How to Cheat at Microsoft Vista Administration

This is the perfect reference for the Multitasked SysAdmin. The Microsoft Windows Vista operating system offers several changes and improvements over its predecessors. It not only brings a new and redesigned interface, but also improves on many administrative utilities and management consoles. It also enhances the systems reliability, performance, and problem-solving tools. As administrators, Vista will sometimes look like its predecessor, Windows XP, and at other times, look like an all-new operating system."How to Cheat" will help you get Vista up and running as quickly and safely as possible and provide you with a solid idea of all the important changes and improvements the new Microsoft Vista OS has to offer. In the book, you will: automate Windows Vista Installation - see how Windows installations can be automated for large-scale deployments using the Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK); install and maintain devices - Windows Vista contains device drivers for hundreds of PnP devices, and the Device Manager snap-in is the main utility on a local computer for managing them; customize Appearances, Taskbars, and Toolbars - see how to use a personalization page, use the taskb