Get the definitive reference for deploying, configuring, and supporting Windows Vista with expert insights from Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs) and the Windows Vista Team at Microsoft. With additions and updates for SP1, this official Microsoft RESOURCE KIT provides more than 1,700 pages of in-depth technical guidance on automating deployment; implementing security enhancements, including Windows® Firewall and Windows Defender; administering Group Policy, files, folders, programs, and devices; using Windows Internet Explorer® 7; configuring network connections; and troubleshooting. You also get more than 170 timesaving scripts to help automate administrative tasks, additional job aids, and an eBook of the entire RESOURCE KIT with bonus chapters on a companion DVD.
Key Book Benefits
Provides the information that every Windows administrator needs about troubleshooting, security enhancements, group policy, and automating administration from the experts who know the technology best Includes new coverage and updates related to SP1 Features Direct from the Source sidebar contributions from more than 100 members of the Windows Vista team CD includes 170+ scripts, tools, and job aids, and a fully searchable version of the entire RESOURCE KIT book
About the Author
Mitch Tulloch is a well-known expert and Microsoft MVP for Windows Client and Server. He has written more than a dozen books, including Introducing Windows Server 2008, and hundreds of articles on Windows administration, networking, and security.
Tony Northrup, MCSE, CISSP, MVP for Windows, is a networking and security consultant. He has written several books, including Microsoft Windows Server 2003 RESOURCE KIT and several Microsoft Self-Paced Training Kits.
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 the Windows XP Expert Zone on Microsoft.com and for Microsoft TechNet.
The Windows Vista Team at Microsoft designs, develops, and supports the Windows Vista operating system.