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Programming Windows Security (DevelopMentor Series)

Keith Brown

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Windows 2000 and NT offer programmers powerful security tools that few developers use to the fullest -- and many are completely unaware of. In Programming Windows Security, a top Windows security expert shows exactly how to apply them in enterprise applications. Keith Brown starts with a complete roadmap to the Windows 2000 security architecture, describing every component and how they all fit together. He reviews the "actors" in a secure system, including principals, authorities, authentication, domains, and the local security authority; and the role of trust in secure Windows 2000 applications. Developers will understand the security implications of the broader Windows 2000 environment, including logon sessions, tokens, and window stations. Next, Brown introduces Windows 2000 authorization and access control, including groups, aliases, roles, privileges, security descriptors, DACLs and SACLs - showing how to choose the best access strategy for any application. In Part II, he walks developers through using each of Windows 2000's security tools, presenting techniques for building more secure setup programs, using privileges at runtime, working with window stations and user profiles, and using Windows 2000's dramatically changed ACLs. Finally, Brown provides techniques and sample code for network authentication, working with the file system redirector, using RPC security, and making the most of COM/COM+ security.

Active Server Pages 2.0 for Dummies

Bill Hatfield

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Ready to create interactive Web pages? Then welcome to Active Server Pages For Dummies, 2nd Edition. In this guide, you'll see exactly what ASP is all about and how it works.

You may be a Web site or intranet developer for a company, or the owner of a personal or small business Web site, or a programmer who wants to get in on all the hot new technologies. In any case, you're always looking for ways to make your job easier and your Web site cooler. You probably

• Know how to use Windows NT or Windows 95/98 and your web server software, at least well enough to get around.
• Are familiar with HTML and have played around with some advanced tags.
• Have had at least a little exposure to a scripting language like VBScript, JavaScript, Perl, or REXX.
• Have worked with a macro language such as you'd find in a spreadsheet or other application.
• Have actually done some programming in Java, Visual Basic, C, or COBOL.

But don't worry. To get the most out of this book, you don't have to be a programmer or an HTML guru. Active Server Pages makes activating your Web site easy.

In Active Server Pages For Dummies, you'll discover

• What Active Server Pages is and how it fits into the world of CGI, ISAPI, ActiveX controls, and all the other Internet stuff that promises to make your Web site more exciting.
• What you need to know about the programming languages.
• How to use objects that are a part of your web server to get all sorts of information and to change the way things work.
• How to access database information from a Web page.
• What happens after you start to pull together the capabilities to create real Web applications.

Active Server Pages is easy. You've heard that said before, only to be overwhelmed with enough confusing gibberish to choke a camel. But with this guide, you can believe it.

Statistics with Confidence: Confidence Intervals and Statistical Guidelines (Book with Diskette for Windows 95, 98, NT)

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This highly popular introduction to confidence intervals has been thoroughly updated and expanded. It includes methods for using confidence intervals, with illustrative worked examples and extensive guidelines and checklists to help the novice.

Win32 API Programming with Visual Basic

Steven Roman

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Packed with useful information 5 out of 5 stars.
10 of 10 people found this review helpful.

This is an excellent book to learn about Windows from a developer's perspective. It has the most lucid explanations I've read on the Windows operating system, covering topics such as processes, threads, synchronization, memory architecture, Windows messages, DLL injection and device contexts. There is a whole chapter dedicated to strings where the author cleary explains ALL types of strings used in Windows (there are very few books that include this important topic). For those who complain about not enough coverage of the Win32 API, *READ THE PREFACE!*. The author states very clearly that the book is "...not intended to be an encyclopedia for the Win32 API...", the goal is to present "...enough information to get an overall feel for the Windows OS and the Win32 API...". I think he went beyond the stated goal. As for the reviewers complaining about the book heavy slant towards C, it escapes me how anyone would want to read about the Win32 API without expecting to find C all over the place. This is not a book to learn VB syntax or VB tricks, it's about how to interact with the Win32 API from VB, so it's important to learn the details about the API, not about VB. Last but not least, do not expect this to be a hardcore guide to Win32 programming, that's something you just can't do with VB.

Added Dec 12, 2001: After studying the new .NET platform I realize that this book is sadly outdated. You can still use the Win32 API in VB.NET, but there's no good reason to do that anymore because the .NET framework provides equivalents for just about every API call you can think of, and more.

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The Win32 API, or Application Programming Interface, allows Visual Basic programmers far greater access to the inner workings of the Windows operating system without having to suffer through the steep learning curve associated with Visual C++ style Windows programming. The book is designed for users with an intermediate-level (or higher) knowledge of Visual Basic version 4 or later and a desire to stretch VB into the realm of Windows system programming. Users do not need to have any background in Visual C++, nor do they need to have any previous experience with the Win32 API. This book helps VB programmers eliminate the trial and error process that is usually associated with calling the Win32 API from Visual Basic.

Windows XP: Top 100 Simplified Tips & Tricks (Top 100 Simplified Tips & Tricks)

Paul McFedries

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MY computer Help Books 4 out of 5 stars.
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I can read my e-mail, play a few games, and download pictures and print them, but gettin the most our of my computer requires a little tweaking. The books, Simplified Tips and Tricks and Windows XP for Dummies provides that extra help. I'm glad I bought them, now for a little more time to really read them from cover to cover!

book about Windows XP 5 out of 5 stars.
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This is a tremendous NEW book on little known tricks that you can use with the Windows XP program on your Computer.. Exceptional! And Colorful too!

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* Organized in ten chapters, with ten tasks per chapter, this full-color guide delivers 100 techniques to help Windows users work faster and smarter
* Updated to cover the new features available with Service Pack 2, including the Windows Firewall and other security enhancements, wireless options, and the revamped Internet Explorer and Windows Media Player
* Full-color screen shots, numbered, step-by-step instructions, and an irresistible price make this book a must for visually oriented Windows users who want to take their skills to the next level

Windows NT File System Internals (OSR Classic Reprints)

Rajeev Nagar

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This book is a licensed reprint of the original content from "Windows NT File System Internals", by Rajeev Nagar, originally published by O'Reilly & Associates in 1998. As recently announced in The NT Insider, OSR purchased the publishing rights to this industry-recognized book, and is pleased to be able to make this reprint available to the Windows file system development community, under the new, OSR Press publishing label. The high level table of contents for this book is as follows: Windows NT System Components, File System Driver Development, Structured Driver Development, The I/O Manager, The NT Virtual Memory Manager, The NT Cache Manager (I, II, III), Writing A File System Driver (I, II, III), and Filter Drivers. Again, please note that the original contents of this book (circa 1998) have not been updated for this reprint. However, given the core file system interface in Windows has not drastically changed (like other driver models in Windows), this book is still valuable to the Windows file system and filter driver development community. OSR Press does have plans for updates to the original contents of this book, likely to be published under a new title. Stay tuned!

The Best of Windows Vista: the Official Magazine: A real-life guide to Windows Vista and your PC

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Explore all you can do with Windows Vista with guidance from the editors of the Official Windows Vista magazine. Using real-life examples and step-by-step tutorials in vibrant color this book delivers practical and fun advice on everything from setting up your PC to finding your way around new features and functions. You ll learn how to help keep your system secure, manage your files, explore new digital media and entertainment capabilities, synch your devices, fine-tune system performance, and more.
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Provides a lively and practical overview of Windows Vista features and capabilities Includes real-life scenarios and step-by-step tutorials in full color Written by the editors of the official Windows Vista magazine

Windows Terminal Services (Mark Minasi Windows Administrator Library)

Christa Anderson

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Well Organized 5 out of 5 stars.
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This is a description of Windows Terminal Services as applied to Windows Server 2000. It does not cover Windows Server 2003. This means that the interfaces for the dialog boxes reflect Windows Server 2000. Otherwise the diagrams and tables are excellent for elucidating Terminal Services.

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Think thin! Clients, that is. The Terminal Services component of the Microsoft Windows 2000 Server operating system can deliver the Windows 2000 desktop, as well as the latest Windows-based applications, to virtually any desktop computing device, including those that cannot run Windows. If you're a Windows administrators needing to provide remote employees and local thin clients access to applications installed on the server, then this is book you can't afford to be without. This latest addition to the highly-acclaimed Mark Minasi Windows Administrator Library provides in-depth coverage not available in all-in-one Windows administration books, addressing every issue Windows administrators need to know about to install, configure, and maintain Terminal Services from the ground up.

Windows XP Visual Quick Tips

Paul McFedries

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Small but mighty 5 out of 5 stars.
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"Windows XP Visual Quick Tips" is an excellent reference guide for someone who needs to have facts and their finger tips as they use Windows XP, especially if it it is not their primary operating system. I suspect with the introduction of Apple's new line of computers which run both Mac OS as well as Windows XP, side by side, their will be many personal computer users who fall into this category: Users who are practically experts in Mac OS but neophytes when it comes to Windows XP (or any other version of Windows for that matter). In "Windows XP Visual Quick Tips, " author Paul McFedries has done an excellent job of selecting the most important aspects of Windows XP to share with the new Windows user thereby ending up with a handy, small book to keep at the user's side rather than a behemoth that resembles a bible. Designer Kathie S. Rickard and Illustrator Ronda David-Burroughs deserve special mention for their keen ability in complementing McFedries' text thereby greatly enhancing the book's design -- in full color with excellent screen shots that effectively complement the narrative text. Although I already knew a fair amount of the information contained in this guide, I read every page because of its layout and design. I highly recommend "Windows XP Visual Quick Tips." it will get used extensively as you familiarize yourself with, what for many Mac users, is a strange new world.

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Programming Windows Services with Microsoft Visual Basic 2008

Michael Gernaey

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Get the practical reference to developing Windows services with Visual Basic 2008. Addressing the leading trend of software as a service, this guide illustrates how developers with intermediate Visual Basic skills can design and implement Web services. It addresses a critical gap in the developer literature today, showing that services can be developed with Visual Basic 2008 and are not restricted to XML-based applications or Microsoft Visual C#®. Software as a service is changing the dynamic between rich and thin clients. As device types multiply, users expect always-on connectivity to link them to the robust Web and corporate applications they use on the desktop. Services, which offload data storage and processing tasks to a server, run efficiently on Web platforms on any device. Services do not need to be a complex coding task and this is the ideal resource for creating modern, service-oriented applications. It covers integration of services with other Microsoft technologies, including Microsoft BizTalk® Server, Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS), and Microsoft SQL ServerTM. Plus, you ll get extensive code snippets and sample applications.

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Delivers practical guidance on how to develop Windows services using Visual Basic 2008

Covers integration of services with other Microsoft platforms including BizTalk, IIS, and SQL Server

Features extensive code snippets and sample applications