About the Contributors

Everette Beatley is a fourth-year computer engineering major at Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Virginia. He currently works for Southern Electronics, Inc. in Kilmarnock, Virginia, as a System Administrator. When not in school, Everette lives in Lancaster, Virginia, where he enjoys road cycling and waterskiing on the Rappahannock River.

Eric Butow has authored or coauthored seven books since 2000, including Master Visually Windows 2000 Server, Teach Yourself Visually Windows 2000 Server, FrontPage 2002 Weekend Crash Course, C#: Your Visual Blueprint, Creating Web Pages Bible, and Dreamweaver MX 2004 Savvy. His most recent book is The PDF Book for Microsoft Office, an e-book produced by ExcelUser.com. He is also the CEO of Butow Communications Group (BCG), a technical writing and web design firm based in Roseville, California. Butow also writes for Addison-Wesley.

Greg Dickinson lives in Birmingham, Alabama, and has 10 years experience with computer networking. He works for one of the top 30 banks in the country, packaging and distributing software packages and updates to the bank’s 6,000 desktops. When not wrestling with the intricacies of enterprise networks, Greg likes to spend his time recording training videos and singing in a barbershop chorus.

Diana Huggins is currently the Information Services Technical Communication Specialist for Great-West Life. She also works as an independent contractor providing both technical writing and consulting services. Diana has authored/coauthored several certification study guides, including Windows 2000 Directory Services Design (Exam Cram 70-219) as well as MCSE Planning and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure (Exam 70-293). To complement this, she also spends a portion of her time providing technical-editing services and developing certification practice exams.

Alex G. Morales first managed networked computer systems in the 1980s and has since managed some of the world’s largest Internet sites. Along with several industry certifications, he holds a bachelor’s degree in anthropology from the University of Texas, and currently leads a stalwart team of engineers in the global deployment of Windows Vista at Dell, Inc. Alex lives in Austin, Texas, with his muse, Gwen, her son Evan, and Molly the Border Collie.

Will Schmied, MCSE, is a Senior Systems Administrator for a world-renowned children’s research hospital. As a freelance writer, Will has worked with many publishers, including Microsoft and Pearson. Will has also worked directly with Microsoft in the MCSE exam-development process and is the founder of the popular Internet certification portal, www.mcseworld.com. Will currently resides in northern Mississippi with his wife, Chris; their children, Christopher, Austin, Andrea, and Hannah; their dogs, Charlie and Jack; and their cats, Smokey, Evin, and Socks.

Mark Edward Soper has worked with computers and related technologies since 1983 and specializes in technology education through training, writing, and public speaking. He has taught computer troubleshooting and other subjects to thousands of students, and is the author or coauthor of 17 books, most recently Upgrading and Repairing Networks, 5th edition, published by Que Publishing, and has also written more than 150 magazine articles. He has CompTIA A+ and Microsoft MCP certifications and provides online self-help content for Skywire Software, technology screening questions for ReviewNet. He also teaches applied technology classes for IvyTech Community College of Indiana. Mark lives in Evansville, Indiana, and blogs at www.markesoper.com.

Steve Suehring is a technology architect and author with a diverse background of computing experience. In recent years, Steve has worked on several books and magazine articles and has been an editor for a popular technology magazine. Steve has spoken at conferences and meetings internationally and currently works with clients to help them optimize and better utilize technologies, both old and new.

Brent Thal is a Virginian who is a senior at Christopher Newport University in computer engineering and plans to attend graduate school in computer science and applied physics. Brent comes from a long line of engineers. His grandfather was a mechanical engineer, and his father is a registered professional engineer (P.E.) in civil engineering and an adjunct professor of engineering at the University of Virginia. After graduate school, Brent plans to work in the computer engineering field for a highly reputable company and continue to write as a contributing author.