Windows Vista: The Definitive Guide
by William R. Stanek

The unconfirmed error reports are from readers.  They have not yet been 
approved or disproved by the author or editor and represent solely the
opinion of the reader.

Here's a key to the markup:
        [page-number]: serious technical mistake
        {page-number}: minor technical mistake
        <page-number>: important language/formatting problem
        (page-number): language change or minor formatting problem
        ?page-number?: reader question or request for clarification

This page was updated June 17, 2008.


UNCONFIRMED  errors and comments from readers: 


(ix) Preface, 2nd paragraph, end of 2nd sentence;

"don't" should be "didn't":

"before that there was an alpha product that most people outside of Microsoft don't even know existed"

should be

"before that there was an alpha product that most people outside of Microsoft didn't even know existed"


[745-747] Begins with last paragraph on page 745;
pp 745 First sentence in last paragraph says Complete Computer Backup creates an "image of the entire computer and everything needed to restore it completely." The last sentence on pp 745 (that ends on pp 756) says this includes "programs, system settings, and files." Presumably this last means system files.

pp 746 In the last paragraph (with the numbered steps), step 2 says to click "Back up computer." But step 1 opened the "Backup and Restore Center." There is no "Back up computer" option on that dialog. The options under "Tasks" are "Repair Windows using System Restore," "Create a restore point or change settings" and "Windows Easy Transfer." On the right under "Protect your files by backing them up" the options are "Back up files," "Restore files" and "Use system restore...etc."

Choosing "Back up files" leads eventually to a dialog screen that enables selection of the file types you want to back up. At the bottom of that dialog you are specifically informed that System, executable, and temporary files will NOT be backed up.

To date I can find no way to do an image-based back up as described on page 745.