Transcript Windows Vista - University of Oxford

Windows Vista
A Whistle-Stop Tour for ITSS
Wednesday 8th November 2006
Tony Brett
Head of IT Support Staff Services
Oxford University Computing Services
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Disclaimer and Warning
 Opinions are my own and not necessarily
those of OUCS or the University of Oxford
 I am in no way endorsing this or any other
product in this presentation
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You must interpret my comments yourself
 DO NOT USE A RELEASE CANDIDATE IN
A PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENT!
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Agenda
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Product Lineup
System requirements
Installation
Networking
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Wired, Wireless, File sharing, VPN
 Printing
 Software
 IE7
 Anti-virus
 HFS
 Major changes
 Activation and licensing (Bridget Lewis)
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Product Lineup - Versions
 Vista Business
 Vista Enterprise
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more security and hardware encryption
UNIX subsystem for UNIX apps (SUA)
 Vista Home Basic
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Doesn’t include Aero
Less searching
No DVD burning
No Tablet Support
 Vista Home Premium
 Vista Ultimate
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Has everything in all the others
“Top of the range”
 All available in 32- or 64-bit editions
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/editions/default.mspx
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System Requirements
 Basic
 Modern 800MHz processor
 512MB RAM
 DirectX 9 Graphics
 “Premium ready”
 1 GHz x86 or x64 processor
 1GB RAM
 DirectX 9, WDDM, 128 MB graphics RAM, Pixel
Shader 2.0, 32 bits per pixel
 DVD-ROM
 Audio
 Internet Access
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Installation
 http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/
 Using RC1
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Register to download and receive licence key
Burn DVD from Microsoft ISO file
 Dell Laptop
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I used Celeron 2.2GHz, 768MB RAM
Display driver installed without intervention once
encouraged
 Also used new HP machine meeting “Premium Ready”
spec.
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3.2GHz Pentium Core Duo. 1GB RAM
All installed automatically
 Install used about 7GB on machines I used
 Note Startup Repair Tool
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Windows Update
 Updates available for RC1!
 Now part of Control Panel
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User Account Control
 Provides some security when making
system changes
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Eg installing/uninstalling software
 Asks non-admins for Administrator
Password
 Beware – Administrator Password not
set on initial install
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Networking
 Network and Sharing Center (sic)
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Wired networking
 From network and sharing center
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Choose “manage network connections”
Right-click items for properties
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Wireless Networking
 Also from network and sharing center
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Wireless Networking
 How to connect:
 Vista has
drivers for USB
and PCMCIA
Adapters from
OUCS shop
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File Sharing
 Similar to
XP Pro
 Changed
“Use simple
file sharing”
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VPN
 Latest version is 4.8.01.0300 for XP and below (not 98).
 But it does not work with Vista…
 4.8.01.0590-k9-BETA
 provided as-is and unsupported for testing on Vista RCs
 recommended that this client only be used for testing purposes in
a lab environment
 Known Issues
 unable to enable logging subsystem when firewall is enabled
 VPN Client does not support Start Before Logon
 unable to install client under uac in vista 5384. (Workaround: Run
setup from vpnclient_setup.exe)
 UN-Install warns that VPN Service still running
 Logging windows does not display log until the log file is touched.
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Printing
 Via “Connect
to” or Control
Panel
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Printing
 But of course we treat TCP/IP printers
using LPR as local printers, just like in
XP
 Vista has lots of drivers built-in
 HP Universal Printing Driver appears not
to work at the moment
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Crashes Explorer
 Standard HP drivers seem OK
 Not HP Printing System though
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Software
 IE7 comes as standard
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Note no support from Oracle yet
For OSS and Financials
 Firefox 2.0 appears to be OK
 No TSM backup client support yet
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There is a beta client scheduled for November
OUCS will test it
Client is scheduled GA for end of January 2007.
 Only some AV products currently available for Vista
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http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69433
 Microsoft is offering Windows Live OneCare
 There are others including F-Secure and AVG
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Sophos
 Will provide support for Vista with Sophos Anti-Virus v 6.5.
 When released, Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows
2000/XP/2003/Vista, version 6.5, will be updated automatically
from the current version 6.0.x. No action needed.
 Plan is to release Sophos Anti-Virus, version 6.5 within a
couple of weeks of the official release of Vista, which Microsoft
plan for November 2006. The Vista release date may change,
subject to code changes and extensions made by Microsoft.
 Support for Vista planned in the next major versions of
Enterprise Console, Sophos Control Center and Sophos Client
Firewall.
 No support for Vista in the current versions of Enterprise
Console, Sophos Control Center and Sophos Client Firewall
on Vista.
http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/6071.html
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Major Changes
 Taskbar /Start Menu
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No huge changes
but look and feel a
bit different
Similar
customisations
Adds window
previews
“Run…” has moved
into “accessories”
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Parental Controls
 Control of
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Websites
Use times
Game
ratings
Specific
Programs
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Computer Management
 Much richer tools
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Especially disk management and event viewer
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Windows Aero
 3D effects
 Transparent
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Windows
Easy Windows key
+ Tab app switching
Requires a
reasonable spec
machine
Spec measured by
Windows
Experience Index
Our PC Scores 3
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Programs and Features
 Replaces “Add/Remove Programs”
 Allows viewing of updates
 Access to digital locker and Marketplace
 Control Windows “features”
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Windows Mail
 Direct descendant of
Outlook Express 6
 Reads NNTP news
 Good junk mail
features
 Protects from
Phishing
 Windows Calendar
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“Default Programs”
 Allows modifications to:
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File associations, Autoplay, Default Programs
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Windows Sidebar
 This is similar to Mac OS X Dashboard
 Gadgets rather than Widgets
 Good for watching RSS feeds
 Many widgets available
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Windows Explorer
 Looks more like OS X
 File overwrite now offers to rename
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Snipping Tool
 Alt-PrintScreen on Acid!
 Allows Screen, Window, Rectangle or
Freeform image-grabbing
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Sync Center
 No time to play with this yet – anyone?
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Licensing and Activation
 Over to Bridget…
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