Windows Vista Hardware Assessment

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The Windows Vista Hardware Assessment is a tool that will find computers on a network and perform a detailed inventory of the computers using Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). Through use of the detailed inventory data, the tool will assess and report whether the computers can run Windows Vista, where to find drivers for devices on the computers, and provide recommendations for hardware upgrades, where appropriate.

The Windows Vista Hardware Assessment tool does not require the deployment of agent software on the computers being inventoried and assessed. It provides a secure, quick, and easy way to determine which computers, in a networked environment, are Windows Vista ready.

Windows Vista Hardware Assessment

Windows User State Migration Tool (USMT) version 3.0.1

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Microsoft Windows User State Migration Tool (USMT) version 3.0.1 migrates user files and settings during deployments of Microsoft Windows XP and Windows Vista. You can use USMT to perform unattended migrations and to migrate files and settings for computers with multiple users. Also, with USMT you have the ability to encrypt and compress the store. USMT 3.0.1 is intended for administrators who are performing automated deployments.

This tool includes two command-line tools named ScanState and LoadState. ScanState creates an intermediate store that contains the user files and settings from the source computer. LoadState restores these files and settings to the destination computer. USMT 3.0.1 also has three default migration rule (.xml) files named MigApp.xml, MigUser.xml, and MigSys.xml. You can alter the default .xml files and you can also create customized .xml files. Depending on what you want to migrate, you can specify all or none of the default .xml files on the command line. The entire migration process is controlled by the .xml rules, which you can modify, and logic that is built into the tool. When using USMT for automated migration, in almost all cases, you should modify the migration .xml files for your unique situation.

USMT 3.0.1 contains the following updates to USMT 3.0:

You can now install this tool on computers that are running non-English versions of Windows Vista.
In USMT 3.0, some settings for local accounts were not being migrated. This has been fixed in USMT 3.0.1.

Windows User State Migration Tool (USMT) version 3.0.1

Windows Vista Centralized Desktop and Virtual Server

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This white paper introduces Windows Vista Enterprise Centralized Desktop, a way of licensing Windows Vista for deployment in a centralized, virtualized setting. It then examines how Windows Vista Enterprise Centralized Desktop may be deployed using Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 along with other Microsoft software and technologies. It examines two common deployment scenarios, followed by considerations and recommendations for deploying Virtual Server in support of such solutions. It concludes by examining the key benefits of implementing Windows Vista Enterprise Centralized Desktop on Virtual Server and presenting additional sources of information on the topics discussed in the document.

Windows Vista Centralized Desktop and Virtual Server

WDS 3.01 Admin Guide

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Windows Desktop Search (WDS) is the search technology that lets users quickly find almost anything on their computers, including e-mail messages, calendar appointments, photos, documents, and more. In WDS 3.x, the search engine is now a system service but it retains the desktop performance features of previous versions of WDS. WDS 3.x has been optimized in its integration into Vista to give a superior experience compared to WDS on older machines. WDS uses simple search syntax to search for information that the user has selected to index. This means that when a user types "email from:john date:yesterday", WDS will list all e-mail messages that the user received yesterday from anyone named John. Users familiar with search syntax can use advanced keywords (Advanced Query Syntax) to specify everything from file types to date ranges as well as specifying which folders to search in. WDS returns results in a rich Windows Explorer environment, so users can quickly preview, filter, and act on search results
WDS 3.01 Admin Guide

Windows Vista Updates

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Microsoft has released the following Windows Vista updates:

Update for Windows Vista (KB932988)

Install this update to resolve an issue where when adding metadata to RAW images from Canon EOS-1D or EOS-1Ds cameras, the file is truncated and the image is permanently lost. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.
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Windows NT Backup - Restore Utility

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This Windows operating system supplemental utility restores backups made on Microsoft Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 to computers running Microsoft Windows Vista and Windows Server code-named “Longhorn” (currently in beta testing).

This utility requires that the Removable Storage Management feature is enabled

Windows NT Backup - Restore Utility

Windows Vista Hardware Assessment

Windows Vista 1013 Published by Philipp Esselbach 0

The Windows Vista Hardware Assessment is a tool that will find computers on a network and perform a detailed inventory of the computers using Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). Through use of the detailed inventory data, the tool will assess and report whether the computers can run Windows Vista, where to find drivers for devices on the computers, and provide recommendations for hardware upgrades, where appropriate.

The Windows Vista Hardware Assessment tool does not require the deployment of agent software on the computers being inventoried and assessed. It provides a secure, quick, and easy way to determine which computers, in a networked environment, are Windows Vista ready.

Windows Vista Hardware Assessment

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