Product Description

Get the definitive reference for deploying, configuring, and supporting Microsoft Windows Vistawith expert insights from Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs) and the Windows Vista Team. This official Microsoft Resource Kit provides more than 1,500 pages of in-depth technical guidance on automating deployment; implementing security enhancements; administering group policy, files and folders, and programs; and troubleshooting for Windows Vista. In addition, you get detailed information on Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft Windows Firewall, and Windows Defender. You also get more than 150 timesaving scripts to help automate administrative tasks, additional job aids, and an eBook of the entire Resource Kit on CD.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #27836 in Books
• Published on: 2007-04-04
• Platform: No Operating System
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 5.03 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 1568 pages

From the Publisher
Key Book Benefits:

-Definitive product information and expert insights straight from the Windows Vista team and Microsoft MVPs -Provides the information that every Windows administrator needs about troubleshooting, security enhancements, group policy, and automating administration -CD includes additional job aids and a fully searchable version of the entire RESOURCE KIT book

About the Author
Ed Wilson is a Microsoft employee who is a Senior Consultant and scripting instructor in the U.S. Enterprise Services group. Prior to joining Microsoft, Ed was a Senior Consultant with a solutions provider partner in Cincinnati. He is also a Microsoft Certified Trainer and has taught numerous networking, scripting, and administration classes. As a leading Microsoft Press scripting author, Ed also wrote Microsoft VBScript Step By Step and Microsoft Windows PowerShell Step By Step.

Jerry Honeycutt is a popular author who has written more than 25 books. His most recent include Microsoft Windows Desktop Deployment Resource Kit (Microsoft Press, 2004), Introducing Microsoft Windows Server(tm) 2003 (Microsoft Press, 2003), and Microsoft Windows XP Registry Guide (Microsoft Press, 2002). Most of his books are sold internationally and are available in a variety of languages. Jerry is also a columnist for the Microsoft Windows XP Expert Zone, a Web site for Windows XP enthusiasts, and Microsoft TechNet, focusing on desktop deployment and management.

Tony Northrup, Microsoft MVP, MCSE, CISSP, is a networking and security consultant. He has authored dozens of books on Windows and Networking, including several Microsoft Self-Paced Training Kits, and numerous articles for the Windows XP Expert Zone. Charlie Russel, Microsoft MVP, is an IT consultant, specializing in combined Windows and UNIX networks. Charlie is coauthor of Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Administrator's Companion, Second Edition and a key contributor to the Windows XP Expert Zone. He has authored many case studies and white papers on Microsoft Services for UNIX.

Mitch Tulloch is President of MTIT Enterprises. Before starting his company in 1998, Mitch worked as a Microsoft Certified Trainer for Productivity Point International. Mitch is a widely recognized expert on Windows administration, networking, and security, and has been awarded MVP status by Microsoft for his outstanding contributions in supporting users who deploy Microsoft platforms, products, and solutions. Mitch is also currently a professor at Jones International University where he teaches graduate-level courses in Information Security Management for their MBA program. Mitch has contributed more than a hundred articles to various IT websites and magazines, and he has written more than a dozen books, including the Microsoft Encyclopedia of Networking, the Microsoft Encyclopedia of Security, Windows Server Hacks, and IIS 6 Administration.

The Microsoft Windows Vista Team designs, develops, and supports Windows Vista.

Customer Reviews

Very Detailed, Just what I wanted
Just what I needed. Setup the Vista deployment test center and all is well. Just the correct amount of details.

Handy resource
This resource kit isn't exactly the kind of book you sit down and read cover to cover, but it's always handy to have around. I refer to it regularly. Well done.

Windows Vista Resource Kit
The book is extremely detailed and technical. However, everything is in it. The book is best used by those who have used and are familiar with XP. I haven't yet checked out the CD that comes with the book.