What’s New

Windows Vista has hundreds of improvements over earlier Windows client operating systems. This chapter provides a very high-level overview of those features, focusing on features that are not discussed in depth elsewhere in this Resource Kit. Table 1-1 lists significant improvements to Windows Vista and the chapters in this book that provide detailed information about each improvement.

Table 1-1. Windows Vista Improvements

Improvement

Chapter

Security improvements

Chapter 2

Deployment improvements

Chapter 3 through Chapter 12

Application compatibility

Chapter 4

Roaming profiles

Chapter 14

Folder redirection

Chapter 14

Offline Files

Chapter 14

BitLocker

Chapter 15

EFS

Chapter 15

Windows Backup and Restore

Chapter 15

Driver and service improvements

Chapter 16 ...

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