MCTS 70-680 ─ Microsoft Windows 7, Configuring

MCTS 70-680: Microsoft Windows 7, Configuring is the perfect study guide to help you pass Microsoft’s MCTS 70-680 exam. It provides coverage and practice questions for every exam topic. The book contains an extensive set of preparation tools, such as quizzes, Exam Alerts, and a practice exam, while the CD provides real-time practice and feedback with two complete sample exams.

Covers the critical information you’ll need to know to score higher on your MCTS 70-680 exam!

. Understand how Windows 7 differs from previous versions

. Install, upgrade, and migrate to Windows 7

. Configure basic and advanced Windows networking

. Enforce security with Windows Firewall and Windows Defender

. Administer users, systems, disks, and printers

. Manage and safely share files and folders

. Work with Windows applications and Internet Explorer 8

. Support mobile computers

. Remotely manage Windows systems

. Optimize Windows 7 system performance

. Efficiently back up systems and reliably recover them

CD FEATURES 2 complete sample exams

The test engine gives you an effective tool to assess your readiness for the exam

. Detailed explanations of correct and incorrect answers

. Multiple test modes

. Random questions and order of answers

. Coverage of each MCTS 70-680 exam objective

Patrick Regan has been a PC technician, network administrator/engineer, design architect, and security analyst for the past 17 years since graduating with a bachelor’s degree in physics from the University of Akron. He has taught many computer and network classes at Sacramento local colleges (Heald Colleges and MTI Colleges) and participated in and led many projects (Heald Colleges, Intel Corporation, Miles Consulting Corporation, and Pacific Coast Companies). For his teaching accomplishments, he received the Teacher of the Year award from Heald Colleges, and he has received several recognition awards from Intel. Previously, he worked as a product support engineer for the Intel Corporation Customer Service, a senior network engineer for Virtual Alert supporting the BioTerrorism Readiness suite and as a senior design architect/engineer and training coordinator for Miles Consulting Corporation (MCC), a premiere Microsoft Gold partner and consulting firm. He is currently a senior network engineer supporting a large enterprise network at Pacific Coast Companies.

He holds many certifications including the Microsoft MCSE, MCSA, MCT; CompTIA’s A+, Network+, Server+, Linux+, Security+ and CTT+; Cisco CCNA; and Novell’s CNE and CWNP Certified Wireless Network Administrator (CWNA).

Over the last several years, he has written several textbooks for Prentice Hall, including Troubleshooting the PC, Networking with Windows 2000 and 2003, Linux, Local Area Networks, Wide Area Networks, and the Acing Series (Acing the A+, Acing the Network+, Acing the Security+, and Acing the Linux+). He has also co-authored the MCSA/MCSE 70-290 Exam Cram: Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment, Second Edition and has written several Exam Cram books for the Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 certification exams.

You can write with questions and comments to the author at Patrick_Regan@hotmail.com. (Because of the high volume of mail, every message might not receive a reply.)