Windows Vista Resource Kit [With CDROM]

by Jerry Honeycutt, Tony Northrup, Mitch Tulloch

In-depth and comprehensive, this resource delivers the information you need for administering Windows Vista. You get expert technical guidance from those who know the technology best--Microsoft Most... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0735622833
• ISBN13: 9780735622838
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Microsoft Press
• Length: 1527 Pages
• Weight: 4.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.6" x 7.4" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

For experienced Users

Perfect reference manual for the experienced IT person. As always, Microsoft has kept up the quality of their Resource Kits. Beginners, or light users, this book is not for you. It is not a learning tool, rather it is a wonderful, complete, reference guide.

VISTA Resource Kit - Book

One of the first good, early reference manuals for Windows VISTA which I purchased in May, 2007. There will be better ones, perhaps, after more of the problems in VISTA become known. As of now, this is the best book out there.

Dig in

Vista Resource Kit isn't exactly the kind of book you sit down and read cover to cover. There are better books for that purpose. What this book is good for - and I'll risk saying exceptional for - is digging in to exactly how things wrok. Great resource for research!

Windows Vista Resource Kit is excellent

The Windows Vista Resource Kit is excellent regardless of your skill or comfort level is with computers or Windows. If you are a new user, you may find yourself reading every page. If you already have experience with the Resource Kit, then this book (and software) is the perfect detailed reference for just about any Vista problem you may run across.

All About Vista in only 1500 Pages

Windows OS Resource Kits have always proved invaluable to the administrator, and the Vista RSK is no different; over 1500 pages in this edition and a DVD as well. This RSK is much more inclusive than some previous Windows Desktop RSKs. Part 1 starts off with an tour of Vista's changes over XP, and an overview of the OS' security components. Part 2 is all about automated deployment (over 250 pages dedicated to it), outlining general preparation and environmental requirements, use of the Windows Automated Installation Kit (Windows AIK), and Windows Business Desktop Deployment 2007 (Windows BBD 2007). Both AIK and BBD are included in the DVD. Part 3 covers desktop management, geared mostly for network administrators managing Vista clients, and includes additional Microsoft services such as Windows Meeting Space, Search and Internet Explorer 7. Part 4 covers desktop maintenance (and coverage of an oddly placed Remote Assistance). Part 5 deals with networking and includes a section on deploying IPv6. The final section provides around 200 pages of troubleshooting, divided into startup, hardware / driver, network, and Stop messages. Besides the aforementioned, the accompanying DVD also provides a PDF version of the book, several sample chapters of other books, and over 170 scripts and tools (mostly VBS scripts) aimed at both showing the intrinsic administrative capabilities of Vista as well as additional tools to assist in deployment, management, and troubleshooting. Unlike the first two attempts at an XP RSK, this RSK starts things off right with in-depth information that is easy to find and easy to understand. A must have for administrators.