Introducing Windows Introducing Windows VistaVista

Lesson 1

Skills MatrixSkills Matrix

Technology Skill Objective Domain Objective #

Understanding Windows Vista System Requirements

Identify hardware requirements

1.1

Running the Upgrade Advisor

Run the Upgrade Advisor 1.1

Using the Windows Vista Interface

Configure Windows Sidebar

5.6

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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

Understanding Windows Vista System Requirements

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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.

Running the Upgrade Advisor (cont.)

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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.

Running the Upgrade Advisor (cont.)

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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.

Running the Upgrade Advisor (cont.)

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A screen appears specifying whether your computer is capable of running Windows Vista and, if so, recommending a specific edition.

Running the Upgrade Advisor (cont.)

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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

What’s New in Windows Vista? (cont.)

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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.

Introducing New Vista Features (cont.)

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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.

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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

Introducing New Vista Features (cont.)

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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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You Learned (cont.)

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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You Learned (cont.)

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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You Learned (cont.)

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.