Windows Vista® Resource Kit, Second Edition 2nd Updated ed. Edition

by Jerry Honeycutt (Author), Mitch Tulloch (Author), Tony Northrup (Author)

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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

A Note Regarding the CD or DVD

The print version of this book ships with a CD or DVD. For those customers purchasing one of the digital formats in which this book is available, we are pleased to offer the CD/DVD content as a free download via O'Reilly Media's Digital Distribution services. To download this content, please visit O'Reilly's web site, search for the title of this book to find its catalog page, and click on the link below the cover image (Examples, Companion Content, or Practice Files). Note that while we provide as much of the media content as we are able via free download, we are sometimes limited by licensing restrictions. Please direct any questions or concerns to booktech@oreilly.com.

About the Author

Jerry Honeycutt, MVP for Windows, is a popular author with more than 25 books to his credit, including Microsoft Windows Desktop Deployment Resource Kit. In addition, he is a columnist for Windows XP Expert Zone and Microsoft TechNet.

Mitch Tulloch is a trainer, consultant, and author living in Winnipeg, Canada. In addition to his Nutshell books for O'Reilly listed below, Mitch is also the author of the Microsoft Encyclopedia of Networking and Microsoft Encyclopedia of Security, both from Microsoft Press, and a string of best-selling books on IIS from Osborne/McGraw-Hill. If you're interested you can find out more about Mitch on his website www.mtit.com. In addition to his O'Reilly weblog, Mitch also maintains a "techblog" at mitchtulloch.blogspot.com containing random thoughts, ideas, suggestions, tips, and resources for network and system administrators.

Tony Northrup, MCTS, MCSE, CISP, MVP, is a networking consultant and coauthor of Windows Server 2008 Networking and Network Access Protection (NAP).

Product details

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Microsoft Press; 2nd Updated ed. edition (July 16, 2008)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 1728 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0735625964
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0735625969
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 5.2 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.25 x 2.5 x 9 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #6,572,895 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #56 in Windows Vista Guides
- #872 in Windows Server Guides
- #3,766 in Computer Operating Systems (Books)

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Mitch Tulloch
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Mitch Tulloch is a well-known expert on Windows administration, deployment, and virtualization. He is a 12-time recipient of Microsoft's Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award for his outstanding contributions to supporting the global IT community. Mitch has written hundreds of articles for various technology sites and has authored several dozen books including the best-selling Windows 7 Resource Kit from Microsoft Press.

Mitch is also Senior Editor of WServerNews, the world’s longest-running newsletter focused on Windows Server technologies and Microsoft cloud solutions. Published weekly, WServerNews helps keep sysadmins and IT managers up to date on security-related issues, third-party tools, updates and upgrades, Windows compatibility issues, and many related matters. With more than 200,000 subscribers worldwide, WServerNews is the largest Windows Server–focused newsletter in the world.
Mitch also runs an IT content development business based in Winnipeg, Canada that creates technical collateral for BDM/TDM audiences. His published content ranges from white papers on Microsoft products/solutions to reviews of third-party products designed for the Windows Server platform. Prior to starting his own business in 1998, Mitch worked as a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) for Productivity Point. For more information visit his website at http://www.mtit.com.
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Tony Northrup
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Award-winning author & photographer Tony Northrup has published more than 30 educational books. Among other titles, Tony is author of Stunning Digital Photography and Windows 8 Inside Out. As a photographer, Tony's work has been published worldwide on magazine, book, and CD covers, and everywhere from Velveeta to Viagra ads. Tony lives in Waterford, CT with his wife and daughter.
You can learn more about Tony by subscribing to his videos at https://www.youtube.com/vistaclues, liking his Facebook photography page at http://www.facebook.com/NorthrupPhotography, following him on Twitter (@TonyNorthrup), viewing his photography portfolio at www.northrupphotography.com, or emailing him at tony@northrup.org.
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C. C.

Fulfill Technical needs

Reviewed in the United States on March 19, 2014

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I have to maintain several personal and family computers two of which are Vista Operating System Machines, I find that it provides the information necessary to solve Microsoft Operating System technical problems

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FRANKLIN BARGER

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Reviewed in the United States on December 12, 2017

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Obsolete.

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JakeWest

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Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2009

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Do your market research, but, for me,this type of book works really well. All I do is read the book in front of the PC and do each paragraph in the book on the PC.

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Brian

Has the answers I'll need.

Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2010

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I usually search the web for answers on an OS/PC problem but to research 'old school' this book has answers I'd need when there's time to sit and study.

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C Hayes

Great Book

Reviewed in the United States on November 28, 2012

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Great Book!!! Very helpful and I would recommend this book for users who want to learn more about this operating system. Also a good reference.

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Dnl

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Reviewed in the United States on November 12, 2008

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This is the best in depth resource for vista. Not for the newly initiated but for the support professional. All help desk and admin level techs need to have one within arm's reach.

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James Goodwin

Absolutely Essential !!!

Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2008

Mitch and company have created an absolutely essential volume for administrators deploying Vista, support personnel, and especially application migration/compatibility specialist. The overview and intros into each section describe the new features and come off a little like Microsoft marketing materials, but don't be fooled by the leisurely starting pace. The kit is broken into 7 major sections including the aforementioned Overview. Then there are sections covering Deployment (including MDT 2008), Desktop Management, Desktop Maintenance, Networking, Troubleshooting, and a group of appendices that cover every critical system file and folder, user rights settings and defaults, and even accessibility options.

The true test of a tome like this is in whether it is just interesting trivia and marketing gibberish or if you can use it to solve problems and conduct research. It is obvious that Mitch and his team have used Vista, deployed it and had to support users and apps on it and not just in some well appointed lab environment, but in the real world. Each of the sections is broken down into chapters covering various aspects of deployment, etc. It is in here where we find the proverbial "Beef". Descriptions of tools and settings as well step by step instructions on how to use the and real world guidance and when and why different options should be selected. The level of detail and care applied to getting right really impressed me. Even the URLs went to the right link or were generic enough to get you somewhere close instead of the usual published links that are invariably dead.

During my initial read I used the kit to resolve a lingering support issue. I have recommended it my students and colleagues and would recommend it to you if you have to deploy, support, or maintain Microsoft Windows Vista.

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Dean P. Fogh

Windows Vista 2 Resource Kit

Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2009

Excellent resource material for people skilled in the Windows OS and wish to make a few adjustments- Not for beginners or the average "USER".

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Kaio

Good Reference Book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 12, 2012

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I needed this book for Windows Server 2008 (Vista's big cousin as a Server) and as the title suggests it has a lot to offer as a comprehensive reference. A huge book with over 1600 pages, but the chapter and section structure, together with good indexing, makes it easy to get to the right material.

I've read (and liked very much indeed) in the past Mitch Tulloch's technical blogs, and at least one book title - Windows Server Hacks: 100 Industrial-Strength Tips & Tools - and Tulloch being a co-author of this book I was confident that this book would be of high standard, which it is. But wait - why does Amazon wrongly attribute the co-authorship to Ingrid Tulloch instead of Mitch Tulloch? I can only assume some typo.

A good resource book for Windows Vista and Server 2008!

Rebecca

great quality. Highly recommend

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 20, 2017

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Very helpful, great quality. Highly recommend.

Ryql

reference book

Reviewed in Canada on October 27, 2014

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Many tips and a good reference book

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