Articles & Tutorials

This section is focused on networking issues for Windows Vista. Among the many topics discussed are Windows Vista specific networking tools and the new features included in Windows Vista.

Articles & Tutorials / Windows Vista

Deploying Vista - Part 31: Configuring Task Sequences: Date - May 12, 2009; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to configure task sequences for Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2008.
Deploying Vista - Part 30: Configuring Deployment Points: Date - Apr 30, 2009; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to configure deployment points for Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2008.
Deploying Vista - Part 29: Configuring Distribution Shares (Continued): Date - Apr 21, 2009; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to add packages and applications to distribution shares using Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2008.
Deploying Vista - Part 28: Configuring Distribution Shares: Date - Apr 07, 2009; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Automating Windows Vista deployment continues by examining how to create and configure distribution shares using Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2008.
Deploying Vista – Part 27: Automating a Light Touch Installation: Date - Mar 26, 2009; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to completely automate a Light Touch Installation of Windows Vista using Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2008.
Deploying Vista – Part 26: Deploying Vista Using Microsoft Deployment Toolkit: Date - Mar 19, 2009; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to perform a basic install of Windows Vista using Microsoft Deployment Toolkit.
Deploying Vista – Part 25: Preparing Microsoft Deployment Toolkit for Deploying Vista: Date - Mar 10, 2009; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to prepare Microsoft Deployment Toolkit to perform a basic installation of Windows Vista.
Deploying Vista – Part 24: Understanding Microsoft Deployment Toolkit: Date - Feb 24, 2009; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Windows Vista deployment continues by introducing Microsoft Deployment Toolkit.
5 Tips to Troubleshoot Windows Vista Networking Issues: Date - Feb 17, 2009; Author - David Davis; 5 things you can do to troubleshoot your Windows Vista networking issues.
Deploying Vista – Part 23: Unattended Image Deployment Using Windows Deployment Services: Date - Feb 12, 2009; Author - Mitch Tulloch; This series of articles on automating Windows Vista deployment continues by showing how to perform unattended image deployment using Windows Deployment Services.
Deploying Vista – Part 22: Deploying Images using Windows Deployment Services: Date - Feb 03, 2009; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to deploy Windows images to bare-metal hardware using Windows Deployment Services.
Processor Affinity: Date - Jan 27, 2009; Author - Russell Hitchcock; How to take advantage of multiple cores while using applications that are single threaded.
Deploying Vista – Part 21: Working With Capture Images: Date - Jan 22, 2009; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to create and use Capture Images.
Deploying Vista – Part 20: Working With Discover Images: Date - Jan 08, 2009; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to create and use Discover Images.
Deploying Vista – Part 19: Managing Windows Deployment Services (Continued): Date - Dec 16, 2008; Author - Mitch Tulloch; This series of articles on automating Windows Vista deployment continues from the previous one by examining how to manage and configure Windows Deployment Services servers.
Deploying Vista – Part 18: Managing Windows Deployment Services: Date - Dec 03, 2008; Author - Mitch Tulloch; This series of articles on automating Windows Vista deployment continues by examining how to manage and configure Windows Deployment Services servers.
Deploying Vista – Part 17: Working With the Windows DS Image Store: Date - Nov 25, 2008; Author - Mitch Tulloch; This series of articles on automating Windows Vista deployment continues by examining how to populate the image store of your Windows Deployment Services server.
Deploying Vista – Part 16: Configuring Windows Deployment Services: Date - Nov 13, 2008; Author - Mitch Tulloch; This series of articles on automating Windows Vista deployment continues by looking at how to perform the initial configuration of your Windows Deployment Services server.
Deploying Vista – Part 15: Implementing Windows Deployment Services: Date - Nov 04, 2008; Author - Mitch Tulloch; This series of articles on automating Windows Vista deployment continues by looking at how to implement Windows Deployment Service.
Deploying Vista – Part 14: Understanding Windows Deployment Services: Date - Oct 23, 2008; Author - Mitch Tulloch; This series of articles on automating Windows Vista deployment continues by examining how Windows Deployment Services works.
Deploying Vista – Part 13: Performing Image-Based Deployment: Date - Oct 15, 2008; Author - Mitch Tulloch; This series of articles on automating Windows Vista deployment continues by examining how to perform an image-based install using ImageX and Windows PE.
Deploying Vista – Part 12: Understanding Image-Based Deployment: Date - Sep 30, 2008; Author - Mitch Tulloch; This series of articles on automating Windows Vista deployment continues by examining how image-based deployment works.
Deploying Vista – Part 11: Working with Windows PE: Date - Sep 16, 2008; Author - Mitch Tulloch; This series of articles on automating Windows Vista deployment continues by walking you through the steps of creating a bootable Windows PE CD.
Deploying Vista – Part 10: Understanding the Windows Preinstallation Environment: Date - Aug 28, 2008; Author - Mitch Tulloch; This series of articles on automating Windows Vista deployment continues by examining the Windows Preinstallation environment and its role in deployment scenarios.
Deploying Vista – Part 9: Automating the Machine OOBE: Date - Aug 12, 2008; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Finishing the walkthrough begun in the previous two articles for creating a basic answer file for unattended deployment of Vista.
Deploying Vista – Part 8: Unattended Install from DVD Method: Date - Jul 29, 2008; Author - Mitch Tulloch; This series of articles on automating the deployment of Windows Vista to desktop computers continues by continuing the previous article’s walkthrough of creating a basic answer file for unattended deployment of Vista.
Deploying Vista – Part 7: Creating a Minimal Answer File: Date - Jul 15, 2008; Author - Mitch Tulloch; This series of articles on automating the deployment of Windows Vista to desktop computers continues by walking you through creating a basic answer file for unattended deployment of Vista.
Deploying Vista – Part 6: Using Windows SIM: Date - Jun 24, 2008; Author - Mitch Tulloch; This series of articles on automating the deployment of Windows Vista to desktop computers continues by looking at how to use the Windows System Image Manager (Windows SIM) tool to create and edit answer files.
Deploying Vista – Part 5: Using Sysprep: Date - Jun 10, 2008; Author - Mitch Tulloch; This series of articles on automating the deployment of Windows Vista to desktop computers continues by examining the System Preparation (Sysprep) tool and its role in deploying Vista.
Deploying Vista - Part 4: Understanding Deployment Scenarios: Date - May 20, 2008; Author - Mitch Tulloch; This series of articles on automating the deployment of Windows Vista to desktop computers continues by examining the different types of deployment scenarios you can use to deploy Vista.
Deploying Vista - Part 3: Understanding Configuration Passes: Date - Apr 22, 2008; Author - Mitch Tulloch; This series of articles on automating the deployment of Windows Vista to desktop computers continues with an overview of the different configuration passes of Windows Setup in Vista.
Testing Applications for Vista Compatibility, Part 6: Date - Apr 17, 2008; Author - Brien M. Posey; This article concludes the series on testing applications for Vista compatibility by showing you how to analyze applications for which Microsoft hasn’t provided any compatibility information.
Deploying Vista - Part 2: Understanding Windows Setup and the Windows Imaging File Format: Date - Apr 02, 2008; Author - Mitch Tulloch; This series of articles on automating the deployment of Windows Vista to desktop computers continues with an overview of how Windows Setup works in Vista.
Testing Applications for Vista Compatibility, Part 5: Date - Mar 25, 2008; Author - Brien M. Posey; How to work through known compatibility issues.
Testing Applications for Vista Compatibility, Part 4: Date - Mar 18, 2008; Author - Brien M. Posey; This article continues the series on application compatibility testing for Windows Vista by beginning to analyze the data that was collected previously.
Testing Applications for Vista Compatibility, Part 3: Date - Mar 11, 2008; Author - Brien M. Posey; How to collect an inventory of the applications running on your network workstations.
Testing Applications for Vista Compatibility, Part 2: Date - Feb 26, 2008; Author - Brien M. Posey; This article explains how to download, install, and configure the Application Compatibility Toolkit.
Deploying Vista - Part 1: Understanding the Windows AIK: Date - Feb 14, 2008; Author - Mitch Tulloch; This series of articles on automating the deployment of Windows Vista to desktop computers begins with an overview of the Windows Automated Installation Kit (Windows AIK).
Testing Applications for Vista Compatibility, Part 1: Date - Feb 12, 2008; Author - Brien M. Posey; This article will discuss two different methods for testing application compatibility with Windows Vista.
Enabling Network Mapping in Windows Vista: Date - Aug 28, 2007; Author - Brien M. Posey; Enabling Windows Vista’s Network Mapping feature on domain networks.
Windows Vista Resource Kit Chapter 23: Supporting Users Using Remote Assistance (Part 3): Date - Jul 05, 2007; Author - Mitch Tulloch; A WindowsNetworking.com exclusive! The three articles in this series represent an entire chapter of the Windows Vista Resource Kit, excerpted with permission from Microsoft Press.
Windows Vista Resource Kit Chapter 23: Supporting Users Using Remote Assistance (Part 2): Date - Jun 27, 2007; Author - Mitch Tulloch; A WindowsNetworking.com exclusive! The three articles in this series represent an entire chapter of the Windows Vista Resource Kit, excerpted with permission from Microsoft Press.
Windows Vista Resource Kit Chapter 23: Supporting Users Using Remote Assistance (Part 1): Date - Jun 19, 2007; Author - Mitch Tulloch; A WindowsNetworking.com exclusive! The three articles in this series represent an entire chapter of the Windows Vista Resource Kit, excerpted with permission from Microsoft Press.
Implementing Web Single Sign On With Windows CardSpace: Date - Jun 13, 2007; Author - Brien M. Posey; How Windows CardSpace can be used as a single sign on solution for Web sites.
Windows Vista’s New and Improved Remote Assistance: Date - Sep 27, 2006; Author - Brien M. Posey; This article shows what you can expect from the new version of Remote Assistance.
Why Windows Vista's Fax and Scan is Worth Paying Attention to: Date - Sep 12, 2006; Author - Brien M. Posey; In this article I will explain why it's worth paying attention to the new applet included in Windows Vista, Windows Fax and Scan.
Using Windows Meeting Space: Date - Aug 24, 2006; Author - Mitch Tulloch; This article walks you through how to set up and use Windows Meeting Space (formerly Windows Collaboration).
A Preview of Windows Vista’s Sync Center: Date - Aug 23, 2006; Author - Brien M. Posey; In this article I will give you a preview of Windows Vista's new feature called the Sync Center.
Migrating to Vista using User State Migration Tool 3.0: Date - Aug 15, 2006; Author - Mitch Tulloch; This article walks you through how to use User State Migration Tool 3.0 (USMT 3.0) to migrate Windows XP desktop computers to Windows Vista in an enterprise environment.
Migrating to Vista using Windows Easy Transfer: Date - Jul 26, 2006; Author - Mitch Tulloch; This article walks you through how to use Windows Easy Transfer to migrate user accounts, files and program settings from an existing computer running Windows XP to a freshly installed new computer running Windows Vista.
Deploying Windows Vista: Date - Jul 18, 2006; Author - Mitch Tulloch; This article examines the new tools and procedures for deploying Windows Vista and how they can make the administrator's job of rolling out workstations easier.
The New and Improved NTBACKUP Program: Date - Jul 12, 2006; Author - Brien M. Posey; In this article I will show you the improvements to NTBACKUP in Windows Vista.
Introducing Windows Vista’s Active Directory Search Tool: Date - Jun 28, 2006; Author - Brien M. Posey; In this article I will show you how the Windows Vista Active Directory search tool works.
TCP/IP Networking in Windows Vista: Date - May 23, 2006; Author - Mitch Tulloch; This article examines the various enhancements made to the TCP/IP stack in Windows Vista and how they provide improved reliability and performance over previous Windows platforms.
Managing Processes and Tasks in Windows Vista: Date - May 11, 2006; Author - Mitch Tulloch; This article looks at new capabilities in Windows Vista for managing processes and scheduling tasks and how administrators can use these capabilities for maintaining and troubleshooting systems.
File and Print Sharing in Windows Vista: Date - Apr 25, 2006; Author - Brien M. Posey; In this article I will show you how users can set up some share points of their own in Windows Vista.
Hardware Considerations for Windows Vista: Date - Mar 30, 2006; Author - Brien M. Posey; The general consensus regarding Windows Vista is that you are going to have to buy a new computer in order to run it. I have bought three brand new, relatively high end computers for the purposes of beta testing Vista. Of the three, Vista would not even install on two of them, and ran sluggishly on the third. In this article, I will tell you what I have learned about Vista’s hardware requirements through my first hand experiences.
Monitoring Event Logs in Windows Vista: Date - Mar 21, 2006; Author - Mitch Tulloch; This article examines the enhanced features for event log monitoring in Windows Vista and walks the reader through configuring and using these features to better troubleshoot system problems.
Introducing Vista’s Network Center: Date - Mar 07, 2006; Author - Brien M. Posey; If you have ever worked as a consultant or even just helped out a friend with a computer problem, then you have probably been in a situation in which you sat down at an unfamiliar workstation and had to get an idea of how the system was configured prior to working on the problem. Although Windows XP’s network configuration options are pretty straightforward, you usually can’t get all of the particulars of a machine’s network connectivity at a glance. In Windows Vista though, Microsoft has made it a lot easier to quickly gather information about how a workstation is connected to a network through a new component called the Network Center. In this article I will show you what the Network Center is and how it may eventually make your life easier.