We’re happy to announce that Windows 7 Resource Kit (Microsoft Press, 2010; ISBN: 9780735627000; 1,760 pages), by Mitch Tulloch, Tony Northup, and Jerry Honeycutt, shipped to the printer today!
This extensive resource contains 32 chapters, an appendix, and a glossary:
Part I OverviewChapter 1 Overview of Windows 7 Improvements 3Chapter 2 Security in Windows 737 Part II DeploymentChapter 3 Deployment Platform 85Chapter 4 Planning Deployment 113Chapter 5 Testing Application Compatibility 139Chapter 6 Developing Disk Images 179Chapter 7 Migrating User State Data 223Chapter 8 Deploying Applications 247Chapter 9 Preparing Windows PE 273Chapter 10 Configuring Windows Deployment Services 293Chapter 11 Using Volume Activation 335Chapter 12 Deploying with Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 355 Part III Desktop ManagementChapter 13 Overview of Management Tools 383Chapter 14 Managing the Desktop Environment 481Chapter 15 Managing Users and User Data 531Chapter 16 Managing Disks and File Systems 611Chapter 17 Managing Devices and Services 679Chapter 18 Managing Printing 761Chapter 19 Managing Search 821Chapter 20 Managing Windows Internet Explorer 885 Part IV Desktop MaintenanceChapter 21 Maintaining Desktop Health 935Chapter 22 Supporting Users with Remote Assistance 1035Chapter 23 Managing Software Updates 1079Chapter 24 Managing Client Protection 1119 Part V NetworkingChapter 25 Configuring Windows Networking 1167Chapter 26 Configuring Windows Firewall and IPsec 1227Chapter 27 Connecting Remote Users and Networks 1293Chapter 28 Deploying IPv6 1371 Part Vi TroubleshootingChapter 29 Configuring Startup and Troubleshooting Startup Issues 1419Chapter 30 Troubleshooting Hardware, Driver, and Disk Issues 1473Chapter 31 Troubleshooting Network Issues 1521Chapter 32 Troubleshooting Stop Messages 1587 Appendix 1637Glossary 1651Index 1667
Part I OverviewChapter 1 Overview of Windows 7 Improvements 3Chapter 2 Security in Windows 737
Part II DeploymentChapter 3 Deployment Platform 85Chapter 4 Planning Deployment 113Chapter 5 Testing Application Compatibility 139Chapter 6 Developing Disk Images 179Chapter 7 Migrating User State Data 223Chapter 8 Deploying Applications 247Chapter 9 Preparing Windows PE 273Chapter 10 Configuring Windows Deployment Services 293Chapter 11 Using Volume Activation 335Chapter 12 Deploying with Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 355
Part III Desktop ManagementChapter 13 Overview of Management Tools 383Chapter 14 Managing the Desktop Environment 481Chapter 15 Managing Users and User Data 531Chapter 16 Managing Disks and File Systems 611Chapter 17 Managing Devices and Services 679Chapter 18 Managing Printing 761Chapter 19 Managing Search 821Chapter 20 Managing Windows Internet Explorer 885
Part IV Desktop MaintenanceChapter 21 Maintaining Desktop Health 935Chapter 22 Supporting Users with Remote Assistance 1035Chapter 23 Managing Software Updates 1079Chapter 24 Managing Client Protection 1119
Part V NetworkingChapter 25 Configuring Windows Networking 1167Chapter 26 Configuring Windows Firewall and IPsec 1227Chapter 27 Connecting Remote Users and Networks 1293Chapter 28 Deploying IPv6 1371
Part Vi TroubleshootingChapter 29 Configuring Startup and Troubleshooting Startup Issues 1419Chapter 30 Troubleshooting Hardware, Driver, and Disk Issues 1473Chapter 31 Troubleshooting Network Issues 1521Chapter 32 Troubleshooting Stop Messages 1587
Appendix 1637Glossary 1651Index 1667
We expect the book to be available via online retailers on October 7, 2009. We’ll post excerpts from the book and much more information about it at that time. You can preorder the book here or here.
Great to hear that the book has been released. Does that mean that the Resource Kit tools are also available on the web?
Hey Mitch and Tony,
Congratulations on the book! Great to hear it's been released. Sure it's going to be another great one.
Mark, it looks like the tools will be on the Web by the end of the week. Please check again then. Thanks!
At the time of release of the Windows Vista resource kit, there was a giveaway of 15 or 10 copies on the Windows team blog. Will there be again? ;)
Btw will the tools be available freely on the web? The Windows Vista resource kit tools were never made available on the Download Center.
I had purchased Vista Resource Kit and have not opened it yet. Its still in packed condition. Is there anyway to exchange the same and get Windows 7 Resource Kit?
Regarding the comment asking about give-aways:
No, we don’t have plans to give away Windows 7 Resource Kit copies. However, sometimes other groups at Microsoft, such as the folks who run the Windows team blog, may use their marketing funds to give away copies.
Regarding question about exchanging Vista Resource Kit with Windows 7 Resource Kit --
You can try to return your unopened Vista Resource Kit to the store where you purchased it and ask if they will allow you to exchange it for the new Windows 7 Resource Kit.
Our accounts handle all sales of our books. It's up to each store how to handle such requests.
-Kim Spilker, marketing
Hey Guys, I just saw where the Windows 7 Resource Kit has been releases but can not get it in the book stores. Called Barnes & Noble and they just said they can't order it. Any ideas?????
David J. Mihalcoe
Richmond Police Department
Computer Services
"it looks like the tools will be on the Web by the end of the week"
Which week was that? Your comment was seven weeks ago, and there's still no sign of them on the download center.
Leave it to M$ to make tools difficult to acquire without blowing $ out the door! Neither Vista nor 7 resource kits are easy to find if at all for regular searching users. BTW M$, don't think the public is fooled by Win 7 being just a candied version of Vista and repackaging it to sell again as retail new version product. Terrible business practice that will return to haunt you!