Online Live
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Vista Features and Compare Editions
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-vista/compare-editions/default.aspx
Vista Security
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-vista/features/security-center.aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc507844.aspx
MAP
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=67240b76-3148-4e49-943d-4d9ea7f77730&displaylang=en
Easy Transfer for XP
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=2B6F1631-973A-45C7-A4EC-4928FA173266&displaylang=en
User state migration
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc507855.aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd883247(WS.10).aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc749015(WS.10).aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc766226(WS.10).aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc722032(WS.10).aspx
Sysprep
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc766049(WS.10).aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc721973(WS.10).aspx
Link Layer Topology Discovery (LLTD) responder for XP sp2
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=4F01A31D-EE46-481E-BA11-37F485FA34EA&displaylang=en
Vista Security Guide
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=A3D1BBED-7F35-4E72-BFB5-B84A526C1565&displaylang=en
Change GPO refresh interval
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc757597(WS.10).aspx
http://www.windowsecurity.com/articles/Controlling-Group-Policy-Security-Settings-Refresh-Application.html
Group Policy Settings Reference for Windows and Windows Server
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=18c90c80-8b0a-4906-a4f5-ff24cc2030fb&displaylang=en
2003 and vista gpo issues
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserversecurity/thread/0a9124d8-6c91-442d-8564-cb92164386d0
Managing Group Policy ADMX Files Step-by-Step Guide:
http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsVista/en/library/02633470-396c-4e34-971a-0c5b090dc4fd1033.mspx?mfr=true
ADMX Schema:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa373476(VS.85).aspx
ADMX Technology Review:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvista/library/ef346453-eee8-4abe-ba6c-2160fee3be46.mspx
ADMX Migrator (this tool is used for converting existing Group Policy ADM Templates to the new ADMX format):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=0F1EEC3D-10C4-4B5F-9625-97C2F731090C&displaylang=en
Process Explorer and other great tools at sysinternals
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/default.aspx
Virtual Tools
http://www.virtualbox.org/
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc732470(WS.10).aspx
VHD
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/bb738372.aspx