Windows 7 Resource Kit

In-depth and comprehensive, this RESOURCE KIT delivers the information you need to administer your Windows 7 system. You get authoritative technical guidance from those who know the technology best—Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs) and the Windows 7 product team—along with essential scripts and resources. In addition, “Direct from the Source” sidebars offer deep insights and troubleshooting tips from the Windows 7 team.

Get expert guidance on how to:

• Use Microsoft Deployment Toolkit best practices and tools.
• Plan user-state migration and test application compatibility.
• Exploit new Group Policy features, settings, and ADMX templates.
• Configure software updates and client-security technologies.
• Administer disks, file systems, file sharing, search, and Windows Internet Explorer® 8.
• Install and troubleshoot printers, devices, and services.
• Manage IPsec, IPv6, wireless, and remote connectivity.
• Use performance monitoring and diagnostic tools to manage desktop health.
• Resolve common startup, hardware, and networking issues.

CD features:

• Sample VBScript scripts and Windows PowerShell™ scripts
• Troubleshooting tools
• Links to toolkits, documentation, and white papers
• Fully searchable eBook of this guide
• Complete eBook of INTRODUCING WINDOWS SERVER® 2008
• Sample chapters from related Microsoft Press® books

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In-depth and comprehensive, this RESOURCE KIT delivers the information you need to administer your Windows 7 system. You get authoritative technical guidance from those who know the technology best-Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs) and the Windows 7 product team-along with essential scripts and resources.

In addition, "Direct from the Source" sidebars offer deep insights and troubleshooting tips from the Windows 7 team. Get expert guidance on how to:

• Use Microsoft Deployment Toolkit best practices and tools
• Plan user-state migration and test application compatibility
• Exploit new Group Policy features, settings, and ADMX templates
• Configure software updates and client-security technologies
• Administer disks, file systems, file sharing, search, and Windows Internet Explorer 8
• Install and troubleshoot printers, devices, and services
• Manage IPsec, IPv6, wireless, and remote connectivity
• Use performance monitoring and diagnostic tools to manage desktop health
• Resolve common startup, hardware, and networking issues

• Sample VBScript scripts and Windows PowerShell scripts
• Troubleshooting tools
• Links to toolkits, documentation, and white papers
• Fully searchable eBook of this guide
• Complete eBook of INTRODUCING WINDOWS SERVER 2008
• Sample chapters from related Microsoft Press books

Mitch Tulloch is a trainer, consultant, and author living in Winnipeg, Canada. In addition to his Nutshell books for O'Reilly listed below, Mitch is also the author of the Microsoft Encyclopedia of Networking and Microsoft Encyclopedia of Security, both from Microsoft Press, and a string of best-selling books on IIS from Osborne/McGraw-Hill. If you're interested you can find out more about Mitch on his website www.mtit.com. In addition to his O'Reilly weblog, Mitch also maintains a "techblog" at mitchtulloch.blogspot.com containing random thoughts, ideas, suggestions, tips, and resources for network and system administrators.

Tony Northrup, MCTS, MCSE, CISSP, Microsoft MVP, has written several SELF-PACED TRAINING KITS and coauthored WINDOWS SERVER 2008 NETWORKING AND NETWORK ACCESS PROTECTION.