Errata
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 |
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Printed | Page CD-ROM |
Readiness Review Assessment "1MB" should be "1GB" |
Microsoft Press | Jul 13, 2010 | |
Printed | Page CD-ROM |
Readiness Review Assessment answer is partially incorrect |
Microsoft Press | Jul 13, 2010 | |
Printed | Page 4 |
Incorrect information regarding hard drive space requirements |
Microsoft Press | Jul 13, 2010 | |
Printed | Page 17 |
Incorrect description of Product ID |
Microsoft Press | Jul 13, 2010 | |
Printed | Page 56 |
Incorrect information regarding Tablet PC functionality |
Microsoft Press | Jul 13, 2010 | |
Printed | Page 71 |
Incorrect information regarding Windows 2000 migrations |
Microsoft Press | Jul 13, 2010 | |
Printed | Page 82 |
More Info link incorrect |
Microsoft Press | Jul 13, 2010 | |
Printed | Page 109 |
Clarification needed for step 3 |
Microsoft Press | Jul 13, 2010 | |
Printed | Page 123 |
Additional steps need to be added to Practice 2 |
Microsoft Press | Jul 13, 2010 | |
Printed | Page 182 |
"Google" and "Microsoft Live Search" should be switched |
Microsoft Press | Jul 13, 2010 | |
Printed | Page 203 |
"Thwaite" should be "Thawte" |
Microsoft Press | Jul 13, 2010 | |
Printed | Page 258 |
"Known" and "Unknown" should be "Permitted" and "Not yet classified" |
Microsoft Press | Jul 13, 2010 | |
Printed | Page 293 |
Practice 3 should be disregarded |
Microsoft Press | Jul 13, 2010 | |
Printed | Page 512 |
"Options" should be "More Options" |
Microsoft Press | Jul 13, 2010 | |
Printed | Page 749 |
Answer D is incorrect |
Microsoft Press | Jul 13, 2010 | |
Printed | Page 774 |
"Options" should be "More Options" |
Microsoft Press | Jul 13, 2010 | |
Other Digital Version | CD-ROM |
Readiness Review Assessment answer should be correct In the Readiness Review assessment there is a question that has an answer marked as incorrect that should be correct. One of the questions reads: "A company's senior management group wants to upgrade their 30 Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC computers to Windows Vista. All of the Tablet PC computers have hardware that meets the requirements for any edition of Windows Vista. Which of the following editions of Windows Vista could you upgrade these computers to while retaining Tablet PC functionality? (Choose all that apply.) 1) Windows Vista Home Premium 2) Windows Vista Home Basic 3) Windows vista Enterprise 4) Windows Vista Ultimate 5) Windows Vista Business" The correct answers are given as: 3) Windows vista Enterprise 4) Windows Vista Ultimate 5) Windows Vista Business This is incorrect, the correct answers should read: 1) Windows Vista Home Premium 3) Windows vista Enterprise 4) Windows Vista Ultimate 5) Windows Vista Business |
Microsoft Press | May 06, 2010 | |
Other Digital Version | CD-ROM |
Readiness Review Assessment question worded incorrectly On the Readiness Review assessment, one of the questions regarding schedule automatic backups is worded incorrectly. Change: "Which of the following cannot be backed up through a scheduled automated backup configured through Backup and Restore? (Choose all that apply.)" To: "Which of the following can be backed up through a scheduled automated backup configured through Backup and Restore? (Choose all that apply.)" |
Microsoft Press | May 06, 2010 | |
Other Digital Version | CD-ROM |
Readiness Review Assessment question worded incorrectly On the Readiness Review assessment, one of the questions regarding manually entering sites in security zones is worded incorrectly and does not match the correct answers. Change: "Which of the following security zones don't allow you to manually enter sites? (Choose all that apply.)" To: "Which of the following security zones allow you to manually enter sites? (Choose all that apply.)" |
Microsoft Press | May 06, 2010 | |
Printed | Page 12 |
Minimum hardware requirements are incorrect On page 12, the first bullet point under the Lesson Summary subheading contains incorrect minimum hardware requirements for Windows Vista. Change: "Windows Vista's minimum hardware requirements are an 800 MHz or better processor, 512 MB of RAM, 20 GB of hard disk space, and a DirectX 9 capable graphics card." To: "Windows Vista's minimum hardware requirements are an 800 MHz or better processor, 512 MB of RAM, 20 GB of hard disk space with at least 15 GB of available space, and support for Super VGA graphics." |
Microsoft Press | May 06, 2010 | |
Printed | Page 55 |
Incorrect information regarding Windows 2000 migrations On page 55, the second sentence of the Windows 2000 bullet point is partially incorrect as settings cannot be transferred from Windows 2000 to Vista using Windows Easy Transfer. Change: "If Service Pack 4 is installed, it is possible to use Windows Easy Transfer to migrate data and user settings from Windows 2000 Professional to any edition of Windows Vista." To: "If Service Pack 4 is installed, it is possible to use Windows Easy Transfer to migrate data from Windows 2000 Professional to any edition of Windows Vista. You cannot use it to transfer other settings." |
Microsoft Press | May 06, 2010 | |
Printed | Page 68 |
The words "or restart" need to be added to step 29 On page 68, additional information needs to be added to step 29. Change: "29. You will be asked to log off for the changes to take effect. Click Yes." To: "29. You will be asked to log off or restart for the changes to take effect. Click Yes." |
Microsoft Press | May 06, 2010 | |
Printed | Page 74 |
Information regarding upgrading Windows Vista is incorrect On page 74, the first sentence of the first paragraph is incorrect and not in-line with the rest of the information in Chapter 2 regarding upgrading Windows Vista and should be disregarded. The sentence reads:"As mentioned, it is not possible to upgrade any edition of Windows Vista to any other edition." |
Microsoft Press | May 06, 2010 | |
Printed | Page 98 |
Reference to included Windows Vista installation CD needs to be removed On page 98, the first sentence under the first Practice 1 section needs to be chagned in order to reflect that Evaluation software for Windows Vista was not included with the Training Kit. Change: "Create a new Windows Vista Home Basic virtual machine using the Windows Vista installation media included with this training kit." To: "Create a new Windows Vista Home Basic virtual machine using Windows Vista installation software purchased from a retail location." |
Microsoft Press | May 06, 2010 | |
Printed | Page 111 |
Clarification needed for Windows versions On page 111, clarification is needed regarding earlier versions of Windows and a display setting prompt. Change: "In earlier versions of Windows, this prompt did not exist." To: "In earlier versions of Windows (with the exception of Windows 2000/XP/2003), this prompt did not exist." |
Microsoft Press | May 06, 2010 | |
Printed | Page 143 |
Incorrect information regarding Aero support On page 143, under Lesson Summary the second bullet point down contains incorrect information on graphics adapter support for Aero. Change: "To support Aero, a graphics adapter must be DirectX 9 capable, have a WDDM driver, have Hardware Pixel Shader 0 support, support 32-bit color, and have at least 64 MB of graphics memory." To: "To support Aero, a graphics adapter must be DirectX 9 capable, have a WDDM driver, have Hardware Pixel Shader 2.0 support, support 32-bit color, and have at least 128 MB of graphics memory." |
Microsoft Press | May 06, 2010 | |
Printed | Page 183 |
Reference to Practice 4 needs to be removed On page 183, the last sentence in the second paragraph under "Search Providers" incorrectly states that you will carry out a specific procedure in Practice 4. The procedure outlined above this sentence is not carried out in Practice 4. The following sentence needs to be removed: "You carry out this procedure in Practice 4 of the practice session later in this lesson." |
Microsoft Press | May 06, 2010 | |
Printed | Page 208 |
"Computer Settings" should be "Computer Configuration" On page 208, the last sentence of the last paragraph incorrectly states "Computer Settings" rather than "Computer Configuration" Change: "You access this console in the practice session later in this chapter, but if you want to take a look at it now, open the Run box, type Gpedit.msc, click Continue to close the UAC dialog box, expand Computer Settings, expand Windows Settings, expand Security Settings, expand Local Policies, and click Security Options." To: "You access this console in the practice session later in this chapter, but if you want to take a look at it now, open the Run box, type Gpedit.msc, click Continue to close the UAC dialog box, expand Computer Configuration, expand Windows Settings, expand Security Settings, expand Local Policies, and click Security Options." |
Microsoft Press | May 06, 2010 | |
Printed | Page 264 |
"Windows Update" should be added to definition download locations On page 264, the second sentence in the second bullet point needs to add "Windows Update" as a location where Windows Defender definitions can be downloaded from. Change: "New Windows Defender definitions can be downloaded through Microsoft Update." To: "New Windows Defender definitions can be downloaded through Windows Update or Microsoft Update." |
Microsoft Press | May 06, 2010 | |
Printed | Page 317 |
"10.16.10.30" should be "10.16.30.0" On page 317, the 6th sentence in the last paragraph contains an incorrect subnet. Change: "This subnet accesses other subnets, in particular the 10.16.10.30 subnet, through a gateway with an IP address of 10.16.10.1." To: "This subnet accesses other subnets, in particular the 10.16.30.0 subnet, through a gateway with an IP address of 10.16.10.1." |
Microsoft Press | May 06, 2010 | |
Printed | Page 574 |
Additional step is required to open the Performance Details In Event Log On page 574, step 2 is missing a step in order to view the Performance Details in Event Log. Change: "2. Open Control Panel, click System And Maintenance, click Advanced Tools, and click View Performance Details In Event Log." To: "Open Control Panel, click System And Maintenance, click Performance Information and Tools, click Advanced Tools, and click View Performance Details In Event Log." |
Microsoft Press | May 06, 2010 | |
Printed | Page 749 |
"Add New Hardware" should be "Add Hardware" On page 749, the answer to Question 1 of Case Scenario 1 contains an incorrect title for a wizard. Change: "1. Use the Add New Hardware Wizard to detect the legacy device." To: "1. Use the Add Hardware Wizard to detect the legacy device." |
Microsoft Press | May 06, 2010 | |
Printed | Page 793 |
the definition for BIOS is incomplete On page 793, the definition for BIOS should have additional information. Change: "BIOS Computer configuration settings accessible during boot." To: "BIOS - The set of essential software routines that tests hardware at startup, assists with starting the operating system, and supports the transfer of data among hardware devices. The BIOS is stored in read-only memory (ROM) so that it can be executed when the computer is started. Although critical to performance, the BIOS is usually invisible to computer users. Configuration settings are accessible during boot." Microsoft Press is committed to providing informative and accurate books. All comments and corrections listed above are ready for inclusion in future printings of this book. If you have a later printing of this book, it may already contain most or all of the above corrections. |
Microsoft Press | May 06, 2010 |