Consider the following scenario:

• The Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 console is installed on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008.
• In the Alerts view, you right-click an item to open the Health Explorer window.

In this scenario, the System Center Operations Manager 2007 console may crash. Therefore, you cannot use Health Explorer to see any monitored objects in Windows Server 2008 or in Windows Vista.

When you use the Profile Quota Manager tool (Proquota.exe) in Windows Vista, you may receive an incorrect warning that your profile quota has been exceeded. However, you can save files that are associated with your roaming profile to the correct directory on the server.

Note: The Profile Quota Manager tool is invoked by the Limit Profile Size policy.

On a computer that is running Windows Vista, you use Device Manager to disable and then enable any child device of a USB composite device. When you do this, the child device may not start correctly. Additionally, you may receive an error message in Device Manager that resembles the following:

This device cannot start (Code 10)

This problem may occur if the USB composite device is plugged into the USB root hub of the host computer.

Consider the following scenario. You have a PCI multiport serial adapter from Connect Tech, Inc. installed on a Windows Vista-based computer. You have a device connected to this PCI multiport serial adapter. In this scenario, a black exclamation point (!) on a yellow field appears next to the device in Device Manager.

Note: An exclamation point in Device Manager typically means that either the device or the device driver is installed incorrectly. Or, the device or the device driver is not working correctly.

When you run the Driver Test Manager that is included in the Windows Driver Kit and in the Windows Logo Kit, certain tasks may fail. This behavior occurs even though the parent job of the tasks does not fail.

After you upgrade a computer that uses a Japanese PS/2 Keyboard (106/109 Key) keyboard to Microsoft Windows XP or to Windows Vista, Device Manager indicates that the keyboard is a Standard 101/102-Key keyboard or a Microsoft Natural PS/2 keyboard. The keyboard functions as a 106 key keyboard but appears in Device Manager as a 101 key keyboard.

In some of my efforts playing with Vista, I’ve followed instructions that had me typing in commands that started with slmgr.vbs, followed by various switches and information. This seemed strange, why would I be addressing some vbs script when doing very ‘official’ things in Vista? Was I being tricked into running something dangerous that would turn over control of my computer or some such evil? Keep reading →

The Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK) is a free download from Microsoft that is designed to help IT professionals deploy Windows Vista. The two main parts of the kit are Windows PE, and the Windows System Image Manager. Windows PE is a replacement for those old DOS boot disks, allowing you to boot a machine from CD/DVD and have 32-bit tools at your disposal. Windows System Image Manager allows you to customize Vista images by adding/removing/configuring components using the unattend.xml file. This post will focus on getting WAIK installed on your computer. Keep reading →