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| Migrating User Data : Understanding User Data |
| If implemented, a combination of redirected folders and roaming profiles may actually serve as a method of natural and automatic migration. In fact, it may well be worth considering the implementation of folder redirection and roaming profiles as a precursor to your Windows Vista migration. |
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| Working with Windows Installer : The MSI Package Lifecycle |
| After all testing and conflict detection is done, you need to perform a final quality assurance on the package. Ideally, the person performing this final QA activity will be different from the person who originally packaged the product. |
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| Managing Windows Vista : Controlling the Power Options |
| You can adjust a power plan so that the computer does these things automatically, or you can make the adjustments manually by specifying what you want to happen when you press a power button or close the lid of a portable computer. |
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| File Type Associations (part 4) |
| To every rule there's an exception, the basic file types system is laid out, with a collection of keys named for filename extensions and the corresponding file type keys . |
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| Registry Tasks and Tools (part 5) - Back Up the Registry |
| In a way, the Windows Registry is a weak link in the operating system's stability and robustness. It's remarkably easy to damage, but very difficult to repair. And unless you go to the trouble of making your own backup copy, it's not necessarily easy to replace it if it's damaged . |
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| Registry Tasks and Tools (part 2) - Find the Registry Key That Does... |
| Zero and one, with regard to Registry settings, typically mean false and true (or off and on), respectively. However, sometimes the value name negates this—if the value in the example were instead called DontShowSplashScreen, then a 1 (one) would most likely turn off the feature. |
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| Using Control Panel and Group Policies : Operating Control Panel |
| Control Panel is a folder that contains a large number of icons—there are more than 50 icons in the Classic View (depending on your version of Vista) of a default Windows Vista setup, but depending on your system configuration, even more icons could be available. |
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| Troubleshooting Device Problems |
| Windows Vista has excellent support for most newer devices, and most major hardware vendors have taken steps to update their devices and drivers to run properly with Windows Vista. |
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