Microsoft Windows Vista Manuel utilisateur

Introducing Microsoft®

Windows Vista™

William R. Stanek

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii

Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv

Who Is This Book For?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv

How Is This Book Organized? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi

Conventions Used in This Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii

Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii

Part I Getting to Know Windows Vista

1 Introducing Windows Vista . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Introducing the Windows Vista Versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Overview of the Windows Vista Versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Upgrading the Windows Vista Versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Getting Started with Windows Vista . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Working with the Welcome Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Getting Basic System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Activating Windows Vista and Changing Product Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Using Windows Vista in Workgroups and Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Understanding Log On, User Switching, Locking, and Log Off

in Windows Vista . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Understanding Windows Vista User Accounts and Windows Security

Permissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Turning Off and Shutting Down Computers Running Windows Vista. . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Turning Off Computers: What’s Changed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Using the Power Button: What’s Changed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Shutting Down and Restarting Computers: What’s Changed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Part II Essential Features in Windows Vista

2 Working with Windows Vista. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Getting Around in the Windows Vista Taskbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Working with the Quick Launch Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Using Taskbar Thumbnails, Windows Flip, and Windows Flip 3D. . . . . . . . . . . 18

Working with the Notification Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

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Navigating the Start Menu: What’s Changed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Managing Programs List on the Start Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Using the Right Pane on the Start Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Using the Search Box on the Start Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Using the All Programs Menu: What’s Changed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Navigating Control Panel: What’s Changed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

3 Managing Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Getting Around the Windows Vista Desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Working with the Desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Working with Windows Sidebar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Working with Windows Gadgets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Using Windows Explorer: What’s Changed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Navigating the Windows Explorer Address Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Working with the Windows Explorer Quick Search Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Working with the Windows Explorer View Panes, Views, and

Organize Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Using Virtual Folders to Save Search Results. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Managing File Properties and Metadata for Indexing and Searching . . . . . . 43

4 Using Internet Explorer 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Introducing Internet Explorer 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Getting Around in the Internet Explorer 7 Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Working with the Internet Explorer Toolbars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Using the Internet Explorer Safety and Security Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Understanding Internet Explorer Protected Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Managing Cookies and Privacy Reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Protecting Your Computer from Phishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

5 Collaborating, Connecting, and Sharing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Messaging Essentials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Getting Started with Windows Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Configuring Windows Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Accessing the Microsoft Help Newsgroups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Searching Your Mail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Working with Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Using Windows Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Getting Started with Windows Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Searching for Appointments and Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

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Performing Key Calendar Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Creating and Using Appointments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Creating and Using Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Creating and Using Multiple Calendars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Publishing and Subscribing to Calendars. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Using Windows Shared View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Getting Started with Windows Shared View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Starting a New Windows Shared View Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Running a Windows Shared View Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Joining a Windows Shared View Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Setting Your Participant Status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Sending Notes to Participants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Leaving a Session and Sharing Stored Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

6 Managing Programs and Multimedia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Navigating Your Computer’s Startup, Running, and Network-Connected

Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Exploring Your Startup Programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Determining Your Currently Running Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Examining Network-Connected Programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Working with Your Computer’s Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Viewing, Adding, Removing, and Repairing Installed Programs. . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Viewing and Checking for Installed Updates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Configuring Default Programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Setting Advanced Options for Windows Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Getting into Your Multimedia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Getting Started with Windows Media Player. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Getting Started with Windows Movie Maker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Getting Started with Windows Photo Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

7 Working with Laptops and Tablet PCs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Optimizing Performance and Saving Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Getting to Know the Windows Vista Power Plans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Selecting and Configuring a Power Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Understanding Your Computer’s Power Button and Password Protection

On Wakeup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Tapping and Flicking Your Tablet PC Pen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Tapping Your Pen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Flicking Your Pen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Using Windows Mobility Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

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Getting Started with Windows Mobility Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Configuring Your Mobile PC by Using Mobility Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Connecting to Networked Projectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Getting Acquainted with the Tablet PC Extras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Entering Text Using the Tablet PC Pen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Capturing Screen Snips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Creating Sticky Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Using Windows Journal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

8 Improving Accessibility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Accessing the Ease of Access Features in Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Using Magnifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Using the On-Screen Keyboard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Using Narrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Using Sticky Keys, Filter Keys, and High Contrast. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Talking to Your Computer and Getting It to Listen by Using

Speech Recognition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Getting Started with Speech Recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Configuring Speech Recognition for First Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Using Speech Recognition for Dictation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Part III Securing Windows Vista

9 Protecting User Accounts and Using Parental Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Introducing User Account Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Reducing the Need for Administrator Privileges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Defining the Standard User and Administrator User Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Navigating the User Account Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Understanding Standard User Privileges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Understanding File System and Registry Virtualization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Handling User Account Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Understanding and Setting Run Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Modifying User Account Control and Admin Approval Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Introducing Parental Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Getting Started with Parental Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Selecting a Games Rating System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Configuring Notifications for Parental Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Configuring Parental Controls for User Accounts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Viewing and Using Activity Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

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10 Protecting Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Safeguarding and Enhancing Computer Startup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Getting Started with the Windows Vista Boot Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Modifying the Boot Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Safeguarding Your Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Getting to Know the Windows Vista Expanded Security Features . . . . . . . . . 153

Getting Started with Network Access Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Understanding Windows Service Hardening. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Improving Computer Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Navigating Audit Policy Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Navigating User Rights Assignment Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Navigating Security Options Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

11 Protecting Your Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Introducing Trusted Platforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Getting Started with TPM Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Managing the TPM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Initializing a TPM for First Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Turning Off and Clearing the TPM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Changing the TPM Owner Password. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Using BitLocker Drive Encryption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Introducing BitLocker Drive Encryption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Preparing a Computer for BitLocker Drive Encryption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Configuring and Enabling BitLocker Drive Encryption for a TPM . . . . . . . . . 181

Recovering Data Protected by BitLocker Drive Encryption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

12 Networking Your Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Introducing TCP/IP Networking for Windows Vista . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Getting to Know the Next Generation TCP/IP Stack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Learning About the Dual Stack and the IP Management Enhancements . . . 189

Mapping Your Networking Capabilities and Infrastructure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Using Network Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Using Network List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Using Network Map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Viewing and Managing Network Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Introducing Wireless Networking for Windows Vista. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

Exploring Wireless Networking Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

Learning New Ways to Connect to Wireless Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

Using Fast Roaming and Auto Configuration with Wireless Connections. . . 201

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Mapping Your Wireless Networking Capabilities and Infrastructure. . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Listing and Connecting to Available Wireless Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Connecting to Public Wireless Networks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Disconnecting a Wireless Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

13 Securing Your Network Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Introducing Windows Security Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Getting to Know Windows Firewall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

Using Windows Firewall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

Using Windows Firewall With Advanced Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Introducing Windows Defender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

Getting to Know Windows Defender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

Starting and Using Windows Defender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

Configuring General Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

Scanning the Computer for Spyware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Checking for Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

Viewing or Restoring Quarantined Items. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

Viewing or Changing Software Programs That You Allow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

Turning Windows Defender Off or On. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

Part IV Supporting and Deploying Windows Vista

14 Supporting Windows Vista. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

Centrally Managing Computer Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

Introducing the Group Policy Management Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

Introducing Important Group Policy Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

Diagnosing and Resolving Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Introducing Built-In Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

Understanding Hardware, Performance, and Memory Diagnostics . . . . . . . 241

Understanding Network Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

Introducing Problem Reporting and Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243

Updating Windows Vista Computers: What’s Changed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246

Introducing Windows Update Improvements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246

Configuring Windows Update. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

Checking for Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

Viewing Update History and Installed Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

Improving System Stability and Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250

Preventing Common Causes of Hangs and Crashes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250

Recovering Automatically from Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251

Recovering Frozen Applications and Releasing Resources Automatically . . 252

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Introducing the New and Enhanced Windows Vista Management Tools . . . . . . . . . 253

Introducing Event Viewer: What’s Changed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253

Introducing Task Scheduler: What’s Changed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256

Introducing Performance Rating and Monitoring: What’s New and

What’s Changed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259

Introducing the Previous Versions Feature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262

Backing Up and Recovering Windows Vista: What’s New and

What’s Changed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263

15 Deploying Windows Vista. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267

Introducing Deployment Enhancements for Windows Vista. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268

Introducing Modularization and Hardware-Independent Disk Imaging. . . . 268

Introducing the Customizable and Extensible Preinstallation

Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

Introducing Standards-Based Single-Format Answer Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

Upgrading Computers and Migrating to New Computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276

Deciding Whether to Upgrade or to Migrate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276

Introducing the User State Migration Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277

Introducing Windows Easy Transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

Starting and Copying the Windows Easy Transfer Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282

Selecting and Transferring Files and Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

Finalizing the Migration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

Appendix: Installing Windows Vista . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291

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