickref/ch1qr_1.html

http://compnetworking.about.com/library/glossary/bldef-mtu.htm?iam=dpile_1&terms=how+data+is+sent

http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Monitor/3131/ne/3nenotes.html

http://www.cs.ucf.edu/~moshell/CAP4020/1998/Jamsa2.html

 

Survey of Networking Operating Systems http://gandolf.acad.emich.edu/~esteva/courses/is620/units/unit6_main.html

http://www.itworld.com/Comp/2291/

http://compnetworking.about.com/cs/networknos/index.htm

www.microsoft.com

www.novell.com

www.unix.com

 www.linux.com

http://www-4.ibm.com/software/os/warp/swchoice/

http://tunes.org/Review/OSes.html

 

Introducing Network Standards – http://www.techfest.com/networking/standard.htm

http://www.rad.com/networks/1994/osi/layers.htm

http://www.isi.salford.ac.uk//books/odi/osi.html

http://standards.ieee.org/getieee802/index.html

http://www.erg.abdn.ac.uk/users/gorry/course/intro-pages/osi.html

 

Defining Network Protocols

http://www.pcwebopedia.com/Networks/Network_Protocols/

http://www.techfest.com/networking/prot.htm

http://dir.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/Communications_and_Networking/Protocols/

http://www.wanresources.com/protocol.html,  http://www.bitpipe.com/data/rlist?t=soft_10_100_50

http://www4.ulpgc.es/tutoriales/tcpip/entrada/3376fm.html

http://www.enteract.com/~lspitz/interfaces.html

 

Elements of Network Connectivity

http://jaring.nmhu.edu/notes/cs557/final-review.htm

http://noc.uni-mannheim.de/ascend/netcfg/tntwan.htm#101063

http://spt.ucdavis.edu/tbt-course-docs/Networking/Concepts_Networking/Lesson3-5.pdf

http://www.rjsmith.com/wan.html

http://www.physics.udel.edu/wwwusers/watson/student_projects/scen167/thosguys/

 

Designing and Installing a Network

http://compnetworking.about.com/library/weekly/aa050201a.htm

http://www.networkcomputing.com/netdesign/series.htm

http://www.wanresources.com/calc.html

http://www.windowsitlibrary.com/Content/405/02/toc.html

http://webopedia.internet.com/TERM/l/local_area_network_LAN.html

 

Establishing Network Shares and Accounts

http://www.dentrix.com/Users_Suite/Tips_and_Tricks/Files/sharing_network_resources.pdf

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/TechNet/prodtechnol/winxppro/reskit/prde_ffs_mgte.asp

http://windows.about.com/cs/domuseractsetup/

http://osborne.com/networking_comm/0072129484/0072129484_ch01.pdf

http://www.massey.ac.nz/~wwits/probsoln/win_nt4share.htm

http://www.sgr.nada.kth.se/win/docs/file_sharing.html

http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Monitor/3131/ne/5nenotes.html

 

 

Ensuring Network Security

http://www.interhack.net/pubs/network-security/

http://secinf.net/iwine.html

http://www.vtcif.telstra.com.au/info/security.html, http://www.microsoft.com/security/

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/cisintwk/ito_doc/security.htm

http://netsecurity.about.com/cs/ntsecurityissues/index_2.htm?iam=dpile_1&terms=securing+a+microsoft+windows+enviorment

http://www.ph.utexas.edu/security/network-security.html

http://www.pcguide.com/care/data/

 

Printing on a Network  

http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2001/1203infra.html

http://www.infinisource.com/features/networking-printer.html

http://www.networkcomputing.com/netdesign/enpsplash.html

http://www.mfm.com/support/std_procedures/networkprint.html

http://www.novell.com/documentation/lg/nw42/index.html?printenu/data/hrwtezmx.html

 

Administering Change

http://www-1.ibm.com/businesscenter/us/smbusapub.nsf/detailcontacts/Network+PlanningC0CD

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/TechNet/prodtechnol/winxppro/proddocs/tcpip_utils.asp

http://www.aumha.org/a/xpupgradz.htm

                       

Troubleshooting a Network

http://www.slac.stanford.edu/xorg/nmtf/nmtf-tools.html#public

http://www.networkingnext.com/networktroubleshooting/networktroubleshooting.html

http://www.networkingnext.com, http://www.onenetworks.com/troubleshooting.asp http://computernetworking.about.com/cs/troubleshootgen/

http://www.networkmagazine.com/article/NMG20000724S0052

http://www.iup.edu/house/resnet/trouble.htm

 

Certification Preparation - http://studyguides.cramsession.com/cramsession/microsoft/default.asp

http://www.mcseguide.com/2000/2000.htm

http://www.mcsedriller.com/

 

Link for tips to better web searches

http://webquest.sdsu.edu/searching/fournets.htm

www.metaspider.com

http://library.albany.edu/internet/strategies.html

http://www.altavista.com/sites/help/search/default

www.limit-point.com/booleansearch.html

http://searchenginewatch.com/facts/boolean.html

 

Other good sites…

http://www.wanresources.com

http://www.bizweb.com/catagories/network.hardware.html

http://www.microsoft.com/technet

http://windows.about.com

http://windows.about.com/library/glossary/blglossary.htm

http://windows.about.com

http://www.techfest.com

11/28/01 http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/default.asp all you ever wanted to know about Windows 2000

7/3/01 http://www.myvitalagent.com/ provides a wealth of information in an easy-to-read digital dashboard format

7/3/01 http://nsa1.www.conxion.com/win2k/notice.htm US National Security Agency Windows 2000 Security Recommendation Guides.

5/23/01 http://www.microsoft.com/TechNet/win2000/win2ksrv/technote/w2kdns.asp Windows 2000 DNS

5/23/01 http://www.microsoft.com/TechNet/showcase/deploy/w2kclust.asp Windows 2000 Clustering

5/23/01 http://www.filegenie.com/ Need to replace your xdrive account with a free service… I pick this one.

4/26/01 http://www.dailyedeals.com/free_internet/disk_space.htm  Losing your Xdrive… look out here.

4/16/01 http://www.microsoft.com/trainingandservices/default.asp?PageID=training&PageCall=win2000&SubSite=moc/sampler Free MOC Training Videos

4/16/01 http://www.cnet.com/software/0,10000,0-3923245,00.html?tag=st.ne.ni.stckblck.wndws CNET Win 2000 Superguide

4/16/01 http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/759/ipj_1-2/ipj_1-2_vpn.html What is a VPN?

4/16/01 http://www.greencis.net/~ppridgen/used1.htm Different Used Computer Companies

4/16/01 http://cwforums.computerworld.com/WebX?13@104.Qk12awfSajf%5E0@.ee989c6 Computerworls Win2000 Forums

4/16/01 http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/index.html VNC Open Source Cross-Platform Remote Control Software

4/16/01 http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO59502,00.html Great Active Directory Planning Link

4/16/01 http://www.microsoft.com/business/downloads/licensing/reimaging.doc Re-Imaging Licensed Microsoft Software Using Volume Licensing Media

3/26/01 http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220000209eje01.htm Kerberos

3/22/01 http://www.microsoft.com/TechNet/winnt/Winntas/prodfact/acdirnds.asp Comparing MS Active Directory to Novell's NDS (From Microsoft’s Point of view)

3/22/01 http://www.novell.com/competitive/nds/nds-ad-compare.pdf Comparing MS Active Directory to Novell's NDS (From Novell’s Point of view)

3/22/01 http://www.microsoft.com/trainingandservices/exams/examasearch.asp?PageID=70-244 Exam 70-244 Supporting and Maintaining a Microsoft® Windows NT® Server 4.0 Network

3/22/01 http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/guide/autodemos/ Windows 2000 Online Demonstrations

3/22/01 http://www.bink.nu/Bootcd/default.htm Making a Bootable Windows 2000 CD with Service Pack Integrated

3/22/01 http://www.windows2000faq.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=15325&Key=Replication Tune Active Directory Replication

3/22/01 http://www.win2000mag.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=15975 A dedicated Forest Root

3/22/01 http://www.dice.com/ Jobs!

3/22/01 http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220010309eje01.htm Six protocols you need to know for Microsoft Exam 70-210

3/22/01 http://www.itcmagazine.com/subscribe/magazine/ IT Contractor Subscription

3/22/01 http://www.winmag.com/columns/powerw2k/2001/10.htm#tweak Tweak The IIS Metabase

3/22/01 http://www.microsoft.com/TechNet/win2000/delestep.asp Delegation of Control Wizard

12/18/00 http://www.cram4exams.com/ Free Online Exams

10/3/00 http://www.iol.unh.edu/training/vganylan/teach/downld/single.html#intro 100VG-AnyLAN

10/3/00 http://www.io.com/~richardr/vg/ 100VG-AnyLAN

10/3/00 http://www.100vg.com/white/white.htm 100VG-AnyLAN

9/27/00 http://installfest.rvglug.org/ What’s Linux doing here?…

9/27/00 http://www.e-quill.com/ E-Quill is a free toolbar that lets you treat Web pages like pieces of paper

9/27/00 http://ink.e-quill.com/view/f483270b53512407  How to Set up a Windows 2000 Web Server

9/21/00 http://www.cnet.com/software/0-1497797.html?tag=st.ne.ni.stckblck.wndws CNET Win 2000 Suprerguide

9/21/00 http://www.informit.com/configureit/windows2000/ Extensive set of Win 2000 Deployment Guide Articles

9/15/00 http://www.hi-tech.net/zones/help-beep.html BIOS error beep codes.

9/6/00 http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q130/9/28.asp?LN=EN-US&SD=gn&FR=0 restoring a backup of NT to another computer

8/31/00 http://www.microsoft.com/directaccess/Training/  Microsoft Training and Tools

8/31/00 http://rfc.fh-koeln.de/rfc.html Current library of all RFC’s

8/30/00 http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q162/8/47.asp Knowledge Base Article on PPTP.  See bottom of paper for more links

8/30/00 http://www.microsoft.com/seminar/1033/19990930TESSD/seminar.htm PPTP online seminar

8/30/00 http://win2000mag-asap.com/info/com.winntmag_winntmag_4695_4695.html Managing VPN with PPTP.  See page for more links

8/30/00 http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/backgrnd/html/understanding_pptp.htm  Understanding PPTP

8/30/00 http://www.microsoft.com/NTServer/commserv/deployment/moreinfo/PPTPfaq.asp  PPTP FAQ

8/30/00 http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/backgrnd/html/InstPPTP.htm EVERYTHING you always wanted to know about configuring PPTP

8/30/00 http://www.counterpane.com/pptp-faq.html PPTP Flaws

8/30/00 http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/commserv/techdetails/prodarch/pptpwp.asp PPTP White Paper

8/30/00 http://examcram.com/studyresource/win2k_tests/ Windows 2000 exam formats

8/30/00 http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/iana/assignments/port-numbers TCP/IP Port Numbers

8/30/00 http://www.ittutor.com/ Free Exams

8/30/00  http://www.solarwinds.net/Tools/Free_Tools/Subnet%20Calc/    a subnet Calculator with teeth!

7/10/00 http://www.microsoft.com/technet/win2000/win2ksrv/technote/tcpipimp.asp  MS Windows 2000 TCP/IP Implementation Details

7/8/00 http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q138/3/64.asp NT 4.0 Windows NT Partitioning Rules During Setup

7/8/00 http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q119/4/97.asp NT 4.0 Boot Partition Created During Setup Limited to 4 Gigabytes

7/7/00 http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/upgrade/compat/ready.asp Windows 2000 Hardware Readiness Analyzer

7/7/00 http://www.WindowsITLibrary.com/ Free Books Online – Lot’s of technical reference books!

6/29/00 http://www.searchwin2000.com/  Best WIN2000 site I’ve seen

6/29/00 http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/library/howitworks/communications/nameadrmgmt/introipv6.asp  Introduction to IP Version 6

6/27/00 http://www.iqdestination.com/  Lot’s of free 15 question online tests

6/16/00 http://www.sans.org/topten.htm How To Eliminate The Ten Most Critical Internet Security Threats

6/13/00 http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/iischk.asp Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0 Security Checklist

6/13/00 http://www.microsoft.com/security/tech/ssl/default.asp  Secure Sockets Layer/Transport Layer Security

6/13/00 http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/story/0,10738,2583106,00.html Jesse's Windows 2000 Tool Kit

6/7/00 http://webtool.rte.microsoft.com/ Stress Test tool for IIS

6/5/00 http://www.microsoft.com/trainingandservices/syllabi/syllasearch.asp?PageURL=/TrainingAndServices/syllabi/content/1080Afinal.txt Free course download Essentials of Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition 3.0 for Web Site Development

6/5/00 http://www.microsoft.com/technet/chats/trans/iis0209.asp IIS Monthly Chat - Migrating to IIS 5 from IIS 4

4/28/00 http://flowserv.teco.uni-karlsruhe.de/mirror/www.nthelp.com/boot.htm How to create NTFS boot disk

4/27/00 http://www.microsoft.com/education/product/win2ktrain.asp Free Online Windows 2000 Server Training

4/27/00 http://www.certizone.com/exams/default.htm

4/27/00 http://examware.com/

4/27/00 http://www.testfree.com/

3/28/00 http://leuthard.ch/mcse/

3/28/00 http://www.mcseguide.com/dumps.htm MCSE Guide Braindumps

3/28/00 http://216.22.193.69/mcse/  Sasa braindumps

3/28/99 http://www.mcsebraindumps.com/ MCSE Braindumps

3/28/00 http://mcsedump.cjb.net/ MCSE Dumps

3/28/00 www.microsoft.com/mcp/discount.htm Microsoft is offering a 25% discount for most tests that are not on the retired list.  Hurry only until June 1st!

3/28/00 http://www.braindumps.net/ Another braindump site but not quite Braindump Heaven listed below

3/28/00 http://www.masontech.com/com Go to certification and then MCSE to find a great set of MCSE test resources

3/28/00 http://www.cityu.edu/

3/28/00 http://education.earthweb.com/

3/28/00 http://www.cyberstateu.com/

3/28/00 http://www.brainbuzz.com/

3/22/99 http://www.microsoft.com/TechNet/winnt/winntas/technote/ntopt1.asp Network traffic (Everyone in my TCP/IP class look at this one)

 

3/20/00 http://www.microsoft.com/directaccess/products/crk/resources/TRAINWIN2000.asp Microsoft Win 2000 page

 

3/20/00 http://www.coriolis.com/cip/core4rev.asp A few free online exams

1/27/00 http://www.searchnt.com/ New Windows 2000 site

1/27/00 http://www.theyoungmcses.net/ Free courses

1/17/00 http://www.microsoft.com/train_cert/courses/1555afinal.htm  Free MOC course to download Course 1555: Getting Ready for Microsoft Windows 2000

1/17/00 http://www.microsoft.com/train_cert/courses/2000afinal.htm Free MOC course to download Course 2000: Microsoft Windows 2000: First Look

1/17/00 http://www.ntsecurity.net/book/ Free Online NT security book

12/02/99 http://www.certmag.com/ Free certification magazine subscription

11/24/99 http://www.ntsystems.com/special_reports/training.shtml Cert info

11/24/99 http://www.ntsystems.com/db_area/archive/1999/9912/312fe4.shtml Windows 2000 cert info

11/4/99 http://www.microsoft.com/hcl/default.asp

 Online HCL for all MS O/S.

11/4/99 http://www.microsoft.com/windows/server/default.asp Windows 2000 info

11/4/99 http://www.microsoft.com/office/ork/2000/appndx/toolbox.htm Office 2000 resources

11/1/99 http://www.microsoft.com/mcp/certstep/mcse.htm  MCSE requirements for Windows 2000

11/1/99 http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/nts/downloads/recommended/prem_sp6/allsp6.asp NT SP6

11/1/99 http://www.hardcoremcse.com/sample.htm Sample questions online

11/1/99 http://www.examnotes.net/ good certification site

10/28/99 http://www.ntsystems.com/db_area/archive/1999/9911/311fe3.shtml A hands-on management overview of Windows 2000 Beta 3

10/28/99 http://www.ntsystems.com/db_area/archive/1999/9911/311cvf.shtml Back to basics — the essentials of networking explained.

10/28/99 http://www.ntsystems.com/db_area/archive/1999/9911/311s1.shtml Test tips

10/28/99 http://www.ntsystems.com/db_area/archive/1999/9911/311s1.shtml Blue screen of death

10/27/99 http://www.microsoft.com/technet/training/moc.htm Some free courses and link to study guides

10/20/99 http://www.nuinet.com/free Netware Users International Get a free 3-user version NetWare 5 and a Technical Resource CD crammed with info. (Why on a MCSE site?... you need to learn a little about Netware too for the exams).

7/29/99 http://leuthard.ch/mcse/ Good MCSE study link

7/29/99 http://www.transcender.com/ Good MCSE study link

http://209.207.167.177/ MCSE BRAINDUMP HEAVEN

http://www.3com.com/nsc/501302s.html Download an extensive guide to TCP/IP

http://www.mattscasa.com/netindex.htm Rampage Net Essentials Test Exam

http://www.cramsession.com/cramsession/microsoft/ Cramsession. Great test info site

http://netguru.net/courses/courses.htm 2 free courses

http://www.jsiinc.com/TIP0500/rh0554.htm Lost your NT administrator password?

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/default.asp Microsoft Technet CD Online

http://www.microsoft.com/seminar/1033/default.htm Microsoft Online Seminars

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/10/wwtraining/elearning/learn/networking.html Cisco Learn About Networking

http://www.bhs.com/  One of the best NT sites there is

http://www.desktopengineer.com/junkdrawer/ Geared towards desktop support

http://www.mcseinfo.com/ Trying to create the most comprehensive MCSE site on the internet.

http://www.rmwntug.org/resources.html Rocky Mountain Windows NT Resource Group Another good reference site loaded with links.

http://www.sysinternals.com/Another good reference site

http://www.ntfaq.com/ Windows NT FAQ

http://www.winntmag.com/   Windows NT magazine.  Great site.  Worth paying for a hard copy subscription.

http://www.entmag.com/ ent Magazine. Unbiased NT trade magazine.  Free subscription if you qualify

http://www.ntsystems.com/ Windows NT Systems magazine.  Free subscription if you qualify

http://www-rnks.informatik.tu-cottbus.de/~fsch/english/links.htm Great set of NT links.  Good utilities on its home page.

http://www.i386.com/ Doesn't look good at first glance but is really loaded with info.

http://flowserv.teco.uni-karlsruhe.de/mirror/www.nthelp.com/boot.htm How to make an NTFS boot disk

http://128.8.92.101/ench250/win983.tut/index.htm Windows 98 book online

http://www.sunbelt-software.com/category_search.htm Check out the freebie forum

http://www.sylvanprometric.com/ Sylvan Prometric (Take those exams!)

http://www.zdnet.com/pccomp/features/fea0597/secrets/welcome.html Some good tips

http://kb.indiana.edu/menu/winnt.html Some NT basics, good starting point.

http://web.syr.edu/~jmwobus/lans/comfaqs/ Computer FAQ's

http://www.cit.ac.nz/smac/winnt/default.htm Online NT course

http://www.pctoday.com/editorial/hth/970524.html NT backup comparisons

UNIX Links

10/28/99 http://www.ugu.com/
10/28/99 http://unix.miningco.com/
10/28/99 http://indy.fccj.cc.fl.us/lsf/unix/unix.html
10/28/99 http://www.rs6000.ibm.com/resource/unix_resource/links.html

General Computer Info

10/12/00 http://duxcw.com/digest/Howto/index.html Great “how to” site

6/13/00 http://www.robvanderwoude.com/batchfiles.html  Creating DOS batch files info and scripting info.

3/28/00 http://www.freediskspace.com/ 300 MB Free disk space

1/27/00 http://www.xdrive.com/ Free hard drive space on the internet.  Worth downloading tools.  Watch out for beta NT tools.  I blue screen every time I print after connecting to x-drive.  Great way to share a file with someone… you just share it and it e-mails them a link!

7/29/99 http://www.standard.net.au/~garyradley/VBATutor.htm VBA Tutorials

http://www.dillobits.com/ Two cool pieces of software.  I use the YATS32 to set the time on my PDC's and then use a set time command in my login scripts to set    the workstations when they log in.

http://www.zdnet.com/products/stories/reviews/0,4161,2197745,00.html   USB links from ZDNET.  See highlights on left side.

http://www.softseek.com/ Shareware site

http://www.tucows.com/ Shareware site

http://www.tyler.net/tyr7020/y2kinput.htm Year2K

http://www.year2000.com/ Year2K

http://www.informit.com/ Sign up for the personal bookshelf (free) and you'll have access to more books than you could ever read

http://www.hwg.org/resources/index.html HTML info

http://www.dmsa.unipd.it/andreap/nag/nag.html UNIX Admin

http://desktoppublishing.com/cliplist.html gotta have clip art too

http://www.designheaven.com/GraphicsRing/list.html 675+ Clip Art Sites

http://www.printerworks.com/ Best source I've found for printer parts

http://www.eesite.com/free/   Free stuff!  Non-computer related link

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