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- + Cover
- Contents at a Glance
- Table of Contents
- Foreword to the Second Edition
- Acknowledgments
- + Introduction
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Part I: Overview
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Chapter 1: Overview of Windows Vista Improvements
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Chapter 2: Security in Windows Vista
- + Addressing Specific Security Concerns with Windows Vista
- + New and Improved Windows Vista Security Features
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Architectural and Internal Windows Vista Security Improvements
- Code Integrity (CI)
- Windows Resource Protection (WRP)
- Kernel Patch Protection
- Required Driver Signing
- Windows Service Hardening
- Authorization Manager
- Network Access Protection Client
- Web Services for Management
- Crypto Next Generation (CNG) Services
- Data Execution Prevention (DEP)
- Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR)
- New Logon Architecture
- Rights Management Services (RMS)
- Multiple Local Group Policy Objects
- Summary
- + Additional Resources
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Chapter 1: Overview of Windows Vista Improvements
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Part II: Deployment
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Chapter 3: Deployment Platform
- + Chapter 4: Planning Deployment
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Chapter 5: Testing Application Compatibility
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Chapter 6: Developing Disk Images
- + Getting Started
- Capturing Images with Microsoft Deployment Toolkit
- Navigating Deployment Workbench
- Creating a Distribution Share
- + Configuring the Distribution Share
- Creating Task Sequences
- + Editing a Task Sequence
- + Creating the Lab Deployment Point
- Capturing a Disk Image for LTI
- + Capturing a Disk Image for ZTI
- Manually Preparing Images
- Customizing Microsoft Deployment Toolkit
- Summary
- + Additional Resources
- + Chapter 7: Migrating User State Data
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Chapter 8: Deploying Applications
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Chapter 9: Preparing Windows PE
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Chapter 10: Configuring Windows DS
- + Introducing Windows DS
- + Planning for Windows DS
- + Installing Windows DS
- Configuring Windows DS
- Preparing Discover Images
- + Importing Images
- + Managing Image Security
- Installing Windows Vista
- Capturing Custom Images
- + Creating Multicast Transmissions
- Using Windows DS with Microsoft Deployment Toolkit
- Summary
- + Additional Resources
- + Chapter 11: Using Volume Activation
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Chapter 12: Deploying with Microsoft Deployment Toolkit
- + Introducing MDT 2008
- + Using LTI with MDT 2008
- + Using ZTI with SMS 2003
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Using ZTI with System Center Configuration Manager 2007
- Enabling System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Console Integration
- Configuring Resource Access
- Configuring System Center Configuration Manager 2007 to Respond to PXE Boot Requests
- Defining Computers in System Center Configuration Manager 2007
- Required Packages and Templates
- Advertising a Task Sequence
- + Customizing MDT 2008
- Summary
- + Additional Resources
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Chapter 3: Deployment Platform
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Part III: Desktop Management
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Chapter 13: Managing the Desktop Environment
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Chapter 14: Managing Users and User Data
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Chapter 15: Managing Disks and File Systems
- + Overview of Partitioning Disks
- + Working with Volumes
- File System Fragmentation
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Backup and Restore
- How File Backups Work
- File and Folder Backup Structure
- How Complete PC Backups Work
- How to Start a Complete PC Backup from the Command Line
- How to Restore a Complete PC Backup
- Complete PC Backup Structure
- Best Practices for Computer Backups
- How to Manage Backup Using Group Policy Settings
- Previous Versions and Shadow Copies
- Windows ReadyBoost
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BitLocker Drive Encryption
- How BitLocker Encrypts Data
- How BitLocker Protects Data
- BitLocker Phases
- BitLocker Requirements
- How to Configure BitLocker Partitions
- How to Enable the Use of BitLocker on Computers Without TPM
- How to Enable BitLocker Encryption
- How to Manage BitLocker Keys on a Local Computer
- How to Manage BitLocker from the Command Line
- How to Recover Data Protected by BitLocker
- How to Disable or Remove BitLocker Drive Encryption
- How to Permanently Decommission a BitLocker Drive
- How to Prepare Active Directory for BitLocker
- How to Manage BitLocker with Group Policy
- The Costs of BitLocker
- + Encrypting File System
- + Symbolic Links
- + Disk Quotas
- + Disk Tools
- Summary
- + Additional Resources
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Chapter 16: Managing Devices and Services
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Chapter 17: Managing Sharing
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Managing File Sharing
- Understanding Local Sharing
- Understanding Network Sharing
- Implementing File Sharing
- Managing File Sharing Using Group Policy
- Creating and Managing Shares Using the Net Commands
- Creating and Managing Shares Using Scripts
- Troubleshooting File Sharing
- Best Practices for Implementing File Sharing in a Workgroup Environment
- Best Practices for Implementing File Sharing in a Domain Environment
- + Managing Media Sharing
- Summary
- + Additional Resources
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Managing File Sharing
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Chapter 18: Managing Windows Meeting Space
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Understanding How Meeting Space Works
- Meeting Space and Microsoft P2P Collaboration Services
- Meeting Space and IPv6
- Meeting Space and the Peer Name Resolution Protocol (PNRP)
- Meeting Space and People Near Me
- Meeting Space Services
- Meeting Space and Windows Firewall
- Meeting Space and Security
- How a Meeting Works
- Limitations of Meeting Space
- + Deploying and Managing Meeting Space
- + Using Meeting Space
- Troubleshooting Meeting Space
- Summary
- + Additional Resources
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Understanding How Meeting Space Works
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Chapter 19: Managing Printing
- Enhancements to Printing in Windows Vista
- + Understanding Printing in Windows Vista
- + Understanding Print Management
- + Managing Printers Using Print Management
- + Client-Side Management of Printers
- + Managing Client-Side Printer Experience Using Group Policy
- + Deploying Printers Using Group Policy
- + Migrating Print Servers
- + Monitoring and Troubleshooting Printers
- Summary
- + Additional Resources
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Chapter 20: Managing Search
- + Chapter 21: Managing Internet Explorer
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Chapter 13: Managing the Desktop Environment
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Part IV: Desktop Maintenance
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Chapter 22: Maintaining Desktop Health
- + Monitoring Reliability and Performance
- + Understanding Windows Eventing
- + Understanding the Windows System Assessment Tool
- + Using Performance Information And Tools
- + Understanding Windows Error Reporting
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Using Task Scheduler
- Task Scheduler Enhancements and Improvements
- Operational Overview
- Task Scheduler Architecture
- Task Scheduler Security
- AT and Task Scheduler v1.0 Compatibility Modes
- Task Scheduler User Interface
- Creating New Tasks
- Managing Tasks
- Using the SchTasks.exe Command
- Scheduled Tasks Events
- Troubleshooting Task Scheduler
- Interpreting Result and Return Codes
- Summary
- + Additional Resources
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Chapter 23: Supporting Users Using Remote Assistance
- + Understanding Remote Assistance
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Implementing and Managing Remote Assistance
- Initiating Remote Assistance Sessions
- Scenario 1: Offering Remote Assistance Using DCOM
- Scenario 2: Soliciting Remote Assistance by Creating RA Tickets and Saving Them on Monitored Network Shares
- Managing Remote Assistance Using Group Policy
- Configuring Remote Assistance in Unmanaged Environments
- Additional Registry Settings for Configuring Remote Assistance
- Summary
- + Additional Resources
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Chapter 24: Managing Software Updates
- Update Improvements to Windows Vista
- + Methods for Deploying Updates
- + Manually Installing, Scripting, and Removing Updates
- + Managing BITS
- Windows Update Group Policy Settings
- Configuring Windows Update to Use a Proxy Server
- + Tools for Auditing Software Updates
- Troubleshooting the Windows Update Client
- + The Process of Updating Network Software
- + How Microsoft Distributes Updates
- Summary
- + Additional Resources
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Chapter 25: Managing Client Protection
- Understanding the Risk of Malware
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User Account Control
- UAC for Standard Users
- UAC for Administrators
- UAC User Interface
- How Windows Vista Determines If an Application Needs Administrative Privileges
- UAC Virtualization
- UAC and Startup Programs
- Compatibility Problems with UAC
- How to Configure User Account Control
- How to Configure Auditing for Privilege Elevation
- Other UAC Event Logs
- Best Practices for Using UAC
- Managing Client Certificates
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Using Windows Defender
- Understanding Windows Defender
- Windows Defender Alert Levels
- Understanding Microsoft SpyNet
- Configuring Windows Defender Group Policy
- Configuring Windows Defender on a Single Computer
- Windows Defender Tools
- Requiring Windows Defender Using Network Access Protection
- Best Practices for Using Windows Defender
- How to Troubleshoot Problems with Unwanted Software
- Network Access Protection
- Microsoft Forefront Client Security
- Summary
- + Additional Resources
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Chapter 22: Maintaining Desktop Health
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Part V: Networking
- + Chapter 26: Configuring Windows Networking
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Chapter 27: Configuring Windows Firewall and IPsec
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Understanding Windows Firewall
- Understanding the Windows Filtering Platform
- Understanding Windows Service Hardening
- Understanding Windows Firewall Profiles
- Understanding Windows Firewall Policy Storage and Rule Merge Logic
- Understanding Windows Firewall Rules
- Understanding IPsec Integration
- Understanding Windows Firewall Logging and Auditing
- + Managing Windows Firewall
- Summary
- + Additional Resources
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Understanding Windows Firewall
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Chapter 28: Connecting Remote Users and Networks
- + Understanding Connection Types
- + Configuring Virtual Private Network Connections
- + Configuring Dial-Up Connections
- Managing Connections Using Group Policy
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Using Remote Desktop
- Understanding Remote Desktop
- Steps for Using Remote Desktop
- Enabling Remote Desktop and Authorizing Users on a Single Computer
- Enabling Remote Desktop Using Group Policy
- Configuring and Deploying Remote Desktop Connection
- Establishing a Remote Desktop Session
- Improving Remote Desktop Performance
- Troubleshooting Remote Desktop
- Summary
- + Additional Resources
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Chapter 29: Deploying IPv6
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Part VI: Troubleshooting
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Chapter 30: Configuring Startup and Troubleshooting Startup Issues
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Chapter 31: Troubleshooting Hardware, Driver, and Disk Issues
- + Windows Vista Improvements for Hardware and Driver Troubleshooting
- + The Process of Troubleshooting Hardware Issues
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How to Diagnose Hardware Problems
- How to Use Device Manager to Identify Failed Devices
- How to Check the Physical Setup of Your Computer
- How to Check the Configuration of Your Hardware
- How to Verify That System Firmware and Peripheral Firmware Are Up to Date
- How to Test Your Hardware by Running Diagnostic Tools
- How to Diagnose Disk-Related Problems
- + How to Use Built-In Diagnostics
- + How to Troubleshoot Disk Problems
- + How to Troubleshoot Driver Problems
- How to Use System Restore
- + How to Troubleshoot USB Problems
- How to Troubleshoot Bluetooth Problems
- + Troubleshooting Tools
- Summary
- + Additional Resources
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Chapter 32: Troubleshooting Network Issues
- + Tools for Troubleshooting
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The Process of Troubleshooting Network Problems
- How to Troubleshoot Network Connectivity Problems
- How to Troubleshoot Application Connectivity Problems
- How to Troubleshoot Name-Resolution Problems
- How to Troubleshoot Performance Problems and Intermittent Connectivity Issues
- How to Troubleshoot Joining or Logging on to a Domain
- How to Troubleshoot Network Discovery
- How to Troubleshoot File and Printer Sharing
- How to Troubleshoot Wireless Networks
- How to Troubleshoot Firewall Problems
- Summary
- + Additional Resources
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Chapter 33: Troubleshooting Stop Messages
- + Stop Message Overview
- + Memory Dump Files
- + Being Prepared for Stop Errors
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Common Stop Messages
- Stop 0xA or IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
- Stop 0x1E or KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED
- Stop 0x24 or NTFS_FILE_SYSTEM
- Stop 0x2E or DATA_BUS_ERROR
- Stop 0x3F or NO_MORE_SYSTEM_PTES
- Stop 0x50 or PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA
- Stop 0x77 or KERNEL_STACK_INPAGE_ERROR
- Stop 0x7A or KERNEL_DATA_INPAGE_ERROR
- Stop 0x7B or INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE
- Stop 0x7F or UNEXPECTED_KERNEL_MODE_TRAP
- Stop 0x9F or DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE
- Stop 0xBE or ATTEMPTED_WRITE_TO_READONLY_MEMORY
- Stop 0xC2 or BAD_POOL_CALLER
- Stop 0xCE or DRIVER_ UNLOADED_WITHOUT_CANCELLING_PENDING_OPERATIONS
- Stop 0xD1 or DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
- Stop 0xD8 or DRIVER_USED_EXCESSIVE_PTES
- Stop 0xEA or THREAD_STUCK_IN_DEVICE_DRIVER
- Stop 0xED or UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME
- Stop 0xFE or BUGCODE_USB_DRIVER
- Stop 0xC000021A or STATUS_SYSTEM_PROCESS_TERMINATED
- Stop 0xC0000221 or STATUS_IMAGE_CHECKSUM_MISMATCH
- Hardware Malfunction Messages
- + Stop Message Checklist
- Summary
- + Additional Resources
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Chapter 30: Configuring Startup and Troubleshooting Startup Issues
- + Appendices
- Glossary
- Index
- About the Authors
- System Requirements
In-depth, comprehensive, and fully updated for Service Pack 1, this RESOURCE KIT delivers the information you need to administer Windows Vista. You get authoritative technical guidance from those who know the technology best—Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals and the Windows Vista team—along with essential scripts and resources on the CD.
Get expert guidance on how to:
Use Microsoft Deployment Toolkit best practices and tools
Plan user-state migration and test application compatibility
Exploit new Group Policy features, settings, and ADMX templates
Configure software updates and client-security technologies
Administer disks, file systems, file sharing, search, and Internet Explorer
Install and troubleshoot printers, devices, and services
Manage IPsec, IPv6, wireless, and remote connectivity
Use performance monitoring and diagnostic tools to manage desktop health
Resolve common startup, hardware, and networking issues
CD features:
120+ sample VBScript scripts
25 sample Windows PowerShell scripts
Troubleshooting tools
Links to toolkits, documentation, and white papers
Complete eBook of INTRODUCING WINDOW SERVER 2008
Sample chapters from related Microsoft Press books
Fully searchable eBook of this guide
Plus: * See “Direct from the Source” sidebars for deep insights and troubleshooting tips from the Windows Vista team
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Book Details
Authors
Jerry Honeycutt, Mitch Tulloch, and Tony Northrup
Categories
Computers > Operating Systems > Windows Server & NT
Publishers
Publication year : 2009
License: All rights reserved ©
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