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Introducing Windows Introducing Windows VistaVista
Lesson 1
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Technology Skill Objective Domain Objective #
Understanding Windows Vista System Requirements
Identify hardware requirements
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Running the Upgrade Advisor
Run the Upgrade Advisor 1.1
Using the Windows Vista Interface
Configure Windows Sidebar
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Windows Vista Starter
Windows Vista Home Basic
Windows Vista Home Premium
Windows Vista Business
Windows Vista Enterprise
Windows Vista Ultimate
Introducing Windows Vista Editions
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Vista Capable PC
◦ 800 MHz 320-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
◦ 512 MB of system memory
◦ DirectX 9–capable graphics processor
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Vista Premium Ready PC
◦ 1 GHz 320-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
◦ 1 GB of system memory
◦ DirectX 9 and WDDM–capable graphics processor, with Pixel Shader 2.0 and 32 bits per pixel
Understanding Windows Vista System Requirements (cont.)
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Vista Premium Ready PC
◦ 128 MB or graphics memory
◦ 40 GB of hard drive capacity with 15 GB free
◦ DVD-ROM drive
◦ Audio output capability
◦ Internet access capability
Understanding Windows Vista System Requirements (cont.)
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Running the Upgrade Advisor
Before you run the Upgrade Advisor, be sure to plug in and turn on any USB or other devices such as printers, external hard drives, or scanners that you regularly use with the PC you are evaluating.
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Insert the Windows Vista installation disc in the DVD drive.
Click the Check Compatibility Online arrow.
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Click the Download Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor hyperlink.
Click the Download button.
Click the Run button.
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Click the Run button.
Click Next.
Select the I Agree radio button and click Next.
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Click Next to accept the default location.
Select the Create Desktop Shortcut radio button, if desired, and click Next.
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Leave the Launch Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor checkbox selected and click Close.
The Welcome To Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor page appears.
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Click the Start Scan button.
When the Scan Complete page appears, click the See Details button.
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A screen appears specifying whether your computer is capable of running Windows Vista and, if so, recommending a specific edition.
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Windows Classic
Windows Standard
Windows Vista Basic
Windows Aero
Introducing Windows Vista User Experience Levels
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Standalone
Workgroup
Domain
Understanding Windows Vista Organizational Roles
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What’s New in Windows Vista?
Microsoft has chosen to release Windows Vista on DVD discs, and not CDs, as they did Windows XP.
All Windows Vista installations begin with the installation of the MinWin module and are followed by the addition of a secondary module containing the functionality of the particular edition designated by the product key.
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Vista orb
Vista Sidebar
What’s New in Windows Vista? (cont.)
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Navigation pane
Breadcrumb navigation
Preview pane
Details pane
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Introducing New Vista Features
SuperFetch — Enhanced method of prefetching in which the system maintains a more detailed profile of the computer’s disk usage and can make far more educated guesses about what information to include in the cache
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ReadyBoost — Feature that enables Windows Vista to use the storage space on a USB flash drive as additional system memory. ReadyBoost uses a flash drive to store the SuperFetch cache, thereby freeing up the system memory where the cache would ordinarily be preloaded.
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Windows Defender — Used to prevent spyware from infiltrating your system and compromising your privacy
Windows Firewall — Introduced in Windows XP, Windows Firewall prevented unauthorized network traffic from entering the system. In Windows Vista, Windows Firewall is now bidirectional, meaning that it also prevents unauthorized traffic from leaving the system.
Introducing New Vista Features (cont.)
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User Account Control — New security feature that attempts to limit the damage that unauthorized programs and users can do to a system by limiting the capabilities of all user accounts on that system
Windows PE — Vista’s solution to eliminate DOS from the boot process completely by supplying its own preinstallation environment
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BitLocker drive encryption — Feature designed to address the problem of data that is compromised when a computer is lost or stolen
Introducing New Vista Features (cont.)
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You Learned
Windows Vista is available in six editions: Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, Enterprise, and Ultimate, each of which contains a different set of features.
Windows Vista has two sets of system requirements: those for Windows Vista Capable PCs and those for Windows Vista Premium Ready PCs.
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Upgrade Advisor is an application capable of running on Windows XP or Windows Vista that determines whether the computer’s hardware and software is Vista compatible.
Windows Vista has four user experience levels that affect the look and feel of the operating system, as well as the hardware resource utilization.
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Windows Vista is capable of functioning as a standalone computer, a workstation on a workgroup network, or a member of an Active Directory domain.
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Windows Vista includes a variety of new security and performance features including SuperFetch, ReadyBoost, Windows Defender, Windows Firewall, User Account Control, Windows Preinstallation Environment, and BitLocker drive encryption.