Introduction

Welcome to the Microsoft Windows NT Resource Kit Volume 1: Windows NT Resource Guide.

The Windows NT Resource Kit also includes the following volumes:

• Volume 2: Windows NT Networking Guide, which provides more specific information on Windows NT networking, TCP/IP, and the Internet.
• Volume 3: Windows NT Messages, which provides information on local and remote debugging and on interpreting error messages.
• Volume 4: Optimizing Windows NT, which provides a step-by-step approach to understanding all the basic performance management techniques.

The Windows NT Resource Guide is designed for people who are, or who want to become, expert users of Microsoft® Windows NT™ Workstation and Microsoft Windows NT Server. The book presents detailed, easy-to-read technical information to help you better manage how Windows NT is used at your site. It contains specific information for system administrators who are responsible for installing, managing, and integrating Windows NT in a network or multiuser environment.

The Windows NT Resource Guide is a technical supplement to the documentation included as part of the Windows NT product and does not replace that information as the source for learning how to use Windows NT features and utilities.

This introduction includes three kinds of information you can use to get started:

• The first section outlines the contents of this book, so that you can quickly find technical details about specific elements of Windows NT.
• The second section introduces the Windows NT Resource Kit CD and disks.
• The third section describes the conventions used to present information in this book.