Tuesday, July 28, 2009

MS Exam 70-620 Notes 001 - Hardware and Versions [Vista]

As staff is doing the 70-620 training for Windows Vista here are a few good items that they felt we should spotlight.

Run the "Upgrade Advisor" it will help determine if:
  • The processor is at least 800MHz and match the version with the 32bit and 64bit processor
  • That the RAM is the minium 512MB or 1GB reccommended 1GB is met.
  • Confirms that the Hard Disk Drive is 20GB for the estimated 7GB installation size.
  • For the Graphics card with "Aero" you will need

    - DirectX 9 abilty
    - A WDDM Driver
    - Hardward Pixel SHader 2.0
    - 32 bits per pixel
    - 128MB graphics memory

Pick the right edition of Windows Vista (highlights)

  • "Starter" has No Domain, No Aero GUI, No Tablet, No Media Center, No inbound network, No Parental Controls, and only 3 applications can run at once, No Full Drive Encryption.
  • "Home Basic" has No Domain, No Aero GUI, No Tablet, No Media Center, No inbound network, No Full Drive Encryption.
  • "Home Premium" has No Domain, No Full Drive Encryption.
  • "Business" has No Media Center, No Full Drive Encryption.
  • "Enterprise" has No Media Center. Only purchased via SA or EA agreements.
  • "Ultimate" No limitations.

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