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# MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-680): Configuring Windows® 7 (Microsoft Press Training Kit) 1st Edition

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## Customer Reviews

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    I passed with this book, but I also used other materials
  

*by J***N on Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2013*

I originally bought this book to introduce myself to Windows 7 when it first came out, which it helped a lot with.  I've understood imaging and troubleshooting Windows PCs for 10+ years and Windows 7 was quite different to me. I never used Vista btw.  I started reading through this book thinking I might go take the test later.  Cut to 2 years later.  Finally started to get serious about studying for the test (now that Windows 8 is out).  I originally used this book to help me gain some knowledge about imaging with Windows utilities rather than using Ghost like we'd always done at my company with XP.  It was a great help at pointing me in the right direction for that.  Not everything is in the book but it does have several links printed in the book for where you can find more info on those free tools.  I've been imaging all of our new Windows 7 PCs with the free utilities provided by Microsoft ever since.  I now have over 2 years experience doing it and consider myself pretty familiar with the process.  That being said, I still struggled studying for this test.  After finally reading through the book fully, I started taking the practice exams included in the book.  The practice exams are setup like the multiple choice questions you'd get on a real test, however when you answer something wrong you can review why each answer is correct or incorrect with very thorough descriptions.  I really liked that part of the practice tests.  After taking 3 practice tests, and reviewing chapters of the areas I was lacking in, I finally was able to pass one.  I was a little concerned though because I was starting to recognize questions from previous tests since there is only a handful of questions in the test bank.  Still feeling good passing a practice test, I scheduled my real test (also taking advantage of the Second Shot, which cannot be used with the 15% off voucher in the back of the book, it's one or the other).  I felt very nervous about whether I was ready to take the test so I came to Amazon and stared reading many of reviews on this book to see if people felt it was a good prep book.  Everyone complained that the practice tests are not hard enough compared to the real test, and there are several errors in the book (which I myself found several, Raid-5 on Windows 7 is one).  There are many one star & two start reviews here that IMO aren't very valid.  Many of the people that wrote them are probably people that don't image PCs in their job, or are people fresh out of school that don't really know much about Windows deployments in the corporate world.  It's also probably their first MS test and pretty much all of them start with a Desktop test like this one, so take those reviews with a grain of salt.  I tried to look for the reviews that listed a passing test score for a real world review of this book.  Several pointed to the 70-680 Rapid Review book by the same author, of which all 6 reviews said it was a great companion book to help prep for the test.  Feeling I may not be fully prepared for the test and the fact that the other book is only $20 I ordered it with 2-day shipping.  It's not a full text book, more of an exam cram pocket book.  It goes over all the material in order by asking True/False questions then explaining in more detail about each question.  It was a very quick read.  I was able read it within the week before my actual test.  Even with all that I still failed my first test by maybe a question or 2.  A win IMO.  There is stuff on the test that is not in either book.  Command line utilities for Network Projectors is one (which was easy to guess the right answer but still).  I then used my MS print out of the areas I needed work on, one being deploying Windows (Srsly?!? I thought I'd pass that no problem, my issue was with VHDs and the different deployment options with them, none of which I do in my job).  The authors are absolutely correct when they say that they are more likely to test over the new features of Windows 7 (BranchCache, AppLocker, BitLocker, VHDs, XP Mode, DISM vs Imagex, WDS, Windows SIM, MDT, Event Viewer Performance counters, Data Collector sets, Resource Monitor, Reliability Monitor, new task manager, & InPrivate Browsing, to name a few).  After studying the two areas I clearly failed on my first test for about a month, I rescheduled my free Second Shot (these are the best way to test IMO).  I was a lot less nervous the second time around as I knew what to expect.  I passed with an 850.  I will say this book, the practice tests, the rapid review book, and my job all helped me to pass.  If you don't do this stuff in your daily job I'd say actually do the Training tasks in the book (I skipped all of them).

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    I feel it is not enough...
  

*by R***L on Reviewed in the United States on May 16, 2014*

Updated Review in 2020----------------------------Whether it is not enough information. The available information that this book contain still valuable for me until now (2020). I keep this book as a reference and get back to read to the point that I need to accomplish my task as a Freelance IT consultant. Whether technology of windows 7 is out of date but some command and feature still useful in windows 8 or windows 10. Love this book.Thank,KanelReview in 2014------------------I read this book because I want to learn the technology of windows 7, not for an exam purpose. But I feel that the the information from this book is not completely detail as expected. Each lesson from a chapter always include a link of a reference to a full document of the explain feature... Compare to my previous book in Windows XP (exam 70-270), this book has less information than the previous book that I read, Ex. local security policy, wireless security... On the other hand, this book come with only the DVD of the ebook and the webcast of windows. There is no trial version of windows 7 on DVD that it should be include... unlike windows xp that has an evaluation of windows xp on the CD...If you take this book for an exam, you should try to find another book to read more in order to fill up the missing information...

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    A Great Reference, but you need to do more than just read the book to pass the exam...
  

*by R***Z on Reviewed in the United States on November 26, 2013*

One of the best references I've used IRT the MCTS 070-680 certification.  But... Be advised, to pass the test (assuming you are learning this material for the first time) you need to do all the practice labs, read or review all the "For more information..."  links and watch all the webcasts included on the CD.  If you've never imaged, modified, remotely accessed or deployed Windows in an enterprise, it is essential to have two or more clients that you can load, wipe, reload and 'futz' with.  Reading the text will probably NOT give you enough to pass the exam.  The preface section does state "It is assumed you've been working with windows for X years" (and you're already familiar with all the numerous utilities, acronyms, abbreviations and dependencies associated with MS Windows...)  The MCTS for Windows 7 configuration certification is not a no-brainer, it takes dedicated studying and focused attention.  At least for a Solaris/UNIX guy.UPDATE:  On 3 January, I passed the exam.  The exam date was impacted/delayed by technical issues at the testing center.  I augmented my studies with practice exam questions from the internet.  Huge Help!

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