Errata

Training Guide: Configuring Windows 8

Errata for Training Guide: Configuring Windows 8

The errata list is a list of errors and their corrections that were found after the product was released. If the error was corrected in a later version or reprint the date of the correction will be displayed in the column titled "Date Corrected".

The following errata were submitted by our customers and approved as valid errors by the author or editor.

Color key: Serious technical mistake Minor technical mistake Language or formatting error Typo Question Note Update

Version Location Description Submitted By Date submitted Date corrected
Printed
Page 131
first line

should be '..some publishers have chosen NOT to publish their...'

Note from the Author or Editor:
This should be changed to some publishers have chosen not to publish their desktop applications in the Windows Store.

 richard collins  May 07, 2013 
Printed
Page 76

Lesson 1
question 2
Answers don't match question re logon w8 info.
a b c are correct

Note from the Author or Editor:
Technically all four methods can be used for Windows 8 login, the correct answer should be A,B,C,D for which D is all of the above.

 richard collins  May 07, 2013 
Printed
Page 111
half way down page

refers to Policy name repeated earlier.
Should be ALLOW installation, not prevent

Note from the Author or Editor:
This should be changed from: Policy name Prevent installation of devices using drivers that match these devices?
setup classes

to Policy name Allow installation of devices using drivers that match these devices?
setup classes

 Richard Collins  May 07, 2013 
PDF
Page 46
Step 8 on page 46

There are steps for creating windows to go USB drive on page 46 and 47. But I found it is impossible to go through these steps. I may missed some important steps. After running from step 1 to 11, I only found one 350mb partition named S besides my local disks. How can the install.wim be moved to such a small partition? I think the writer missed steps to deal with the rest of space on USB drive. BTW, on step 8, it says format the partition with FAT32, but the command is for formatting it with NTFS.

Note from the Author or Editor:
There are a few typos here for Drive letter and ntfs vs. fat32. To boot the flash drive it should be formatted fat32 and the drive letter assignment of W should be listed as S. There is also no F:\ partition created (as listed later in the steps) for applying the image using dism. This will be corrected in a future release of the text.

 York Wu  Apr 11, 2013 
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Page 47
Step 13

There is a missing subfolder on the specified path: c:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\Amd64\Servicing.

Note from the Author or Editor:
In the RTM version of Windows dism.exe appears to live in c:\windows\system32 and does not need to be copied to the directory first. In my installation the modified date was 7/26/12 and was able to run without any additional work

 David Palmer  Mar 12, 2013 
Printed
Page 46
Step #9

The command is setting drive letter 'W', not 'S'.

Note from the Author or Editor:
The Assign letter=W was a misspelling. to add a drive letter of S the command should be assign letter=S.

David Palmer  Mar 12, 2013 
Printed
Page 106
3rd paragraph

On page 106, its states "Fortunately, with the rise of USB 3.0 and a maximum bandwidth of 5 GHz, bandwidth issues are not as serious as they once were." The correct bandwidth of USB 3.0 is 5 Gbps not 5 Gigahertz. So the statement should be corrected to "Fortunately, with the rise of USB 3.0 and a maximum bandwidth of 5 Gbps, bandwidth issues are not as serious as they once were.".

Note from the Author or Editor:
Please change sentence to read "Fortunately, with the rise of USB 3.0 and a maximum bandwidth of 5 Gbps"

 Ronald Diaz  Mar 08, 2013 
ePub
Page 84
Windows to go options

The book states that Sleep mode AND hibernation are disabled when deploying windows to go. There is also a question and answer that are both wrong because they follow same thought process. In reality, only hibernation is disabled. Sleep mode is left enabled. There is actually a Group Policy for Windows to Go that can disable Sleep, but that is not default. Here is proof on Microsft Technet. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj592685.aspx

Note from the Author or Editor:
Thank you for pointing this out.

The mention that the item was disabled was meant in the context of not turned on/used. This will be changed in a future release of the book.

Ron Zarr  Mar 08, 2013 
Printed
Page 35
Question 3 - all answer items

Reasons shown are the exact OPPOSITE to what is posed by the question, on page 32. The answer B. is correct, the reason is backwards for all 4 options.
The question wants to know what is NOT available, the answer says what IS available, which is incorrect. B. is NOT available, the other answers ARE available.

 Anonymous  Feb 20, 2013