About the Authors

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Charlie Russel and Sharon Crawford are coauthors of numerous books on operating systems. Their titles include Running Microsoft Windows NT Server 4, UNIX and Linux Answers, NT and UNIX Intranet Secrets, and Upgrading to Windows 98.

Charlie Russel has years of system administration experience with a specialty in combined Windows NT and UNIX networks. In addition to his books with Ms. Crawford, he has also written ABCs of Windows NT Workstation 4.0 and SCO OpenServer and Windows Networking.

Sharon Crawford is a former editor now engaged in writing full time. She is the author of Windows 98: No Experience Required, ABCs of Windows 98 and the coauthor of Windows 2000 Professional for Dummies (with Andy Rathbone). Ms. Crawford also writes a regular column on Windows 2000 and Windows 98 for the online bookseller Fatbrain.com (at http://www.fatbrain.com/ hottechnologies.html).

Jason Gerend has contributed to a number of computer books, including Outlook 2000 At a Glance, FrontPage 2000 At a Glance, The Complete Reference to Office 2000, and The Microsoft Help Desk for Windows NT Workstation. He began fooling around with operating systems as far back as MS-DOS 2. Since 1995, Mr. Gerend has been a freelance Webmaster and computer consultant.