New APIs have been added in Vista SP1 to make it easier for developers to set DEP on their processes. (more…)

If you’re looking to deploy Vista, here’s an upgraded version of a tool that can help assess what you have now. (more…)

Descriptions of security and auditing related events that appear in Vista’s security log. (more…)

In a few situations, you’ll need to download the specific help file for your language. (more…)

• Description of security events in Windows Vista and in Windows Server 2008
  Descriptions of security and auditing related events that appear in Vista’s security log.
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• Windows Vista Service Pack 1 stand-alone packages do not contain the updated Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Help files
  In a few situations, you’ll need to download the specific help file for your language.
  (tags: Help SP1 )

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After you install Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1), the language pack that you want is not available when you click View available updates in the Windows Update item in Control Panel.

Note: Language packs are available only for Windows Vista Ultimate.

When you redirect the Documents folder on a Windows Vista-based computer to a network share, the folder name unexpectedly changes back to Documents. You expect the folder name to be the user name.

This behavior may create many Documents folders on the network share. If you try to rename one Documents folder, all the other Documents folders change to that name.

Xbox 360 or Windows 2000 Server-based computers may not read CD-R discs that are burned in Windows Vista.

On a Windows Vista-based computer, you create XML Paper Specification (XPS) files. Then, you use the Extra Large Icons view mode in Windows Explorer to view the files. When you view the files, horizontal lines may appear in the icons for the XPS files. In fact, horizontal lines do not exist in the original XPS files. However, horizontal lines may appear in the XPS file icons.

After you uninstall a network adapter in the Device Manager on a Windows Vista-based computer, you receive the following message in the notification area at the far right of the taskbar:

Installing device driver software

Then, the network adapter is automatically reinstalled.

Note: When you uninstall a network adapter in the Device Manager on a Windows XP-based computer, the network adapter is reinstalled only when you right-click Network adapters and then click Scan for hardware changes.