By Brian Culp Publisher: O'Reilly Media Released: June 2007 Pages: 800
Whether you're a system administrator responsible for hundreds of Windows clients, or a just a roomful of computers, this book will help you install, configure, and maintain Microsoft's newest OS. Written in jargon-free English that puts concepts in proper context, the book gives you a better understanding of Vista's innovations and capabilities, teaches you how to leverage Vista to increase worker productivity, and demonstrates how the system can best protect sensitive data.
Best of all, Windows Vista Administration: The Definitive Guide is a problem-solving reference that lets you quickly access the solutions you need, and helps you unlock certain features to improve system performance -- without forcing you to page through the entire book.
In part, the book's topics include: - A tour of what's new -- including the Aero user interface, Sidebar, BitLocker Drive Encryption, Vista Search
- An overview of all five versions of Windows Vista
- Getting started -- with workgroup networks, user profiles, VPN connections
- Personalizing Vista -- with virtual folders, Flip 3D, the new Control Panel
- Working with software and hardware -- such as installing printers, storage devices, software
- Configuring Internet Explorer 7 -- phishing filters, cookies and privacy, popup blocker, RSS feeds
- Deploying Windows Vista -- installation, imaging software, modules, migrating data
- Optimizing performance -- memory, processor, disks, applications, network, command line administration
- Security -- auditing, disk quotas, account policies, user rights, group rights, IP security
- Troubleshooting tips -- Startup repair tool, frozen applications, remote assistance, backup and restore
And that just scratches the surface. Which new features will significantly improve the operating system experience, and which are mere eye candy? What new features make Windows Vista worth the investment? Author Brian Culp supplies the answers with information-packed chapters, including one on Cool Vista Tricks that explains how to write your own gadgets for Sidebar, how to disable IM and email notifications using Vista Presenter, and a lot more. |
- Title:
- Windows Vista Administration: The Definitive Guide
- By:
- Brian Culp
- Publisher:
- O'Reilly Media
- Formats:
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- Print
- Ebook
- Safari Books Online
- Print:
- June 2007
- Ebook:
- June 2009
- Pages:
- 800
- Print ISBN:
- 978-0-596-52959-8
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- 0-596-52959-7
- Ebook ISBN:
- 978-0-596-55939-7
- | ISBN 10:
- 0-596-55939-9
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Members of the duck, goose, and swan family Anatidae, ruddy shelducks are large ducks, at 24-26 inches long and 2-3.5 pounds. They are characterized by ruddy orange-brown plumage and black tails. Adult males have cream-colored heads and a narrow black "collar" during breeding season. Females have a paler, whitish patch on the face. Ruddy shelducks are good swimmers and are also impressive in flight; in fact, they're often mistaken for geese due to their large size. Also similar to geese, the shelduck's call is a loud, coarse honking.
Ruddy shelducks spend more time away from water than most ducks. They pluckweeds, pick up insects from dry, grassy areas, and rummage around in the soil forinsect larvae. Like other ducks, they search for tasty water weeds and insects byupending when they are feeding in shallow water. Ruddy shelducks are aggressively territorial around their nests, but are otherwise social, spending much of the year in the company of others, sometimes in flocks of several thousand. Family groups tend to stay together even after the chicks have left the nest.
In some Buddhist countries such as Tibet and Mongolia, the shelduck is highlyrevered, as its coloring resembles that of the robes the monks wear. It is also considered a sacred animal in Slavic mythology. |
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