Vista training resources

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I'm brand new to Vista, and have to admit I've been too busy to be a beta
tester of Vista, so this is essentially the first time I've seen it. I'm a
power user of XP and Windows 2003. Can someone give me some references on
where I can learn about Vista, especially if I'm migrating from XP? Vista
has changed so much I no longer know where to find anything!

Thanks in advance,

Andre
 
Andre said:
I'm brand new to Vista, and have to admit I've been too busy to be a beta
tester of Vista, so this is essentially the first time I've seen it. I'm
a power user of XP and Windows 2003. Can someone give me some references
on where I can learn about Vista, especially if I'm migrating from XP?
Vista has changed so much I no longer know where to find anything!
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Really the best way to learn is hands on and looking around what is new on
the OS. You will soon see that most of the changes are skin deep and alot
of the deeper tools are unchanged.
Start-control panel - this is where you will find almost everything with
regards to running and maintaining your PC. Its a good starting point.
Start at the top with system maintenance and work your way down. It is more
like XP than you realise :-)
 
There should be at least a few how to books available at launch check with
your local book store also check with Amazon or Barnes and Noble. We're all
here to help with any question as well, most of people here are helpful.
 
Google or search engine for vista sites and I'd get a decent book--many are
coming into the book stores--and Paul Thurott's, Woody Leonhard's, Paul
McFredries', Ed Bott's Inside Out and when it comes out his new
Windows Vista Well-Connected (Paperback)

See:

http://www.windows-vista-update.com/Windows_Vista_Books.html

Also check out the MSFT technet site for Vista. MSFT has been slow as
molasses in getting out information on Vista on their stie, but hopefully
they'll pick it up sometime in the next year.

See
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsvista/default.aspx

CH
 
Ed Bott's book, Windows Vista Inside and Out, is due out in a couple of
weeks. It looks to be the best of the books. Download and review the
Windows Vista Product Guide from MS. Use the tours built into Vista itself.
Many books are already out, but some are based on pre-release builds of
Vista so check for this before buying. Amazon.com has the widest
selection. Mark Minasi has released the audio cd's and the spiral bound
copy of his slides from his two-day training course on supporting Vista.
 
Ed Bott is releasing another book--maybe in a couple months. It has a
promising title and a comic booksque cover.

Windows Vista Well Connected
http://www.amazon.com/Windows-Vista..._bbs_sr_3/002-4867515-3260001?ie=UTF8&s=books


I would say for the newsgroup / computer enthusiast types that the Windows
Vista Hacks and Windows Vista Cookbook that are authored by Preston Gralla
will be must books. Also the David Karp books Windows Vista Annoyances
and Windows Vista in a Nutshell for the information you want that MSFT
can't/won't get off their butts and put out.

Windows Vista in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference (In a Nutshell
(O'Reilly)) [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback)
http://www.amazon.com/Windows-Vista...ef=sr_1_6/002-4867515-3260001?ie=UTF8&s=books

CH

CH
 
Show me one book that says it's based on the beta version. These guys and
their publishers are smart enough to write books on Vista they think will
sell, not dumb enough to write one on a beta version. An inside book from a
MSFTie on how the Beta failed to fix so many bugs and left so much on the
cuttinr room floor and what they did after the Allchin memo in 2004 that
forced MSFT to scrub a lot of Vista components and code because it was a
resource hog then would be one I'd buy and read.

Jim Allchin could write a very good one, but it wouldn't be completely
objective. His blogging is has very good articles.

CH
 
I have two that say up front that they are based on Beta 2, one by Willaim
R. Stanek and one by Andy Rathbone.
 
True --

I forgot about those. They didn't interest me that much because I had
learned what was in those long ago. They are both excellent authors, it's
just the content that was in those early books I'm characterizing. I got
Staneck's Administrator's Pocket Consultant today--30% off.

CH
 
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