Exam Essentials

Know what types of installations are possible with Windows Vista. You should know which operating systems can be upgraded to Windows Vista and which require a clean installation.
Understand upgrading. You should know that a Clean Install does not preserve installed applications and will push old data files and setting into WINDOWS.OLD, while an in-place upgrade will preserve installed applications and settings.
Understand the Windows Vista boot process, and order. Know the purpose and role of BOOTMGR and BCD and how the boot process in Windows Vista differs from that of Windows XP.
Know what Control Panel utilities are unique to Windows Vista. The Control Panel applets unique to Windows Vista are Tablet PC Settings, Pen And ...

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